Green Day Releases New Track ‘Bang Bang;’ Billie Joe Armstrong Talks On Developing New ‘Revolution Radio’ Album
Punk rock band Green Day recently released a brand new song, titled "Bang Bang," from their upcoming new "Revolution Radio" album, which is set to be another politically poised collection set to comment on the political climate of America in this 2016 election year.
"Bang Bang" was released Thursday, Aug. 11 to provide fans of the multi-award winning band a preview of what they can expect for "Revolution Radio," which is set to release October 7. The internet is already in an uproar over how to receive the song, with fans expressing sentiments ranging from being happy that Green Day is returning to what they do best to the more negative claims of the band's content becoming stale.
NME took to Twitter to ask fans what they thought about "Bang Bang," posting "What do you reckon to the new Green Day track? Let us know below."
Some have reacted positively at the song, with various comments rating "Bang Bang" as a pleasant addition the Green Day's list of discography. Some Twitter users have said that the song is akin to the sound of Green Day's other hits like the tracks in "Insomniac," "Nimrod," and "American Idiot" and that the song's title is more appropriate in the sense that the band made a "bang bang" of a comeback.
Other reactions were somewhat less pleased with their comments, with some users saying that the song's lyrical content show that Green Day is becoming "cheesy." Certain other users, who probably did not like the band from the start, said that the song is "garbage, like the rest of their songs" and other similar sentimetns.
Meanwhile, other reactions were more of a middle ground and somewhat apathetic. There are users who said that while "Bang Bang" is good, it did not evoke the same excitement as from the band's previous works.
As the those who developed the song, Green Day frontman and vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong spoke with Rolling Stone about coming up with "Bang Bang" and the other content of their upcoming "Revolution Radio" album.
According to Armstrong, the beginnings of the album first surfaced when he came across some protesters rallying at what they saw was the unjustified ruling in the case of a police officer shooting Michael Brown. Armstrong recalled that he stepped out of his car and joined the protesters, remarking that "it was a trip to see people rebel against the old order."
Regarding "Bang Bang," Armstrong said that the song was the first one that he thought he was "onto something." The next track the musician really felt something in was "Revolution Radio's" first track "Somewhere Now;" Armstrong then created demos of the song and showed them to his bandmates, who loved it and the rest is history.