Prolific punk rockers, Green Day, left their days of Nimrod, Kerplunk and Basket Case with their 2004 album, American Idiot. Following the same format, Green Day's current installment - 21st Century Breakdown - gives listeners exactly what the title warns: a complete breakdown of their music into something so "meh" there is much left to be desired.
Green Day made history by writing songs about nothing that in turn, meant everything! "Good Riddance" makes people cry even now, "Welcome to Paradise" still gets fans pumped and "Basket Case" will forever rear it's head at talent shows and on Guitar Hero and Rock Band playlists a lot. The band attracted a fresh, young, new and careless crowd in the ninties. With American Idiot, they blew everyone away with their eyeshadow, matching outfits and the ability to grow, musically, and mentally with their political satire and wannabe-activist tunes. "American Idiot" helped fans rock against Bush Jr., in it's "rock opera" form and "Suburban Jesus" was both insightful and quite the musical acheivement for the three-chord masters.
Is 21st Century Breakdown worth your money? YES! If you're a real Green Day fan, you'll appreciate it. It is a good rush-hour listen with a few catchy tunes that will keep you going. What it lacks is relevance. Green Day went deeper and more depressing, but with all of Obama's "Change" chants, forgive listeners for not wanting to have the breakdown with them. The true Green Day sound is still very prevalent on the album, but it lacks the power they regained with "American Idiot."
It's a good listen, just don't expect too much!
By Alison Chriss
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