Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s unexpected resurrection
Green Day was one of the big punk-pop successes of the 1990s but by the time the 21st century arrived, they were in big trouble. Album sales had fallen off drastically and it
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American Idiot
Random music news for Thursday, July 19, 2018
On this day in 1977, the first GPS signal was broadcast from a satellite. It was a 100% military thing back then, but now… Here’s some music news for July 19, 2018. Health
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Random music news for Monday, July 16, 2018
Halfway through July. Why does summer speed by faster than winter? Distract yourself from that with some music news for July 16, 2018. Well, this was an awkward #1 single in the UK
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Green Day’s “American Idiot” is heading up the British charts because of an impending visit by you-know-who
Billie Joe Armstrong was inspired to write “American Idiot” by the nuttiness of George W. Bush’s administration. Fourteen years later, two versions of the song are heading up the British charts. Why? Donald
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Random Music News for Friday, November 13, 2015
Superstitious about today? Me? Naw. But I’m not going to take any chances, just in case. And now, the music news. Former Motorhead drummer Phil Taylor has died as 61. A woman fell
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And Now, The Green Day Documentary for American Idiot. Watch the Trailer.
Just when you thought there was nothing more to say about Green Day’s 2004 album, American Idiot, comes word that it’s being made into a movie. A documentary, actually. (When the album first
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It Was Ten Years Ago That Green Day “Lost” Their New Album–And That Was a Very Good Thing
The story (I think it’s something of a myth myself) that Green Day had recorded an entire album they called Cigarettes and Valentines. Then one day they went into the studio and it
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This May Make You Feel Old: Green Day’s American Idiot is Now Ten Years Old
In the fall of 2004, I and a bunch of other people were trooped into a boardroom at Warner Music Canada’s headquarters for an album listening session. The record in question was Green
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