Posts Tagged ‘green day’

New Green Day Album On the Way Soon

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Pop punkers Green Day have reported that its begun recording demos in Europe for its follow-up to last year’s 21st Century Breakdown. While the last album just came out in May 2009, the band has noted that it wants to release this album quicker than the last. Front man Billie Joe Armstrong told Kerrang! magazine [...]

Lollapalooza Lineup Announced: Soundgarden, Green Day and Lady Gaga Headlining

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Okay, Lollapalooza, we get it. You’re not messing around this year.
It’s comforting to know that in an age where the music industry is changing so quickly, and on so many levels, that not even the most integral players can seem to keep up with the tides and trends, some things remain constant: 17-year-old girls [...]

Stuff We Like: Green Day “American Idiot,” The Musical

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

If you thought that our recent album Vitamin String Quartet’s Tribute To Green Day’s American Idiot was the strangest interpretation of the punk rock band’s edgy songs, think again.
September 4th marks the premiere of American Idiot, the musical!  This musical-theater reinterpretation of the Green Day’s 2004 album is directed by Tony award-winner Michael Mayer and [...]

VSQ Tribute to Green Day’s American Idiot – Another Great Review

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Thanks to Andres over at The Green Day Authority for reviewing our most recent album, Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day’s American Idiot. He had some nice things to say about the new album:
“There’s a certain tranquility in hearing Green Day’s music represented through the quartet.”
And he may have hit the nail on the [...]

Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day’s American Idiot

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

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Release Date: 4/7/2009
Album Description:
When people talk about the most important rock albums of the new millennium, Green Day’s American Idiot will be at the top of the list. American Idiot showed that Green Day could rock and still speak their minds. Vitamin String Quartet has reworked this Grammy-winning modern classic, translating [...]