[JOHN'S PICK] The 2000s was a very strange time for anyone that was growing up in it. You were old enough to remember the US economy being in pretty good shape during the 90s with relative peace on the home front, directly followed by the events of 9/11 and a completely new era, full of unending war, vengeful patriotism, increasing distrust of our neighbors, and what seemed at the time to be the worst possible president, George W Bush. Times were-a-changing fast; the Bush Administration had recently waged a war with Iraq using bogus intel unrelated to the 9/11 attacks and some people were waking up from the patriotic shock that the attacks had put them in and started to realize that this "war on terror" was a lot more complicated than they had been told... Green day was already in a strange place when 9/11 happened. Their previous album "Warning" (2000) was a commercial flop, and their master tapes for the next nearly-finished record were stolen from the studio in November 2002, which was going to be called "Cigarettes and Valentines" and musically went back to their roots. Instead of rerecording the album a second time, they took the advice of their long time producer, Rob Cavallo, and started again from scratch. This time, they got into a much more collaborative headspace and took in what was happening in the world around them, which was falling apart more and more day by day. Whether it intended to or not, "American Idiot" became the musical icon for the Bush years. With their politically charged music videos and tours, Green Day went from garage punk to stadium rock punk and became the voice of many peoples' frustrations with the government... Join Brad, Jon A, John G, and Scott as we reminisce about what it was like to grow up in the US during 9/11...
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