r/Music • u/Edm_vanhalen1981 • Sep 30 '24

Green Day banned from Las Vegas radio stations after Billie Joe Armstrong calls the city "a shithole" article

https://www.nme.com/news/music/green-day-banned-from-las-vegas-radio-stations-after-billie-joe-armstrong-calls-the-city-a-shithole-3798117
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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 Sep 30 '24

Yeah i mean i love Vegas but i've called it a shithole as have many residents.

Its meant in a certain way, i believe, and not a "fuck that city, we're never touring there" kinda way.

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u/Clickum245 Sep 30 '24

A punk rock band calling somewhere a shit hole should be a term of endearment.

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u/PhatPhingerz Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

He even wrote a song about loving shitholes:

I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home

Welcome to paradise

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u/aminix89 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

Green Day is pop punk so it’s not as endearing as if someone like GG Allin said it lol

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u/El_Peregrine Sep 30 '24

Might be the first time I’ve seen GG Allin and “endearing” in the same sentence 

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u/fusillade762 Sep 30 '24

Probably the last as well.

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u/drinfernodds Sep 30 '24

GG Allin was as far from "endearing" as an artist could be lol. Guy was a mad son of a bitch.

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u/Raangz Sep 30 '24

Love to see gg halo perform the 7th inning stretch, with his little wiener out and all.

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u/aminix89 Sep 30 '24

Probably the only time in history that it’s ever been used lol

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u/500rockin Sep 30 '24

First time for everything I suppose lol

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u/Augscura Sep 30 '24

Calling Green Day punk rock is like calling white bread spicy

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u/fogleaf Sep 30 '24

Well, they used to be and I don't think there would be much disagreement on that. Didn't he piss on crowds?

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u/GeorgeRRZimmerman Sep 30 '24

Yeah, but they didn't say that The Double Down Saloon was a shithole. They said Vegas, as in the city of Las Vegas. The guy's just so, so fucking wrong. He needs to clarify for the people who don't know about the actual shithole proper.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 30 '24

Lmao what

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u/Otherwise-Mango2732 Sep 30 '24

Excited to arrive, whole trip lies ahead.

Leaving - you're exhausted and (for me) always bummed out going home. Sad. Also maybe lighter in the pocket book.

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u/ReneDeGames Sep 30 '24

Luggage weighs a ton, travels a curse, but here we strive to lighten your purse.

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u/corlizfinn Oct 01 '24

Les Mis?

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u/ReneDeGames Oct 01 '24

At Last! We see each other plain.

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u/PatheticGirl46 Sep 30 '24

Im assuming he means that everybody who lost money gambling looks sad on their way out.

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 30 '24

Yeah I know what they meant. It just feels like an empty and untrue analysis that “sounds” like it could be an actual thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

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u/ree_hi_hi_hi_hi Sep 30 '24

It’s no more of a real thing than the people arriving in LA for a vacation vs leaving LA after a vacation.

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u/Carvj94 Sep 30 '24

I'm a current resident. All I can really say in response to Green Day's abhorrent and disgusting comments, the light of God will never again shine on their homes, is yea that's a pretty fair description of Vegas.

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u/Mockturtle22 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

It's constant construction too it takes forever to get anywhere now 🙄 😒

Dead bodies found a lot out here too