Green Day – Rock Acts that Embraced Electronic Music

"F--- the Network," Billie Joe Armstrong has said repeatedly when asked about the rumors that his famed punk trio, Green Day, was behind the Network, a mysterious New Wave band that emerged in 2003 wearing masks, going by bizarre nicknames and sounding a lot like Green Day ... if Green Day had gone New Wave. Armstrong and his band mates never admitted it, but their membership in the Network was an open secret until the group's final show, a 2005 gig opening for -- you guessed it -- Green Day.

Did the trio feel it would betray its punk authenticity by busting out the keyboards and dance beats? Whatever the reason, they shouldn't have felt ashamed -- with its quirky, catchy, synth-kissed sound, the Network's debut album, 'Money Money 2020,' comes across as a mix between Devo, the Cars and, well, Green Day.

Watch the Network Perform 'Money Money 2020'