Posted on 05/21/2009 10:06:40 AM PDT by GSWarrior
NEW YORK (AP) — Green Day has the most popular CD in the country, but you won't be able to find it at your local Wal-Mart.
The band says the giant superstore chain refused to stock its latest CD, "21st Century Breakdown," because Wal-Mart wanted the album edited for language and content, and they refused.
"Wal-Mart's become the biggest retail outlet in the country, but they won't carry our record because they wanted us to censor it," frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said in a recent interview.
Guitarist Mike Dirnt said: "As the biggest record store in the America, they should probably have an obligation to sell people the correct art."
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Anyway, Green Day was better when they were snotty punks aping the Buzzcocks. The strain of trying to become a "band with an important message" has revealed the sophomoric nature of their lyrics.
Deal wid it heathen Green Day
I hate Green day....if Walmart doesn’t want to sell there “garbage” so what......free market baby!
I hate Green day....if Walmart doesn’t want to sell there “garbage” so what......free market baby!
I’m guessing there were a few f-bombs and anti-family messages in the lyrics?
Wal Mart probably doesn’t sell crosses in cups filled with urine passing as sculpture either
When American Idiot came out I thought ok Billy Joe, guess you want to insult your biggest market huh wanker.
Who’s Greenday?
they have the 1st amendment, and Walmart has the right to sell what they want.
so shut your yacks, money monkeys.
“if walmart has a duty to xyz” then perhaps you have a duty to not turn kids into foulmouthed scum? see how it can work both ways?
Moron
The only song by these twerps I thought was decent was “Time of Your Life”... I heard in on the Seinfeld finale. But I just can’t get myself to buy a CD from guys wearing heavy doses of mascara.
why don’t these fake punk losers who get booed at Gilman St. just tell people to download their album for free instead of going to Walmart?
We invested in Starbucks and Wal-Mart Monday. I’m happy with both companies, but I wish SBUX would open up a dividend.
“The have to sell our record, they have an obligation as the nations biggest record store.”
What a little pussy wimp. He doesn’t understand anything.
>>Wal-Mart said that it’s the company’s long-standing policy not to stock any CD with a __parental advisory sticker__.
Thank Tipper Gore for that, libs.
They aren't the biggest "record store in the world".
They are a department store.
A record store (A) sells RECORDS (they are still manufactured) and (B) sells primarily music albums and related materials and (C) typically sells albums beyond what is in the Billboard top 20.
Some band that got all preachy and lame.
HOLD ON! ! !
We shouldn’t be judgmental of those so mentally challenged that they “break their own rice bowl”.
Have a little sympathy for the intellectually and Economics 101 disabled.
Be Compassionate Conservatives!
A new administration comes into power and he’s still railing against Boosh and Christians. And now Wal-Mart.
Wikip. says Oasis claims that they ripped off “Wonderwall”
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