In the waning days of the Nineties’ alt-rock revolution, just before major record labels turned forever away from left-of-center acts and toward more mainstream fare (coughBushcough) that forever made the world a duller place, Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins were two of the hottest young rock bands on the planet. …
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The Bay Area was a weird place in 1987. You had the remnants of the Me Decade’s cults of touchy-feeliness bumping up against Silicon Valley’s computer-nerd capitalism. Competing D.I.Y. music scenes meant you could surf between S.F. Thrash, East Bay rap, and pockets of punk popping up from everywhere; shows …
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Saviors of summer touring, Green Day are promising to bring the heat (or at least add to it) with concerts that celebrate two big anniversaries — their 1994 breakout album, Dookie, and Grammy-winning 2004 album, American Idiot — alongside songs from their upcoming 14th album, Saviors. They’re previewing that record, …
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All of Green Day’s secrets are coming out. On Thursday night, the punk-rock icons not only performed a “secret” show in downtown Las Vegas (they teased it earlier in the week), but also had another surprise up their sleeves: an upcoming U.S. stadium tour with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and …
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