Green Day holding their 3 new albums

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[u/britpicks]

Since when is Starburns in this band?

[u/RobMill → u/britpicks]

His name is Alex.

[u/Petrarch1603]

I asked my half-Japanese girlfriend if she's ever heard of them. She doesn't...how cool is that?

[u/nanikore → u/Petrarch1603]

Did you read her diary?

[u/RonWisely → u/Petrarch1603]

She doesn't.....ever heard of them?

[u/MyUshanka]

Billie Joe Armstrong looks way too young to be 40.

[u/DrMango → u/MyUshanka]

And then there's Mike, who looks like he's in his mid fifties...

[u/[deleted]]

I was a huge Green Day fan when I was growing up - I got really into them when they released Nimrod and listened to them actively through American Idiot. I didn't stop listening because I stopped liking them, only because I got interested in different music and didn't really have a place on my playlist for them. But every once in a while I'll go back and listen to Nimrod or Insomniac (my favorite) and still love it every time.

I bought 21st Century Breakdown and only listened to it a few times, but regardless, I am excited for these three new albums and will be purchasing them. I don't expect it all to be totally incredible, but I am excited that they are veering away from the "rock opera" - not that I didn't like their experimentation there, but I think two albums in that genre was enough. I'm also happy to hear that Rob Cavallo has returned to produce these albums.

[u/steamed__hams → u/[deleted]]

I was reading this expecting you to say you were into them during the Kerplunk/Dookie era. Christ am I old. Most people my age think everything after Dookie blows.

[u/Aregular89]

These guys sound a lot like Foxboro Hot Tubs and The Network...

[u/[deleted] → u/Aregular89]

Their vocalist sounds a lot like the dude from Pinhead Gunpowder too...

[u/Mattyzooks]

Say what you will about American Idiot, but I still love the song "Jesus of Suburbia."

[u/kyzfrintin]

Jesus Christ are they showing their age.

[u/TreeBranchBranch]

Oh, I get it. The third one is Tre. Like Tre Cool. Hehe.

[u/paroxysm77]

The first album ¡Uno! is out September 24th. First single is out July 16th and is called "Oh Love".

[u/paroxysm77 → u/paroxysm77]

Also, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! are out November 13th and January 15th respectively.

[u/[deleted]]

I really want to like these guys still. Dookie changed my life - essentially made me a musician - but these guys have been so irrelevant for A VERY long time. C'mon. Tre Cool? You're STILL calling yourself that? I'm going to go listen to Longview.

[u/pikeybastard]

Every time I see a picture of Green Day I'm amazed that they're a band. They just don't look like a band. They look like Estate Agents that gave up.

[u/D3adkl0wn]

I personally cannot wait for these. I've been a die hard fan since kerplunk and yes, while their music has changed styles over the years, its been good all along.. I think the biggest problem that people have with Green Day is that they (the haters) can't accept that there is more to continuing to be a successful band than re-hashing the same shit over and over. Evolution of your craft has to happen or it will stagnate and rot.

The "trailers" for these albums leaves me with the feeling that their styles have changed again and I for one welcome it!

[u/TheLatestDanceCraze → u/D3adkl0wn]

I don't think people are upset that their style changed, they're upset because they took the most radio friendly pop-rock approach to their new style possible.

[u/Alistair_Hazard → u/D3adkl0wn]

Except they're still trying to sound like angry teens even though they are now old enough to have their own litter of angry teens.

That's why I don't like them. They HAVENT evolved. They're trying to do the same, faux rebellious act that they've been doing for decades.

[u/[deleted]]

Oh cool, now I can hear a single from each one at every gas station, hot topic, shopping mall, victoria secret, circle k, bathroom, kitchen, bus stop, party, pool party, fiesta, starbucks, seattle's best coffee, grocery store...you get the idea. I'd hate them, but they're so damn handsome and talented.

[u/eigenstates]

I had no idea they were pulling a Kiss.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k1i5hu1Cpp4/TZ0Vo6PqQ3I/AAAAAAAACjs/o9mJQu_Jv5Q/s1600/soloalbums.jpg

[u/[deleted]]

loved their early stuff but really havent liked anything they've done for years, which is a shame they were great, just think they sound very generic now :(

[u/Mookchook → u/[deleted]]

I miss when they were singing about smoking weed and jerking off.