Showing posts with label billie joe armstrong. Show all posts
Showing posts with label billie joe armstrong. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Basket Case


Today's piece for the Daily Banter takes a look at Billie Joe Armstrong's angry tirade onstage in Vegas last week.

An excerpt:

"Now if Billie Joe Armstrong really does have a drinking or drug problem — if it’s the kind of thing that’s interfering with his life and causing real damage — then obviously he’s smart to get help. But there’s something mildly disconcerting about the rush by a rock and roll band to both grovel at the feet of a corporate radio giant and blame what may very well have been an entirely justified tantrum on something other than the fact that the guy at the center of it is a former punk."

Read the Rest Here