The Network is back!

[Lenny]

3 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

Kosher is spelled with a K 😉

But the actual legitimate symbol on the products is a C 😏

3 hours ago, That Dude said:

Got me reading about Ivanka now.   What is the first item of business I come across.....she's Jewish.

 

 

You think you're so clever and kosher and free

[Little Boy Named Booze]

My work day is over.

I took my time to be updated.

 

The song is fucking good!! Viva the network!

[That Dude]

1 minute ago, Sheenius said:

But the actual legitimate symbol on the products is a C 😏

You think you're so clever and kosher and free

Ooooh.    The Network should do some more cover songs.   Working Class Hero has been covered into oblivion, but I think their take on it would be really cool.

 

You say that you're cosher but you know that you ain't 

you're looking like a sinner and your no f***king saint  

IVANKA! 

are you running around 

crying out in bloody meat plants

IVANKA! 

are you hanging out

hanging out with Lady Cobra

Noooooooooooooo

IVANKA

IVANKA

IVANKA

IVANKA

 

 

 

25 minutes ago, greendepent said:

Well, finally we got a song directly to Trump. Such fun times

Not directly.    It's about Ivanka.  

[nopride84]

26 minutes ago, That Dude said:

Got me reading about Ivanka now.   What is the first item of business I come across.....she's Jewish.

 

 

only cuz she converted to marry her husband says the first google result so not really 

[That Dude]

3 hours ago, Bakabanas said:

You missed:

1. The Network new song Ivankkka is a Nazi

2. Green Day members suspicious activity in social media.

3. Hilarious Happy Rooting Unicorn posts.

4. The Ultimate Test is probably real.

5. I confessed to have faked American Idiot.

This is what happened with American Idiot.   Every copy is completely different.   Each one of us recorded our own "perfect Green Day record".    Whatever you hear when you listen to it is the album YOU made in your head".   

There is no "unified" version as far as I know.  

There's been a LOT of songs coming from this MACH TWO.  While I love every little weird thing about it, I hope they save more than a couple songs from being spoiled too soon.  

Also, I noticed Balduci was featured heavily in the video.   Has his status been upgraded from touring idiot to main man?  I want some Balducci lead vocals.    

Actually, more than that I would like some Captain Underpants or Z lead vocals.   

 

I also want these guys to do some solo projects, really get wild this year.   If the Network are this creative and free, imagine what a Captain Underpants solo album would be like?  

Let's get to work making that, guys.   

 

In an unrelated note, I'm going to search for vocals by Reto Peter and Chris Dugan.    Absolutely no reason at all.   Just random browsing.  Goodbye.

 

[Redundantuserjinxboy]

awesome song

 

TUT still fake tho

[That Dude]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_Renegade_(The_Network_album)

 

I was trying to find an official The Network site (with no luck) and looky looky what I found.

And I was just about to start spamming the crap out of you guys with fake track listings.   

CRAP!

This wikipedia page was somehow edited in the FUTURE so it must be true.   The future is set!   

 

 

 

Sparky Renegade is the 2nd studio album by the Green Day side project new wave band The Network. It will be released on December 11, 2020, through Warner Records.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength

1."The Prophecy" 

2."The Future Is The 80s" 

3."Tarantulas" 

4."Joe Robot: Rise Of The Machines" 

5."Sparky Renegade" 

6."Fink For Yourself" 

7."Judgement Day" 

8."The Ultimate Test" 

9."Masks Are Trendy 2020" 

10."Loud Loud Loud" 

11."Taping Songs Off The Radio Is Killing The Music Industry" 

12."Ivankkka Is A Nazi"

 

Sparky Renegade

Studio album by 

The Network

ReleasedDecember 11, 2020

RecordedFebruary 2020 & August 2020

VenueOTIS

Genre

New wave, Pop punk, Post-punk revival, Synthpunk

LabelWarner Records

ProducerThe Network

The Network chronology

Money Money 2020
(2003)Sparky Renegade
(2020)

Singles from Sparky Renegade

"Ivankkka Is A Nazi"
Released: 2nd November 2020

 

 

[Tubbie Head]

I've been reading back some pages (still a lot to go through) and noticed some of you are doubting about TUT. I thought it was 100% real but now I'm REALLY doubting myself 

Since I totally fell for MOOTIK, I can't really trust my judgement.

