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Oregon grocery store employee claims he wrote "American Idiot", sues Green Day

Contributed by corporatecriminal. Posted by chris on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 12:45 PM (EDT)

Paul McPike, a 32-year-old grocery store employee in Medford, OR, has sued Green Day, claiming he wrote the lyrics and composed the melodies for the band's highly acclaimed 2004 album, American Idiot.

McPike's filed a copyright infringement complaint in U.S. District Court last week, claiming that he wrote the album in high school during 1992. The only evidence submitted was a copy of the album, stating that the words lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong sings don't exactly match those printed in the liner notes.

Since McPike has never performed publicly, he assumes that that a friend must have recorded him singing at home and somehow that recording reached Green Day.

You can read the entire story, which includes brief clarification on copyright infringement law, over southern Oregon's Mail Tribune website.

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ConsolationPrizefighter (October 25, 2006)

Since when did Paul McPike write DoubleWhiskeyCokeNoIce?

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SalsaShark (October 25, 2006)

Ta duh duh duh da duh duh!

D! 4!

graphix (October 25, 2006)

Boo yeah!

mustard (October 25, 2006)

hahaha i realized that for the first time a couple months ago when i was playing it on my guitar and im like "hey, wait, green day definitely stole that."

zakzakzak (October 25, 2006)

or boxcar?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Wow, both of those things came to my mind when I read this. Good call.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

or summer of 69

Someone (October 25, 2006)

when did summer of 69 come out?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

or 'ring of fire'

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Haha, that jesus of suburbia song is just a long string of melodies lifted from other songs.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

You stole my comment.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

You stole my comment.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

You stole my comment.

DaveSanta01 (October 25, 2006)

I was gunna say the same damn thing

Someone (October 25, 2006)

I believe it. "Paper or Plastic?" is a rad song, my favorite on the album.

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SalsaShark (October 25, 2006)

I prefer "Clean-Up in Aisle 9."

I also liked "Jesus of Kroger."

Someone (October 25, 2006)

i laughed out loud. good one(s).

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

What about "Boulevard of Broken Jelly Jars"
"Wake Me Up When My Shift Ends"
and "Whatstheprice"

El_Mugroso (October 25, 2006)

Rooflz!

Someone (October 26, 2006)

hahahahaha

SalsaShark (October 25, 2006)

Pretty much story of the week right here.

Next you know someone will claim they wrote The Black Parade!

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OctEgon (October 25, 2006)

From the sound of it, I'd say it was written by some Special Ed students in Mesa, Arizona

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

Hahaha, I love how you chose Mesa.

I saw The Departed there the other day around noon in a huge theater, and the entire place was empty.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

oh, special ed - you mean like Einstein (functionally illiterate and dyslexic), Bill Gates (Aspergers' Syndrome), and Abraham Lincoln (various learning disabilities) would have been?

You're just SO punk.

mustard (October 25, 2006)

what does bill gates eating asparagus have anything to do with this?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Wow, I didn't know Bill Gates was retarded!
In all seriousness, the term "special education" is used for really smart kids, too. I'm offended.

In for real all seriousness, lighten up dude.

RightCliqificus (October 30, 2006)

that term is not used for really smart kids. ever. stop it.

punkbytheounce (October 25, 2006)

I would hope nobody would put their name with that pile of shit.

niveK82 (October 25, 2006)

queer?

niveK82 (October 25, 2006)

doh, i meant Queen?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

most likely someone hired by the record company

Someone (October 25, 2006)

He didn't write "American Idiot." Dillinger Four did!

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SalsaShark (October 25, 2006)

http://punknews.org/reply/673069/20507

Someone (October 25, 2006)

hell yeah

m-oo (October 25, 2006)

I wrote the Black album, the White album, the Green album, the Blue Album and the Gold record.....I was going through a colour phase at the time.

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OctEgon (October 25, 2006)

So...who wrote the Brown Album?

m-oo (October 25, 2006)

I think I gave my brother a chance with that one.

JustLikeDelilah (October 25, 2006)

Primus?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Starflyer 59 also has a Red Album and a Blue Album, I believe. Did you write those?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Red Album and Silver Album, I mean.

m-oo (October 25, 2006)

A few rough demo's but I didnt like where it was going so I left it to rot in my diary. Must have found its what to them though.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Hahaha!

