i second greenday being a big punk influence how about billy joel influencing rock? Maybe influencing isn't the right word, but i think he created his own style....wasn't a follower...piano in ...

see...i will never agree on this green day issue...they are catchy...but they just repackaged the same three cords they picked up from the ramones, from the other punk bands of the 70s and 80s...th...

but that's what punk is...the same three chords over and over.....hehe, i'm gonna get it for this, aren't i?

yes you are. that's not all punk music is. ok TECHNICALLY that's what it is. but the truly amazing punk music comes from an innovative combination of instruments...i'm going to use yellowcard as an...

how come every one of their songs sounds the same then?

Cause you don't have an ear for music. You want to hear a band where everything sounds the same check out Korn.