Green Day: Musical Trailer Available

A trailer for "American Idiot", the musical based on the music of Green Day, has been released and can be seen at this location. The production is based on the band's 2004 album of the same name.

Featuring the album in its entirety as a soundtrack, the musical also features songs from their follow-up "21st Century Breakdown", B-sides and non-album tracks such as "Too Much Too Soon".

The show is being staged at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California and runs until November 1.

Visit Berkeleyrep.org for more information.

Meanwhile, an art exhibition inspired by Green Day’s album "21st Century Breakdown" will be opening in London, later this month.

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.

Comments

[tommilee]

meh looks a bit crappy.

[Grottmong0]

That seemed less gay in my head. Ah well

[the_messenger66]

little too much choreography for me, but if I can watch it I will. I was slighty hoping for an opera-ish thing, cause I thought that'd be cool, but this was ok too.

[the_messenger66]

I kinda wanna know why there's a black general though...

[getts182]

Wow, that was worse than anything I could have possibly expected.

And I'm a fan of Green Day, except for 21CBD.

[soulflyV]

I reckon it would do much better as a movie. And use the actual songs as the soundtrack, it seems to lose it's impact when you have other people singing the songs.

[CalebJThompson]

As a movie, using the actors from their videos, that would have been the correct route, methinks.

[uk.mace]

The singing really puts me off this. It's a shame really

[USCENDONE BENE]

hahahaha that looks awful, im a huge Green Day fan, but i dont think i could sit through all of that...

[The_bum]

WTF...it's getting harder and harder lately to stay a fan...I mean first 21st century and now this?What the hell happened to the guys singing about jacking off and stuff?...The way things going,i would'n been surprised if they make an album with the Jonas Brothers...Then you got the complete package of the things there doing now...commercial gay crap

[rock_star77]

The_bum wrote:

WTF...it's getting harder and harder lately to stay a fan...I mean first 21st century and now this?What the hell happened to the guys singing about jacking off and stuff?

They decided their time was better spent in Blink 182, and they were correct.

The utter lack of talent in this musical is what's bringing it down. If it was an indie-like film (like in the videos used for the singles on the album) and used the same basic story line (because it is a concept album), they would have hit the nail on the head. Instead I had to sit through this worthless waste of life.

[jannick]

dude... could this be any less punk??? f**k*ng sell-outs! dont get me wrong american idiot is the most complete and inspiring pop-punk album ever. but this is just wrong... maybe they realised they can never live up to american idiot. too bad...

[Captain Insano]

Unfortunately, now that Bush is no longer president it seems a bit irrelevant to me.

[cambo187]

Didn't you guys get the memo? cds are sooooo mainstream....musicals are for real punk rockers.

[MOODY17]

uk.mace wrote:

The singing really puts me off this. It's a shame really

this

[Bubbles516]

green day is one of my favorite bands. But what the hell.

[BlitzkriegAir]

surprisingly less painful than hearing the actual album

[Serjem]

used to be my favorite band when i was a little younger... however i am disappoint

first their 21album... then this? .. come on.. looks like they're going down

[Conformist]

This is just a huge middle finger to the standard of classical musicals, its gna have one of those sub par storylines that don't make sense and degrade the poor actors nvolved.

[fender456]

wtf

[RUSTDOGG666]

no one should be singing the songs other than green day. I thought they were going to put it together like have the actors act out the play and green day is playing the songs on the side of the stage. way different than what I expected and because of the bad "choir" singing....."choir" we listening to this crap? lol

[ZachyV]

I'm a fan from the old days and new. But his is just bad. It's impossible to say AI was a bad album. It wasn't pure punk, but it was undoubtedly gonna go down as one of the best records in history. However, this musical business is crap crapity crap crap. I'm starting to lose my faith in them (especially with 21st)

checked

[tands]

soulflyV wrote:

I reckon it would do much better as a movie. And use the actual songs as the soundtrack, it seems to lose it's impact when you have other people singing the songs.

