If they didn't release that damn "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Music video, I'd say YES.
But they released that video. I felt like I was watching a damn movie. I got up, made some popcorn, and it was still going ! + the thing didn't make a bit of sense-- for those of you who haven't seen it. I'll save you the trouble of wasting 20+ minutes of your life---
Boy loves girl
girl loves boy
boy goes to party with girl
girl goes to boy's birthday
boy makes random decision that we dont know about
girl slaps boy (PWNED)
boy goes to war
girl cries
boy dies (i think)
then.. the end..
all that, with one damn line in the background (WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS)
and DONT get me started on that awful dreadful gonna shoot myself in the foot "Jesus of Suberbia" WTF was that !?
so, no they weren't the best band of last year