LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 20, 2019-ON THIS DAY IN 2004 BABY HUEY EXPERIENCED HIS FIRST BONER WITH THE RELEASE OF GREEN DAY’S ‘AMERICAN IDIOT.’ THIS WAS THE BAND’S SEVENTH ALBUM AND WAS THE MOTHERLODE OF ALL MOTHERLODES IN TERMS OF SALES. RECORD WENT ON TO SELL OVER 18 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE AND ESTABLISHED THE GROUP AS SUPERSTARS. DESCRIBED BY BAND MEMBERS AS A “PUNK ROCK OPERA,” THE RECORD SPAWNED 5 HIT SINGLES: ‘BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS’ ‘AMERICAN IDIOT’ ‘WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS’ ‘JESUS OF SUBURBIA’ AND ‘HOLIDAY.’ THE ALBUM ALSO WON A GRAMMY AWARD FOR THE “BEST ROCK ALBUM” IN 2005. LOVE GREEN DAY AND I LOVE THEY ARE REPRESENTING FROM THE BAY AREA !!
THIS IS A GREAT VIDEO FROM ‘AMERICAN IDIOT’