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

The story was rather confusing. Unless I read it wrong, I can't tell if he's taking credit for the song, or the whole album.

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skaboom (October 25, 2006)

"Man says he wrote Green Day's songs."

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

That's what I thought too, but the whole album, some of it...?

RightCliqificus (October 30, 2006)

It doesn't matter

Someone (October 25, 2006)

I wrote "...And out come the wolves". I didn't write "Indestructible".

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sXenester (October 25, 2006)

OK, Skinhead Rob.

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

Too Bad, "Indestructible" is better, but they're both great.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

No it isn't, you fat idiot!

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

Calm down, we all have our own opinions.

usversusthem (October 25, 2006)

So you hate Propagandhi and you like Indestructible more than ...And Out Come the Wolves...

and you expect us to respect your opinions?

hah.

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

I don't go with the flow, I like what I like and if it bothers you than so be it, but being a "Punk" means being true to what you like. I don't think you suck for liking Propagandhi, but I think their music does. Indestructible is a great album "Travis Bickle" and "Memphis" are great songs and I like "And Out Come the Wolves" almost as much. Does everyone have to agree on the same shit? That would make the world boring. Whatever makes you sleep better.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

i wrote "Love Thier Country", I will now be suing Me First

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

Come on people....I laughed!

Someone (October 25, 2006)

lmfao thats great 1000 points on the funny meter

RightCliqificus (October 30, 2006)

intent = good. joke structure = terrible. learn to present comedy and don't suck, because it was almost a good idea. almost.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Damn. I thought I was going to be clever and say "so i guess he's going to sue dillinger four as well?" but you guys beat me to the punch.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Stuff I wrote:
-"Swan Lake"
-"Straight Edge"
-Charles In Charge theme song
-"Boxcar"
-"My Girl Likes to Party All The Time"
-"Rise Above"
-"Blame It On The Rain"
-"Goodbye Horses"
-"Miss Murder"

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swank (October 25, 2006)

Then maybe you can explain to me; It's always been my favorite part of the song...

In "Party all the Time" there's a seemingly random backup vocal, that only happens once in the song. Eddie sings "Diamonds on your finga" and then theres a super low voice that comes in and repeats it, and thats the only time you ever hear it.

what up with that??

Someone (October 25, 2006)

untrue. the whispery vocals also appear at various points in the chorus (she likes to party....ALLLL the tiiiime...)

i'm pretty sure it was just rick james providing the backup vocals.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Yeah, it was definitely Rick James.

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

Points for the "Chucky In Charge" reference. That was a horrid show.

CallingLondon (October 30, 2006)

don't forget about Mozart's 9th Symphony.

Sirens (October 25, 2006)

6 days!

psychosis_cheer (October 25, 2006)

I wrote this artivle and now am suing the paper who published it!

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David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

I'd be pissed too, if I were you. This is a solid artivle.

mustard (October 25, 2006)

Yeah, fuck Aubin for stealing your artivle

RecordTheory (October 25, 2006)

Best ever.

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

I can't wait to see this story progress. Daily updates would be nice.

88-fingers-tony (October 25, 2006)

why would you be proud of writing this piece?

and by the way, i wrote fetts vette

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

well i wrote the tussin.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

with minimal help from Brak, I wrote white kids love hiphop.

Sirens (October 25, 2006)

I wrote Horse the Bands last two albums as a joke.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

I wrote bad foreign screamo as a joke.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

oh, and there was supposed to be a ";)" in the subject.

Sirens (October 25, 2006)

I thought the foreign ones where the good ones?

mustard (October 25, 2006)

In that case, you need to work on your Mega Man grammar. Its "cutman" not "cutsman"

EyesLikeBombs (October 26, 2006)

Its also copyright infringement.

coffinfullofnails (October 25, 2006)

hahaha people are so ridiculous. i like how he just does something about it now as if it hasn't been being played non-stop for how long now. I wonder if he realizes how much money he is about to waste.

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Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

I can see now how it all began...

