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2 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Would you accept a diverse collection of bands instead because that’s honestly pretty unique and cool 😎 

It is! But all these songs are too good to not be played live.

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1 minute ago, DookieLukie said:

Billie keeps trying to perfect the power pop sound even though he's done it two times already in the 90s.

I think he perfected it a long time ago, but he likes it so revisits it. Fairly normal I’d say.

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2 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

It is! But all these songs are too good to not be played live.

Oh I think we’re gonna hear this live...

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7 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

I’m a bit sad they release a side band album with such a fresh, different sound, while Green Day seems somewhat stuck in a rut. Wish this was all one band with a diverse collection of albums.

I agree with you on one side but for the market this is a niche product 

Experimentation has to be done in order to be commercial for a major. They wouldn't advertise this as a green day album, it only works as The network, a band affiliated with Greem Day

This is punk with new wave, not gonna be listened by younger generations

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16 hours ago, Red said:

Can you elaborate a little? Like are you in the camp of "It's a new Green Day song but not The Network" or "It's completely fake"? Maybe something else entirely?

I think it's a fake song to throw more confusion into the situation. The Prophecy and Ivankkka Is A Nazi are definitely Network songs. Haha, this all gets very confusing. 😂

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2 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

They’re free of expectations with the side projects, which probably leads to not half-assed results.

Exactly. It seems so insincere, while this is real and fun.

They re invented a genre with 21Cb and AI, then they started this cliché of being aging cursed rockstars with some sparkles of old green day sound :(

My problem with their latest records was they didn't sound enough honest to my hears. 

This is 100percent genuine 

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3 minutes ago, dannygreen said:

I agree with you on one side but for the market this is a niche product 

Experimentation has to be done in order to be commercial for a major. They wouldn't advertise this as a green day album, it only works as The network, a band affiliated with Greem Day

This is punk with new wave, not gonna be listened by younger generations

New wave is actually trending again. A lot of younger bands are making music in this style now

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Just now, pacejunkie punk said:

New wave is actually trending again. A lot of younger bands are making music in this style now

Yes but majors works on masses

Young people are into Pop, trap, dance and variants 

A major puts a whole lot of money on them, since they are huge. they will ask them always for their singles to be commercial for masses

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22 minutes ago, petros said:

Also I just remembered that and correct me follow up to Money Money 2020 supposed to be called Omega 3000?

Only according to John Roecker I think. Who I would assume probably isn't involved anymore, I believe he was only around originally because he was filming Heart Like A Hand Grenade with them at the time.

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2 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

To me, the music is out there and the only difference (other than the fact that the two bands are completely unrelated) is the amount of “mainstream exposure”, which does not really impact or alter my fan experience. The music is still there in my library, with a continuity. 

That said, it’s true that I would love to see this kind of brave and out of the boundaries content coming from Green Day as well, and not only from their nemesis. FOAM did a bit of that (to me, I know many would not agree), but not to this extent. Both from a music and a lyrical/political content/satirical/punk perspective. But it looks like they are building a ring where Green Day and the Network will battle, so the exposure is potentially still there, and I’m looking forward to enjoy every single bit of it 😄

You make a good point that it’s pretty much just a question of exposure. I’d counter with saying that as a fan, I enjoy shows very much (so ngl, if Longshot came anywhere near me, I’d bitch less), but also, I think they’d deserve to recognized as more than a pop punk band that doesn’t branch out a lot.

4 minutes ago, dannygreen said:

I agree with you on one side but for the market this is a niche product 

Experimentation has to be done in order to be commercial for a major. They wouldn't advertise this as a green day album, it only works as The network, a band affiliated with Greem Day

This is punk with new wave, not gonna be listened by younger generations

Do you genuinely think FOAM was listened to by younger generations?

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But really if Green Day were to post Network songs under their own name, it would get so much flack. 

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2 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Only according to John Roecker I think. Who I would assume probably isn't involved anymore, I believe he was only around originally because he was filming Heart Like A Hand Grenade with them at the time.

Oh that's where we got that from. Right. So I guess, yeah, it's not the case with the album title.

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3 minutes ago, dannygreen said:

Yes but majors works on masses

Young people are into Pop, trap, dance and variants 

A major puts a whole lot of money on them, since they are huge. they will ask them always for their singles to be commercial for masses

Lol, wtf? Okay boomer.

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3 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

You make a good point that it’s pretty much just a question of exposure. I’d counter with saying that as a fan, I enjoy shows very much (so ngl, if Longshot came anywhere near me, I’d bitch less), but also, I think they’d deserve to recognized as more than a pop punk band that doesn’t branch out a lot.

Do you genuinely think FOAM was listened to by younger generations?

Concerts do not exist anymore, welcome to 2020 😘

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Just now, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said:

Concerts do not exist anymore, welcome to 2020 😘

Thankfully THE PUNK CRED is still here to be fought for!

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1 minute ago, Beerjeezus said:

You make a good point that it’s pretty much just a question of exposure. I’d counter with saying that as a fan, I enjoy shows very much (so ngl, if Longshot came anywhere near me, I’d bitch less), but also, I think they’d deserve to recognized as more than a pop punk band that doesn’t branch out a lot.

Do you genuinely think FOAM was listened to by younger generations?

FOAM is not as experimental as they wanted to sell it. The marketing strategy was older Rockstars playing the role of old rockstars against the system. 

I think they accepted it as a last album before a new contract and find some good placements for the songs on commercials and stuff like that. 

Btw foam didn't sell that much and wasn't that good on streaming

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4 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

Do you genuinely think FOAM was listened to by younger generations?

Take it from an youngin, FOAMF is most popular with the kids. The younger generations love it. It's the Gen X, and old millenials that don't like it. 

(And me, but I'm and old soul).

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6 minutes ago, dannygreen said:

Yes but majors works on masses

Young people are into Pop, trap, dance and variants 

A major puts a whole lot of money on them, since they are huge. they will ask them always for their singles to be commercial for masses

Actually younger generations are bringing punk back. Artists like mgk, poorstacy, Garzi, Iann Dior, Carlie Hanson, and more are bring rock elements in

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