Billie Joe Armstrong

Commonly know to teeny boppers as 'Sex God'.
Amazingly, this is not his real job.
Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer of used-to-be punk rock band Green Day.
I claim that they 'used-to-be punk' simply because I think they have now strayed (perhaps not through their own faults) from the original values of punk.
Punk was originally the attitude a group of people shared who were going against the mainstream, and who held a great interest in the political world and shared feelings of mutiny against persons in authority.
Since the release of 'American Idiot' (which also started out as a political album), Green Day have arrived in the mainstream, releasing well-received hits such as 'American Idiot', 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams' and 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'.
I for one do not find anything particularly special about any of their singles, preferring the album tracks instead which - thankfully - have remained somewhat sacred from the prying musical tastes of annoying high school girls who, incidentally, wouldn't know 'Dookie' from a pile of dung.
I do not, however, believe that Green Day have 'sold out'. I think the reason many people think they have is because of the fan base they have recruited since the release of their latest album. Fans like these claim to have liked Green Day 'all their lives' However, I find that hard to believe as the entries posted in Urban Dictionary claiming such...umm...claims were posted AFTER THE RELEASE OF AMERICAN IDIOT.
Thus I am forced to conclude that Teeny Boppers like these are still continuing to be the bane of my life.
Bring back the old values of punk.

TeenyBopper: OMFG! I SOOO TOTALLY LOVE GREEN DAY!! I AM SOOOO PUNK! *brandishes American Idiot cd in air and points violently at top with the slogan 'Punk Rock Chick' emblazoned across the front*.
Me: Umm...
TB: I am soooo going to get all their albums, omg.
Me: Umm...
TB: Well...cya! I gotta go dye my hair some ROCKIN colour like...like...like PINK! I love pink...*drifts off with dreamy expression on carefully made-up orange face*
Me: Umm...

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