Their early stuff is a lot of fun. Mike Dirnt's actually a pretty decent bassist but he really got overshadowed as they got more popular. Their later releases barely had him in the mix. I guess my issue with them is... they grew up here, in SF/the Bay Area, played shows with the likes of FILTH and BLATZ at the Gilman. They never wrote songs about anything but having fun and being young but now Billie's a total rockstar douchebag. I equate them to Nirvana in that they definitely wrote some great songs but they've become overplayed. And they definitely don't deserve to be in the RHOF... they might celebrities but they didn't do much for the music world. Making it big playing watered down mallpunk is hardly an accomplishment, blissful as those early records were.
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Every time I speak
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And still people want me dead
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