More Green Day album info

2009-03-20 by ninjuice | 45 Comments
Green Day's upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown, isn't set to be released until May, but they have nonetheless released a short promo for the album on their website.
Rolling Stone have also done an article about the upcoming release.
Quote:
"...Breakdown is a story in three acts: 'Heroes and Cons,' 'Charlatans and Saints' and 'Horseshoes and Handgrenades.' 'The disc loosely follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far,'"
The band also plan to play the album in its entirety while on tour:
Quote:
“We’ve done the first act and half of the second. Then we look at each other and go, ‘This is really hard,’” Armstrong says. “It’s funny — we make our most physical album not when we’re 19 but in our mid-30s.”
21st Century Breakdown will be produced by Butch Vig, who is known as the drummer for Garbage and for producing Nirvana's extremely well known (and disputed) album Nevermind. The album's first single, "Know Your Enemy", will be released in April.
Trailer:
http://www.greenday.com/site/news_black.php
Rolling Stone article:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/20/in-the-studio-green-days-ambitious-21st-century-breakdown/
Ultimate-Guitar.com article:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/green_day_releases_trailer_for_new_album.html

Tagged: Green Day

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ninjuice
March 20th 2009
6760 Comments


I wonder if they'll put in some sort of black president messiah figure lol

Serpento
March 20th 2009
2351 Comments


'Heroes and Cons,' 'Charlatans and Saints' and 'Horseshoes and Handgrenades"
please don't let the music be this stupid please

Phantom
March 20th 2009
9010 Comments


This is going to be a clusterfuck.

...And I can't wait

AliW1993
March 20th 2009
7511 Comments


please don't let the music be this stupid please


Exactly what I've been thinking.

Erratic
March 20th 2009
1120 Comments


I don't care what anyone says, this sounds awesome.

thebhoy
March 20th 2009
4460 Comments


Their names are Christian and Gloria... subtelty of a sledgehammer my friends. At least when Colin Meloy does this stuff it's quirky and intelligent.

lol Ninjuice, I'm sure they'll manage to blame all of Obama's screw ups so far on Bush. Like, I don't care what your political views are, but for godssake somebody please have an original thought for once.

upagainstthewall
March 20th 2009
839 Comments


please don't let the music be this stupid please


lol'd

Phantom
March 20th 2009
9010 Comments


There's a song on youtube. Not really very interesting.

Golgoroth
March 20th 2009
1084 Comments


Only 15 seconds of the trailer were music from the new album, which was decent. The rest was them praising their past accomplishments.

Ergh.

upagainstthewall
March 20th 2009
839 Comments


^not unexpected

Captain North
March 21st 2009
6793 Comments


I'm sure they'll manage to blame all of Obama's screw ups so far on Bush


...He's been in for less than three months. There's honestly not much you can blame on him, if anything.

But yeah, I'm looking forward to this.

StrizzMatik
March 21st 2009
4241 Comments


Green Day said recently in an interview not to hold Obama up as some savior, actually.

The demo for "21st Century Breakdown" has been around for a while now on the intranets. Very Who-ish. But this sounds like it's going to be American Idiot 2 and I'm not really cool with that.

myhigherpie
March 21st 2009
3029 Comments


I despise these guys >.

jrowa001
March 21st 2009
8752 Comments


album will suck. they dont have the abilities to write a good album anymore

Douchebag
March 21st 2009
3626 Comments


"album will suck. they dont have the abilities to write a good album anymore"

funny, their last album is my favourite ever.
So pumped for this.

taylormemer
March 21st 2009
4964 Comments


Despite American Idiot being quite contrived concept-wise, I loved it musically, so I have moderately high hopes for this.

Douchebag
March 21st 2009
3626 Comments


I loved the concept to be honest... and only the title track was america bashing. and maybe a few subtle lines elsewhere.

ninjuice
March 21st 2009
6760 Comments


only the title track was america bashing.