32 year old Paul McPike walks up to Susie, the new 18 year old clerk at the grocery store he works at.
Paul: Hey.
Susie, obviously grossed out: Hi.
Paul: So, you like Green Day, eh.
Susie: Uh, no.
Paul: Yeah, you do. I saw the patch on your backpack.
Susie: Oh yeah. I guess I do.
Paul: You know, I wrote American Idiot.
Susie: Suuuure.
Paul: Really, in 1992. I never played it anywhere but my room.
Susie: Then, how did they get it?
Paul: Um, a friend must've taped it and mailed it to Green Day.
Susie: Hahahahaha!
Paul: No, for serious. I'm gonna sue Green Day!

Someone (October 25, 2006)

that was a lot of typing and effort for not being funny

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Your face was a lot of shut up.

coffinfullofnails (October 25, 2006)

i thought it was funny so it was not wasted effort.

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

You must have no sense of humor, then.

skaboom (October 25, 2006)

You're only bitter because you've probably tried that same approach.

SteveJonesTheRealBones (October 25, 2006)

I thought it was funny and i pretty much set the standard around here, so, uh, youre wrong

- jones the bones

- stevejones8770@yahoo.com

coffinfullofnails (October 25, 2006)

hahaha Scruffy seriously some of the shit you say is gold. That is probably word for word what happened. i mean how old is this guy if he is bagging groceries? was he even old enough to write a song when it was '92?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

"A 32 year old grocery clerk..."

coffinfullofnails (October 25, 2006)

ya sorry i just saw that ... kinda stoned. but anywho so he was exactly 18 when he wrote it huh? nice coincidence that he wrote it just when he was old enough to represent himself....

Someone (October 25, 2006)

keep it up and you'll be 32 bagging groceries too.

coffinfullofnails (October 30, 2006)

Ya man, you know so much about everything. Ya I smoke weed, and fuck you. I work a respectable job and know how to keep the two seperate thanks very much. Oh and I'm sure you are just a prized member of society yourself...

mCLz (October 25, 2006)

that's definatley gotta be it

ConsolationPrizefighter (October 25, 2006)

And another thing, what kind of jerkoff idiot submits just a copy of the album as evidence and sues over that? If I were the clerk or whoever heard this case first I probably would have soiled myself laughing at this grocery store lifer.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Aside from the apparently obvious fact that Green Day ripped off D4 and Jawbreaker, so if this guy's not lying, apparently those bands ripped him off, there're some more things. First, the line "pulverize the Eiffel towers that criticize your government." Was France's opinion on the first Iraq war, which was occurring in '92 and no doubtedly will be what this guy claims the album is really about, that big of a deal?
Not to mention, Green Day sounded nothing like their major label albums in '92, so it'd be pretty amazing that this guy wrote an album that sounds like a logical progression for Green Day's career not only 12 years before they put it out, but before it was apparent they were heading in that direction. What luck that it matched up!
Seriously, this guy is certifiable.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

I'd say the Clash more than either of those two bands. Stop typing so much!

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Yeah, they rip off the Clash in general, but all of us (hint:not just me) are mentioning D4 and Jawbreaker because there are two specific riffs entire songs on American Idiot are built on that rip off the main riffs from a D4 and a Jawbreaker song.

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

which songs? i haven't really spent a whole lot of time with american idiot, like one listen through and i wasn't really impressed enough to go back and try giving it another go

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

"American Idiot" rips off "Whiskeycokenoice", and "She's A Rebel" rips off "Boxcar".
Also, as noted below, "Are We The Waiting" rips off that "we are, we are the voice of a nation" song by POD.

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

i'll have to dig up that cd from wherever it ended up in the basement and give it a listen

Someone (October 25, 2006)

if you listen you can hear nofx's franco unamerican in she's a rebel.. if I remember right kindof like at second 50 or something

usversusthem (October 25, 2006)

it's not very long but i can hear it, yeah.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

oh lord i never noticed that before. it's just as noticable as when me first does it, except they are at least supposed to be a cover band...shameless!

Someone (October 26, 2006)

in "jesus of suburbia" during the solo around the 7 minute mark you can hear part of the solo from Social Distortion's "ring of fire"

niveK82 (October 25, 2006)

and Stiff Little Fingers

/obligatory

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Hey, thanks John Cusak.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Actually, Todd Luiso delivered that line.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Oh really, that's fuck you.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Hahahaha. Sorry. I know it was a douchy thing to do, but I couldn't resist the chance to be that HUGE of a dork.

niveK82 (October 25, 2006)

I was gonna give the same reply, but I was beaten to it. thus you earned the 'fuck you' you were given.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Also, I guess, on top of D4 and Jawbreaker ripping this guy off, POD did too, for his 1992 intro to "Are We The Waiting".

blake88 (October 25, 2006)

what a loser.

