Green Day- Every Album, Every Song by William E Spevack (Sonicbond Publishing)

I have to say, I have never really been a big fan of the band.  I saw them in 1989 at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley when they just had their first 7” record, 1000 Hrs (Lookout Records).  I also saw them opening for Bad Religion in 1992 at the Warfield.. Anyway…  I had no idea that the band was so huge and were the 3rd most successful band of the 90s with the most top ten hits and records. Far out..   

The authors starts with the early EPs and works through all the albums and has some details about the recording sessions and other information.  He describes the evolution of Billy Joe as a lyricist quite well.  Once the band got on a roll. they put out new studio albums with either 2 or 3 years inbetween and toured a lot.  At the end of each album he describes either non-Lp b sides (there are not many) or related tracks, stuff that was on compilations at the time or other places. 

At the end of the book there is a live LP, Compilations, videos and side project sections, so the story is pretty damn complete..  I was never into pop music even when mixed with punk but wow.. that a huge impact this band has had. Incredible..  A very interesting read…

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