A commercial and critical disappointment, this album ain't exactly dookie, it's just a little more serious and a little less catchy. Maybe Green Day just wanted to deflate...
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You've gotta give a band credit for growing, especially in this formula-fueled era. And if Insomniac--Green Day's followup to their phenomenal Dookie LP--was simply a...
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Following the cool reception to Insomniac, Green Day retreated from the spotlight for a year to rest and spend time with their families. During that extended break, they...
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The preeminent proto-punk band of the last decade has finally shed its pubescent skin. Warning, Green Day's sixth album, is crafty pop-rock, with enough acoustic guitars,...
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By 2000, Green Day had long been spurned as unhip by the fourth-generation punks they popularized, and they didn't seem likely to replicate the MOR success of the fluke...
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This disc compiles 1989's 1,000 Hours EP, 1990's 39/Smooth and 1990's Slappy EP to provide a historical overview of snotty but revved-up young punks trying to write a decent...
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The hallmarks of Green Day's soon-to-be-platinum sound were all in place on the band's last Lookout release, and though the production is a little rougher, it's nearly as...
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Green Day's second full album was the perfect dry run for the band's later assault on the mainstream, containing both more variety and more flat-out smashes than previous...
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By 2000, Green Day had long been spurned as unhip by the fourth-generation punks they popularized, and they didn't seem likely to replicate the MOR success of the fluke...
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In the heady days of the post-grunge mid-'90s, it was hard to see who were real and who were pretenders -- and that didn't even take into account whose music would stand the...
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When Green Day's first album appeared, anyone predicting that fame, MTV, top-selling albums, and more would be on the horizon in the near future would have been happily...
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It's a bit tempting to peg Green Day's sprawling, ambitious, brilliant seventh album, American Idiot, as their version of a Who album, the next logical step forward from the...
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By 2000, Green Day had long been spurned as unhip by the fourth-generation punks they popularized, and they didn't seem likely to replicate the MOR success of the fluke...
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