Green Day

Released: August 11, 2016

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Intro]
This is definitely not the first video to surface of an execution
The blue stash of men, they claimed responsibility for the executions
Described as severely mentally disturbed
It appears to show another hostage executed by the terrorist group
Deserve to be annihilated

[Verse 1: Billie Joe Armstrong]
I get my kicks, and I wanna start a rager
I wanna dance like I'm on the video
I got a fever for the violent behavior
I'm sweatin' bullets like a modern Romeo

[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Both]
Bang, bang! Give me fame!
Shoot me up to entertain (Ah-ah)
I am a semi-automatic lonely boy
You're dead! I'm well fed!
Give me death or give me head (Ah-ah)
Daddy's little psycho and Mommy's little soldier

[Verse 2: Billie Joe Armstrong]
I testify like a lullaby of memories
Broadcasting live and it's on my radio
I got my photobomb, I got my Vietnam
I love a lie just like anybody else

[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Both]
Bang, bang! Give me fame!
Shoot me up to entertain (Ah-ah)
I am a semi-automatic lonely boy
You're dead! I'm well fed!
Give me death or give me head (Ah-ah)
Broadcasting from my room and playin' with my toys

[Bridge: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Both]
I wanna be a celebrity martyr (Ah-ah)
The leading man in my own private drama
Hoorah! Bang, bang! Hoorah! Bang, bang!
The hero of the hour
Daddy's little psycho and Mommy's little soldier

[Breakdown Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Both]
I wanna be like the soldiers on the screen
It's my private movie (Holy War!)
Oh, baby, baby, this is Viva Vendetta
Oh, this is love or it's World War Zero!
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah

[Drum Solo]

[Outro Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Both]
I wanna be a celebrity martyr (Ah-ah)
The leading man in my own private drama
Hoorah! Bang, bang! Hoorah! Bang, bang!
The hero of the hour
Daddy's little psycho and Mommy's little soldier
I wanna be a celebrity martyr (Ah-ah)
The leading man in my own private drama
Hoorah! Bang, bang! Hoorah! Bang, bang!
The hero of the hour
Daddy's little psycho and Mommy's little soldier!

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.

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