From their big label smash release, Dookie, in 1994, to 2003, Green Day released an goodly amount of music, most of it excellent.Dookie in 94, Insomniac in 95, Nimrod in 97, Warning in 2000, plus the b-side album Shenanigans in 2002, not to mention The Network’s Money Money 2020 in Continue Reading
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Listening Post: Green Day – Ranking
So, what Green Day should you buy? In what order? Hmmm…. Dookie: A+ (100)American Idiot A+ (100)21st Century Breakdown: A (97)Insomniac: A (96)Foxboro Hot Tubs: A (96)Warning: A (95)39 Smooth/Slappy Hours B+ (88)Shenanigans: B+ (88)Kerplunk: B (85)The Network’s Money Money 2020 B- (81)Nimrod: C+ (78) Tough. Have to rank it Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown
Green Day gives us another Rock Opera. But is it any good? Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown – 2009 (iTunes – Amazon) “My generation is zero. I never made it as a working class hero.” It’s a great line. It follows a bit about being born into Nixon and Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Kerplunk!
One of best selling Indie records would pave the way for superstardom Green Day – Kerplunk! – 1992 (iTunes – Amazon) You know what you notice on Kerplunk? Mike Dirnt. Yeah, I forgot about him completely on the band’s first album. But, he’s right there, all prominent and shit on Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
Right in the middle of the Reflecting Pool, we jump in the wayback machine to cast a glance at the earliest GD had to offer. Green Day – 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours – 1990 (iTunes – Amazon) So this is early Green Day. Before Tre Cool. When John Kiffmeyer Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Foxboro Hot Tubs – Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Hey, is that Green Day….? Green Day as Foxboro Hot Tubs – Stop Drop And Roll! – 2008 (iTunes – Amazon) The old axiom goes: bands spend their whole loves writing and performing their first album and then they have on year to write another one. That’s why the sophomore Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – American Idiot
After Liz died I couldn’t listen to this record, let alone any other Green Day, since it was her favorite band. Time heals a lot. Let’s see if it’s as good as I recall… Green Day – American Idiot – 2004 (iTunes – Amazon) “…while the moms and Brads are Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: The Network – Money Money 2020
Oh, Green Day. You pranksters. The Network – Money Money 2020 – 2003 (iTunes – Amazon) The Network were a side project of Green Day’s plus a few friends in the early 00’s. Apparently there was a “feud” between the two bands, which generated interest in The Network. Remember that? Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Shenanigans
Hey! It’s Green Day’s B-Sides! I don’t know why that excited me so much. Green Day – Shenanigans – 2002 (iTunes – Amazon) Let’s just go through this track by track, shall we? 1. Suffocate. B-Side for Good Riddance Classic Dookie type GD. (A)2. Desensitized. B-Side for Good Riddance Well, Continue Reading
Reflecting Pool: Green Day – Warning
Consider this a different kind of Listening Post and more like a Reflections Column. With Reflecting Pool I will be going back through the catalog of bands that I love and have been following for years. I will try to be as impartial as possible, but I admit that I Continue Reading