and frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, 44, says the reception so far has been astounding.
Without any exaggeration, its been the most positive response that weve ever had, he tells EW.
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Armstrong connected with EW to discuss the music that has most influenced him throughout his life.
All of his movement, the way he played guitar…
I was attracted to it right away.
I remember singing Pleasant Valley Sunday.
We watched the syndicated Monkees television show after school every day.
It was pretty cool.
It was a Hohner Les Paul.
I had a guitar teacher back then; hes the one that showed me how to play that song.
It was the first song [where] I realized, Oh, Im playing something!
It shaped everything I did after that, subconsciously, for the rest of my life.
I was immediately blown away by that song.
I started a long love affair with Husker Du.
I wanted to be like Husker Du when I started Green Day.
That was my first time at the Fillmore.
It changed my attitude toward playing rock & roll.
It humanized it, watching the Replacements, sort of half drunk but playing.
They were [having] a good night, so it was great.
And seeing [drummer] Keith Moonhe was poetry in motion.
Kathleen Hanna makes me drunk.
MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MUSICIAN: Joey Ramone
Joey is the Jesus of punk.
He has this endearing quality where his voice matches the way he looked.
Hes incredibly handsome, in a praying-mantis kind of way.
We came up with a bunch of songs and I convinced [my wife] Adrienne to sing.
She just sounds like a total girl-group diva.
I was all over it, to the point where I was probably the annoying dad.
Theyve got great taste in music, and then they turn me onto new music all the time.
THE ARTIST CURRENTLY MAKING THE BEST BOUNDARY-PUSHING MUSIC
Green Day, duh!
When youre up in heaven, or wherever youre at, youre just waiting for friends to come along.
For something dark like a funeral, its a bit more positive.
THE MUSIC I LISTEN TO BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP: Cannibal Corpse
Im just goofing around!
[Laughs]I have too much music going on in my brain.
If I listened to anything else before I went to bed, itd drive me crazy.