Bill saying it's fake could indeed be just trolling this time, since that's what the band is doing as well, but he could obviously be telling the truth (as he always has). On the other hand, I think it would be a HUGE coincidence for the fake song to be leaked on youtube like a month ago, before any of us knew about The Network returning... But then there's @BraedonHorbacio's post trying so hard to prove that the song is actually by The Network, to me that is pretty sus... Then there's the fact that TUT is actually my favorite song out of the three and since I loved MOOTIK so much, this alone actually makes me slightly lean to the TUT is fake & by Panicland camp.  

Ok but I'm living for this, it's honesly hilarious. BRB catching up all the last 40+ pages! 

Long live The Network Community!

[trambopoline]

16 minutes ago, That Dude said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_Renegade_(The_Network_album)

 

I was trying to find an official The Network site (with no luck) and looky looky what I found.

And I was just about to start spamming the crap out of you guys with fake track listings.   

CRAP!

This wikipedia page was somehow edited in the FUTURE so it must be true.   The future is set!   

yeah we were talking about that wiki page a few pages back. it's pretty funny but obviously bogus. but there is thenetworkband.com - somebody checked the html to that and found other socials links and the skeleton of webstore capabilities, so there'll probably be stuff there soon.

4 minutes ago, Tubbie Head said:

I've been reading back some pages (still a lot to go through) and noticed some of you are doubting about TUT. I thought it was 100% real but now I'm REALLY doubting myself 

Since I totally fell for MOOTIK, I can't really trust my judgement.

Bill saying it's fake could indeed be just trolling this time, since that's what the band is doing as well, but he could obviously be telling the truth (as he always has).

On the other hand, I think it would be a HUGE coincidence for the fake song to be leaked on youtube like a month ago, before any of us knew about The Network returning... But then there's @BraedonHorbacio's post trying so hard to prove that the song is actually by The Network, to me that is pretty sus... Then there's the fact that TUT is actually my favorite song out of the three and since I loved MOOTIK so much, this alone actually makes me slightly lean to the TUT is fake & by Panicland camp.  

Ok but I'm living for this, it's honesly hilarious. BRB catching up all the last 40+ pages! 

Yeah, I'm with you and @pacejunkie punk on it being too many coincidences to be fake. But Panicland has actually acknowledged this one and said it's not them already, whereas they just dodged the question last time. I also think Bill is trolling... but I thought that during MOOTIK so who knows 

[TimmyChunks]

2 minutes ago, Tubbie Head said:

I've been reading back some pages (still a lot to go through) and noticed some of you are doubting about TUT. I thought it was 100% real but now I'm REALLY doubting myself 

Since I totally fell for MOOTIK, I can't really trust my judgement.

Bill saying it's fake could indeed be just trolling this time, since that's what the band is doing as well, but he could obviously be telling the truth (as he always has).

On the other hand, I think it would be a HUGE coincidence for the fake song to be leaked on youtube like a month ago, before any of us knew about The Network returning... But then there's @BraedonHorbacio's post trying so hard to prove that the song is actually by The Network, to me that is pretty sus... Then there's the fact that TUT is actually my favorite song out of the three and since I loved MOOTIK so much, this alone actually makes me slightly lean to the TUT is fake & by Panicland camp.  

Ok but I'm living for this, it's honesly hilarious. BRB catching up all the last 40+ pages! 

Long live The Network Community!

Ha, I honestly experienced some anxiety last night after a significant portion of the board insisted it was fake following multiple posts where I had been totally fangirling the song at the best thing in a while. My heart dropped as the doubt started to creep in.

Then, like the Robin Williams character in Good Will Hunting, I fell into a deep peaceful sleep and haven’t thought about it since. Well almost anyway.

I’m still convinced it’s real, and it’s the last time I listen to you Idiots (I mean that in the nicest way possible!) 😁

2 minutes ago, Herroon said:

yeah we were talking about that wiki page a few pages back. it's pretty funny but obviously bogus. but there is thenetworkband.com - somebody checked the html to that and found other socials links and the skeleton of webstore capabilities, so there'll probably be stuff there soon.

Yeah, I'm with you and @pacejunkie punk on it being too many coincidences to be fake. But Panicland has actually acknowledged this one and said it's not them already, whereas they just dodged the question last time. I also think Bill is trolling... but I thought that during MOOTIK so who knows 

Somehow I missed the Panicland thing last year (I go through heavy stretches on and off the board) and without that history I innocently walked into the TUT fiasco happily assuming we would all be celebrating a fantastic song instead of the deep fake paranoia that ensued. Man, Panicland did a number here, didn’t they? I guess it’s healthy to be skeptical in this day and age, but never did I expect that the authenticity of new material could be so uncertain (and rightfully so given what you guys dealt with during the last fake). 
 

