Green Day

Green Day's sixth full-length release, 2000's Warning:, has them in Kinks worship mode, utilizing acoustic rhythm tracks and idiosyncratic arrangements. However, there is still no shaking off their East Bay punk roots, which they use as a springboard on tracks like hit "Minority," "Warning:" and the Replacements-inspired "Misery." Further proof that the band could do much more than three-chord punk, Warning: was a good primer for the band's future venture into more complex and conceptual pop.

Used to be you could count on Green Day to report from the front lines of teenage
wasteland, suburban division, with punk-prankster anthems about dope, deadbeats and
masturbation. But no more. Warning, the California trio's sixth album, invites the question:
Who wants to listen to songs of faith, hope and social commentary from what used to be
snot-core's biggest-selling band? Now a wealthy family man pushing thirty, singer-... More >