Green Day saw a dip in its fan-following post 21st Century Breakdown when a lot of their hard-core fans decided it was time to stop being Green Day fans. Their time had come and Green Day had mercilessly sold out. Post that there was Awesome as F**k, a live album which did bring a few [...]
Why the Hell is ‘London Calling’ so Controversial?
A lot of people confuse punk rockers to only be a green, spiky, mohawked, tattooed, nihilistic bunch of rebels, screaming nonsensically into their mikes, tearing their instruments apart and spitting on people. Well, they should actually be compared to the artsy Bohemians of the Moulin rouge days. Their music is orchestrated and their politically-charged lyrics [...]
Punk’s not dead
Walk into any record or book store, the first thing that catches your eye is how the books/CDs are arranged into neat little stacks with labels on top. House, Gothic, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Reggae and Blues, Crunk, Bildungsroman and Progressive are few of the many sub-sub genres found in books, movies and of course [...]
Review: Awesome As F**K
Green Day’s new album, as the title suggests, is a proclamation to the world about their awesomeness. Awesome As F**k is their latest album + DVD which people think is the follow-up to their 21st Century Breakdown album. Do they stand up to the occasion? Yup. But this is not their immediate next after 21st [...]