[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,
5SOS also paid tribute to the band on the recent Kerrang American Idiot album playing the title track.
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.