If Mezmerize by system of a down still hasn't found a home in your album collection, it is time for you to make a spot for it. Ever since I initially saw this band open in for Slayer in 1998, i've been a massive fan. Their self titled first CD was still a few months away from release at the time, but I was attentively waiting for it's arrival. As soon as it was released, I was not dissatisfied.
My mates and I just got back in from the public house. We had been told there was going to be an marvelous starting out band playing there. Being how the source was reputable, we all decided we would see for ourselves. When I walked into the public house, I was certain it would be excellent. I mean, it is easy to tell as soon as you wander in if the audience is into the same type of music your into.
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The other day, I was listening to the american-idiot album by Green Day and felt myself feeling the exact same way I invariably do when I hear this band. I like Green Day and, although I didn't know about with them when they were an underground punk sensation, I purchased Dookie when it came out. This was the first album the group put out for a mainstream audience, and me liked it. I've always felt that they were not incredibly punk rock. I'll admit, I do not know how Green Day orginally sounded since I haven't heard their work from before Dookie. Still, I have heard many of their songs and I don't feel it's really punk music. Yep, it is angst ridden, the instrumentation is straightforward, and the singing is nasally. All of these aspects go into good Punk Music. Yet, if this is all there's to punk, next Slim Shady should be though of as a punk rocker.
Green Day does not make Punk Music from the way I see it. This is distinctly true of their 'american idiot' CD. This CD is in my album collection and I do like listening to it occasionally.
However, when I do, it isn't since I would like to listen to Punk Music. If I am in the mood for punk rock, I pull out one of my XS-Energy, Stage B, Tax Exiles, or Johnny Moped CDs. With these Punk bands, I get the anger and the mad fast beats punk-music is meant to have. I mean, come on, if it is appropriate for the radio it can't incredibly be punk! Green Day makes damm good music, however they are not a punk band.