Archangel (October 25, 2006)

No words can describe the hilarity!

Badmouth (October 25, 2006)

in researching the band The Channel I found out there's a band called Ol' Pioneers, next punknews lawsuit?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Hey, remember when that kid back in the '60's claimed he wrote "Blowin' In The Wind". Yeah, everyone found out he was a liar, too.

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SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

Was that kid Jakob Dylan?

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Man, I keep commenting on this, but this is the funniest thing I've read in forever.

How exactly does the fact that the lyrics Armstrong sings differ from the printed ones in the booklet change anything? Aside from the fact that that happens all the time, I do not understand how that is proof of anything. That argument might be even funnier than the fact that he submitted Green Day's album as proof. What a tool.

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David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

I have a feeling they'll present a few of the thousand other notable lyric/liner note deviations in major albums and this guy will be done for.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

If this guy wins, who'll bag groceries in Medford, Oregon?

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David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

If this guy wins the case, I give you my personal word that I'll go there and take the guy's place.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Then you too can become a famous bagger/pseudo-celebrity by suing Streetside Prophet and claiming they stole your music.

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

But I did write some of the music...

Fuck, it's already happening!

Someone (October 25, 2006)

I'll take that job!

-Alex Pappas

Someone (October 25, 2006)

hahaa

Someone (October 25, 2006)

If this guy's solid case wins, its a cash cow, and Green Day will probably need jobs.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

billie joe

Someone (October 25, 2006)

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/vespagirl_6689/JOBZ. jpg[/IMG]

notfeelingcreative (October 25, 2006)

I've seen that some posters on this board wrote some pretty influential stuff! But only I can take credit for the chorus to "Rump Shaker" by Wreckx-N-Effect !

wildo (October 25, 2006)

Propagandhi TONIGHT!!!!! MOTHERFUCKERS
Seriously though, I've been waiting 5 years for this, god I can't wait.

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sXenester (October 25, 2006)

I wrote "How To Clean Everything" and decided it was shit, so i threw it out. Those fucking frostbacks stole it from me.

mustard (October 25, 2006)

Medford, Oregon > Propagandhi

Freeze (October 25, 2006)

remember that episode of the Simpsons where that old guy sued Itchy and Scratchy because he claimed he invented their characters, and then he won?

those were some good times, lemme tell ya

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

i got my health, my millions of dollars, my solid gold house and my rocket car.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Chester J. Lampwick

I-type-poorly (October 25, 2006)

Paint my fence.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Make me!

mattruin (October 25, 2006)

So will Green Day's lawyers use the Chewbacca defense in court?

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Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Quoi?

notfeelingcreative (October 25, 2006)

Billie's going to raise the money by whoring himself out to gutter punks!

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

the best part of that episode is that they keep calling cherbacca a wookie or saying he is from endor, i forget which. i just remember it being really funny that they were getting it all wrong.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, [approaches and softens] does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

christ i hope you just sat and watched that to get the whole thing

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Ahh there's so many things wrong with that it makes my head spin. I'm such a Star Wars Geek.

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

going to the 30 year convention in LA next year? i'm still debating but it looks like i'm going to try to go. figure i've never been out there and its 2 weeks after i turn 30, plus the convention for episode 3 was a ton of fun

Someone (October 25, 2006)

yeah ewoks were supposed to be wookies but they couldn't find enough tall people or something so he changed it... so its not that wrong.=/

damnitsderek (October 25, 2006)

*head explodes*

GreenVandal (October 25, 2006)

ok. What was that from? I can't remember and it is killing me.

SkolarX (October 25, 2006)

south park episode where chef gets sued and the boys put together the benefit concert

Someone (October 25, 2006)

What I wonder is if he actually beleives this. Some people tend to feed into their own bullshit.

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SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

Hey, MTV believes they're larger than God.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

One of the funnier things is that American Idiot rips off so much stuff from the past 15 years that this guy would either have to be the most prophetic songwriter ever, or EVERYONE has been ripping him off for a decade plus if he weren't lying.

