{"id":24776,"date":"2024-02-11T16:04:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T16:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/song-exploder-green-day\/"},"modified":"2024-02-11T16:04:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T16:04:04","slug":"song-exploder-green-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/11\/song-exploder-green-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Exploder &#8211; Green Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4846\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cBasket Case\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3Dfr2ZpOD6\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:720px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_0af0c559-ce0d-472e-b406-1f029ca8b157\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greenday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Green Day <\/a> is a punk band from the East Bay in California.  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billie_Joe_Armstrong\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Billie Joe Armstrong, <\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mike_Dirnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Mike Dirnt <\/a>  and  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tr%C3%A9_Cool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Tr\u00e9 Cool <\/a>  have playing music together since 1987. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Green_Day_discography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> They\u2019ve sold over 90 million records. <\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/green-day\/7433\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> They\u2019ve won four Grammys, including twice for Best Rock Album. <\/a> They put out <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/39\/Smooth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> their first album <\/a> in 1990, and in 91, they put out their second album, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kerplunk_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em>Kerplunk!<\/em>. <\/a>  And then they moved to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reprise_Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> a major label,<\/a> and in 1994 they put out their third album,  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dookie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <em>Dookie<\/em>, <\/a> which was huge. It helped bring punk into the mainstream. And this month is its 30th anniversary. So for this episode, I talked to Billie Joe Armstrong about the making of one of Green Day\u2019s biggest hits of all time: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Basket_Case_(song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u201cBasket Case.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coming up, you\u2019ll also hear from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rob_Cavallo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Rob Cavallo, <\/a> who produced the album. Plus you\u2019ll hear two different demo versions of \u201cBasket Case,\u201d the first of which is basically a totally different song.<\/p>\n<p>Billie Joe Amstrong traces the history of \u201cBasket Case,\u201d from its origins as a cassette recording in a punk basement, all the way to becoming a song that helped define an era of music.<\/p>\n<p>You can buy or stream \u201cBasket Case\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1160082180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Green Day - Basket Case [Official Music Video] (4K Upgrade)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NUTGr5t3MoY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Song-Exploder-Green-Day-Transcript.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Ernst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Andy Ernst\u2019s <\/a> studio, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artofears.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Art of Ears <\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fantasy_Studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Fantasy Studios <\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Muffs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">   The Muffs\u2019 <\/a>    <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Muffs_(album)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> self-titled album  <\/a>   <\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/green-day\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBasket Case\u201d Green Day is a punk band from the East Bay in California. 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