How bout half of "Holiday"?
Green Day said recently in an interview not to hold Obama up as some savior, actually.

Great. Maybe they realize he's just another politician.

Douchebag
March 21st 2009
3626 Comments


"How bout half of "Holiday"?"

The band said themselves that the song is anti war, not to be taken as anti american.

TNY
March 21st 2009
569 Comments


I don't understand, American Idiot was by far one their best if not their best album. Album will rock. Concept is cool.This Message Edited On 03.21.09

ninjuice
March 21st 2009
6760 Comments


I wouldn't say that again if I were you...

TNY
March 21st 2009
569 Comments


I don't understand, American Idiot was by far one of their best if not their best album. Album will rock. Concept is cool.This Message Edited On 03.21.09

ninjuice
March 21st 2009
6760 Comments


Concept is cool.

Now that I definitely disagree with.

Douchebag
March 21st 2009
3626 Comments


Concept was great. :P
Favourite album of all time.

Spamue1G
March 21st 2009
1291 Comments


I'm still excited, but it looks like this might just end up being too pretentious. Oh well, we'll see.

ConorMichaelJoseph
March 21st 2009
1870 Comments


American Idiot was by far one their best if not their best album

No, that would be Dookie
But I'm looking forward to this all the same.

Electric City
March 21st 2009
15756 Comments


gonna rule

NotMrBlonde
March 21st 2009
394 Comments


gonna suck

FattyKnee
March 21st 2009
490 Comments


this will suck

Mikesn
Emeritus
March 21st 2009
3707 Comments


should be goodThis Message Edited On 03.21.09

lauriej
March 21st 2009
1713 Comments


should be typically average

XSebbyMcMuffinX
March 21st 2009
490 Comments


It's probably gonna be a nasty technical punk album about the current state of popular music.
Honestly, I don't see the point of checking this out since it's eventually gonna find it's way to you, anyways.

KILL
March 21st 2009
81611 Comments


american gayiot more like

marksellsuswallets
March 21st 2009
4885 Comments


Concept sounds worse than American Idiot...much worse...

lexicons
March 21st 2009
144 Comments


but u guys these d00ds are kewl! they like represent how all the youth feelz
@_@

CrazyFool84
March 22nd 2009
1083 Comments


Christian and Gloria...that's just fucking sad, i understand the majority of those clamering to this would need to be bluntly smacked with a (cheap) metaphor, but even this is too far...without touching the american idiot debate this is a pretty lame concept, time to either pack it in or give somethign else a try, rather than prattling on about the wavering state of their country and the rest of the world

Asiatic667
March 22nd 2009
4651 Comments


That concept sounds horrible, it sounds like a cheap spin off of AMERICAN IDIOT.
21st Century Breakdown----more like INEVITABLE SEQUEL CONCEPT ALBUM

theskyatnight
March 22nd 2009
60 Comments


wow... how unoriginal.

"All the bands that are any good write concept albums... so we should too!! I have to call Blink and let them know what to do!"


bahaha. Green Day for the lose.

Samwyze55
March 22nd 2009
83 Comments


my respect for this band has been dwindling over the years

boundbytransience
March 22nd 2009
28 Comments


Some bands just don't know when to call it quits.

Douchebag
March 23rd 2009
3626 Comments


"Some bands just don't know when to call it quits."

And Green Day are not one of them.

kygermo
March 23rd 2009
1007 Comments


Maaan they just cant convince me of being conceptual. Grand and Epic are two words Ive never associated Green Day with.

LordSalohcin21
March 23rd 2009
135 Comments


does the world still care about green day?

BlackMarketReview
March 24th 2009
157 Comments


ENOUGH WITH THIS BAND ALREADY, NODODY CARES ANYMORE THEY WILL NEVER MATCH DOOKIE.

PuddleSwimmer
March 24th 2009
1457 Comments


GAHHHHHHHHH KELLY CLARKSON



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