Music that actually is cyberpunk? You do realize theres PUNK in cyberpunk? Not just cybercyber
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[Theory] Green Day performing at The Game Awards could be Cyberpunk 2077 related
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Some of those 80s/90s bands are still going strong though. Frenzal Rhomb, Pennywise, Good Riddance, Bad Religion, NoFX.
I don't give two shits about labels, genres, or how "hardcore" a band is. Such a waste of time and energy.
"They aren't REAL punk". Who the fuck gives a shit? If you like the music then that's all that matters. I'm so bored with all the negativity in this world. Your life isn't being enriched by calling a band that you don't care about "irrelevant". No one cares that you don't consider a band to be "punk" enough. Everyone likes what they like and if you don't like it... move on and focus on the things you do like. Everyone will be happier for it.
American Idiot and Dookie are some of the best albums ever made. Plus they recently changed their style quite a bit. Great band with actually cool left wing values. They're still relevant and politically engaged. The same naysayers here in this thread would flip out if a right winger band like 3 Doors Down would play. Just be fucking grateful once.
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Sex Pistols are punk rock while Green Day are pop punk (and not far from emo pop).
If CD Project think a pop punk band is representative of the Cyperpunk world, good for them.
I'm not sure why you're angry. I didn't usr that label as a "bad" thing. Literally how I've always referenced bands like Green Day.
Take your rage energy elsewhere my man. Also, I never called them "irrelevant". What are you even on about?
Side note.. this is a thread about a band. If people have the opinion that Green Day isn't good, I feel like that's a valid thing. It's personal preference. Just as you have the right to blast this thread as a Green Day homer. Everyone's opinion is valid.
Whenever an artist performs at events like this the sound is always terrible.
Green Day's albums from the 90s were cool but they really fell off for me with American Idiot and everything after.
Green Day's albums from the 90s were cool but they really fell off for me with American Idiot and everything after.
At the time of the Ramones debut they weren't considered mainstream or radio friendly. They played loud, sloppy and fast and a lot of people hated it.
The whole genre was the antithesis of pop music.
The second half of that was not directed at you specifically. Just this thread and that attitude in general. Also, I'm not angry. I just fucking enjoy using god damn swear words to articulate my fucking point, dammit.
That is very true and part of the reason pop punk became so big in the 90s and 00s. But a lot of those bands miss so much of the attitude and experimentation that many punk fans love. I was totally the guy that thought pop punk bands were posers back in highschool and luckily I'm past that but it's still frustrating talking about punk music with people and they associate what I love with Fall Out Boy and Blink 182 when it's more Dead Kennedys, Refused, Misfits etc
No... I feel like people would be more upset about a band as bad as 3 Doors Down playing.
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Yes. Them spending whatever amount of money they need to get Green Day to make an original song for the game and play it at the game awards when they could have licensed a few dozen actually good songs from artists that actually encapsulate the spirit of cyberpunk does make me worry that the game might not be for me.
Punk isn't just punk music.
Again just be grateful people are dabbing into that genre at all. No wonder metal or punk fades away, because their remaining fans are busy with gatekeeping, hating success and only liking "the rEaL" bands. You'd think these are the people who'd like to work for border patrol.
I doubt you could even imagine it
On topic: Awful news if true.
Honestly tho, in general i feel like the marketing for the game has really emphasized a green day-ish aesthetic since the jump, that cyberpunk imaginings such as blade runner or shadowrun will exist mainly via homages or references in the context of this bright silicon valley apple corp campus style rendition (w seeeeeedy nighttime or whatever). The music choice theyve made for the trailers, etc.
But i wanna see where they end up i guess, even tho i prefer and relate to the more hazy noir style cyberpunk stuff
Swear to god every DMB song is like 8 minutes of sax, 30 seconds of vocals, 5 more minutes of sax.
I still like Green Day...their new song I heard yesterday is different at least but I am not crazy about it...I even liked their other named group The Longshot and that album...looking forward to see what they play.
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It's still Punk.
