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Fashion VictimGreen Day

Released: October 3, 2000

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Verse 1: Billie Joe Armstrong]
He's a victim of his own time
In his vintage suit and tie
He's a casualty dressed to the teeth
In the latest genocide
The new seasons come and go
At the dog and pony show
Gonna sit and beg and fetch the names
And to follow your dress codes
What's in a name? Hey!

[Verse 2: Billie Joe Armstrong]
She's a scented magazine
Looking sharp, and living clean
Living well and dressed to kill
But she looks like hell to me
When you're dancing through your wardrobe
Do the anorex-a-go-go
Cloaked with style for pedophiles
As your credit card explodes

[Chorus : Billie Joe Armstrong]
Well, you auction off your life
For the most expensive price
Going once, going twice, it's gone

[Post-Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Alright, hey!

[Bridge: Benmont Tench]
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh
Woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh

[Chorus: Billie & Benmont]
Well, you auction off your life (Going once)
For the most expensive price (Twice, it's gone)
Going once, going twice, it's gone

[Post-Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Alright, hey!

[Outro: Billie Joe Armstrong]
What's in a name? Hey!
What's in a name? Hey!
What's in a name?

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.

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