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Green Day was fast pop punk with very sarcastic lyrics, evolution and change fits any band when they want it too. Especially when the dollar signs show up.
When you do it to make more money and lose the actual idea of what punk rock truly is you lose your integrity and there for become a sell out.
New Green Day IMO is media garbage that really is nothing special. Their old stuff was great.
Do you personally know that Green Day ONLY had aspirations to play fast pop punk their whole lives or is it possible they had enough taste in their repertoire to try and do something different. How can someone say that an artist isn't doing what they like to do? By the result? If it works, it's selling out! If it fails, they were ahead of their time! We act like we know the artist intentions way more than anyone truly ever will! I think change shows more talent than greed and takes a set of balls bigger than any act that stays within it's own realm until they become their own cliche and just get stale. The best artist in the world are the ones who dared to disappoint their original fan base to increase their own musical potential! Just how I see it friend!