American Idiots? More Like American Icons
Green Day’s first major-label release—but their third album overall—Dookie dropped in 1994 and almost instantly launched the band into superstardom.
With fifteen million copies sold, they quickly became not only everybody’s favourite punk trio but also the leaders of a new American punk revival. Bands like Rancid, Blink-182, Sum 41, and The Offspring followed in their wake, helping to define the pop-punk sound of the era.
After a decade of relentless touring and more albums, Green Day released American Idiot in 2004. This firmly established them as one of the biggest bands in the world.
In 2009, they followed it up with 21st Century Breakdown, continuing their socially conscious punk narrative.
Later that same year, American Idiot – The Musical debuted on stage, an unexpected move that brought the band’s music to Broadway. Billie Joe Armstrong later expressed interest in turning American Idiot into a feature film, saying it had “a lot in common with something like The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Among Green Day’s best-known songs are Wake Me Up When September Ends, Basket Case, American Idiot, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Boulevard of Broken Dreams, When I Come Around, Holiday, and 21 Guns.
Green Day Tunes | Related Pages
American Idiot | Chords + Lyrics
You can learn how to play American Idiot by Green Day using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and a Spytunes video guitar lesson.
| N.C | N.C G | Ab Db | Gb Db Ab Gb |
Don’t wanna be an American idiot…
Basket Case | Chords + Lyrics
You can learn how to play Basket Case by Green Day using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and a Spytunes video guitar lesson.
| Eb5 | Bb5 | C5 | G5 | Ab5 | Eb5 | Bb5 | Bb5 |
Do you have the time, to listen to me whine, about nothing and everything…
Time Of Your Life | Chords + TAB
You can learn how to play Time Of Your Life by Green Day using chords, lyrics, a chord chart, chord analysis, and Spytunes video guitar lessons.
| G5 | Cadd9 D5 |
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road…
Start learning with the full lesson series: Time Of Your Life – Guitar Lessons with TAB.
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