Originally posted by ElectricBugaloo
but hating your queen is all right? The Sex Pistols?Ramones - being tough? More about sniffing glue.
And I think that music like Black Flag and other hardcore is pretty much all about being tough.
The transition began in 1992 wiht the release of Nevermind.
While not overtly punk, it was indie, and indie and punk had been almost inextricably linked for a decade, the album opened the floodgates for indie bands to hit it big. So then we started to get offers for all these underground bands, including punk, to come up to the mainstream. Those that were ultimately most popular had a pop edge to them (Green Day, Offspring). The bands of today grew up on Green Day and Offspring, so they emulate those bands. They add a little more pop to become more popular.
And Green Day...well they haven't put out anything great since Dookie.