http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/08/03/green_day_crowned_the_kings_of_punk_
Do you agree or disagree with this?
BQ: Who is your favorite punk/hardcore punk band?
BQ2: Do you think Green Day even deserves a mention as a great punk band?
Dude, Yes I do....
Dude, since you answered my question, the I guess you care....Lighten up Nancy.....
nodumgys
Favorite Answer
oh ****.
bq - I know you and I both share an affinity for suicidal tendencies
bq2 - I cant even respond to such nonsense
Anonymous
This might be where the term "sell-out" can be applied. For Green Day not to protest this and just roll in the title would be like selling the real punk bands down the river. Sort of like Jethro Tull just sucking up their entry into the hall of fame as a Metal band. But I guess when you make your living by selling music you'll take whatever positive or negative press you can get just to be out there in the press so you can sell out concert venues and cd sales.
BQ: Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics. Here's Wendy talking about posers and playing a song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LdIsaCw-lA
BQ2: No friggin' way! I like some of their songs but never really saw them as a punk band from the first time I heard them up to now.
Jon
Disagree, maybe POP Punk, but not Punk!
BQ- Misfits
BQ2- I think they are a good Pop Punk band, I'm always specific about what kind of Punk they are though.
Jimmy Jazz
The poll was Who Is The Best Punk Band Of All Time and the readers picked Green Day. The headline here is not misleading. I still buy Rolling Stone every now and then but you can't take anything they do seriously.
1: Minor Threat.
2: No. My grandma is more punk than that band.
simone
I don't agree but whatever. It doesn't make my head hurt (I only have the one head to hurt.) It makes me chuckle.
BQ: Patti Smith Group (although I don't completely agree with categorizing her as punk so maybe Fugazi)
BQ2: I wouldn't mention them as a great punk band but I suppose my criteria for "great punk band" is different than those who crowned Green Day. My personal punk throne wouldn't consider popularity, album/singles charts or tour revenue.