[pic=5 Seconds of Summer]072714_5sos.jpg[/pic]Members of Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer have talked about how big an influence bands like Green Day are to them. So much so they mention them in a recent song "Long Way Home" off their self-titled new album.
Snippit from "Long Way Home" mentioning Green Day:
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The band mentioned Green Day's influence in a recent interview with the New York Times,
5SOS also paid tribute to the band on the recent Kerrang American Idiot album playing the title track.
Snippit from "Long Way Home" mentioning Green Day:
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The band mentioned Green Day's influence in a recent interview with the New York Times,
Calum Hood: When I was about 14, I got on the bus, and my sister’s friend’s brother handed me a burnt CD that said “American Idiot,” and that was pretty much the first time that I fell in love with music. I couldn’t stop listening to it. I saw an acoustic guitar sitting around the house, and I picked it up.
Ashton Irwin: It wasn’t just their music that influenced me, it was the attitude behind it. When I was a kid, I sort of felt like it wasn’t all right to be what I was. And they told me it was.
Have you met the frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong?
Hemmings I haven’t. It’s probably better that I don’t, because I’d probably cry.
Ashton Irwin: It wasn’t just their music that influenced me, it was the attitude behind it. When I was a kid, I sort of felt like it wasn’t all right to be what I was. And they told me it was.
Have you met the frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong?
Hemmings I haven’t. It’s probably better that I don’t, because I’d probably cry.
5SOS also paid tribute to the band on the recent Kerrang American Idiot album playing the title track.