Quote Originally Posted by Frodo View Post
They weren't going to write that song until they signed that contract. There was a massive trend of punk rock bands getting to a size and then either signing up and becoming one of the sell out bands (Green Day/Good Charlotte) or struggling for the next decade even though they had a huge amount of die hard fans. (Bad Religion/Strung Out).
Good Charlotte were never really punk more poppy and Green Day never sold out. They always wrote the music they wanted some just became more popular then others