Product Description

In 1994 punk rock trio Green Day were on top of the world with DOOKIE, their massive hit album. They were loud, fast, bratty, pissed off, hopeless, truthful, drunk, maybe high, and somehow, absolutely massive. It was glorious. But by 2004, the hoopla seemed to be over. The band were still respected by up-and-coming bands, but their album sales were down. And then, in October 04, came a new album, AMERICAN IDIOT. A furious and impassioned reaction against American politics - and in particular George W. Bush - AMERICAN IDIOT spoke directly to millions of people around the globe. Once again Green Day were reaching pissed off, disaffected teenagers as well as millions of older fans. Few bands achieve Green Day's early success, and even fewer come back for an even more explosive second act. Highly respected rock journalist Marc Spitz has interviewed the band many times, and has won their respect. His book will be the definitive history of the band, charting their transformation from snotty-nosed mall rats into the ultimate punk rock protest band - The Clash for the 21st century.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158648 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
*'Marc Spitz has done a fine job ... it feels definitive. He has interviewed the band several times, but also bands such the Dead Kennedys, who also originated in San Francisco and serve to contextualise the unlikely rise of a most likeable group' MAIL ON SUNDAY *'Full of entertaining trivia . . A decent, well-constructed take on the Green Day story thus far' Q

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'Full of entertaining trivia . . A decent, well-constructed take
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About the Author
Marc Spitz is Senior Writer for SPIN magazine. He is also a respected playwright and novelist. He has interviewed Green Day many times as well as other modern music icons, including The Strokes, Nine Inch Nails, and Morrissey.

Customer Reviews

The best Green Day biography!
As a huge green day fan i have found myself reading many biographies of the band. I admit most of them say the same thing about how Billie Joe got his first guitar 'blue' from his dad right before he passed away, right? Wrong! not in this book, this book tells the TRUTH about How things happened, how the members grew up and how they became world superstars. It goes into the band with great detail, especially during their early lives.

The only problems that i have with the book is that: 1) the author is slightly biased towards the band, forever saying, 'green day rock!'2)the other, and most important is that it doesn't really go into much detail about how they came about their mid-career albums: Insomniac, Nimrod, and warning. It even totally skips Shenanigans!

Despite those two problems, i think that this is the best Green Day biography around. It has great interviews with family members of the band and people who were close to them, for example- the real guy who gave Billie Joe the guitar 'blue' which, actually, was infact not Billie's first guitar.