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Posted by: Guitar Master123 Feb 18 2007, 08:06 PM

Here are some vids of Green Day's biggest tour; Bullet in a Bible. I bought the DVD and CD for only $20!
Green Day stinks!
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=green+day%3A+bullet+in+a+bible

Posted by: Aryo Feb 18 2007, 08:50 PM

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Green day! the worst band in the history of music.
The guitarist CANNOT play the guitar, he dosent know one scale or chord
he just knows the powerchord shape and moves it about....and dont get me started
on how XXXX the drummer is

(although ur musical tast is not dead seeing as you like ACDC! )

Posted by: buckjones Feb 18 2007, 09:43 PM

yeah billy joe even admitted he doesn't know how to play the guitar! he said before they recorded nimrod he didn't even know what a scale was or anything other than power chords and admitted to guessing on those too!! haha at least he was honest... of course after the song good riddance came out everybody was like oh man billy joe is awesome... yeah definitely not... considering that song just doesn't have distortion on it other than that it's the same as all the rest. haha

nate

btw - ac/dc rocks man!!!!!! the young brothers were an awesome duo together...

Posted by: jete124 Feb 18 2007, 09:53 PM

Thankfully I'm not the only one that despises that so called band.

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Feb 18 2007, 10:30 PM

I think Green Day is awesome - and I stronlgy disslike the language use in this thread. I also believe we got our first spamming here.

I am very sad to see this. Warning and disabling of posting ability has been implemented.

If anyone sees this kind of flaming/spamming or use of bad language anywhere else in the foum please don't hesitate to click the report button under the post.

Posted by: Rockwouldbe Feb 18 2007, 10:39 PM

well my dear friend

as good guitar player we are . we sit at home now and use the computer to write how bad some guitar players are but.....

they are the ones who makes millions $$$$
this guys at green day as much as they don't know how to play, they still did something we all dream of

to affect people through our own material. isn't that wort something??

Posted by: buckjones Feb 18 2007, 10:44 PM

to all who were offended -

i apologize... i really did read in guitar world a quote from billy joe saying he did not know how to play the guitar. i would never commit slander against anybody.... green day has put out some great music ESPECIALLY their early stuff. there is something awesome about how raw their music was back then. so again sorry kris and to any green day fans.

nate

Posted by: Guitar Master123 Feb 18 2007, 11:21 PM

But Billy Joe must be really good if he can make such hit songs without using a scale.

Posted by: brainlesswonder Feb 18 2007, 11:33 PM

I agree, entirely.

The world is full of great bands that "didn't know how to play". The point of playing the guitar for me was always to write songs that people liked. Some of the greatest riffs in the history of music can be played by just about anyone. The Ramones are another great example.

Good Riddance was played as the closing song for the series Friends, it was the walking song for half the graduations in the US, and will be played on the Radio for a long long long time. To me, someone who writes a song like that has to be a great guitarist, because the entire point is to create music that moves people.

Posted by: buckjones Feb 18 2007, 11:44 PM

yeah green day definitely did something right! i wasn't trashing good riddance... my opinion is just that the guitar part wasn't what stood out about the song it's the lyrics and thats why it has been played in thousands of different venues... it's the feeling the song gives. simplicity can make great music too...

nate

again i have no problem with green day... and i agree with what all of you are saying about being judgmental and everything...

this thread really went south quick! haha

btw - i saw green day live multiple times and they put on an awesome show!!!

Posted by: Robin Feb 19 2007, 08:29 PM

No offence to green day fans, but man, Green Day is almost as crappy as in flames. I dont care how good/bad they are playing, I just cant stand that crap music again, sorry, no offence to anyone, thats just my opinion

Posted by: fkalich Feb 19 2007, 09:16 PM

Sort of like the Ramones were, very simple, however an example of how good songs don't have to be complicated. The Ramones had about 7 songs, that was it, it was repetitive after that. But they were 7 good songs. I will give Green day about twice that, which really, ain't bad.