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mustard (October 25, 2006)

jeez scruffy...u really love this thread dont you?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Yeah it would be one thing if some n00b came in here and said that....but you've literally said that same thing 23423 times already

Someone (October 25, 2006)

sorta sad..i'm sure this guy has serious mental problems.

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SlackMFr (October 26, 2006)

Many grocery baggers do. They're always worried about the bread and eggs getting squished and they have no time to record their albums before thieves like Green Day come along and jump their claim on the millions at stake.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

The great cities of punk music; New York, Philly, Gainesville, Richmond, Chicago, Seattle and San Fran are proud to welcome the newest member of this exclusive club: MEDFORD MUTHA FUCKIN' OREGON.

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sXenester (October 25, 2006)

You forgot Boston, I hope you're fucking kidding or forgetful. Motherfucker.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

Sorry, Boston too.

(massholes are soooo touchy)

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Have you been to Boston in the winter? No wonder we had so many good angry HC bands... seriously.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

P.S. we can be funny, too, check out my BTMI! entry.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

Yeah, I've been to Boston in the winter. Doesn't seem to bother most "locals". Dudes walking around in blizzards with nothing more than "Member's Only" jackets....ridiculous.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

You forgot scally caps. We don't show weakness, or have seasons - it's either warm or cold.

notfeelingcreative (October 25, 2006)

Gainesville and Richmond are seperate cities?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Virus Nine is from Medford Oregon

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

I'm sorry.

skaboom (October 25, 2006)

I know it's borderline treason for a Richmonder to talk poorly about the hometown music scene (as hype from the locals seems to be about 98% of the reason it even HAS a reputation) but seriously, it ain't that great.

One decent all ages club. ONE. And all they seem to book lately is screamo.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

Venues do not always dictate greatness. At one time there was Twisters, Hole in the Wall, Canal Club, Alley Katz, Metro, plus Schaeffer Court used to get solid bands to play. (Fugazi?)

Its in a slump right now, but the plethora of great bands keep us hanging on.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

that's funny that you would include Seattle but not Los Angeles. its not like X, The Germs, Fear, Black Flag, Descendents, Bad Religion, the Circle Jerks, minutemen, the screamers, the dicies and nofx are from l.a. or anything.

JustLikeDelilah (October 25, 2006)

Were you planning on naming any other good bands besides Descendents?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

haha

badbrain (October 25, 2006)

DC as well

Mute98 (October 25, 2006)

exactly, DC, LA, Boston all fucking rule and kick richmond's ass

Archangel (October 25, 2006)

Whoa, step off Seattle, buddy.

Mute98 (October 26, 2006)

LA owns seattle

badbrain (October 25, 2006)

DC also

Someone (October 25, 2006)

new brunswick

frostbrewliner (October 25, 2006)

i live like 10 miles south of Medford in Ashland Oregon, no one goes to medford, its a haven for meth heads and chimos (child molesters)

Someone (October 30, 2006)

Fuck you you god damn fuckin hippy! No one from ashland comes to medford cause they are afraid to leave your precious yuppy wanna be berkely ass town! A snobby crusty needs to shut his worthless mouth!

mcpike (October 25, 2006)

sucks that's my uncle.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

If you are serious tell him to shut up and go home he is making an ass of himself.

damnitsderek (October 25, 2006)

That's when you sue your uncle for sneaking into your bedroom at night and stealing your songs.

McPike+Medford divided by Green Day=profit!

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Whole Wheat Bread definitely stole something.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

maybe they went back to detroit to get men, women and children's shit

Someone (October 25, 2006)

hahaha, this is the comment of the day.

mustard (October 25, 2006)

no, it was used yesterday...using it daily just makes it boring...and it was used in a much better context yesterday

DiscoFucker (October 25, 2006)

How hilarous would it be if this was true? If Billy Joe was like...

"Sorry guys. I mean, we were just so fucked up on Lady H, and then we just ended up in Oregon, walking around peoples house, and heard this dude singing in the shower. So we recorded him with a Talkboy, you know, like in Home Alone 2, and then turned it into FUCKIN GOLD!!!"

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sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

Hahahahahaha.....I wanted a Talkboy soooooo badly when that movie came out.

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

I think ever small child did.

I never got one, but my best friend at the time did.

He sucked.

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

I got one. Please don't hate me for it.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

I had one too.

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2013/

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

You can both go to hell.

