Back in time

21 September 2024

Today 20 years ago, on 21 September 2004, megastar punks GREEN DAY
released their 7th and probably their best known LP AMERICAN IDIOT.
It sold more than 4 million copies.

American Idiot follows the story of Jesus of Suburbia, a lower-middle-class American adolescent anti-hero. The album expresses the disillusionment and dissent of a generation that came of age in a period shaped by tumultuous events such as 9/11 and the Iraq War.

Pitchfork wrote: “West Coast pop-punks’ first release in four years is the political
concept album you didn’t know they had in them. While never very lyrically insightful or poetic, American Idiot is certainly the band’s most ambitious record to date, with a consistent narrative spun throughout its 13 tracks– two of which boast runtimes in excess of nine minutes. Life-changing? Not a bit, but there’s something to be said for having the balls.”

SINGLE
(more than 1 billion
streams on Spotify)

ALBUM

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Talking about an American Idiot.

Green Day: Story – All Albums