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> A lot of punk has always had an anti-success edge I think you hit it on the nail. What makes some people uptight about Green Day being punk is not the music
by rootusrootus 2y ago
> A lot of punk has always had an anti-success edge
I think you hit it on the nail. What makes some people uptight about Green Day being punk is not the music -- because objectively, punk's pretty much on point. It's the fact that they were wildly successful. Can't be punk any more when that happens.
- jghn 2y agoSort of. Even before their commercial success this issue was coming up. Granted the commercial success turned the knob to 11. There were already debates about their sound, that it was too poppy and mainstream sounding. Whether or not an ethos espousing rejecting authority should be applying authority on what other people sound like is another matter altogether :)