Green Day went from modern-era Punk to outspoken political flag wavers in an instant back in 2004, with the “anti-Bush era” album, American Idiot. But with 20 years now in the rear view since that era, the SoCal band has began to soften.
“We got away from the politics for a while to where we just didn’t want to be, you know, another pundit on CNN finger pointing. But songs and political songs, it takes a lot of heart to do that, and I think if you keep doing it for the sake of doing it just because you’re angry, then you take the heart out of it. And then it just becomes part of what everyone is complaining about.”
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