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Re: Greenday

Date:4:21 pm Sun Oct 15, 1995
Number:#26
From:Black Crowe
Base:Bomb_NET Music
To:Spinner
Subj:Re: Greenday
BC> name), Kerplunk!, Dookie, and now Insomniac --- every one has a very simila
BC> sound. The merits of that are debatable, I suppose, but my point is that
BC> their sound hasn't changed in 7 or more years. And they were hardly
S> FINALLY!!! Somebody who realizes that it doesnt matter if they become
S> hugely popular. I haven't liked them since the first album... because i've
S> never heard it..:) But i remember when the Kerplunk album came in on an
S> import, i thought it was great. And from then i watched them become ...
S> household names. So i can't just 'stop liking them' because they're popular

Good. It bugs me when people suddenly hate a band after they get a little
bit of attention... it may be warranted if the band makes a radical change to
their sound to become more popular, but that just hasn't happened with Green
Day.

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BC> name), Kerplunk!, Dookie, and now Insomniac --- every one has a very simila 
BC> sound.  The merits of that are debatable, I suppose, but my point is that   
BC> their sound hasn't changed in 7 or more years.  And they were hardly        
S>     FINALLY!!! Somebody who realizes that it doesnt matter if they become    
S> hugely popular.  I haven't liked them since the first album... because i've  
S> never heard it..:)  But i remember when the Kerplunk album came in on an     
S> import, i thought it was great.  And from then i watched them become ...     
S> household names.  So i can't just 'stop liking them' because they're popular 
                                                                                
    Good.  It bugs me when people suddenly hate a band after they get a little  
bit of attention... it may be warranted if the band makes a radical change to   
their sound to become more popular, but that just hasn't happened with Green    
Day.                                                                            
                                                                                
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