" As many of you have read in the press recently, there is an ongoing feud with GREEN DAY. I would like to take this time and address these rumors. Yes, we hate them and here is why:
REASON #1: Green Day are a bunch of rip-off artists and have been stealing The Network's ideas for years. Here is the proof: The Network put a record out then Green Day puts a record out; The Network performs a live show and then Green Day performs a live show! Coincidence? I think not! Come up with something new you bitches and stop stealing our ideas.
REASON #2: The Network does not do 9 minute songs on albums (unless by chance your CD skips and then proceeds to skip for 9 minutes). The Network do not have time to listen to a 9 minute song - there is shopping to do.
REASON #3: That pouty mouthed, commie lead singer of theirs, Billy Jean Armstrong! Who does this guy think he is? Wow, he signed us to his record label! Wow, he gave us an insane advance that we used on buying Patrick Nagel paintings! Wow, he then got us signed to Warner’s! We should be grateful because of this? I don’t think so-try harder buddy! You would sign Ah-a if you thought it would get your street cred back!
A lot of the press has unfairly compared The Network with other bands. Let me tell you, there are no others like them around today or yesterday for that matter. Influences? What influences? Devo? Kraftwerk? Please! If you do your history, you will find out that The Network has been around longer than these bands. In fact, they first appeared on the soundtrack for the hit television show “Miami Vice Vol. 2” Try to beat that Duran Duran, you Johnny-come-lately!"
The Network: Official guild
