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    The Band That’s Been Charting America’s Burnout for Decades

    Green Day is still attracting controversy, and listeners, with its blend of politics and punk.
    by Spencer Kornhaber Jan 25, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Emmie America

    Were anyone in denial that this would be an election year ruled by conflict and nonsense, a wake-up call came in the form of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Performing on the variety show, the rock band Green Day changed one line from their 2004 song “American Idiot”: “I’m not a part of a redneck agenda” became “I’m not part of the MAGA agenda.” Thus was born the first culture skirmish of 2024.

    Social media lit up with salutes from the left and complaints from the right. Elon Musk tweeted, “Green Day goes from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it.” Fox News then devoted multiple segments to repeating such sentiments. “I just never thought that I’d see a band that’s supposed to be, you know, against everything, raging for the machine,” one on-air commentator said. “Keep on raging for

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