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20th September 2024
Green Day's 'American Idiot' Turns 20
If 1994’s Dookie was the album that made Green Day the biggest punk band in the world, American Idiot is the album that transcended punk entirely, rocketing Green Day to new heights of visibility at a time when their career had seemed to be flagging. Even most hit pop albums don’t enjoy the kind of cultural saturation and statistical dominance Green Day achieved here.