Released: January 24, 2013

["Amy" Playing in the background]

I think sometimes taking time off feels dangerous to me
And what I've noticed happens to bands that
Quote on quote 'take time off'
They're not as good when they come back

We're like an old race-car that way
You got to keep it tuned up or it's just gonna sit there and rust

["Stop When The Red Lights Flash" Playing in the background]

[Billie Joe]
It is the first time in 20 years that we are inviting people into the actual process
This is not a fully thought out thing yet

[Tre Cool]
This is sending the baby down the corner to buy cigarettes

[Billie Joe]
Yeah
Kinda forgot "Oh, this is the first time people are hearing these songs"
I've gotten into all like a depression

Fuck the past, think about now, think about the future, that's the only thing you need to worry about

We were so used to presenting ourselves before
This time we had nothing
It's back to that "Okay, prove it to me"

["Stay The Night" Playing live in the background]
One! Two! Three! Four!

[Mike Dirnt]
I think there are things that this band can do, that Billie can do as a songwriter, that people still don't know about

[Billie Joe]
For us, it's just, keep that evolution going
Let your audience grow with you, and grow up with you
And, and at some point, grow old with you

[Mike Dirnt]
When you see the arc of the three of these records
You're gonna fully understand where Green Day was at that point or our creativity

["Dirty Rotten Bastards" playing in the background]
And so

Green Day

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.