“Back then, I just wanted to write songs I could be proud of and be able to play in five years,” Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong told Rolling Stone in 2014 of his mindset two decades prior.
He would of course achieve that and a whole lot more. In 1994, Green Day accomplished what seemed unthinkable for young punks before them: They became an international phenomenon. With the release of the bratty, rousing Dookie, the trio not only made their major-label debut; they created a new youth movement as grunge was beginning its decline.
He would of course achieve that and a whole lot more. In 1994, Green Day accomplished what seemed unthinkable for young punks before them: They became an international phenomenon. With the release of the bratty, rousing Dookie, the trio not only made their major-label debut; they created a new youth movement as grunge was beginning its decline.
- 2/1/2019
- by Brittany Spanos
- Rollingstone.com
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