Lyric discussion by BasketCase86 

I love how people are trying so hard to label what is and isn't punk, this completely undermining what punk is meant to be: raw, rebellious, expression and fighting a system you don't believe in, and doing your own thing no matter what others say. Green Day is rebellious. American Idiot was about how wrong our system is. A lot of people say American Idiot is when they became alt rock, but I disagree. American Idiot was not my favorite album but it was very much punk. It was an album that not only took shots at our screwed up system, but also expressed the story of suburbian kids that most of us can relate to in someway. And their early albums were all about growing up, adolescence, angst, and learning to be yourself.

yes! you are the smartest person ive never met. when it comes to people theyre mostly just a bunch of fucktards when it comes to punk. and some of them dont even accept it as a label. which is why people try to call me 'goth' or 'emo' lol.

No man, punk music is about selling clothes and accessories. But i agree that arguing about what is and isnt punk is stupid.

American Idiot was 100% punk, but don't get me wrong, the last abums (Uno,Dos,Tres), a lot of the songs were not punk at all... it's sad beacause they can make good punk music, but sometimes marketing is also important for a band and then the songs will suffer.

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