As the COVID-19 Pandemic Struck and the Banana Boys went into lockdown, they decided to take it easy and make some lighter, less research-heavy episodes of the pod. This is one of those Pandemisodes.

In this Pandemisode, Joe & Wes talk about punk legends Dillinger Four, whose 1998 record “Midwestern Songs of the Americas” reshaped the sound of DIY Pop Punk, and their connection to Punk Rock Superstars Green Day. Did Billie Joe steal the riff to American Idiot from the D4 song “Doublewhiskeycokenoice”? Is Green Day Punk? Are Dillinger Four Punk? Is ANYTHING Punk?

ADDITIONAL READING

Dillinger Four on WikipediaThe Official Dillinger Four Angelfire PageFAT WRECK CHORDS: D4 Press InfoNOISEY: In Dillinger Four We TrustNOISEY: Dillinger Four's 'Midwestern Songs of the Americas' Spawned a Scene of CopycatsDYING SCENE: 13 Green Day Songs That Sound Like Songs By Other ArtistsYOUTUBE: Did Green Day steal their American Idiot riff from Dillinger Four's DoubleWhiskeyCokeNoIce?COUNTERPOINT: Dillinger Four Ripped Off Green Day

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