Green Day's 'American Idiot' Musical Is Political And Personal
'It's about people becoming lost and just trying to find their way,' Billie Joe Armstrong tells MTV News.

By now, you're probably aware that Green Day's 2004 album American Idiot was a fairly, uh, political affair. And while the Broadway version of the record doesn't exactly shy away from the topic, it also reveals a side of the music that most probably never realized was there in the first place: the personal.

"I think, politically, American Idiot, when we were writing it, it was trying to make sense out of a big mess," Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong said. "You're trying to find something to believe in, but it's difficult when you're getting bombarded with useless information. So it's just [about] trying to find your identity and your individualism in the midst of all that."

[Full article at MTV]

Green Day Joined By Paul Rudd, Zachary Quinto At 'American Idiot' Premiere

'I don't think there's ever been a bigger high in the 21 years' of the band, Billie Joe Armstrong says of Broadway debut.

NEW YORK — On Tuesday night in New York, the Great White Way got a little bit more punk rock when Green Day officially opened their Broadway opus, "American Idiot." The band was joined by the show's cast, as well as a number of celebrity fans like Donald Trump, Zachary Quinto and Paul Rudd to celebrate the show's debut at the St. James Theatre.

Admittedly, having a Broadway show might be the least punk rock thing in the universe, but Green Day couldn't have been prouder to see all their hard work hit that stage and rock up midtown Manhattan. "I don't think there's ever been a bigger high in the 21 years that we've been a band together," Billie Joe Armstrong told MTV News on the red carpet before the curtain rose on the show.

Armstrong was equally taken by the fact that the band, and those involved with the show, were able to take an album like American Idiot and make it something that people could see in Broadway musical form. "You make this crazy record that's political and it's a rock opera and it has [been] brought to flesh and blood," he said.

"People actually acting