'course, there are some high school bands that do nothing but cover Green Day. It doesn't take much to learn the
American Idiot singles, really. Because they hadn't heard of the band until that album came out (much like The Who and
Tommy in a way.
) . . .
I guess Green Day was trying to say something with
American Idiot -- I haven't sat down and listened to the whole thing, just parts of the CD, but... the kids covering it generally have no idea what htey meant. And it's lame to cover "punk" if you don't get it. Like that. Yeah. Shutting up now.
PS: September's way over, someone should seriously wake them up now.