Green Day

By Glen Boyd With blistering anger, Green Day assesses the post-American Idiot era with maturity. A little older and a little wiser, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, and Mike Dirnt slay 'em with a trilogy of sorts on 21st Century Breakdown. With Butch Vig production, this concept album compartmentali...

By Gray Hunter The music itself is unique. The punk rock element is certainly there. Yet, underneath it is a southern blues rock element, like an angry Lynyrd Skynyrd or .38 Special. Like the vocals, the guitar has a rough surface to it. Even the acoustic sections sound abrasive. The drummer, Gabe Lindman, pla...

By Connie Phillips One of the many artists to contribute to the album was Green Day, the pop-punk band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums). Their debut album in 1994, Dookie, went on to sell 10 million records, but their popularity was renewed in 20...

By Brandon Daviet and tragedy found on Scarecrow, Freedom’s Road is a brilliant collection of songs that sums up what I currently feel is an American as opposed to the values of the “redneck agenda” that Green Day rallied against on American Idiot. ...

By Mark Saleski This is why I almost dreaded listening to Green Day's American Idiot. They went back and listened to their favorite musicals? Oh, great. Well, it worked for Green Day and, given the oddball song structures and dramatic influences that ...