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American Idiot is a concept album that describes the story of a central character named Jesus of Suburbia, an anti-hero created by Billie Joe Armstrong. [32] It is written from the perspective of a lower-middle-class suburban American teen, raised on a diet of "soda pop and Ritalin."
During Trump's presidential run in 2016, Billie Joe Armstrong began changing the lyric "the subliminal, mind-fuck America" to "the subliminal mind-Trump America" during live performances of "American Idiot", [29] and in 2019, he added another change, shifting "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda" to "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda".
This version features Billie Joe Armstrong, together with Christina Sajous, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Mary Faber, and Stark Sands, with back-up from the rest of American Idiot cast. Another version was released with John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, and Sands singing the parts that Armstrong had previously sung.
Along the way, lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong even had time to stop by another concert sensation — seeing Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour when the 34-year-old singer played for a crowd in Lyon, France.
The album also includes "When It's Time", a previously unreleased song written by Billie Joe Armstrong. Two versions of it appear on the album, one by The Cast and one by Green Day. It was originally released on mtv.com on April 13, 2010 and was released on CD on April 20, 2010. A vinyl version of the album was released on July 13, 2010.
“American Idiot” ushered in a new generation of loyal listeners — in some situations, the children of the initial fans who account for one of the over 10 million sales of their 1994 album ...
The veteran Bay Area punk trio brought its albums 'Dookie' and 'American Idiot' to Inglewood ... Nobody would’ve called it back when frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was singing about the extremes ...
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician and actor. He is best known for being the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day , which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987.