 David Greenwald of Billboard magazine described " Kill the DJ " as a " profanity @-@ laced and Clash @-@ channeling " track . Zara Golden of VH1 said of the video , " The hit is only a symbolic one , though , and the only real violence to be had here is a slaying guitar riff . Rather , this is an assault against the dubbed @-@ out sound that seems to be dominating today ’ s air waves , Green Day ’ s own and only pretend bloody dubstep demolition . " Todd Martens of Los Angeles Times , criticizing the single , said , " It 's all played rather straight . ' I 'll pick up what 's left in the club , ' Armstrong sings suspiciously , and the video released Tuesday doesn 't do much to present the song as a statement " . Alex Young , writing for Consequence of Sound said the opening clips of the band driving motorbikes were irrelevant . Young said , " There ’ s also a random scene of the band riding dirt bikes through the desert , which doesn 't really make sense in the context of the video but seems like a good way to spend an excess video budget " . 
