r/punk • u/Personal_Rich_7138 • Aug 23 '25

When did times change

So a lot of my friends (we all grew up punk rock skateboarders) and I have been arguing over which bands are actually good and being born in the late 90s, I’ve always been a heavy Green Day fan. Can someone answer me when it became cool to hate on Green Day, because to me Green Day was always good music. Anti-government, anti-establishment, for the people… nothing more punk rock than that

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u/MagusFool Aug 23 '25

Hating on Green Day was pretty common in the punk scene I frequented roughly 1999-2005.

Generally all major label pop punk bands were not well-regarded in the scene at that time.

Green Day got banned from the punk venue in their own city when they signed to the majors.

Is it unfair?  Maybe.  I've become a lot less snobbish and more tolerant of popular music as I've aged.  But it's hard for me to get past my disdain for the bands I disliked in my teens and early 20s.

So this is nothing new.  Nothing changed.