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

We must be the poor kids I guess.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

For real. My first car - 1984 Ford Escort...

IN 1996!

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

My first car was a 1985 Chevy Nova in 1998.

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

Nice try, but you're happily married.

So basically you lose simply because you have something that most of us won't ever have: a girl that likes us.

David_Arquette (October 25, 2006)

Word.

sickboi (chris) (October 25, 2006)

I don't have much problem getting them to like me, its tolertaing them. I have this incredible ability to attract the most insane women on Earth. I'm not kidding, we're talking clinically diagnosed, multiple medication-taking, crazy-ass women.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

See, this man is correct. The best thing about having a steady girlfriend or being married isn't having a girl who likes you. If that's all you want, it's easy to find. It's having a girl who likes you who is sane. I have had lots of friends who were girls, but I have met very few women who I could stand to date.
Plus, Alicia's favorite bands are stuff like The Lawrence Arms and Kid Dynamite. That's awesome, too.

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

Despite what you say, I can't even get insane girls to like me.

It's a lost cause my friend.

Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

And regular sex I don't have to work as hard for!

kingofsuck (October 25, 2006)

Fuck you guys, I had two. And the one that was also a pen.

Xine (October 25, 2006)

I had a TalkGirl.

Fun times.

I would play with that and then go play Mall Madness. Oh yeah!

tylerdurden8136 (October 25, 2006)

You suck too.

I tried calling you letting you know I got tix for the Larry Arms but I couldn't get ahold of you. Still coming?

Sirens (October 25, 2006)

larry arms! hairy arms. Bring your talk girl, xine.

Xine (October 25, 2006)

Yes. I called you back and your shady ass didn't answer!

SalsaShark (October 25, 2006)

I wish I was with you guys. :(

Kenjamin (October 25, 2006)

Is this the first punknews.org romance?

skeetskurt (October 30, 2006)

talkboy!!! fucking sweet

darkstarm (October 25, 2006)

triumph of life?

Someone (October 25, 2006)

i wrote all the me first and the gimme gimmes songs....

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

Johnny Cash will resurrect, he's got his BMI royalty to collect...

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usversusthem (October 25, 2006)

I wonder if he wants to kick Rick Rubin's ass...

Since94 (October 25, 2006)

Gotta love America.....The land of the free to sue whoever you want.
What a joke.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

i do love it! of course he'll be ridiculed and his case will get dismissed due to lack of evidence and he'll end up having to pay court fees, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have the RIGHT to sue if he really wants to.

sXenester (October 25, 2006)

This is better than Christmas, it's like Navel Gazing on a Tuesday!

Someone (October 25, 2006)

I wrote 'A Speculative Fiction'. Where the fuck's my $5k?

fallingupwards84 (October 25, 2006)

what if he wins the lawsuit?

I-type-poorly (October 25, 2006)

Did you guys know I had a titular line in Evil Dead? It's in that scene where that chick, Ashley, teaches a zombie how to drive. And I show up and say, "Man, look at all this traffic. I'm sick of all this Evil Dead."

But my scene got cut. Man, I was so bummed. I should sue.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

Dude, I had the titular line in Out of Africa.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Awesome.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

say i'm your momma

abracadavertla (October 25, 2006)

I'm just so tired of all these star wars.

allison_le_gnome (December 20, 2006)

Haha, how did I not notice this the first time?

marcusd (October 25, 2006)

this is the greatest story ever. I want to meet the genius behind this album.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Paul McPike > propagandhi
Recall the songwriters award.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 25, 2006)

Hold on let's just get this right,
he only evidence submitted was a copy of the album
That's like taking Michael Jackson to court over fucking your child and bringing in a copy of Thiller

he assumes that that a friend must have recorded him singing at home and somehow that recording reached Green Day.
What?!?! Seriously, what?! Your fucking friend recorded you, unknowingly, in your house and somehow held on to the tapes for ten plus years before selling them to Green Day (Who of course thought some random friend of a dude in Medford had the next big album)?

