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It pains me that mainstream considers Imagine Dragons peak rock these days.

Green Day are in the Hall of Fame…the youngest band to get in. They can still fill stadiums/area’s/and headline…every album pretty much had a #1 single on some form of rock radio..even oh yea, oh love as well as bang bang and still breathing…Grammys and radio popularity are peaks and valleys mid to late 90’s rock/alternative rock was everywhere…mid 2000’’s to maybe 2012 rock was pretty popular. Green Day are not over the hill they still play amazing…Rock in general is not popular in mainstream..Green Day are still a name everyone knows…eventually hip hop/pop/ will become blah and rock will be big again. Green Day will win more Grammys…but..how many Grammys did Queen/Prince/The Beatles win?!? And they are still highly regarded. Green Day doesn’t “try” to win when nominated lack some over-rated rock groups..plus pacific daydream/California/Nine they are not close to quality when it comes to Green Day. Green Day are loved by all countries and bands…they are not over…rock will eventually get big again..they were one of the biggest bands from 94-97….still big in the rock world…were one of the biggest bands from 2004-2009…still big in the rock world so again peaks and valleys I have faith their next release will be a huge success critically and commercially and rock will be in the mainstream again..if you don’t think they still don’t want to be the biggest/best band your wrong…they were the biggest/best several times….also milli and vanilli won Grammys as well as the BaHa Men…so Grammys Don’t always mean good

It's interesting because I was having a recent conversation with some co-workers about music and I brought up Green Day. They were surprised that they're still around. One of them said they haven't heard a green day song in a minute. The other thought the reason they played the metro was because they can't fill large shows, which I don't agree with. Their points were Green Day doesn't feel super relevant. I don't know if I can agree with it, but I do agree that they're not in the mainstream consciousnesses anymore. If they drop another fantastic album maybe they might get there again, but really as long as the boys are happy, I'm a happy fan. It just surprised me when I run into people who are shocked that Green Day is still making music because to me they feel like the biggest band in the world! And then when you go outside the fandom, you realize well not everyone feels that way. And it's so strange because when I list off bands I love and include green day I feel that's when I get most judgement. I could say oh wow I love Nsync and that doesn't bat an eye , but bring up Green Day and some folks feel like oh...okay you like that kind of music, Just interesting things I've been noticing lately, especially at work where just about everyone is 5-10 years younger than me. But I have met some fellow fans at work so it's been nice seeing both sides of the coin.

I dont know maybe they are fine where they are now. As long as they still headlining Festivals and play big shows. They are known for putting on great shows and everyone seeems to enjoy these shows, even when people say they dont listen/like them, they enjoy the shows. and yeah, RevRad didn‘t perform that bad on charts, but should have get more attention. It‘s still one of the best records in my opinion.

More than accolades or popularity, I just want it to be good. I want the boys to surprise me, to move me emotionally, I want an album with gravitas. Something that I can live with and continue to listen to and think over. I want the album artwork to be, well… art (looking at you FOAM). I want an album that feels like it means something to the band itself.

I'm curious if the old footage they're posting on TikTok is related to this at all. With that plus the whole "1972" thing, it seems we might get something that is reflective of their whole career. I don't know what shape that would take, but have to imagine the two things are related. Oh, and the "2,000 Light Years Away" AI-driven stem creation thing.

Least passionate green day fan

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FF isn't rock but MGK and Yungblud are?

Good jazz is still being made. Rock will probably just become more niche over time, but I don’t see it dying out entirely as a genre

Yeah, they played The Metro cuz they can’t fill a bigger venue. That’s why they headlined Lollapalooza that same weekend 😂👍

I very rarely find humans in real life to talk music and when I do, it's absolutely the best feeling. But I do get the sense that almost nobody at my job would know who Green Day are, aside from one 20-something woman that may sing parts of Good Riddance or Broken Dreams....and she probably heard those AT work. My cousin likes rock music though and they praised BANG BANG when it came, which is the only instance of real world Green Day praise I've ever heard. Actually, once I had my windows down and some dude on the sidewalk gave me the rock hands for Father of All. 😄

FF isn't rock? Well pinch me. Coldplay definitively isn't.

I think it’s a mix of the lack of interest in rock music on radio, music in general on tv and just the fact that they aren’t new, young things anymore.

I think the reason why it’s so is a combination of a few factors: -GD dropped off the radar pretty abruptly after iHeart and went MIA for a few years, which probably looked an awful lot like the band was over to people who aren’t following them (to the point that people didn’t neccessarily have to notice the comeback) -in general, rock music currently isn’t very relevant -GD mostly keep to themselves and you don’t really hear about them outside of promoting an album, while in the same time frame for example Foo Fighters produced multiple documentaries/put effort into everyone knowing that Dave Grohl is a nice guy -even if people noticed them in the last few years, the band positions itself as a legacy act now so understandable that doesn’t make them look fresh

But look who gets nominated for best rock album- 2021 includes Foo Fighters (who won), Paul McCartney, AC/DC, and Chris Cornell. Other recent nominees include Weezer, Alice in Chains, Metallica, FOB, Blink 182, and Muse. All of whom are contemporaries of Green Day or even older. It still hurts that they weren't even nominated for RevRad since I love that album so much. I want it all. The awards, the sales, the airplay, and a good album.

I'd rather a good obscure album than a bad popular one. SDAR is one of their best and no one knows about it. Doesn't make it less fun.

