30 Years Ago Green Day’s ‘Kerplunk!’ Showed Where They Were Headed
Thirty years on Green Day’s Kerplunk! stands shoulder to shoulder with anything else the band created in the future and showed where they were headed.
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‘Hella Mega’ Good Time with Green Day and Weezer
Green Day’s fan-favorite set at NYC’s Hella Mega Tour offered a grand-standing reminder that we’re still breathing.
The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s: 40 – 21
The fourth part of our examination of the 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the ’90s includes Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Pulp, and My Bloody Valentine.
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Between the Grooves: Green Day – ‘American Idiot’
Part social commentary and part fictional narrative, Green Day's American Idiot came out of nowhere and impressed with its biting political subversion, exploration of teenage angst, love, and uncertainty, and perhaps most importantly, brilliant structures, transitions, and overall cohesion.
Between the Grooves of Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ (1994)
Green Day's Dookie was the best rock album of 1994. Scores of critics admitted that, yes, this 14-track album full of speedy pop-punk tunes about panic attacks, boredom, and masturbation was quite catchy, but no one would've held it against them if they doubted that Dookie would have had staying power.
The Top 20 Punk Protest Songs for July 4th
As punk music history verifies, American citizenry are not all shiny, happy people. These 20 songs reflect the other side of patriotism -- free speech brandished by the brave and uncouth.
Green Day Struggle to Survive on ‘Father of All’
Green Day's Father of All is too short, superficial, and samey to have any lasting impact.
The 60 Best Albums of 2009
PopMatters turns 20 years old this October and we're beginning to celebrate our history by taking you back in time a decade ago. Obama was in the White House and the musical times were very good indeed. Revisit 2009 through its best albums.
‘Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, + the ’90s Punk Explosion’
Ian Winwood's story of how punk rock music came to be so popular in the '90s is sewn together like a patchwork quilt of unlikely rises to fame and the ordinary people whose dedication made it possible.
Wild, Sweaty Night with Billie Joe Armstrong’s the Longshot
Caught in the thick of things with punk rock's the Longshot, I had more fun than at any show in recent memory.
Stevie Wonder Takes a Knee as Green Day and Others Also Speak Out at Global Citizen Festival
The 2017 Global Citizen Festival's message for social action was amplified by Stevie Wonder and many other incredible performers and notable guests.
Green Day’s ‘Revolution Radio’ Tour Wallops Audience at Barclays Center
Billie Joe and co. are on the road for a supercharged tour -- and Trump is only stoking their fire further.
