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Lead singer of band Green Day arrested Sunday for D-U-I

Monday, January 6, 2003
(01-06) 23:42 PST BERKELEY, Calif. (AP)

The lead singer of the punk band Green Day was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.

Billie Joe Armstrong, 30, was arrested early Sunday at about 1:00 a.m. near Telegraph Ave. for allegedly driving his black BMW convertible under the influence of alcohol, said Berkeley police spokeswoman Mary Kusmiss.

Armstrong fronts the Bay Area punk trio with several platinum selling albums to its credit including "Insomniac" and "Nimrod."

― gygax!, Thursday, 9 January 2003 19:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Punk = stupid. If you can afford a BMW, you can afford a sober driver. What a "nimrod!"

― hstencil, Thursday, 9 January 2003 19:35 (twenty-three years ago)

whoops! wrong room. I thought this thread was going to be about punk rock, not some asshole from San Francisco.

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 9 January 2003 19:46 (twenty-three years ago)

"I'll tell you about Punk Rock; 'punk rock' is a term used by dilettantes, and, uh... heartless manipulators..."

― Leee (Leee), Thursday, 9 January 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

i totally already posted this

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 9 January 2003 19:53 (twenty-three years ago)

When did Billy Joe turn into the lead singer of Poison?

― David Allen, Thursday, 9 January 2003 20:08 (twenty-three years ago)

sometime around the release of Dookie.

― hstencil, Thursday, 9 January 2003 20:23 (twenty-three years ago)

real punks ride http://transitinfo.org/BART/IMG/logo.gif

― gygax!, Thursday, 9 January 2003 20:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Political punx ride bikez.

― hstencil, Thursday, 9 January 2003 20:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Correction: political punx try to bum rides off of others, the eternal free lunch pursued to the fullest.

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 9 January 2003 23:24 (twenty-three years ago)

You're confusing political punx with gutter punx.

― hstencil, Thursday, 9 January 2003 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

i heard through the grapevine he was just upset you can't be arrested for being punk in drublic.

― mallory bourgeois (painter man), Friday, 10 January 2003 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)

If you can afford a BMW

I've seen punx drive beat-up early '70s 2002s, so nyeah.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 10 January 2003 00:25 (twenty-three years ago)

C'mon, there's nothing punk rock about driving under the influence. Hell, even Dubya did it.

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 10 January 2003 00:28 (twenty-three years ago)

C'mon, there's nothing punk rock about driving under the influence.

Replacements, Sorry Ma..., track 1.

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Friday, 10 January 2003 01:16 (twenty-three years ago)

This reminds me of a Camper Van Beethoven lyric I can't remember. "I'm a punker, i've got a mohwak...." Anyone know the rest.

― mallory bourgeois (painter man), Friday, 10 January 2003 01:22 (twenty-three years ago)

errr, you mean Black Flag lyric?

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 10 January 2003 01:25 (twenty-three years ago)

No I don't. I'm refering to Wasted from Telephone Free Landslide Victory, or I think thats the record it's on. I doubt this is a Black Flag song, although I know nothing about Black Flag other than the progression of Henry Rollin's neck's mass. Wait, I remember the rest.

"I was so gnarly and I drove my dads car." Atleast I think thats it.

― mallory bourgeois (painter man), Friday, 10 January 2003 01:41 (twenty-three years ago)

It *is* a cover of a Black Flag song, though they slow it down, countrify it, and maybe goof on the lyrics a bit. And yes, I realize that I have killed/derailed yet another thread. Sorry also for being unnecessarily snarky and show-offy. ("ooo, look at me, I recognize song by semi-obscure indie band is cover of song by semi-obscure hardcore band")

The original is ver. good, btw. Recorded pre-Rollins... Also, it's a mistake to entirely dismiss Black Flag (with and without R), imho. They rocked harder than just about any band ever... And, if the hardness of a band's rock is not of interest to you, they also had some very interesting pop sensibilities lurking beneath the noise, speed, and sweat.... I think CVB's cover should be filed under "loving tribute" rather than "mocking parody"...

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 10 January 2003 02:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, my friend Christopher who is peering over my shoulder said CVB did a twist on the lyrics, and don't worry he is getting your job done by grilling me for dissing Black Flag in the first place. But gah, thanks.

― mallory bourgeois (painter man), Friday, 10 January 2003 03:15 (twenty-three years ago)

CVB semi-obscure? Not at $25 a ticket!

Black Flag semi-obscure? Er, uh, maybe.

1970s BMW? No way, not if it was black and convertible.

― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 03:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Semi-obscure: The "semi" bit is to indicate that most people who know something about pop music know who they are. The "obscure" bit is to indicate that, really, most people don't know that much about music. I am relatively confident in saying that I am the only person in 1) my workplace, 2) my apartment complex, 3) my family, etc etc who knows who BF and CBV are.

And I actually spent 25 bucks to see CBV. Money well-spent, I thought.

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 10 January 2003 07:29 (twenty-three years ago)

er, CVB, that is...

― flightsatdusk (flightsatdusk), Friday, 10 January 2003 07:32 (twenty-three years ago)

since when are the Replacements punk?

― gabbneb, Friday, 10 January 2003 08:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Uhh... since pretty much all their albums except maybe their last 1 or 2.

― David Allen, Friday, 10 January 2003 21:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Since when is Green Day punk?

― hstencil, Friday, 10 January 2003 21:48 (twenty-three years ago)

since 1991 hstencil. you're not keeping up to date for a change.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 10 January 2003 22:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Green Day, Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, New Found Glory, etc. etc. etc.......since when are ANY of these bands Punk?

― Motel Hell (vassifer), Saturday, 11 January 2003 12:01 (twenty-three years ago)

since the mid 90s

― Vic (Vic), Saturday, 11 January 2003 12:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Since when were the Damned punk?

(This is turning into SUPER PUNK QUIZ 3000)

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Saturday, 11 January 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Green Day and Blink 182 are widely percieved to be almost identical sounding. Do *you* percieve them that way?

― Sean (Sean), Saturday, 11 January 2003 18:16 (twenty-three years ago)

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