As much as I love this band, they are past their prime commercially and creatively and so I don’t think there’s a great chance they might get a Grammy nomination. Not that it’s that much of a tragedy. I’m not sure how much awards even matter anymore.

That would be the kind of thing that would be released after a band’s breakup. I think this most likely would be a documentary movie, similar to The Beatles’ Get Back miniseries, and the original 1970 Let it Be cut, featuring the 1972 recording sessions and rare film and photos from Billie, Mike, and Tré’s childhoods.

https://yes-armageddon-it.tumblr.com/post/692319068883222528 Don’t know why this isn’t pasting properly.

This teaser has such a nostalgic vibe to it!!! You mean the overall sound of the teasers?

REDUNDANT MY BELOVED... also Billie looks so cute in that interview.

Thank you! It's not a bad case, thankfully, but I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired. Gonna take a test tomorrow and hopefully it'll be negative. Meanwhile I've been trying to keep myself sane by watching Hot Ones. I really hope that when it's time for promos, at least one of the members would consider going on. Billie would be the most interesting, he's so good at interviews but I feel like Tre would be super amusing, I know he was on Bourdain's show at one point.

2023 is still 5 months away

Actually Maneskin are pretty inspiring they’re pretty popular as a rock resurgence act. It always surprises me that they seemed to leap over the Struts in popularity when I think they’re a really deserving band too. I always say in any other era the Struts would be filling arenas.

*me catching up on Kevin's insta* Man...what a babe

So glad this and Money 2020 are getting repressed!

I like the FF but when they and Coldplay are considered rock…well where do we go from here?! I’m hoping the likes of MGK and Yungblud, whatever you think of them, can bring some light back.

I remember hearing 21 Guns being a pretty major song in Transformers 2, but that was more than 10 years ago and Ordinary World is more of an indie film, so I don't think that really counts. 100% agreed. I hear a GD song on rock radio channels from time to time, but I can't remember the last time I heard one on a standard mainstream channel. (Was either Bang Bang or X-Mas Time of the Year.) Mainstream rock outside of dedicated rock stations seems to be pretty much dead now. It's getting so bad that even dedicated rock stations in recent video games such as Forza Horizon 5 has about 3 or 4 songs that I'd actually consider to be rock and two of them are Foo Fighters. The rest is very debatable. It's honestly sad to see after living through what I'd consider to be the peak of rock.

I like to think the song would take a darker turn if it went longer.... Something really snarling and mean with a ton of obscenity and the actual words "good riddance".

Trilogy lyrics over FOAM instrumentals. Including the hand claps. Perfection.

Anyone needing a vinyl copy of FBHT then 1234Go currently have it in stock Jason White and Kevin also posted about it on their Instagram stories

I think that’s the problem actually, most of these either have more of an estabilished legendary status than GD do or in case of FOB, are currently popular/play music that’s closer to current mainstream. Agreed - RevRad deserved more recognition than it got, but at least it did relatively well, the singles got airplay and I never saw a bad review except maybe Fantano.

I’m gonna take a guess that this is that album. The contrast between the hype or lack thereof for this vs FOAM is stark. They already seem so much more confident and proud of what they’re doing/have done.

I agree. For their future endeavors, all I really care about is that the songs get a hefty amount of streams+radio play. Still Breathing was one of those songs that was very popular, I think it was #1 on the charts for like a month or two, but it never won any awards. I would take that over an award any day

Ok guys, this proofs it. It's 100% real.

If so, that would be the best outcome for me. I would love to see an in-depth documentary, preferably with interviews with their families. Especially interviews with Billie's mom and Tre's dad. They are elderly and I hope they don't miss the opportunity to hear about their childhood and early Green Day from a parental perspective.

Tre is interesting because sometimes he says some very astute things.

I was so happy when Maneskin won Eurovision. It‘s great to see that rock got more recognition and airplay in major radio stations.

Venturing into at times.

I know those guys SAID they were Green Day, but it' debatable.

Just having your song in a movie can help you gain popularity. But it's all rap or pop now. When the last time you heard a Green Day song in a movie? I'm talking a live action movie not animation. By the way 99 revolutions and Holy Toledo were in the end credit so that's not very relevant.

When did they ever dominate the Grammys? Theyve won 5 since 1995 and not one since 2011 for the musical album. Also one in 2010 2006 2005 and 1995. Hardly dominating the Grammys. Just saying.

The characters of Christian & Gloria are based on Billie himself. Here is a quote from Billie "I look at Christian and Gloria, and it's me. Gloria is one side: this person trying to hold on to this sense of belief, still trying to do good. Whereas Christian is deep into his own demons and victimizing himself over that." Any song that is about Gloria or Christian, the Viva la Gloria's, Christian's Inferno, Before the Lobotomy, Restless Heart Syndrome is basically about Billie. Although Last Night on Earth and Last of the American Girls isn't just about Billie & Gloria but Adrienne & Gloria too I mean, Billie hasn't written about any other presidents besides current presidents, right? When he writes songs about politicians or talks about politicians, it's about current presidents/politicians. So I wouldn't be expecting any of the other many many awful US presidents in history to be written about In 21CB there is that line about Nixon but it's not just a one off line in the song, the line "We are the desperate in the decline raised by the bastards of 1969" is also a reference to the year Nixon was inaugurated

So Rudy's can fail

I posted this in the TikTok thread as well. Here's the 1972 vest!!!

That’s one song I’d like to see back on the setlist