Posted by: Guitar Master123 Feb 19 2007, 09:20 PM

There are a lot of bands out there that only use power chords in their songs and normally I would not like that music but there is something about green day that just makes their songs right on!

Posted by: fkalich Feb 19 2007, 09:32 PM

see below

Posted by: RIP Dime Feb 20 2007, 10:18 AM

Not a big fan at all. But I totally respect his incredible ability to write catchy songs that everyone will like. That's where I think his skill lies.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Apr 4 2007, 11:03 PM

I think that Green Day is a great band and they have great songs. I don't care if they know or not what they are playing. That's not important for me. I just put their cds and I hear nice songs. There are a lot of shred or jazz guitar players that can't do a nice song.

Posted by: stratman33 Apr 5 2007, 12:11 AM

i also have that cd and dvd.there best songs by far are on american idiot album and an old one called dookie anyway, they're a really good band.

Posted by: wheeler Apr 5 2007, 12:13 AM

Green Day may not consist of the greatest musicians on Earth. Armstrong may not be able to play like Shawn Lane or Rusty Cooley. But he is a hell of a songwriter. I love Green Day because they ROCK. Was Cobain a "great" guitarist by the standards being used in this thread? Nope...but Nirvana sure gets a lot of respect. Could Angus Young hang with Jason Becker? I think not. Being able to shred diminished sweep arpeggios up and down the neck is fun. I'd rather be able to write killer rock songs that move people in some way. A bit of advice....if you get so focused on technical ability that you lose sight of how fun it is to play rock/metal/whatever, you're probably going to get sick of playing guitar at some point, because it turns into work instead of enjoyment. And I don't know about any of you, but the last thing I need is another job.

Excuse me while I get off my soapbox.....sorry if I sounded unbearably self-righteous there....

Posted by: Pavel Apr 5 2007, 12:31 AM

Well i can just say that Green Day was the first band i ever listened to, it's where my music life started when my friend introduced them to me. But after a year or so i stopped listening to them.


As for technical abilities - i am having great fun playing arpeggios and crazy runs up and down the neck! It depends on a person what he enjoys so we can't say what is best! Just play what you like and that's it!

The songs i am working on now....i don't expect anyone to like them - the most important for me is that i am having huge amount of fun playing that song! It is 80% shred but hell - i love it!!!

So just stick to the things you love and you'll be happy!

Posted by: brainlesswonder Apr 5 2007, 01:29 AM

That statement just made me feel really old.

Posted by: Pavel Apr 5 2007, 10:18 AM

Why is that???

Posted by: Marcus Apr 5 2007, 10:42 AM

Well, Green Day was formed -89 I think, so I guess that's why

Posted by: Iluha Apr 16 2007, 11:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EohcNfPREU

I guess he does know some pentatonics, anyways, I'm not a big fan of the band, but they got some great songs which I like listening to now and then.

and to the guy who said In Flames sux, **** you , their the band that saved me from the hip hop trap 6 years ago, and I will forever cherish them.

Posted by: Wallimann Apr 17 2007, 03:39 AM

I personally enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing.

Posted by: Asphyxia Feeling Apr 29 2007, 11:50 PM

Dookie is one of my favorite albums. don't care much for their other work though.

however, i agree with what someone else said here. as much as Billy Joe can't play guitar, he followed his dreams and is UBER famous, with tons of adoring fans. meanwhile, we all bash him on the internet, then go back to learning sweep and taps and whatnot.

all it takes to get famous in a band is commitment and persistence! all the talent and sweeps and chording blah blah blah is just extra.

*note*

i'm not pointing at anyone at GMC when i made the "bash him on the internet" comment. it's more directed at the friendly folks at the ultimate-guitar forums. haha, seriously, go make a topic with "Billy joe", "green day", "blink 182", "MARSHALL MG AMP" or "SPIDER III IS COOL" and you will be flamed to oblivion =(

Posted by: spdalton Apr 30 2007, 06:23 AM

Haha so true. Forums such as those are very strange in that respect, they can function as one big flaming entity, if that makes sense.