The electrifying song is the band’s last offering before the arrival of their 14th studio album. GREEN DAY«Saviors«, which will arrive on January 19, 2024.
«’One Eyed Bastard‘ It started out as a riff that I had – a shuffle, almost like a kind of riff. BLACK SABBATH“he shared Billie Joe Armstrong. «Lyrically, she was reflecting on the bad times in life. That’s the thing about nostalgia – sometimes you think, ‘That was a horrible time.’ Everyone has an ugly moment in their life where they have to face ugly thoughts, like revenge or whatever. Luckily, I have an outlet in songwriting.”
«One Eyed Bastard» comes after the performance of GREEN DAY in “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve«, where they performed two fan-favorite songs from «Dookie» and two of «American Idiot“, With “Dilemma» next «Saviors«. «Saviors» will also include «Look Ma, No Brains!” and “The American Dream Is Killing Me«, which reached No. 1 on Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay.
As an added surprise, GREEN DAY has announced free listening parties «Saviors» in more than 200 independent stores around the world starting January 13. Fans will have the opportunity to hear «Saviors» ahead of its release on January 19. All events are free and there will be exclusive giveaways while supplies last. For more information and to see participating stores, visit listentosaviors.greenday.com.
GREEN DAY has never shied away from vulnerable themes in the lyrics of his songs, and “Saviors» is no exception. Recorded in London and Los Angeles, «Saviors» is the latest and powerful collaboration between GREEN DAY and Grammy-winning producer Rob Cavallowhose notable previous work with GREEN DAY includes two of the band’s most iconic albums, “Dookie» from 1994 and «American Idiot» from 2004. The album arrives just before the 30th anniversary of «Dookie«. The celebrations have already begun with the release of a deluxe edition of the album and a surprise concert in Las Vegas, where the band performed “Dookie” from start to finish to a sold-out crowd of fans.
Recently, GREEN DAY announced a world stadium tour in 2024 with support from illustrious rock luminaries THE SMASHING PUMPKINS, RANCID and THE LINDA LINDAS in North America and NOTHING BUT THIEVES, THE HIVES, DONOTS, THE INTERRUPTERS and MAID OF ACE in Europe. The tour “Saviors“, driven monster Energywill kick off in Europe next May before arriving in North America in July for a heady summer tour of the United States.
Formed in 1986 in Berkeley, California, GREEN DAY is one of the best-selling groups of all time, with more than 75 million records sold worldwide and 10 billion accumulated audiovisual transmissions. Winners of five Grammy Awards and members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they published their breakthrough album «Dookie» in 1994, which sold more than 10 million copies and achieved diamond status, and which is credited with popularizing and resurgence of general interest in punk rock, catapulting a career full of hit singles. Entertainment Weekly Call to GREEN DAY “the most influential band of their generation”, while Rolling Stone states that “GREEN DAY have inspired more young bands than any other group apart from KISS, and that doesn’t seem like it’s going to change. In 2004, GREEN DAY They published the rock opera «American Idiot“, which captured the country’s attention, selling more than eight million copies in the United States alone and taking home the Grammy Award for “Best Rock Album.” mojo declared: “It’s exhilarating material, the kind of record that sets new parameters for what’s possible from a punk rock’n’roll band in the 21st century.” In 2010, a stage adaptation of «American Idiot» premiered on Broadway with great critical and public success. Released in 2020, the thirteenth studio album by GREEN DAY«Father Of All Motherfuckers«, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album sales chart and at No. 1 in both the United Kingdom and Australia. Pitchfork declared: «The most attractive and youthful songs of GREEN DAY in a while. The trio sounds reinvigorated, more like hungry newcomers staking their claim.” In July 2021, GREEN DAY embarked on the tour «Hella Mega Tour” with FALL OUT BOY and WEEZER. The world tour included 29 sold-out stadium concerts, including renowned venues such as the London Stadium and the Dodger Stadium of the Angels.
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