'American Idiot' Turns 10: In Defense of Green Day's Iconic Album
On September 21, 2004, Green Day transported their fans into a fictional world that was very much inspired by reality. Billie Joe Armstrong sang along to the age of paranoia, and we became acquainted with the Jesus of Suburbia, St. Jimmy, Whatsername, the town that don't exist and much more.
American Idiot signified a massive step forward in Green Day's career, providing them with long-lasting relevance and revitalizing them after years of relatively disappointing album sales. A cohesive masterpiece of political-punk-rock-and-roll songwriting, the album spawned five international superhits plus Bullet In A Bible, a live CD/DVD of the band's show at the U.K.'s Milton Keynes National Bowl in front of 130,000 people. Green Day became the heavyweight champion of the world–or, rather, the world's biggest rock band–in the years of touring that followed the album's release.
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