Sam Catalano 2/16/13
Professor Sweeny MUS115
Stranded
Green Day put their stamp on popular music in 2004, with their anti-Bush themed punk
rock infecting the airwaves with the release of American Idiot, launching three platinum singles,
topped off with a Grammy. The band, made up of singer/guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong, bassist
Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool, known for their pop-punk albums of the nineties, made a
huge transition in the seriousness of their tone and lyrics in the creation of their modern
masterpiece. The album has received critical acclaim from music reviewers such as Rolling
Stone, putting it on their “100 Best Album of the Decade [2000s]” and “500 Greatest Rock
Albums of All Time” lists, as well as spawning a Broadway musical version. Similar to The
