Disturbed vocalist David Draiman has publicly expressed his hopes to have a dialog with Inexperienced Day vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong. With quite a few politically-charged tracks of their catalog, Armstrong has been proven to be vehemently towards present U.S. President Donald Trump over time, and has been updating varied lyrics of Inexperienced Day‘s songs stay to mirror his disdain and criticism for the administration.
One such current lyrical replace happened at this previous weekend’s ‘Coachella Valley Music & Arts Pageant‘ in Indio, CA the place Armstrong reworked the lyrics for his or her 2004 observe, “Jesus Of Suburbia“. As a substitute of, “Runnin’ away from ache whenever you’ve been victimized”, Armstrong sang “Working away from ache like the youngsters from Palestine.”
It could seem that current alteration sparked the curiosity of Draiman, who has longstanding familial ties to Israel and recurrently advocates for the nation and Jewish causes, particularly amid the continued battle in Gaza. Draiman‘s staunch help for the nation noticed him draw some controversy again in 2024, after he signed an expletive directed in the direction of Hamas on an Israel Protection Forces artillery shell.
Talking on X this morning, April 14th, Draiman provided the next invitation publicly to Armstrong to have a dialogue concerning the ongoing battle:
“Open supply to #BillyJoeArmstrong from
@GreenDayYou recognize I respect you brother.
I’d like to have the chance so that you can hear the Israeli/Jewish facet of this horrific struggle.
I’m out there to debate at any time when you might be.
No judgement, nothing preconceived.
Let me know.”
Open supply to #BillyJoeArmstrong from @GreenDay
You recognize I respect you brother.
I’d like to have the chance so that you can hear the Israeli/Jewish facet of this horrific struggle.
I’m out there to debate at any time when you might be.
No judgement, nothing preconceived.
Let me know.
— David Draiman ????????????????? (@davidmdraiman) April 14, 2025
