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American Idiot by Green Day

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Green Day Is An American Rock Band Formed In The East Bay Of California In 1987 By Lead Vocalist And Guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong Together With Bassist And Backing Vocalist Mike Dirnt. For Most Of The Band's Career They Have Been A Power Trio With Drummer Tré Cool Who Replaced John Kiffmeyer In 1990 Before The Recording Of The Band's Second Studio Album Kerplunk 1991 . Before Taking Its Current Name In 1989 Green Day Was Called Blood Rage Then Sweet Children And They Were Part Of The Late 1980s/early 1990s Bay Area Punk Scene That Emerged From The 924 Gilman Street Club In Berkeley California. The Band's Early Releases Were With The Independent Record Label Lookout! Records. In 1994 Their Major-Label Debut Dookie Released Through Reprise Records Became A Breakout Success And Eventually Shipped Over 10 Million Copies In The U.S. Alongside Fellow California Punk Bands Bad Religion The Offspring Rancid NOFX Pennywise And Social Distortion Green Day Is Credited With Popularizing Mainstream Interest In Punk Rock In The U.S. Though The Albums Insomniac 1995 Nimrod 1997 And Warning 2000 Did Not Match The Success Of Dookie They Were Still Successful With The First Two Reaching Double Platinum Status While The Last Achieved Gold. Green Day's Seventh Album A Rock Opera Called American Idiot 2004 Found Popularity With A Younger Generation Selling Six Million Copies In The U.S. Their Next Album 21st Century Breakdown Was Released In 2009 And Achieved The Band's Best Chart Performance. It Was Followed By A Trilogy Of Albums ¡Uno! ¡Dos! And ¡Tré! Released In September November And December 2012 Respectively. The Trilogy Did Not Perform As Well As Expected Commercially In Comparison To Their Previous Albums Largely Due To A Lack Of Promotion And Armstrong Entering Rehab. Their Twelfth Studio Album Revolution Radio Was Released In October 2016 And Became Their Third To Debut At No. 1 On The Billboard 200. The Band's Thirteenth Studio Album Father Of All Motherfuckers Was Released On February 7 2020 And Was Their Final Album Released By Reprise. On October 24 2023 The Band Announced That Their Fourteenth Studio Album 'Saviors' Will Come Out January 19 2024. In 2010 A Stage Adaptation Of American Idiot Debuted On Broadway. The Musical Was Nominated For Three Tony Awards Best Musical Best Scenic Design And Best Lighting Design Winning The Latter Two. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2015 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Members Of The Band Have Collaborated On The Side Projects Pinhead Gunpowder The Network Foxboro Hot Tubs The Longshot And The Coverups. They Have Also Worked On Solo Careers. Green Day Has Sold Roughly 90 Million Records Worldwide Them One Of The World's Best-Selling Artists. The Group Has Been Nominated For 20 Grammy Awards And Has Won Five Of Them With Best Alternative Album For Dookie Best Rock Album For American Idiot And 21st Century Breakdown Record Of The Year For "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" And Best Musical Show Album For American Idiot The Original Broadway Cast Recording. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: American Idiot

"American Idiot" Is A Song By American Rock Band Green Day And Is The First Single From Their Seventh Album American Idiot. According To The American Idiot Songfacts Billie Joe Armstrong Was Inspired To Write This Song After Hearing A Jingoistic Lynyrd Skynyrd Song Being Played On His Car Radio Whilst Driving To The Studio. Released In 2004 The Single Peaked At #61 On The Billboard Hot 100 Becoming Green Day's First Billboard Hot 100 Chart Entry Excluding Singles That Charted On The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart Helping Revive The Band's Career. However The Appearance Of "American Idiot" On The US Singles Charts Occurred Just Prior To Billboard Magazine's Inclusion Of Internet Download Purchases Into Their Billboard Hot 100 Chart Data Which Would Have Made A Significant Difference In The Song's Peak Had It Benefited From The New Chart Tabulation System. This Most Recent Form Of Sales Assessment Has Resulted In The Far Greater Successes Of "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" "Holiday" And "Wake Me Up When September Ends". "American Idiot" Became Green Day's First Top 5 Single In The United Kingdom Reaching #3 And Peaked At #7 In Australia. It Debuted At #1 In Canada Holding Onto The Zenith Position For Five Weeks. In Australia The Song Was Ranked #22 On Triple J's Hottest 100 Of 2004. Green Day Performed This At The 2005 Grammy Awards. The Album Won For Best Rock Album. The Song Was Featured In The Trailer For The 2005 Film Wedding Crashers. The Song Features On The Soundtrack Of The American Football Video Game Madden NFL 2005. It Was Featured As The Closing Theme Song For The First Season Of The "Andy Milonakis" Show. "Weird Al" Yankovic Parodied The Song On His Album Straight Outta Lynwood As "Canadian Idiot" - A Satirical Commentary On American Nationalism And The Stereotypical American View Of Canadians. In The Simpsons Movie The Song Was Played By An Organist At The Band's Funeral. Richard Cheese And Lounge Against The Machine Covered This Song Into A Lounge Style On Their 2005 Album Aperitif For Destruction And Avril Lavigne Did As Well In 2006. The Guitar Riffs Of The Song Were Sampled For The Theme For Johnny Test And Multiple Episodes Of The Show. Song Information The Song Was Written By All Three Members Of Green Day And Was Co-Produced By Green Day And Rob Cavallo. It Is In The Key Of A-Flat Major And Is Widely Known For The Guitar Riff That Plays Through The Whole Song Excluding The Chorus. The Whole Song Is Similar To The Intro Riff From Dillinger Four's "Doublewhiskeycokenoice" Written In 1997. Dillinger Four Opened For Green Day On Green Day's Japan Tour And Released A Split 7" With Billie Joe Armstrong's Side Project Pinhead Gunpowder "American Idiot" Criticizes The Post 9/11 U.S. Referring To Such Issues As Paranoia Propaganda And Media. "American Idiot" Has Also Been Certified As An RIAA Gold 500 000 Downloads Along With "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" American Idiot's Second Single. The Song Helped Pave The Road For The Future American Idiot Singles "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Which In A Great Turnaround Would Reach #2 In The U.S. "Holiday" A Top 30 Hit Worldwide "Wake Me Up When September Ends" Which Would Reach #6 In The U.S. And The Top 20 Worldwide And "Jesus Of Suburbia". It Was Their First #1 On The Modern Rock Tracks From The American Idiot Album And Their Sixth Overall.

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