Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion
by Ben Myers

The world's first and only full biography of Green Day. Green Day have sold 50 million albums and single-handedly redefined the punk and rock genre for an entire generation. Inspired by both the energy of British punk bands as well as cult American groups, Green Day gigged relentlessly across the US underground before their 1994 major label debut Dookie, which was a 10-million-selling worldwide hit album. With the arrival of Green Day, suddenly music was dumb, fun, upbeat and colourful again. Many now credit the band with saving rock from the hands of a hundred grunge-lite acts. In 2004 Green Day reached a career pinnacle with the concept album American Idiot, a sophisticated commentary on modern life.
 

ISBN 0 9539942 9 5 - 208 pages - Paperback - 8pp b/w pics - £9.99
Independent Music Press