At last night’s American Music Awards in Los Angeles, beleaguered pop-punk stalwarts, Green Day, got up and performed their latest single, “Bang Bang,” and spliced in a slightly altered version of MDC’s signature slogan from 1982 into the song’s middle-eight, swapping out “No War” for the refreshingly more specific ”NO TRUMP!”
Here’s the clip below. ADDENDUM: Whoops, taken down already. Oh well -- seek it out, it's probably out there somewhere.
Say what you want about Green Day (as I’m sure many will), but I applaud them potentially risking the alienation of a large swathe of their fan base by publicly denouncing Trump. Of course, one could also speculate that they’re just trying to drum up publicity by invoking the embattled international interstellar embarrassment’s stupid name on national television (they at least weren’t as polite as the “Hamilton” cast). That said, if American Idiot didn’t already clue you in as to where Green Day's hearts and minds are politically, you’re just not paying attention.
The origin of the MDC chant, of course, comes from “Born to Die,” off the endearingly lefty Texas band’s incendiary debut album. If you don’t own this record, you’re truly missing out on a hardcore classic.
Altogether now….
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