Linda Perry Talks About Not Producing Green Day

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  1. Melody Bot

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    Linda Perry called out Green Day in a new interview for dropping her as the producer of the follow up to American Idiot.

    When asked if there was any truth to that, Perry said the band had indeed reached out and asked her to produce their next record. “I had a full calendar and cancelled six months of work to do it,” she recalled. “I met with Billie Joe [Armstrong], and we talked for three hours […] Like every artist, I think he had got to a point where you feel like I have nothing to say and need help – there’s a therapy aspect to producing too.”

    “Then Courtney blabbed her mouth that I was producing. Suddenly they started getting backlash from their fans, upset they were ‘bringing in Linda Perry, who produced Pink and Christina Aguilera’.

    “And then those guys just stopped calling me,” Perry continued. “I would reach out to figure out what was going on. Nobody called. I lost six months of scheduled work. That was fucked-up – all because Billie-Joe’s a little pussy and got all this backlash from his fans and didn’t like it.”

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  2. Carter

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    I’ve seen Green Day 13 times, owned 60 cds (studio, singles, bootlegs) met them twice. I reached a certain point in my life where I just realized they weren’t who I thought they were when I was young and naive. I’m not going to get political (back and forth in this thread) or anything else, but I’ve seen them kick people out of their shows who didn’t agree with them politically. So much for “inclusive” which they brag so much about. Back to the point of this post, I can see them just being assholes.
     
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  3. Penlab

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    Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views
    Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes?
    Con: LOL no...no not those views
    Me: So....deregulation?
    Con: Haha no not those views either
    Me: Which views, exactly?
    Con: Oh, you know the ones
     
  4. PaulMP

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    Can you link to any evidence of this? Genuinely.
     
  5. notbrokejustbent

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    Did your "REPUBLICAN IS THE NEW PUNK" shirt not get the reaction you were hoping for?
     
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  6. Carter

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    I do not, do with it what you will. I’m pretty sure you can find evidence of him saying things like if you voted a certain way you’re not welcome at their shows. I’m walking in the lions den on this site - I’m not here for debate and likes. I will get nowhere, if you don’t want to believe me I’m ok with it
     
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  7. Carter

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    do those shirts exist? I’m pretty sure if a punk band was Republican they’d get cancelled. Don’t be silly
     
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  8. Penlab

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    Hey guys, ProTip. If we all just block him, it's like he's not even here.
     
  9. Nah, you're here to piss people off and get banned to reinforce your victim-syndrome.
     
  10. Fucking Dustin

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    I wish bands could be more INCLUSIVE about me wanting to EXCLUDE everyone
     
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  11. Allthegiganticthings

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    How many years ago was this? Confused as to why this is being brought up now to stir the pot.
     
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  12. mmhmm

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    Pretty hard shift from your first statement: "but I’ve seen them kick people out of their shows who didn’t agree with them politically"

    The conservative outrage handbook 101- confidently assert fact, then backtrack when asked to demonstrate evidence. Sad to see.
     
  13. ixigojerrygoixi

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    Someone shares a genuine personal view point and every person continues to shit on them. I miss absolute punk but yes I realize its dead and gone. This is no longer community its now, think like me or fuck you.
     
  14. mmhmm

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    I point out a simple, but significant inconsistency in their assertion and you jump to this? Yikes.
     
  15. Fucking Dustin

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    This poster has gone out of their way to rile up others and made posts that have been removed for violating policy. That is not the same as "sharing a genuine personal viewpoint" and I know people can't be psychic and predict that this happened but it does show that there is almost always more than meets the eye on how an issue is treated on this website.
     
  16. Fucking Dustin

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    But even still I think it's silly that when someone posts "my beliefs say fuck you I hate you" and then everyone else responds "well then fuck you" the response is "what happened to having an OPINION that is DIFFERENT"
     
  17. Penlab

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    If you check ixigojerrygoixi's post history, it shouldn't be shocking that they've shown up here.
     
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  18. Former Planets

    Aaaachem!

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  19. ixigojerrygoixi

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    Yes I have posted several times on a site that I have been visiting for decades, and?
     
  20. ixigojerrygoixi

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    I mean this sincerely, but reading through your public posting history from just the last couple days was honestly concerning.

    Not because I was offended. Because it genuinely feels like you’re online almost nonstop.

    In the span of roughly 48 hours you posted or interacted with threads about:

    • Star Wars for hours at a time
    • multiple gaming threads simultaneously
    • politics
    • Green Day discourse
    • Saosin pronunciation debates
    • “being in the mood for murder”
    • “cops don’t count as people”
    • “I hate America”
    • organizing people to mass-block posters you disagree with
    And that’s just what was visible at a glance.

    You’re 42 years old. I’m 43. At some point there has to be a moment where a person steps back and realizes spending entire weekends rapid-fire posting across dozens of forum threads is probably not healthy behavior.

    The strange thing is you’re trying to frame me as unstable while your public activity log reads like someone chronically online and emotionally invested in nearly every internet argument happening in real time.

    Most adults with full lives simply do not operate like this.

    People with careers, families, responsibilities, hobbies, travel, fitness, social circles, projects, etc. generally are not posting hundreds of times across entertainment and political threads from morning until night for consecutive days.

    And to be clear, disagreement is not the issue. You’re allowed to disagree with me. That’s normal.

    What stands out is the intensity, frequency, and emotional investment level.

    The forum seems less like a hobby and more like a permanent residency.

    Honestly, the whole thing just came across sad more than anything else.

    I’m going to leave it there because I don’t think this is productive anymore.
     
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  21. Fucking Dustin

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    upload_2026-5-26_15-0-55.png
    The fact that these were both also the video game thread and being about 007/Hitman and GTA respectively makes this especially hilarious

    If we wanna talk about emotional investment level I dunno what to tell you
     
  22. Fucking Dustin May 26, 2026
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    Fucking Dustin

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    That was a nice swing and a miss but every batter misses sometimes, I did think you were leaving though
     
  23. Fucking Dustin

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    "You are psychotic for posting this much, anyway this is my attempt to dox you by researching an entirely different person because you made posts I didn't like"
     
  24. Sean Murphy

    big pipe huh Platinum

    i'll never leave this website
     
  25. Strawhat Travis

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    i love this site so fucking much