An Obscure Lynyrd Skynyrd Song Angered Billie Joe Armstrong. He Wrote 'American Idiot' As A Response [News]

Features: Among other things, the song claimed that "there is no Mercedes" among the true southerners. Funnily enough, Ronnie Van Zant's actual daily driver was a yellow 1954 Mercedes-Benz convertible, photographed for People in 1977.