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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pay-for-play-lawsuit-radio-1287139/amp/
 

In March 2020, Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong released a cover of “I Think We’re Alone Now,” hoping to offer a small measure of comfort to a pandemic-stricken world. “I figure if we have to spend this time in isolation, at least we can be alone together,” the singer wrote on YouTube. The familiarity of Tommy James & the Shondells’ original combined with the sweet sentiment created an unexpected hit — Armstrong’s cover cracked several Billboardcharts and earned radio play in both the Rock and Adult Top 40 formats.

But that May, Steve Zap, an independent radio promoter, texted an employee at a station he has worked with to reduce the single’s play count. “I hate to do this but Billie Joe needs to go down,” Zap wrote. “They said they aren’t working it” — apparently meaning the record label wasn’t actively pushing the song — “and not paying bills… If we take down, let’s see if they are all of a sudden working it?” Based on a later follow-up text from Zap, this tactic appeared unsuccessful: “Billie Joe down and they never paid a dime.”

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1 hour ago, jengd said:

Exactly! Bad enough when they think they are the arbiters of taste but if it comes down to bribes, which this basically is, then that’s disgraceful!

And that text gives me the chills. “Billie Joe needs to go down”. It sounds like he’s ordering a hit on him. Crazy

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So Billie got screwed and his solo singles could have been more of a hit but he doesn’t pay to play or have someone to do that for him?? Is that the gist of this??? If so that’s suck BS

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2 hours ago, billy1986 said:

So Billie got screwed and his solo singles could have been more of a hit but he doesn’t pay to play or have someone to do that for him?? Is that the gist of this??? If so that’s suck BS

Yep, seems to be. 🤬🤬

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https://www.setlist.fm/news/07-22/green-day-launch-american-idiot-tour-on-this-day-in-2004-5bd6af90

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Green Day Launch American Idiot Tour on This Day in 2004

With a commercially successful album, of course comes a commercially successful tour and not without its controversy, some likened the American Idiot Tour to an anti-Bush rally, with frontman Billy Joel Armstrong revealing they did "everything to piss people off," which including wearing a mask of former President George Bush onstage in weeks leading up to the election.

How does this keep happening? You did all this research for this article and can't get his fucking name right?

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On 7/31/2022 at 2:16 AM, Give_Me_Novacaine90 said:

According to an obituary shared by the band, McKean passed away yesterday (July 29) from a brain haemorrhage.

In 2001, McKean moved to Los Angeles to work with producer Rob Cavallo, and went on to receive two Grammy Awards for his engineering work on Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’.

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-pay-tribute-to-producer-doug-mckean-who-has-died-aged-54-3280056

I saw this on Friday via MCR insta or twitter, but could not find a cause. How sad. Rest easy, Doug.

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On 8/1/2022 at 12:44 PM, Squashie said:

I saw this on Friday via MCR insta or twitter, but could not find a cause. How sad. Rest easy, Doug.

I believe I saw Sum 41 post it, if it's the same guy.

 

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2 hours ago, That Dude said:

I believe I saw Sum 41 post it, if it's the same guy.

 

Yeah they did (or not I can't see it now) 

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Just now, The Grohl said:

So Rudy's can fail :(

I know it's sad but it's funny tho 😂

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11 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

I know it's sad but it's funny tho 😂

Laughing through the tears 😭

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40 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Rudy's can't fail is closing :(

Here’s the post. Sad. I’m grateful I had a chance to visit when I did. Ate there twice. Great food and super friendly service. I’ve got the t-shirt to remember the place by.  RIP Rudy’s 
 

https://www.instagram.com/p/ChAQvWzrVAF/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Very sad :( It was sad enough when the other branch closed but now this one too :(

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