Dying to learn more about Green Day's astounding trilogy of new albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre!? Um, duh, we all are. You're going to want to pick up the new issue of Rolling Stone this Friday—Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool and producer Rob Cavallo all sat down for separate interviews with the landmark music rag to discuss the new albums, reactions to the band's foray into rock opera and what fans can expect to hear, see and feel later this fall.
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"My son asked me, 'Dad, would you ever go back to playing songs like from Dookie and Kerplunk?" says Billie Joe, speaking with Rolling Stone's David Fricke. "I love those records. I love the punk stuff I grew up on. But there are so many bands who make the mistake – "We're going back, old-school." Well, that's all you're doing. You already did it. So we're changing the guitar sound. We're not going with the big Marshall-amp thing. We wanted something punchier, more power pop – somewhere between AC/DC and the early Beatles."
He adds:
"The last two records were studio albums. This one – we started rehearsing every day, constructing these songs together. It felt like we were all in a room jamming – everyone in the mix, throwing out ideas. If you listen to it, it feels grand. But it also feels like a garage band."
You can read more about ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! (and get a quick preview of new songs "Fuck Time," "Kill The DJ" and "99 Revolutions") right now at rollingstone.com.
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