I hope to god TUT is real. I love that song and it’s so spot on in every way that I’ll never trust my ear again if I’ve been fooled!

[trambopoline]

6 minutes ago, TimmyChunks said:

Somehow I missed the Panicland thing last year (I go through heavy stretches on and off the board) and without that history I innocently walked into the TUT fiasco happily assuming we would all be celebrating a fantastic song instead of the deep fake paranoia that ensued. Man, Panicland did a number here, didn’t they? I guess it’s healthy to be skeptical in this day and age, but never did I expect that the authenticity of new material could be so uncertain (and rightfully so given what you guys dealt with during the last fake). 
 

I hope to god TUT is real. I love that song and it’s so spot on in every way that I’ll never trust my ear again if I’ve been fooled!

Yeah panicland got a lot of us (myself included) real good. Their phony leak account was really convincing and they did their homework, I'll give em that. I'd recommend watching the video where they explain how they pulled it off if you can find it. Anyway, I'd like to think it's for real. I voted real. Only time will tell.

[DookieLukie]

Seems odd that the new wiki page has been up so long. Typically Wikipedia will take things down without citations pretty quickly.

[MarriedtoMikeDirnt]

Is anyone one else settled into the habit of checking instagram and youtube every two minutes because they've got severe FOMO?

[TimmyChunks]

11 minutes ago, Herroon said:

Yeah panicland got a lot of us (myself included) real good. Their phony leak account was really convincing and they did their homework, I'll give em that. I'd recommend watching the video where they explain how they pulled it off if you can find it. Anyway, I'd like to think it's for real. I voted real. Only time will tell.

Thanks for pointing that out, after watching and then thinking about a few portions of TUT that caught my attention (like some of the over-accented portions of the vocals and the length and composition for a Network song) I’m cringing again. Yikes, I really want that to be their song, but I guess we’ll find in in due time. That said, I don’t know how a fake would magically appear only a month before a release, and with a seemingly legit looking graphic/ logo. I may have missed the part about how that all timed up. 

Anyways, it’s been an eye opener for sure as to how a fake “could” potentially happen. I always thought BJA’s voice was so unique it’d be impossible. I may have been wrong. 

I was also a bit overconfident as a fan that GD was one of the few bands that could compose such a banger. This may still prove true, but if it’s a fake then the silver lining is there are more good songwriters out there than I thought. 
 

So much for a dull end to the year for Green Day and the Network! Fun as always, although a little more uncertain/ weird this time around. But it’s great that the confirmed songs are awesome!

[That Dude]

Doing some Green Day nerd stuff (seeing what years the songs from No Fun Mondays came from) and I see that Billie has on some glasses that look kind of like Fink's goggles.   Also, they are black and white like Fink's mask.   

Could there be a connection?  

What if No Fun Mondays was not in fact Billie Joe from Green Day but Fink from The Network?   Or possibly even the Rev??

 

 

 

[Tubbie Head]

17 minutes ago, TimmyChunks said:

Thanks for pointing that out, after watching and then thinking about a few portions of TUT that caught my attention (like some of the over-accented portions of the vocals and the length and composition for a Network song) I’m cringing again. Yikes, I really want that to be their song, but I guess we’ll find in in due time. That said, I don’t know how a fake would magically appear only a month before a release, and with a seemingly legit looking graphic/ logo. I may have missed the part about how that all timed up. 

Anyways, it’s been an eye opener for sure as to how a fake “could” potentially happen. I always thought BJA’s voice was so unique it’d be impossible. I may have been wrong. 

I was also a bit overconfident as a fan that GD was one of the few bands that could compose such a banger. This may still prove true, but if it’s a fake then the silver lining is there are more good songwriters out there than I thought. 
 

So much for a dull end to the year for Green Day and the Network! Fun as always, although a little more uncertain/ weird this time around. But it’s great that the confirmed songs are awesome!