You want a real case, Bay Area band Lords of the Manor wrote the exact guitar riff (and partial melody) that was used in a Sum-41 song, well before Sum-41 recorded it. They had every right to sue, but big money's a bitch and you can't fight that.
-Dante

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thepuglife (October 25, 2006)

"That's like taking Michael Jackson to court over fucking your child and bringing in a copy of Thiller"

no its not.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 25, 2006)

Then explain to me why when I took Michael Jackson to court over fucking my child and I brought a copy of Thriller the judge said,
"That's like sueing Green Day, caliming you wrote American Idiot and only bringing a copy of the album as evidence."
He was a pretty smart judge too, he want to law school and everything. Do you claim to be smarter than a judge? Pretty Ballsy.
-Dante

fallingupwards84 (October 25, 2006)

i would like to see a picture of this guy

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niveK82 (October 25, 2006)

a google image search returned this

http://ussnewjersey.com/images/doc_paum.jpg

Dante3000 (rich) (October 25, 2006)

http://www.cmw.net/images/Tony_Brummel.jpg
Askith and recievth.
-Dante

DiscoFucker (October 25, 2006)

Haha.

leecorsoisapenis (October 25, 2006)

This is what I found.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-mo ran.htm

Jim

Scootz_McNasty (October 25, 2006)

I wrote "Lt. Salt's Popular Kidneys Association Band" back in the day, and the same thing happened. Sue 'em to hell, brother!

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Scruffy (October 25, 2006)

Who're you, The Rutles?

Scootz_McNasty (October 25, 2006)

i could have used you in court...

JonathonFallow (October 25, 2006)

I hope he wins. That would be even more hilarious.

theTopher (October 25, 2006)

teeee heeee

ramo (October 25, 2006)

Man, where was he when this album dominated every medium out ther the past two years? I hope he didn't just filed it recently.

Probably too busy bagging groceries to even noticed.

Ramo

somegirl (October 25, 2006)

This reminds me of the skit from the last season of Chappelle's Show where they had the fake Tupac song describing everything happening now. I wonder if we can make this dude record another album, so we know what Green Day will sound like in another ten years.

"I wrote this song a long time ago, a real long time ago..."

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coffinfullofnails (October 25, 2006)

that skit was awesome

Someone (October 25, 2006)

I don't know if it said it, but why is he waking up now? It's been two years.

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leecorsoisapenis (October 25, 2006)

Because September just ended.

Jim

fritobandito (October 25, 2006)

Hahahahaha

Someone (October 25, 2006)

shit, Oasis should sue them, not this guy

http://www.volkomenkut.com/media/boulevardofbrokensongs.mp 3

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Morgan (October 25, 2006)

What Oasis song is that?
I want to hear the whole song.

JustLikeDelilah (October 25, 2006)

Wonderwall.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

that reminds me of the guys who matched up the red hot chili peppers rippig of tom petty.

kamikazepilot42 (October 25, 2006)

I hope this guy ends up getting the medical help he needs.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

He sounds like quite the American Idiot himself.

GlassPipeMurder (October 25, 2006)

for the record, She's A Rebel sounds nothing like Boxcar.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

Haha. That's pretty funny.

boloyoung (November 11, 2006)

it's not like boxcar's verses aren't nirvana's version of the vaselines' molly's lips. whatever.

usversusthem (October 25, 2006)

lies.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

did anyone else think of squid and the whale and pink floyd's 'hey you?'

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

that movie rules

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Now he has to sue the man in black over ring of fire then..

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Would the real American Idiot please stand up. I think he's saying that he's suing over the fact that the album is about him. An American Idiot who is 32 and is a grocery store clerk. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

TheYoungInfluential (October 25, 2006)

Paul McPike was actually in the computer game The Oregon Trail.
He almost died when the wagon fell over in 3 feet of water, then again when there was an outbreak of typhiod. He survived by eating his mother.
But he lived, and upon reaching the promised land (aka Oregon) wrote a complex album in secrecy, then became a grocery bagger out of shame.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

Oh my god! I can't believe you remember details from that game. GENIUS

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

I don't know this game, but your post is awesome anyways.

Dante3000 (rich) (October 25, 2006)

I am offically shamed by anything I've ever written.
That, sir, was pure amazingness.
-Dante

TheYoungInfluential (October 25, 2006)

aw, you're makin' me blush

Someone (October 29, 2006)

I was just about to post this

okay i'm just kiddind

Someone (October 25, 2006)

not really surprising, green day steals all their songs from someone else.

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Someone (October 26, 2006)

boring.

mcpike (October 25, 2006)

i was kidding.

