WARNING: THIS ALBUM INCLUDES EXPLICIT LYRICS.

Green Day is an American rock trio formed in 1987. The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong [vocals, guitar], Mike Dirnt [bass guitar, vocals], and Tre Cool [drums, percussion] for the majority of its existence. Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Its early releases for independent record label Lookout! Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label. Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie [1994] became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. and 15 million worldwide. As a result, Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States. To date, Green Day has sold over 22 million records in the United States, won three Grammy Awards; Best Alternative Album for 'Dookie', Best Rock Album for 'American Idiot', and Record of the Year for 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'.

'21st Century Breakdown' is Green Day's eighth studio album, released on May 15th 2009. It is Green Day's first album to be produced by renowned producer and Garbage member Butch Vig, who has produced albums such as 'Nevermind' by Nirvana and 'Siamese Dream' by The Smashing Pumpkins. This album follows 2004's critically acclaimed 'American Idiot'. Vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong has stated that '21st Century Breakdown' is a "snapshot of the era in which we live as we question and try to make sense of the selfish manipulation going on around us, whether it be the government, religion, media or frankly any form of authority". The album 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. Musically, the album continues the rock opera style of American Idiot.[6] Mike Dirnt told Alternative Press magazine that the songs "speak to each other the way the songs on 'Born To Run' speak to each other. I don't know if you'd call it a concept album, but there's a thread that connects everything. The album includes the lead single 'Know Your Enemy', released on April 16th 2009.

Tracks:
01 Song Of The Century

ACT I: Heroes and Cons
02 21st Century Breakdown
03 Know Your Enemy
04 Viva La Gloria
05 Before The Lobotomy
06 Christian's Inferno
07 Last Night On Earth

ACT II: Charlatans and Saints
08 East Jesus Nowhere
09 Peacemaker
10 Last Of The American Girls
11 Murder City
12 Viva La Gloria [Little Girl]

ACT III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades
13 Restless Heart Syndrome
14 Horseshoes And Handgrenades
15 The Static Age
16 21 Guns
17 American Eulogy (a)Mass Hysteria (b)Modern World
18 See The Light