[pic=Green Day in 2012]031113_gd.jpg[/pic]Posted Monday on the Phoenix New Times blog website was an article from a staff writer about how Green Day didn't sell out, it's just that people never accepted the successes of the band.

The writer, Elano Pizzicarola, goes on to talk about all the major accomplishments the band has had since American Idiot, such as a Broadway Musical, a video game, large TV appearances, and much more.

[quote]One of the most mainstream punk bands since the new millennium, Green Day has faced criticism for selling out ever since releasing 2004's American Idiot -- some would say as far back as after the release of 1994's Dookie. Fuck that. They didn't sell out. In fact, songs on American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown resonate just as deeply as those on Dookie.[/quote]

What I like most about the article is that the writer makes the point that the band has been commercialized, rather than them selling out... whatever that even means nowadays. I think he is spot on with that statement.

The whole article can be read over on Phoenix New Times website by clicking here.