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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Those two should naturally appear in a line of thought together, because without Nirvana becoming hot shit & selling big numbers, the Green Day machine would have never been borne into the marketplace. And yeah, Green Day are like a non-threatening (with the soul sucked out) version of Nirvana in many ways. When one considers all the bands that the success of Green Day have spawned, it's a bit like a lot of '50s rock with the endless parade of seemingly neutered safe-for-your-daughter performers.
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I had never thought of it quite like that, but yeah, it is kinda like how Pat Boone came out as a "safer" version of Elvis...
The difference, though is that while Green Day's success hinged on that of Nirvana (even Billy Joe Armstrong basically came out and said that when they were on Behind The Music), the band themselves were not manufactured...they were totally DIY in the beginning and I think they deserve and least a little bit of cred for that.
I picked "Basket Case", becuz it reminds me of how I knew this one kid in junior high who was always singing their songs...I would have picked "Welcome To Paradise", but I didn't see it on there, or "Geek Stink Breath", or "Brain Stew" if it had "Jaded" attached to it...