rubber soul

All kidding aside, I don't really hate Green Day. There are a handful of songs I like such as Wake Me When September Ends and Basket Case. Basically, though, you can put the best of Green Day on one album and pretty much discard the rest.

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Mondo Bungle

frankly I couldn't care less if other people don't like them

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Key

You probably wouldn't get a full album.

Neapolitan

... might have to settle for an EP.

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BassoonPlatoon

I don't really care if you don't like them either, but there just seems to be an oddly intense hatred and aversion for them here. I just thought of all place a "music" forum would be a bit more open.

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Why are people close minded for not liking them?

Frownland

I'm just not into pop punk in general m8. I've attempted to give it a fair shot and have found some good stuff on the post hardcore side of things but GD just is not the business.

And music nerds are the most closed minded *******s about music who ever existed, don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. Some of us will give something else a shot if you've got it, Green Day is just old news.

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It seems like once they had major mainstream success, they became lightning rods for hate. A tale as old as time.

rubber soul

That's a good point. The Beatles and especially Led Zeppelin seem to have lost their luster on here and their legends are obvious. It's like looking for a needle in the haystack to find anything on the Rolling Stones other than are they better than Aerosmith.

But yeah, a lot of it for me, like Frownland, is simply not being a fan of Pop Punk. One of the worst things I ever heard is having to endure a hour and a half of that insipid music off American Pie. On thing I do like about Green Day is that they're able to get off their established sound on rare occasions.

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MicShazam

The fact that it's considered kind of weird if you don't kiss the asses of those bands is exactly what's so annoying about them. I don't have to think they made good music and I don't. It's pretty uncontroversial if you don't like all sorts of bands, but the moment you don't bow down before the altar of the Beatles, you get those "Bodysnatchers" stares.