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re: Does anyone now not want to be an American idiot…
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:31 pm to HubbaBubba
Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:31 pm to HubbaBubba
So many great drummers post 1990. Travis Barker, Longineu Parsins III, Joey Jordison, etc. A lot of music snobs were so offended by how amateurish many of the grunge era guitarists that they missed out on two generations of great drummers and bassists.
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Posted on 10/21/25 at 10:32 pm to kingbob
In an era of great music, they were sewerage! So many great bands of the 90’s, no need to waste time on that trash.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:06 pm to HubbaBubba
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As a drummer myself, I consider Tré Cool's work with Green Day as very good.
I remember reading in Circus or something like that in the 90s that when he was learning to play, he didn’t have cymbals or a hi hat for a long time, which is why he used the toms so much.
Posted on 10/21/25 at 11:32 pm to TerryDawg03
quote:That's mind-blowing. Thanks!
I remember reading in Circus or something like that in the 90s that when he was learning to play, he didn’t have cymbals or a hi hat for a long time, which is why he used the toms so much.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:30 am to dstone12
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How did MTV play them and no Days of the New?
I'm gonna respectfully disagree on Green Day, but I give you a fist bump for Days of the New. Woefully underrated.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 3:40 am to kingbob
I never really considered Travis Barker or any of the grunge or mainstream musicians talented. My top drummers would be Dave Lombardo, Joey Jordison and Danny Carey. Most metal musicians would play circles around those guys.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 4:45 am to 21blackjack
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as described by Green Day’s song “American Idiot”?
The true question though is really why would anyone listen to Green Day?
Maybe the best album in the last 20yrs?
Posted on 10/22/25 at 4:58 am to 21blackjack
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This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 6:04 am
Posted on 10/22/25 at 5:03 am to kingbob
tldr; He's a leftist faaggot who doesn't really care about war or hunger or human rights or free speech.
lol you have no taste and are a true American idiot.
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Maybe the best album in the last 20yrs?
lol you have no taste and are a true American idiot.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 5:04 am
Posted on 10/22/25 at 6:53 am to kingbob
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Billy Joe has always been bi
You mean “gay”.
And this also explains a lot!
Posted on 10/22/25 at 6:58 am to kingbob
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American Idiot was a solid rock opera
I have read everything there is to read now.
Thank you, I never thought I would ever hear anyone say such things about a band that played simple, made for the masses music. It was sugar punk. Nothing more. GD should have left punk in the dust bin of late 70's/early 80's history. At least that stuff was good. GD's version of it never was. It was, at best a decade later version of The Clash, after they started chasing radio playtime. At least The Clash had talent. GD never did.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 6:59 am
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:04 am to NC_Tigah
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Maybe the best album in the last 20yrs
You really love shitty music.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:06 am to 21blackjack
If your artists agree with your politics, the problem is you.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:24 am to NC_Tigah
We can tell you have never been a musician. You could go get an instrument today, have never played before and be able to play everything they ever wrote by this weekend.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:26 am to MikkUGA
We’re so blessed to have so many talented musicians on this board. 
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:28 am to Mo Jeaux
Yeah...I play guitar and while Green Day is easy to play there is no way someone who has never played could play any of it
It takes a while to get decent on an instrument since the finger placement is so unnatural if you've never done it
It takes a while to get decent on an instrument since the finger placement is so unnatural if you've never done it
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:29 am to Mo Jeaux
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We’re so blessed to have so many talented musicians on this board
Well, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so yeah.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:39 am to Powerman
Most of their songs have less than 5 chords. Several of them are only 3 chords total. I believe I could take a person new to guitar and teach them any of those songs and they could play them well enough for someone to know what they are playing within a few hours.
Posted on 10/22/25 at 7:59 am to MikkUGA
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Most of their songs have less than 5 chords. Several of them are only 3 chords total. I believe I could take a person new to guitar and teach them any of those songs and they could play them well enough for someone to know what they are playing within a few hours.
I am sure the next thing they will say is:
"Fred Durst was the greatest lyricist of the past 20 years".
Posted on 10/22/25 at 9:42 am to MikkUGA
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You could go get an instrument today, have never played before and be able to play everything they ever wrote by this weekend.
Someone has never listened to (especially 90’s era) Green Day’s bass parts before, and it shows. A lot of pre-American Idiot bass parts are extremely challenging and intricate. The drum parts are often fairly difficult as well, more so than most “classic rock” that isn’t Rush. Yes, the guitar parts are mostly simple bar chords that someone who has been learning guitar for a few weeks could replicate. However, the bass and drums are actually quite difficult. Even professional hired guns who have been gigging in bands for decades struggle with “Longview” or the bass solo in “Welcome to Paradise”.
This comment just shows you to be incredibly ignorant about music.
Also, never count out how difficult it is to actually write catchy, concise, poppy music. As a songwriter, trust me, it’s much easier to write long complex masterbatory meandering technical songs than it is to write a short catchy hit.
This post was edited on 10/22/25 at 9:46 am
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