alright we’re back with Green Day’s 1997 record, Nimrod. Nimrod opens with Nice Guys Finish Last, and this one’s got a great energy and rhythm to it. nice little teardown of “nice guys”. Hitchin’ a Ride has those great chunky[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
today we’re checking out Green Day’s release from 1995, a year after their breakout hit Dookie, Insomniac: Armitage Shanks is a p good opener – gotta love a good “yeah im not really doing good” track to open an album.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
today we’re checking out Green Day’s major label debut, Dookie, released in 1994: the opener of this record, Burnout, is now forever burned into my brain. this is a perfect song. everything works for me here, the dynamic bass, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
alrighty, we’re back with Green Day’s 1991 record, Kerplunk! with this record, Green Day shifts to look like it would for the majority of it’s lifespan, with John Kiffmeyer leaving the band and drummer Tré Cool stepping in. this record[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
next on the trip through Green Day’s discography, we’re checking out kind of a strange release. in 1990, Green Day released an EP entitled Sweet Children, which was a collection of songs that they had been playing at the time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
time for the last release that was a part of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, it’s Slappy: alrighty, Slappy starts off with Paper Lanterns. this has a great little bit at the end of the choruses that i like a lot.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
today we’re looking at Green Day’s debut LP, 39/Smooth, released in 1990! alright, right out the gate, with At the Library, 39/Smooth reminds me that the members of this band are all under 20 when this was recorded. the hook[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
alright! welcome back to the currently running arm of the discography reviews! now that we’ve wrapped up the Gorillaz, we’re changing gears a bit and checking out the next artist: Green Day! to start: i’ll give the context of my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…