Green Day - Revolution Radio

     1.   Why must I bow before their majesty?

     Green Day are perhaps the finest punk band to ever walk the planet. Green Day were conceived in East Bay, California, in 1986. There is no doubt it was an immaculate conception. The band have labored hard and sent down twelve long players of gospels to the huddled masses. Bless their hearts. Green Day have sold over 75 million albums worldwide and were inducted into the Rock'N'Roll Hall Of Fame in 2015; their first year of eligibility. Revolution Radio (Sept'16) is the second single released from the album of the same name Revolution Radio (Oct'16). 

     2. Do the boys have anything left in the gas tank? 

     Does a rapist sweat in church? Revolution Radio is straight for the jugular political punk rock and the band are incendiary. Revolution Radio pulses with malice and launches jagged licks over a blitzkrieg of riffs. This is Green Day at their finest, firing on all cylinders, fury unleashed. The band have fired off a missive about the state of the nation, and it ain't pretty, and a call to arms to the rebels prepared to fight for a better world. 


3. Who do Green Day sound like? 

Rancid, The Offspring, The Living End, Stiff Little Fingers and The Clash.


4. What have the venerable scribes in the press said about Revolution Radio?

“A big snotty hook and a sense of speed” – Stereogum. 

“Hell-raising” – Vulture. 

“Back to basics” – Alt 92.9 Boston. 

      5. Which bands were instrumental in carving out Green Day's genius?

The main Green Day influences are Husker Du, The Replacements, The Ramones, Queen, The Who and Cheap Trick. 


6. Why should I give Revolution Radio a fair crack of the whip? 

Green Day have served up another chapter in their long history of phenomenal rock and roll and it doesn't get any better than this. Revolution Radio is visceral and vital and asks a question that only you can answer. Are you prepared to put up with this shit show? 


7. What are the other gems in Green Day's crown? 

When I Come Around, Know Your Enemy and Oh Love are the crown jewels. 


8. Any more words whipping boy? 

The new album Revolution Radio was self-produced by the band for the first time since Warning (2000). 

“Sing like a rebels lullaby,

Under the stars and stripes”

     

     The double dip today is a Green Day crowd singing Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody at the Emirates Stadium, London, 2013. Queen are one of the greatest rock bands to ever step on stage. They started rocking in 1970 and recorded thirteen albums selling up to 300 million copies worldwide. Bohemian Rhapsody (1975) was Queen's most successful song, selling millions of copies and is one of the best selling singles of all time; topping charts around the world. Listen to a Green Day crowd sing it. Jump to before the two minute mark for the best bit if you must. It's pure fucking magic. 

“So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?

So you think you can love me and leave me to die?”