’21st Century Breakdown’: the Green Day album that “almost killed” them
Too much all at once.
Green Day
The Green Day album Billie Joe Armstrong called his ‘Sgt Pepper’
“Every band wants to have a Sgt. Pepper’s type of moment.”
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong named his favourite British invasion songs: “Off the top of my head”
Navigating societal disillisionment.
The guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong said he would never be as good as: “I know my limitations”
A realist with a vision.
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson on why Green Day are the “masters of the one-riff”
An iconic way to write songs.
The Green Day record Billie Joe Armstrong called his “most honest” album
“[It] was us trying to cut off the bullshit.”
The show Billie Joe Armstrong said should have never happened: “That doesn’t seem fair”
Feeling uncomfortable from the start.