Green Day talk about new album yet again

25 March 2009 | 10:38 am | Staff Writer
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American Idiot marked a really high bar for us. It's easy to go, 'OK, we can just write a collection of songs.' But there was something about trying to keep going for it.

Green Day have discussed their new album '21st Century Breakdown' yet again with Rolling Stone. The band said:


American Idiot marked a really high bar for us. It's easy to go, 'OK, we can just write a collection of songs.' But there was something about trying to keep going for it.


Veers from hard-charging garage rockers to oversize Queen-style grandeur. Chronicling the life of a young couple as they deal with the mess our 43rd president left behind, the punk opera is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints" and "Horseshoes and Hand Grenades."