What Bands Have You Gotten Into Through Green Day?

[Undómiel]

Kind of what it says on the tin, but are there any bands or artists that you've gotten into or explored directly because of Green Day? Either they've mentioned them in an interview, collabed with them, mentioned them as an influence etc. etc. 

 

I'm always looking for more bands and artists to explore, so interested to see what people say. 

 

There are lots of my part but I'll start with a few: 

- Operation Ivy (fairly obvious, but through the cover and then exploring the original) 

- The Ramones 

- Rancid (Again, East Bay punk scene cited as influence). 

- Frank Turner (saw him support GD at Wembley Stadium in 2010 and he was awesome, been a fan ever since). 

- The Linda Lindas (watching them kill it last summer as support on the Saviors tour made me check out their stuff). 

 

There are many more, but those just to start! 

[Montclare]

Prima Donna.

[Dingle]

Very interesting question. Of course GD's unique new sound "89/'90s spawned many new bands, some becoming famous. But imho no comparison.

Billie Joe's family was into music in various forms which influenced him. 

I'm always fascinated how songwriters and musicians, are influenced by songs prior to their birth. Billie Joe is no exception. 

So yes,  Ramones, obviously. But also '60 British Bands, including The Who, and The Kinks, for example. 

 

[Stewe]

No bands in particular apart from Weezer.

But I like to listen to the original version of whatever songs Billie covered with Green Day or other bands

[Hermione]

1 hour ago, Montclare said:

Prima Donna.

This!

And The Clash

[Undómiel]

The Clash was another one for me after Mike had that restaurant 'Rudy's Can't Fail' (does he still part own that?), and named his son Brixton. 😅

[Maddie86]

Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales, Pinhead Gunpowder, Rancid, Op Ivy, Squirtgun, Groovie Ghoulies, Crimpshrine, basically most of the Lookout bands

[Undómiel]

31 minutes ago, Maddie86 said:

Screeching Weasel, the Riverdales, Pinhead Gunpowder, Rancid, Op Ivy, Squirtgun, Groovie Ghoulies, Crimpshrine, basically most of the Lookout bands

I could never really get into Crimpshine. Might need to give it another try. 

[MillenniumFan]

oh tons of bands, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot, The Coverups - oh no wait

More seriously though, I'd say that although I had known of these artists previously, Green Day still helped get me more immersed in the likes of The Clash, Generation X, The Who, David Bowie and Tom Petty, mostly as a result of their live covers and talking about their influences in interviews. The Who in particular. It's always been my dad's favourite band and well, I guess the link to Green Day created some great bonding-through-music experiences  He was particularly impressed with their A Quick One, While He's Away cover, as am I. 

The Who are a brilliant band. As my dad used to say, the quintessential rock band and I think I agree. It's hard to describe The Who as anything else other than a rock band, no further labels or qualifications needed. I think Billie must have got part of his flamboyant stage antics from them and Tre definitely seems to have taken inspiration from Keith Moon in some ways too. Though American Idiot (and 21CB) appear to be conceptually inspired by Tommy, which is a pivotal album no doubt, my personal favourite of theirs is Quadrophenia, which I think is a superb album. Truly a rock opera in every sense of the word. And the accompanying feature film is actually pretty decent too. 

Edited 4 hours ago by MillenniumFan

[GreenDayJunkie86]

The Ramones, The Kinks, The Who, Screeching Weasel, Ultra Q, Social Distortion. 

(and as @MillenniumFan said, Foxboro Hottubs, The Network, The Longshot, The Coverups (every side project ever, hehe))

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

7 hours ago, Undómiel said:

The Clash was another one for me after Mike had that restaurant 'Rudy's Can't Fail' (does he still part own that?), and named his son Brixton. 😅

Mike no longer owns/runs Rudy's. He gave it up and the staff took it over. He has posted pics of himself popping in when he's in the area since