Das hörte sich ja schon sehr nach Konzeptalbum an, Mike Dirnt erklärte jetzt sogar noch ein paar mehr Einzelheiten zum Aufbau: Die Songs "sprechen zueinander, in der Art, wie die Songs auf [Bruce Springsteens] "Born to Run" zueinander sprechen. Ich weiß nicht, ob man es Konzeptalbum nennen kann, aber es gibt einen roten Faden, der alles verbindet."

Das hört sich ja mal wieder verdammt spannend an! Wie es scheint, bewegen sich Green Day immer weiter in Richtung "ganz große Kunst"! Gut so. Das Album wird Anfang Mai in den Handel kommen.

03-25 - 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN DUE FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, 2009

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reprise Records will release Green Day's long-awaited eighth studio album, entitled 21st Century Breakdown, on Friday, May 15th, 2009. The album is the best-selling trio's first studio album since 2004's two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.

21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades," and follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far. Songs include "Know Your Enemy," "21 Guns," "East Jesus Nowhere," "Before the Lobotomy," and "Restless Heart Syndrome." In a recent feature, Rolling Stone called the album "even more ambitious than American Idiot" and "a record of die-hard punk ideals...tightly scripted, continually ascending classic-rock excitement."
Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool have been at work writing, arranging, and recording 21st Century Breakdown since early 2006 and are currently making finishing touches with producer Butch Vig, who is known for his work with Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, and many others.

The first single from 21st Century Breakdown is "Know Your Enemy," which will impact radio and be available for purchase from all online retailers this April.