Did Green Day make American Idiot Part 2? 

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They’re still sonically and lyrically relevant. The themes that were present during that era still apply today.

90s music was made with heart and soul!

90's music seemed to have an honest sound that is rare to come across today.

Because bands had to work a bit harder back then to get noticed without help from the internet, bands had to rely on playing shows and people spreading their music by word of mouth.

I think it's easy when you're a big dork who isn't really a fan of the band and is just like "zomg r u going 2 make fun of trump lol!!11"

I think he is referring to the politics, as in a larger political theme. I might be wrong though. Rev Rad is top tier IMO

I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and assume he meant that there was a need for another "american idiot"-esque album, around those years of 2016, 2017. Yes we did get RevRad, and yes the band did speak out on the then topical political topics, but not to the same impact as AI

I think he meant like he was expecting an american idiot 2

@@godaberi AI had two political songs (American Idiot and Holiday, three if you count JoS) while RevRad had four (RevRad, Bang Bang, Say Goodbye, and Troubled Times). Weird how people think of AI as a "political album", but the same doesn't apply to RevRad.

Revolution Radio!

Personally thought it was one their best. Reason saying they produced the album themselves and gave it to their record as a surprise

Fucking journalists don’t even try anymore these days.

Yeah I heard that and rolled my eyes. The boys must have been holding in the "well actually" so hard right at that point, especially knowing they put so much love and work into it.

@@Reds-Retros if track 3 of 39/smooth, I wouldn't've held it in, I'd just hit him with the "well actually"

Love that quote! With a band name like ours, that's definitely something that we have in our DNA. Most songs that we have ever done that could be classed as love songs come from a place of both frustration and hope, as do the ones that touch on political/social topics.

That is truly a great thing to say !

What does that mean?

Definitely agree, I dont think theres too many people that really care about the rock opera narrative thats the core of the album so much as there are people who try to dissect every song and line to fit into real world politics. The story is awesome to me

The reason is because you have a lot of people who care deeply about the politics of this country. I am not one of those people. I think the whole thing is a shit show. Anyways, these people, based off of two songs on the record, got the slightest wiff of a political message and ran with it. POLITICS...WHERE!? FUCK BUSH! I dunno, maybe there was a little bit of that in there, but as you already pointed out, the album isn't about those things. It does take a more general look at the wreck of society, but even then only a little. As you said, it's a rock opera about Jesus Of Suburbia, St. Jimmy and Whatsername. A story of these fictional characters and their struggles and choices within a harsh, difficult to navigate world.

Yup. Totally agree. People latched onto the song American Idiot and Holiday and decided it was a fully political album, when it really isn’t. To me, it’s just the story of Billie Joe’s life, it’s not so different from something like “Welcome to Paradise”. It’s about a lost kid from a broken home in a nowhere town, who decides to leave home and move to the city and throw himself into a life of drugs (St Jimmy, Give Me Novacaine) and ends up falling in love with a girl (She’s A Rebel, Extraordinary Girl). He eventually moves back to the suburbs after the world chews him up and spits him back out. Now he’s older and a little wiser, but still kind of a lost adult. It’s not too different from Billie’s life (just without having become a rock star). The backdrop is America in 2004, which was (and still is) a pretty confusing place to live, but the album as a whole doesnt dive into politics in any specific way. It’s vague in its political messaging, other than the very general theme of “growing up in America can be confusing and challenging due to how fucked up our media can be”. Anyway, I agree with you. It’s a brilliant album but it’s much more about the personal journey of a fucked up young person, than it is about politics specifically

@@kamandresen6879 Very well said

I agree that's why it had so much success years after 2004 the songs resonated with people it wasn't an album about hating bush it delved in deeper than that it's really about the human condition

Yea can’t wait

I swear everyone forgets that Bang Bang etc

Green Day always plays great music 🎶

21st Century Breakdown definitely applies as some songs from that album were used in the musical adaptation of American Idiot

Well, I could do that at my 41

Hi melle

That's what I was thinking. Weird interviewer.

Thank you glad someone else thought that

That's a gay green day ripoff band

Ok jay jay walker

Insomniac was ‘95 though. Next year would be Dookie 30th

@@Xanivert ah shit u right. Hope there's something at least for insomniacs 30th

No question here. As far as diversity in songs, how they performed what they tracked, song themes, melodies... instruments... and the band wasn't even 10 years old yet.

It's my favorite album they released during the 90s but American idiot is the best and it came outta left field when green day were at a pretty low point in their career ai brought them back

Green day's best album is And justice for all

@@alienvisitor3612 I love that one. It is not Metallica tho? Billie and the guys were seeking justice for all against the KKK and fascist USA bullshit that I don't like personally compared to GD circa 1992 playing in a youth center.

Thanks guys, I totally agree it was there best too

Sad thing is, Green day voted for that geriatric pos. They will probably do it again too. They are full on establishment.