Now, I stopped listening to the radio seriously long before finishing middle school. I do, however, find myself in certain situations where I'll tune in to the local rock and pop stations while driving back and forth. Perhaps I forgot my Zune at home, or I've thoroughly bored myself with the jumbled CD collection I have stashed in my vehicle. Whatever the reason, time and time again I will find myself making the fatal error of switching on my car radio. About 76% of the time that I make that mistake, I am immediately met with popular Green Day song 1 out of 5. Switching to another channel... any channel in fact... will soon get me listening to popular Green Day song 3 out of 5. The radio then gets turned off. A state I should have left it in from the start, knowing full well that my chances of not hearing Green Day are too slim for my listening enjoyment.
I would love to leave this up to opinion, but let's be serious here; Green Day is not a good band, and they really never were. They started their campaign of mediocre pop punk music in 1987. To give you an idea of how long ago that was, I was born in the year 1987, and I'm growing beards and drinking legally now. They had some big hits in the mid-90's, and everyone who didn't know enough to not care about their Dookie album, eventually smartened up and didn't care about any albums they released after that. Then they made that 'huge comeback' in 2004 with their album, "American Idiot". By huge comeback of course, I mean they decided to wear ties, dye their hair black, and put on eyeliner. While of course, playing the same exact crap that we've always heard. Due to the fact that they look like Pete Wentz now, 14-year-old girls totally bought it, completely unaware that the rest of us got tired of this music a decade prior. Imagine if your dad shopped at Hot Topic, wore makeup and darkened his hair. Picture how silly that would look, how humiliated you would be as their offspring, and how disgusted you would be at the idea of someone that age and level of maturity doing that to themselves. Then, look at the above band photo. Yeah.
Why exactly Green Day's music dominates the airwaves is beyond me. It's not new, it's not good. I'm not even sure if it's popular anymore. Yet 1/5 songs played on alternative rock stations are Green Day. For that matter, why I'm still hearing Limp Bizkit and Staind songs on the radio is beyond me. I don't know how the system to running a radio broadcast works, but I think there is some kind of law that dictates you are not allowed to update your original music library, and that music library has to consist only of Nickelback, Alice in Chains, Metallica, and Tool songs from the years 1990-2002. Even from a commercial standpoint, nobody listens to/likes this music anymore. Unless of course you're a burnt-out 30-something guy who's willing to wait on hold for your chance to win Three Days Grace tickets on air.
That guy loves that music.
Edit: Relevant Gaming News:
So without knowing it, I wrote this blog while there is a Green Day version of Rock Band in the works. Dear Jesus. All frat and birthday parties involving the playing of said game I will make a point not to attend. The fact that I won't be invited only makes it easier for me.
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