Fifteen years and seven albums into their already amazing career, Green Day are releasing their most ambitious and important record yet: American Idiot, a full-fledged "punk-rock opera"/concept album that grapples with such hot topics as politics, religion, and the universal struggle between love and rage. And it rocks harder than anything they've ever done, too! See the trio's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool explain exactly why we need an album like this right now

You're an idiot if you don't watch these killer performances (shot exclusively at Green Day's practice space in Northern California) now:

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