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Green Day responds to claims that they’re “anti-American”
nme.comGreen Day have responded to claims that they are “anti-American” saying: “If we didn’t care about this country, we wouldn’t say anything.”On New Year’s Eve, the band – comprised of frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool – played a set as part of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve – hosted by Ryan Seacrest.The gig then hit headlines when Armstrong, altered the ‘American Idiot’ lyric “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” to hit out at Donald Trump, singing: “I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda”.
Many including Elon Musk then criticised the gesture, with the X/Twitter boss saying: “Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it.”Since the band’s controversial performance, many have claimed that they are “anti-American”.
In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Armstrong said: “I’m really reluctant to get in bed with any politician. Not that we’ve ever been asked.
I think there’s a side of us that people might look at as being anti-American, so they hold us at arm’s length. But if we didn’t care about this country, we wouldn’t say anything.”A post shared by Green Day (@greenday)Their lyric change during their New Year’s performance was not the first time the band have hit out at the former president of the United States.At the American Music Awards (AMA) in 2016, the legendary punk trio led a chant of “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA” in protest against the then-President electoral candidate.In August last year, the band announced a limited-time sale of a t-shirt featuring Donald Trump‘s mugshot for charity.
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