Good Charlotte are the kings of punk
Timing is everything.
Had Husker Du released Candy Apple Grey in a post-Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ world instead of in 1986, when MTV had its boner for Poison, Prince and everything in between, they’d be living in mansions today (except Grant Hart who is dead).
Instead we have a plethora of poseurs and wannabe’s who cashed in and laughed all the way to the bank.
This band was the first band to emerge from America’s 80’s hardcore punk scene to release an album on a major, to very limited success. The world simply wasn’t ready for that sort of stuff yet, clearly. Because I defy anyone to find a single Green Day, Offspring, or Good Charlotte song that is more hook laden than this. To this day I am still dumbfounded that this song never hit the top of the charts.