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From the article: “But 'American Idiot' wasn't a true act of revolution. In fact, the album was produced and promoted by a multinational conglomerate with the
by TheTon 2y ago
From the article:
“But 'American Idiot' wasn't a true act of revolution. In fact, the album was produced and promoted by a multinational conglomerate with the intent of packaging seemingly transgressive pop-punk acts for my exact demographic.”
This is sort of beside the point of the article, but I was just reading an interview[1] with Billie Joe Armstrong about this album and it doesn’t sound like their process was anywhere as cynical as this take.
On another note, I find Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music to be refreshing in terms of how earnestly he approaches new music and new artists. If you haven’t heard it, it’s nothing like what you might expect based on the title. It’s not “Elton plays songs from his back catalog and talks about them,” but rather “Elton plays new songs you haven’t heard by artists you haven’t heard of yet, and interviews them as his peers.”
[1] https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-american-idiot-impact-1235664596/ https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/green-day-billie-joe-ar...
- cess11 2y agoA video essay about the social impact of American Idiot and similar records from that period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbgAGlrVKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbgAGlrVKE Been a while but I thought it was pretty interesting when I watched it, coming from a black metal and punk background that was too underground when that pop cultural thing happened to notice.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoGreen Day got a lot of air time in the 90's but the playola effect (the not payola wink-wink that still went on) died out in the early-mid 00's as rock and alt rock stations folded with demographic changes and mp3 trading took off. Also overplayed on the radio: Sublime, Rush, Van Halen, RHCP, and Metallica. As far as cultural impact over a larger timespan: Iron Butterfly, The Dead, Frank Zappa, Quiet Riot, Ozzy, MJ, Nirvana, Cake, AiC, NIN, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, TOOL, Beastie Boys, RATM, Kool Keith (and other aliases), Jay-Z (and Danger Mouse mixes), RZA (and family relations).
- throwaway2037 2y agoFrom what I can tell from your list, it is 100% men. Where are the women? Heart might fit your list.
- 082349872349872 2y agoThe Runaways? Ford and Jett both started their careers there, and while I don't know if Ford ever anchored herself in the literature, Jett covered "I Love Rock&Roll" and had it covered in turn by Parton, which then leads to a fair chunk of that century.