American Idiot

21st Century Breakdown placed #40 out of 50 on MySpace's Year In Music / Albums. Here's what MySpace had to say about it: Now we know that some people may argue that 21st Century Breakdown wasn't as good as Green Day's last album, 2004's American Idiot. But ...

American Idiot was named 22nd in Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Decade. You can view the full list here. Contrary to the Rolling Stone Readers Poll, this list was chosen by artists, critics, and industry insiders. "21st Century Breakdown" was named the ...

Because Sound Matters.com is giving away 30+ items for their Holiday Vinyl Giveaway, totaling around $1000 dollars. Included in the batch are vinyl for 1039/Smooth, Insomniac, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown, and the Ultimate 7" Singles Box Set (which ...

XFM's Songs of The Decade have been chosen, and Green Day grabbed three spots on the list: #40 Green Day - "American Idiot" #65 Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" #71 Green Day - "When September Ends" You can view the full list here. Thanks to Helly 77 ...

2009 has definitely been a year to remember for Green Day. I knew that when they released their Know Your Enemy single, it could only climb uphill and it sure did. On May 15th, Green Day released 21st Century Breakdown, the follow-up to American Idiot. I had ...

I wanted to share this message from Ben Thompson, a member of the American Idiot musical's cast. I met Ben when I attended the first preview, and we've kept in touch since then. He sent me the following message this morning: Hey J'net! I wanted to pass some ...

Billie Joe just posted this on twitter. Green day is Going into the studio this week to record 21 guns with the cast of american idiot. Its gonna rule!-Billie Very excited to hear what this sounds likes. We'll update you guys when we get any sort of date for ...

Upon hearing that Green Day's album, American Idiot would be made into a musical, it was difficult for those familiar with the music to avoid speculating on how it would translate to the stage. I was fortunate enough to attend the first and second preview ...

Idiot Club members are getting pre-sales for the American Idiot Musical a day early. Tickets are on sale now on the Berkeley Rep site, and will be available for everyone else tomorrow. The Idiot Club is also giving away some prizes tomorrow morning. Idiot Club ...

We have just uploaded our GDA Download of The Week with this week’s download. This week we have put up two rare unreleased songs that were played live at a few shows this tour. The download pack includes the song 'Drama Queen', which was going to be put on ...

Verizon Insider was able to snag five pairs of tickets the upcoming Green Day concerts. There are seven different city's you can enter to win in. For a full list of rules and how to enter, head on over to VerizonInsider.com by clicking here. Thanks to amy_runs ...

The "String Quartet" of American Idiot features renditions of the complete album replacing the sound of full electric guitars and solid drums with the violin, viola, cello and double bass. I can't imagine a more niche audience for target audience, Green Day ...

Green Day will be on CBS Sunday Morning tomorrow at 9am EST (times may vary, so check your listings). They will have an "extensive interview" with the band, which was filmed last month when they were in Oakland. Here's a preview from the interview where Mike ...

Hey everyone. Thanks to Anibal for these videos.Green Day Live from Abbey Road (5/15/2009) American Idiot St. Jimmy East Jesus Nowhere Know Your Enemy 21 GunsGreen Day Live from Saturday Night Live (5/16/2009) Know Your Enemy (thanks Tom) 21 Guns (thanks Tom ...

We've seen a lot of comments from people focusing attention on the fact that "American Eulogy : Mass Hysteria" has the n-word in it. The punch line is a natural disasterAnd it's sung by the unemployedBecause the martyr is a compulsive liarWhen he said"It's ...

We got in a handful of emails yesterday from people in various parts of the US saying their local radio stations said a new Green Day song, "Know Your Enemy" will be played on April 20th or 21st. Which suggests that it might be the first single.American Idiot ...

Director John Roecker posted this status on Facebook a couple days ago excited about March 25th! Going to be a very Green Day. ConfirmedAnd yesterday the Idiot Club posted "If you live in the Los Angeles area, keep March 25th free."Without anywhere to point to ...

Metal Hammer posted up a blog with a quote from Punktastic about Green Day and AC/DC headlining the 2009 Reading/Leeds festival in England taking place at the end of August. Many of you will remember that Green Day chose this festival back in 2004 to play ...

American Idiot landed at a respectable #7 on the Phoenix New Times top 10 concept albums. Nothing interesting in their review, just a short explanation of the story in American Idiot. The #1 spot went to Pink Floyd, #2 to The Beatles. Ashley, the newest person ...

Adeline Street, which was the clothing line and merchandise portion of Billie Joe's label (Adeline Records) has decided to shut down. They posted this message on their MySpace which read in part "Adeline Street has decided not to move forward with future ...

American Idiot was released to the world 4 years ago today. Since then the album has gone on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide and marked a huge turning point in Green Day's career. Because of this album a whole new generation was exposed to Green Day's ...

We're going to be updating the downloads section on GDA over the next few weeks, and we'd like to start off by inviting people to design some new Green Day avatars. To submit items for the page, read the details and post your designs there. There is a new ...

Green Day took the number 1 spot in last night's countdown of the top 25 Grammy moments. Billie Joe appeared a couple times, then talked for a bit at the end of the show while they showed the 2005 performance of American Idiot. Well deserved if I may say so ...

As part of the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Grammys, My Night at the Grammys.com is allowing people to vote for their favorite Grammy moments. Included in the list is Green Day playing 'American Idiot' from the 2005 Grammys. To vote for them, drag the ...