Green Day are a band that has been awesome for a very long time, and they have endured through the years from their humble beginnings touring out of a van from the West Coast to playing stadiums like Wrigley Field. When they hit in the ’90s they hit huge, they were ever-present in youth culture. You did not listen to them, you had to listen to them. The pressure and expectations were built-in following the game-changing ‘Dookie’ album, so when they came out with a more focused yet still angry album with ‘Insomniac’ in 1995, it meant they were going to keep the momentum going for years to come.
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Tre, Mike, and Billie are celebrating the 25th anniversary of that special music by releasing a double LP reissue with added live tracks from their 1996 Prague show at Sportovni Hala. The reissues will likely reach fans in early 2021 due to COVID related production issues, and you can order now at their website. They also gave us some mid-90’s goodness today with this performance from MTV’s ‘Hang’n Out’ from 1996. You can watch that above.
They also rolled out this 20 minute documentary of never-before-seen footage from the Insomniac tour. Those boys had some fun overseas back in the day. Look at those crowds going nuts!
