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Green Day Lashes Out At Wal-Mart Policy

May 21st, 2009 10:00am EDT Post a comment

NEW YORK (AP) - Green Day has the most popular CD in the country, but you won't be able to find it at your local Wal-Mart.

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Thu May 21 2009 10:20:17 By: Squints (

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Ah, Wal-Mart. Where people buy Chinese crap before complaining about our economy.

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Thu May 21 2009 10:39:40 By: Agent Smith (

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I hate Walmart.
And I shop there all the time.
I'd rather pay $20 for a box of 85 Pampers (you know, the brand invented by that "Chinese" guy Victor Mills, who worked for that "Chinese" company Procter & Gamble) at Walmart than $25 for the same thing at the grocery store right next door; or $30 at CVS.

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Thu May 21 2009 10:40:40 By: Guy Nacolojist (

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Just buy one of the other Green Day albums that Walmart carries. It all sounds the same anyway, so it's not like you'd be missing anything.

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Thu May 21 2009 10:42:03 By: Alter-Ego (

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Green Day = old guys who still haven't learned to play their instruments any better than when they released Dookie

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Thu May 21 2009 11:04:57 By: Marcus Garvey (

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i learned this the hard way when i bought ready to die at age 15. way to figure it out 10 years later

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Thu May 21 2009 11:22:29 By: Marcus Garvey (

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agent smith dont you ever get sick of being a conservative stereotype? "blah blah blah small business blah blah blah" then you shop at a store like walmart over a few bucks

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Thu May 21 2009 11:31:30 By: Tom Sizemore (

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It's hilarious to me how Green Day is this "trio" yet every time I've seen them on TV playing "live" they have like 4-8 guys on stage. Pathetic. They're not even a good enough band to stand on their on, they need session musicians.

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Thu May 21 2009 14:17:20 By: bluman (

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walmart is so low rent, green day sticks to their guns. to sizemore most rock trios have other musicians play in the studio and on the road,green day writes great songs and they rock live

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Thu May 21 2009 15:50:23 By: ipsofacto (

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I respect Wal Mart for their policy and if a group wants their
CDs stocked in the stores they should do as they sre requested.
They should think themselves lucky to be able to sell them
there. Wal Mart does a huge
business in CDs.

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Thu May 21 2009 15:55:53 By: TheJoker (

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Eugh that is just pathetic! Its sister chain Asda in the UK doesn't do that! What the hell is the point in censoring it? It just proves how idiotic and madly politically correct our society has become. We don't live in a democracy anymore its more like living under dictatorship. Good on you Green Day!

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Thu May 21 2009 16:17:49 By: Agent Smith (

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If you'd like to pay my bills I'd be happy to shop wherever you want me to Garv. Just cuz I lean right doesn't mean I eat, sleep and breathe it.

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Thu May 21 2009 16:18:55 By: Agent Smith (

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@bluman:
Rush.
That is all.

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Thu May 21 2009 22:02:41 By: nicerack (

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Go Green Day.

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Fri May 22 2009 10:00:09 By: Eskire (

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they are awsome i understand where they are coming from u shouldnt censor music cauz it might lose its meaning in the process

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Fri May 22 2009 14:34:03 By: LisaLaggrrr (

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I can't believe Green Day has become the new Pearl Jam, political, hugely popular, media darlings! Let's hope they don't become like Metallica. (Anyone who encourages Lars Ulrich to talk should be shot!)

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Fri May 22 2009 17:10:33 By: jenc (

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first of all, i don't LIKE green day, but that doesn't matter. walmart doesn't have the right to censor their material. if they are going to censor cd's, why don't they censor the video games they sell? i have heard much worse on those games than i have EVER heard on a cd, but the games are readily availble even WITH the warnings on the label. if they are going to censor the music...FINE...then they should censor the games also.

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Sat May 23 2009 23:51:23 By: MrCelsius (

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F**k Wal-Mart, they suck anyways, 'Green Day' is right, about the 1953 comment, i was like, ''i know right?'' Green Day is such a big success they don't have to change for no one. F**k Wal-Mart if they don't like their stuff, it's called art, and expression. Doesn't Wal-Mart sell movies with explitives and nudity in them? And the games are just as bad. What the hell is the difference, you tell me? I just love Green Day, I love their music and it is prefect. Rock on guys! And eat s**t Wal-Mart!

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