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Absolutely, I couldn't agree with you more. They leave their hearts and souls out on stage every night and pour every fiber of their being into the albums (too much carnage in those analogies- sorry!). But you put it perfectly- they don't owe anyone a thing, yet they're still giving us the best they have every day of the week. And if some people feel the need to rip on them regardless, well, I take pity on those small, angry souls.

I adore GD's version of Working Class Hero! I love how they mix it up a little and make it their own, but still stay true to the song and respect it by having John sing the last few lines

Well said, man. Sums up my thoughts perfectly. Some people just don't seem to realize the sacrifices artists make to entertain them. They could honestly quit whenever they want (Not that that's going to happen anytime soon!), but they don't because they clearly love what they do and they love their fans too. To me, as long as they have fun and stay safe and keep releasing great music, that's all that matters.

Not gonna go comparing it to revrad I just want to say I love Rusty James and I haven't listened to Demolicious for ages, thanks for reminding me it exists. Also, that one time they played it acoustic

As I am sitting here listening to demolicious on vinyl, Rusty James > Most of Revrad except for like Forever Now

"light myself on fire" Geez Billie no need to do that. He is taking the whole falling flat on his face on stage thing pretty hard I see

Wow, that's just amazing to me. To think that some people actually went through the effort of posting 0/10 and saying that the band had "betrayed" them for releasing RevRad- that just makes me want to puke. But then I realize that this type of opinion can't possibly be taken seriously. We're so flipping lucky they're still around, decades later, touring their asses off and putting out new music (which, in my opinion anyway, is excellent)...and some people write that they wish that they would have preferred that they hadn't even put this album out at all? That is not only completely ridiculous, it's offensively inconsiderate of the fact that this is an incredibly lucky situation for music in general- bands don't last this long, this is an incredibly rare occurrence. I'm going to stop this post here because I feel I'm generating the type of reaction those trolls are looking for. And if that's what fulfills them, well, that sucks for them! And for those that did- well, sorry, but I love everything this band does, millions of others do as well...and that's not going to change. I hope those poor trolls find their happiness and meaning in life somewhere eventually!

the entire band/crew were out (minus mike and brit) having a few drinks. security for the band, like harry said was extremely tight, i tried saying a quick hello to billie upon arrival but was very quickly shut down by personal security. tre was very kind to fans and told his personal security to back off so that we could all talk to him personally. an amazing night! one that ill never forget

http://www.metacritic.com/person/green-day According to metacritic, RevRad has GD's second best metacritic score. American Idiot has 79, RevRad and Warning both have 72, 21 CB has 70. Uno, Dos and Tré have scores of 67, 68 and 64 respectively. Shenanigans and Awesome as Fuck have 61 and 64 respectively. So RevRad is doing well with critical reception compared to most of their other albums

Or maybe because they're a different band and that's not how they want to do things? A totally different sound with each album isn't the only way to be a good band, different bands have different styles and preferences etc when it comes to making music. Why is a pop punk band making another pop punk album instead of a heavy metal album or a dance album? Perhaps because they like making pop punk music! But even though they've kept a core sound they've still experimented by adding different other sounds/influences to it on all their albums. And done some really bold things such as releasing a folk influenced album in the middle of a nu metal craze and doing a rock opera, having been known for 3 chord songs about masturbating and smoking weed. Do you think most punk or pop punk bands have more variety to their sound than Green Day?? I don't.

They experimented quite a lot on the trilogy though? Kill the DJ, Nightlife and Brutal Love especially aren't like anything they've put out before. To a lesser extent but still, Oh Love, Drama Queen, The Forgotten and 8th Ave. Serenade aren't "traditional" Green Day, either. Whether the experiments turned out well is a different discussion (I like it but I know that's an unpopular opinion) but they definitely tried.

Turns on TV - Millionaires hot seat is on: First question: Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer of which American punk rock band. Thank you just won $20,000