tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684935600332692129.post578282529109753775..comments2023-09-21T09:02:17.119-07:00Comments on Nothing Is Sacred: Is 'Green Day' Really Punk?Goodtime Charliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08681622125802064099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684935600332692129.post-50491598006082163482011-03-02T11:48:44.729-08:002011-03-02T11:48:44.729-08:00I agree, which was hopefully communicated through ...I agree, which was hopefully communicated through my sarcasm.<br /><br />Fun trivia fact: until Malcolm McLaren & the Sex Pistols hijacked the term "punk" and made it synonymous with leather, dog collars, mohawks, tattoos, shouting, and political posturing, it was used to describe the 1970s music scene in New York--Velvet Underground, New York Dolls, Iggy & the Stooges, Dead Goodtime Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08681622125802064099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684935600332692129.post-38645348580666892112011-03-01T16:53:19.053-08:002011-03-01T16:53:19.053-08:00Green Day, as much as I like them (esp. the album ...Green Day, as much as I like them (esp. the album Dookie) have never, EVER been 'punk'. They're 'Pop-Punk', or 'Indie Pop Punk' at best. And neither are most US bands that have called themselves 'punk' since 1990. Rancid are punk. Stiff Little Fingers are punk. <br />Early Clash were punk. Generation X were punk. Suicidal Tendencies are STILL punk (among other matthkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11585016704213741393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4684935600332692129.post-11569385623859935782009-04-01T01:08:00.000-07:002009-04-01T01:08:00.000-07:00not as funny as SPIDER MAN THE MUSICALnot as funny as <BR/><BR/>SPIDER MAN THE MUSICALPaznoreply@blogger.com