Yeah, Panicland really thought us we can't trust what we see or hear 😂 it's interesting that the TUT is kind of about that too  

If you haven't already do yourself a favour and listen to Rome Falls, the best Green Day song by Panicland

https://youtu.be/pgVYHhcpcv8

[trambopoline]

19 minutes ago, TimmyChunks said:

Anyways, it’s been an eye opener for sure as to how a fake “could” potentially happen. I always thought BJA’s voice was so unique it’d be impossible. I may have been wrong. 

Just rewatched the panicland video again, and I remember being more convinced at the time since we were only hearing snippets of songs (being played in a room and then filmed on a phone). We got like 10 seconds max of the panicland songs when it was being debated, and once they finally gave up the bit and released the full things it was pretty clear it wasn't green day. It needed other stuff in the way distorting it and cutting it up to make it convincing. TUT is pretty much a full song laid bare, and it's a really really convincing one at that. I don't know that the vocals on there sound too different from the vocals on IIAN. Plus, crush is known for social marketing schemery like this, so I don't doubt it'd be intentionally leaked on a non-official account.

[That Dude]

Aw, !@^# it's changing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparky_Renegade_(The_Network_album)

now there are only three songs listed and the release year is gone.    The future is not set. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.

 

Also, wikipedia has this on Warner Records.     That's wacky.   

 

[trambopoline]

looks like someone is updating it to make it resemble what little correct information we have 

[That Dude]

I hope "The Prophecy" is 9 minutes and 19 seconds long.  

There is no C in Team.  

 

[Tubbie Head]

16 minutes ago, Herroon said:

Just rewatched the panicland video again, and I remember being more convinced at the time since we were only hearing snippets of songs (being played in a room and then filmed on a phone). We got like 10 seconds max of the panicland songs when it was being debated, and once they finally gave up the bit and released the full things it was pretty clear it wasn't green day. It needed other stuff in the way distorting it and cutting it up to make it convincing. TUT is pretty much a full song laid bare, and it's a really really convincing one at that. I don't know that the vocals on there sound too different from the vocals on IIAN. Plus, crush is known for social marketing schemery like this, so I don't doubt it'd be intentionally leaked on a non-official account.

Thing is, with The Network they are using a lot more voice/sound effects so it would be easier to disguise it right?

The more I listen to TUT the more I think this song is not by The Network, it's too epic hahah and to me it still totally sounds a lot like Billie/ GD but doesn't really sound like an actual Network song, it has a different feel. I think it's more likely than not to be Panicland 😂 

[That Dude]

https://www.facebook.com/SRpunkband/?ref=py_c

 

The Network when they aren't Networking?   

Or nothing at all?  

 

I have to go read now.  

[TimmyChunks]

39 minutes ago, Herroon said:

Just rewatched the panicland video again, and I remember being more convinced at the time since we were only hearing snippets of songs (being played in a room and then filmed on a phone). We got like 10 seconds max of the panicland songs when it was being debated, and once they finally gave up the bit and released the full things it was pretty clear it wasn't green day. It needed other stuff in the way distorting it and cutting it up to make it convincing. TUT is pretty much a full song laid bare, and it's a really really convincing one at that. I don't know that the vocals on there sound too different from the vocals on IIAN. Plus, crush is known for social marketing schemery like this, so I don't doubt it'd be intentionally leaked on a non-official account.

Huh. Kudos to you guys for the detective work here. That’s insane and I don’t really like it.

I give the Panicland guys props on the one hand for the ingenuity/ effort, but at the same time they trolled a great band’s following. I can see doing this to a band you don’t like...but not to a band you really respect (and they kept pulling out the fan card like this was a huge honor for whatever self serving reason) because at the end of the day that band’s fans are your joke. 

Hopefully they haven’t done it twice, I wouldn’t think it’d be flattering to then to recreate that look. 

[Lenny]

3 hours ago, Tubbie Head said:

The more I listen to TUT the more I think this song is not by The Network, it's too epic hahah and to me it still totally sounds a lot like Billie/ GD 

I feel the same 

[dallasthemenace]

i love when i take a weekend off from the internet and upon returning, finding chaotic good has transpired in my absence. this is the best news ive had all year.

i cant wait to spend money i dont have on a new record and t-shirt. netverk is one of the only bands that can make me unass cash. (i'm still kicking my own ass for not snagging one of the red/blk striped shirts back in '03.)

(also, i see discussion regarding the MM2020 vinyl...does anyone happen to know the amount pressed for the original 2011 run on blue marble? that's the pressing i have and i cant find numbers for it anywhere.)