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JustLikeDelilah (October 25, 2006)

hahhahahahahhahahahahahahahha

JustLikeDelilah (October 25, 2006)

I wrote (insert some song people find hilarious here). I want my royalties!

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matthensley (October 25, 2006)

finally, a story about oregon! we're on the map

frostbrewliner (October 25, 2006)

Oregon pride my friend, im moving up to eugene in a couple months for school, hows the music scene up there?

Avi (October 25, 2006)

Wow, I hope he has some new demos I can listen to, I want to know what Green Day's next record is going to sound like!

One of the songs is ABOUT my friend Jimmy.. We've heard the early demos.. This is so amazing..

"It was just disbelief every time I heard it on the radio," McPike said.

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Avi (October 25, 2006)

"He claimed to have sung all the songs for his classmates at Independence High School, an alternative school in Sutter Creek, Calif., back in 1992."

daved4 (October 25, 2006)

i wrote the bible

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SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

The Old or New?

madams3 (October 25, 2006)

he said bible. not testament.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Oh you know of my work?

-Sir Thomas Delonge

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

The Old or New?

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

The Old or New?

Dusticles (October 25, 2006)

first

Someone (October 25, 2006)

how rad would it be if this turned out to be true. Imagine the chaos at the local middle school.

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Someone (October 25, 2006)

yeah, wouldn't it be wild if this story IS true?

puffs (October 25, 2006)

yeah, and tom petty is suing the chilli peppers for ripping off "last dance with mary jane", with "dani california", and all the while he's ripping off george thorougoods "one bourbon one scotch and one beer" for his stupid new song "saving grace." boo fucking hoo. who hasnt been ripped off at some point and time?

MikeStupid (October 25, 2006)

I hope this is true. Because it would be awesome.

SlackMFr (October 25, 2006)

I think Elvis worked with him on this as well, they'd hang out at Burger King after the grocery shift to mull over songs and scarf cheeseburgers.

House_of_Representatives (October 25, 2006)

We wrote the Patriot Act

- H.o.R.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

you stole my comment

Someone (October 25, 2006)

here's a picture of the guy suing green day. no shit.
http://myspace-886.vo.llnwd.net/01274/68/85/1274765886_l.j pg

Bryne (October 25, 2006)

I don't have anything to add, but this is the funniest thread of comments I've ever read on this site. You guys have me in tears. Good work.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Well he couldn't have written Jesus of Suburbia because Green Day stole the song's hook from Summer of 69. They just slowed it down, changed the words and threw in some heys.

Someone (October 25, 2006)

Oh i love being from Oregon! assisted suicide, medical marijuana, crazy methed out grocey store workers claiming to have written American Idiot. Medford is one of the scummiest towns on the west coast.

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frostbrewliner (October 25, 2006)

that was me by the way

-frostbrewliner

Dante3000 (rich) (October 25, 2006)

Redding, my friend.
Check and mate.
-Dante

frostbrewliner (October 25, 2006)

how could i have forgotten, you sir are correct.

LeightonESmith (October 26, 2006)

Fucking tool.
I hope he loses millions in court costs.

Someone (October 26, 2006)

I think it's funny that the copyright lawyer they quote in the article says you can send yourself a certified copy of something as proof of copyright, which is CLEARLY NOT TRUE.

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Someone (October 29, 2006)

It actually does work if you mail it to yourself.

ThreeChordsAndTheTruth (October 26, 2006)

I'd love to see Green Day's response to this.

Someone (October 26, 2006)

hahahahah

dirty_punk (October 28, 2006)

I wrote Dookie, and also produced Warning. haha.

Someone (October 29, 2006)

Well, everyone knows I wrote "Stacie's Mom".

Kursk (October 30, 2006)

As much as I hated American Idiot, why is this dufus only filing a lawsuit NOW more than two years after the album's release? Sounds bogus to me...

Someone (November 2, 2006)

Well I acted in Bullet In A Bible instead of Billie Joe all the time. And by the way I wrote the entire dookie, the lyrics to 39/smooth which I sold to BJ when he was at the Pinole High School yet, so Green Day exists thanks to me:-) ...and yeah.....I wrote Good Riddance, Minority, Warning (the song, not the album, but I could do that with one arm tied behind my back:-)))), Stuck With Me, Walking Contradiction, Geek Stink Breath and many more...:-)

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