First, this is all speculation that Green Day is going to be contributing to the Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack and we won't know for sure until tonight.
Secondly, you do realize that CD Projekt Red has a tremendously large budget in place for this game to fund the things that they feel that it needs. Getting other bands that you find more fitting to the genre will not be an issue - especially Synthwave and that sort because the amount of money they would ask to be included would be far less than an established, famous band.
Lastly, as I said previously, if you don't like that they have a song in the game, then when it comes on the radio if it's a station you like - then don't listen to it - either switch the radio off or change the station lol
Synthwave is my most anticipated radio station - bar none.
I went back and listened to the song in the deep dive video, it doesnt exactly sound like him to me, but the last thing I really listened to was 21st century breakdown. His voice mightve changed since then. Its definitely in the ball park, but i wouldnt put it together unless someone told me.
yeah, just get FM-84, Timecop1983, Carpenter Brut, Pertubator, Neoslave, The Algorithm, Electric Youth & Dance With The Dead on that soundtrack.
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I agree, it's close enough to warrant the speculation; but it's definitely not a dead-ringer for Billy Joe Armstrong.
People shitting on Green Day... Well, I don't quite like it.
People shitting on System of a Down... What the fuck?
People shitting on Refused (especially after the masterpiece they released last month, War Music)... Okay, let's put the thread on ignore before someone shits on Bad Religion and Propagandhi.
People shitting on System of a Down... What the fuck?
People shitting on Refused (especially after the masterpiece they released last month, War Music)... Okay, let's put the thread on ignore before someone shits on Bad Religion and Propagandhi.
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Doeesn't sound like Green Day to me, and its not the vocals that makes me thing that. Instrumentally it sounds too electronic (electronic drumkit in my GD song? no thanks!) for something like them to put out. Id be happy to be proven wrong though.
Doeesn't sound like Green Day to me, and its not the vocals that makes me thing that. Instrumentally it sounds too electronic (electronic drumkit in my GD song? no thanks!) for something like them to put out. Id be happy to be proven wrong though.
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I figured everyone had seen it already, but I added it to the OP👍
I mean they're playing the god awful Death Stranding song live on stage so it's gonna be p bad.
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As strange as it may seem, I actually like that Chvrches song lol
green day performing isn't a spoiler and the performance being linked to cyberpunk is a theory
shouldn't a cyberpunk game taking place in 2077 have cutting edge music? if you want to include punk music why would you choose some washed up pop punk band from 20 years ago? I mean I can hardly think of someone more unfitting for cyberpunk 2077 than Green Day
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I actually had a nice chat with Dance With The Dead over Twitter PMs and they told me that they were not on the soundtrack and we're not even asked. I told them that was a travesty, especially considering that the name of the bar "Totentanz" in the game translates to "dance with the dead" and aside from that irony, I stated their sound and style was perfect for the game. I then suggested contacting CD Projekt Red to inquire about joining the project and they said that they would.
Hopefully all goes well and will hear some Dance With The Dead in Cyberpunk 2077 on April 16th, 2020🤘🏻
I am sure theres gonna be more reveals along the way that will seem to people far more unifitting
Oh yeah, Cyperpunk has the word punk in it so that makes green day totally fit so obvious.
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This is CD Projekt Red not EA. CDPR does not hot shot garbage into their games for click bait. Keanu is in there because he has a strong tie to the Cyberpunk genre through his career. This theory is absolute rubbish.
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This is CD Projekt Red not EA. CDPR does not hot shot garbage into their games for click bait. Keanu is in there because he has a strong tie to the Cyberpunk genre through his career. This theory is absolute rubbish.
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Regardless how popular they are nowadays, they were very popular in the 90s - which the 80s and 90s are the retrofitted future that Cyberpunk is set in and to have a band like that create a brand new song for that world is something I am excited for - if it happens.
but why? someone else already said it perfectly, it would make cdpr look incredibly out of touch to include Green Day or Nickleback or U2 in this game
This tweet shows Tony Hawk gameplay in the background weird if it was for Cyberpunk no?
