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Old 10-09-2009, 06:15 AM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Phillyboy View Post
I find it funny that Green Day are considered a corporate band since American Idiot, when the whole point of the record was bashing the corporations and government. That is very punk, I think most people are just jealous because they are the most successful punk band ever.
That's all pretty ironic then considering the album was released by a Warner subsidiary, the videos were played on MTV and a massive amount of collateral material was sold to millions of consumers.



Also, for the record they were considered a corporate band long, long before American Idiot.
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