American Punk - Suburban Threat

Advantages: Good Comeback
Disadvantages: Cant think of any

...American Idiot is a nice fresh album from Green Day. This goes back to how they used to play about 10 years ago. This is a huge improvement on Warning and Shenanigans, which in my opinion were terrible albums. It\'s more focus on a set a characters, and tells a story throughout the album. Many songs also seem to have a double meaning, not only the story of the characters but a political statement. This album also contains 2 ballads as well, lasting around 10 mins each. This has not been done in many punk rock albums in a long time, and they have mastered it. This album is definately worth buying, I would highly recommend it! Singles release from this album include: American Idiot Holiday Boulivard Of Broken Dreams The General Track Listing is: American Idiot Jesus of Suburbia Holiday Boulevard of Broken Dreams Are We the Waiting... Read review

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Advantages: great tracks
Disadvantages: no disadvantages

...Green Day were always innately suburban. THC and apathy themed their 1994 single "Longview"; their breakthrough album, Dookie, was a precocious jumble of power chords and smart aleck prurience, a blend of The Descendents and flinty Buzzcockian spark. They didn't have any answers-- they just wanted weed and entitlement. That cul de sac selfishness and bratty pose carried through to the sugar-pap mallpunks Green Day spawned on the backslide of the 90s; unfortunately, the trio's undeniable early flair for songcraft did not. In 1999, pop-punk exploded with the arrival of Blink-182's Enema of the State, and the brand gleefully deteriorated from there, bottoming out in the young and hopeless days of a dollar-store post-millennium, where the suburban trash culture that Billie Joe Armstrong once dismissively skewered has blended dangerously... Read review

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Advantages: Harsh Abrasive and Totally Nasty
Disadvantages: Harsh Abrasive and Totally Nasty

...Big Black existed on the nether regions of punk rock for a short period between about 1982 and 1987, led by the semi-legendary Steve Albini. They produced highly abrasive music which consisted of a pile-driver drum machine beats, rumbling bass lines, guitars that vent clang and grr, and almost incomprehensible vocals that detailed the darker side of the American dream. The band were uncompromising and often were attacked due to the subject matter of their lyrics, their response to this was to make their lyrics even more obnoxious. "Songs About Fucking" was their final album was no exception and is still one of the most abrasive albums ever made…………. The album is relentless starting off with "The Power of Independent Trucking" pile driver drum machine and scraping entwined guitars and a blasting bassline. Albini's distorted abrasive... Read review

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