Throughout a New Yr’s Eve efficiency of their hit music “American Fool,” legendary punk band Inexperienced Day modified its lyrics to take a shot at former President Trump and his followers.
Enjoying the 2004 hit for “Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve” on ABC Sunday evening, the band modified the lyrics of the second verse for the MAGA take down.
Although lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong appeared to garble the lyrics, a number of retailers reported that he sang, “I’m not part of a MAGA agenda,” as an alternative of the unique, “I’m not part of the redneck agenda.”
Both manner, the phrases “MAGA agenda” may very well be clearly made out in the course of the efficiency, which appeared to elicit cheers from the viewers.
The music was written as a protest of American tradition within the post-9/11 period, with verses summing up the band’s discontent with the nation. The unique lyrics of the second verse state, “Properly, possibly I’m the f——, America. I’m not part of a redneck agenda. Now everyone, do the propaganda. And sing alongside to the age of paranoia.”
Their New Yr’s Eve efficiency wasn’t the primary time the band’s members have carried out the music with these anti-Trump lyrics. Through the 2019 iHeartRadio pageant in Las Vegas, Inexperienced Day sang the identical “MAGA Agenda” lyrics.
And through a efficiency of their different music “Bang Bang” in the course of the 2016 American Music Awards, Armstrong chanted, “No Trump! No KKK! No fascist USA!”
The lead singer’s disdain for Trump and conservative political causes has by no means been a secret. That very same yr, Armstrong in contrast Trump to Adolf Hitler in an interview with Kerrang! journal.
He stated, “The worst downside I see about Trump is who his followers are. I really really feel unhealthy for them, as a result of they’re poor, working-class individuals who can’t get a leg up. They’re simply p—– off and he’s preyed on their anger.”
“He simply stated, ‘You haven’t any choices and I’m the one one, and I’m going to handle it myself.’ I imply, that’s f—— Hitler, man!” the musician added.
In between songs throughout a set in France in 2018, Armstrong spoke to the viewers about Trump, saying, “I f—— hate Donald Trump a lot. I used to scream I hated George Bush. This one is just a little completely different. This one is unhealthy, it’s like acid gone unhealthy. F—ing LSD and the American Proper, man.”
And in response to Roe v. Wade being overturned in 2022, Armstrong advised an viewers in London he was “renouncing” his U.S. citizenship. He stated, “F— America, I’m f—— renouncing my citizenship. I’m f—— coming right here.”
“There’s simply an excessive amount of f—— silly on the planet to return to that depressing f—— excuse for a rustic. Oh, I’m not kidding. You’re going to get loads of me within the coming days,” the frontman added.