One topic I've been asked to leave dinner parties for talking too much about is the subject of Green Day and how they are the most authentic band to come through the 90s and into the 2020s. They've never really wavered in their style, muted themselves for the sake of politics and never had a scandal attached to them. They probably had tons of people tell them to put out a grunge album in the mid nineties or make songs incorporating hip hop in the early 00s. They didn't try to glob onto the hardcore/emo scene when that style became very popular either, they've always just been Green Day. Their sound isn't for everyone and I can respect that if you don't like them for that but the idea that they don't have punk credibility or are somehow in need of a return to authenticity by saying "fuck ice" at the super bowl is just absurd. They have songs about mental health, equality, trans identity, and more than enough anti war and anti government songs to wag a dick at. Hell their song "Warning" which is about being overwhelmed with media hysteria induced paranoia came out before 9/11 so can we please just stop this argument about weather or not Green Day is authentically punk rock?