There is a difference between being a good band... and appealing to the masses... Green Day appeals to the masses... They came out with American Idiot and pinpointed a hot button issue... American politics... at the same time that the Government of the United States launches a mass campaign to educate the youth about current political issues... Basically the government wants the youth to stop being apathetic toward political views and start voting... since we're the next generation of voters... Green Day exploited that in American Idiot... hammering the nail... taking sides with the millions of.... ironically.... ill-educated American youth that believe political decisions are souly in the hands of the President of the United States... So basically they're riding the Anti-Bush wave... I'm not calling them sell outs... I don't think they are... they still make the same simple, non musically difficult, 4 power chord downstroke music that they always have... I have no problem listening to Green Day for what it is worth... I just don't view them as "The best band ever". Sure they were influencial... and now they have lost that influence... because they are now in the same genre as pop/rock. THAT'S why Boulevard of Broken Dreams and When September Ends have been overplayed... they're on the 25 song repearting playlist of every pop/rock station nation wide...