+1

[tai1221]

Quote: Captain Insano :Unfortunately, now that Bush is no longer president it seems a bit irrelevant to me.

The issue may not seem as relevant, but just beacause bush is no longer president shouldn't mean anything. If you use that logic, then a lot of the hippie songs from the 60's mean nothing. The viet nam war has been over for 45 years, but they still mean something. American idiot may someday serve as inspiration for people who may feel the same way towards a feature president/figure of authority. Hopefully they improve upon a good idea. Hopefully everbody understands the idea I had, it doesn't always translate from thought, to words as it should lol.

[tai1221]

Sorry for the double post, I am posting on a black berry. Lacks java features on some websites, so the quote didn't come out right.

[Bosco_Hogan]

hmmm...
seems like its trying to be RENT-ish
who knows

[shwilly]

Ah, 90's punk... Billy singing about being stoned or whacking off, Dexter from the Offspring who always sang off key live, the drummer from Rancid that looked so drunk he could barely stay on his stool when I saw him live... but at least the songs were endless fun, and that's why we loved Green Day

Now I don't give a flying f*ck about punk credibility or endless debate of whether punk bands should be allowed to shoot videos, wear makeup, play solos and all that sh*t, but once the music starts to suck I'm out. I don't really like the new Offspring stuff compared to their earlier albums, but at least they're trying to make the effort of producing something pure and unique. Green Day on the other hand sounds so dull, poppy and uninspired nowadays it's infuriating

[Shabalaba]

Looks like total shit

It's cringe worthy

[badreligion17]

well, i think it looks cool so i guess im a fag

I'm a big Green Day fan, but that looks like crap.

Checked.

[Restlesscow]

quote]Shabalaba wrote:

Looks like total shit

It's cringe worthy[/quote]

Eh. This ^ imo.
Does anyone know why they decided to make a musical..?

[ImElated]

i love every single green day album, but this musical doesnt look good. i wish they made the movie

[fly fly fly]

wow. they lost the whole point of the album with the dancing.

does anybody agree with me that the new album was just weird. It wasn't just bad, it was like "what?" all of these like piano ballad kinda things, a bit overproduced, backup vocals overdone, and weird vocals from billy joe. I mean, american eulogy is such a cool song along with see the light, but everything else is just mediocre. they kinda reused some melodies from american idiot i felt even. it wasnt trying to be new musically, it was just cashing in on the past. i had a chance to see them over the summer but didnt wanna go.

[ChucklesMginty]

Nothing more punk than synchronized dance routines.

[KotovSyndrome]

Wow.... WAAAAAYYY too much choreo for my tastes.... I've been listening to Green Day since I was really young, but I do have to admit, this was rather sellout-ish of them... Green Day used to be about having fun, screwing what society said... They were never in it for the money that I'm aware of... And this just proves that they've lost the touch they once were famous for... And The dude in the trailer kinda killed it for me... But I like the choir-type concept ^_^

But that's just my opinion

[KotovSyndrome]

Nothing more punk than synchronized dance routines.

XD Agreed

[-ElvenKing-]

I'm confused...

[DemonicTurtle66]

I still love old Green Day. All of their newer stuff is just.....not for me.

[Dregen]

fly fly fly wrote:

wow. they lost the whole point of the album with the dancing.

does anybody agree with me that the new album was just weird. It wasn't just bad, it was like "what?" all of these like piano ballad kinda things, a bit overproduced, backup vocals overdone, and weird vocals from billy joe. I mean, american eulogy is such a cool song along with see the light, but everything else is just mediocre. they kinda reused some melodies from american idiot i felt even. it wasnt trying to be new musically, it was just cashing in on the past. i had a chance to see them over the summer but didnt wanna go.

Oh, defnitely. That's exactly what I thought after my first listen through.

[saintjimmy924]

what the hell was up with the karaoke music?
why didn't they just use the real song?
that was stupid and I LOVE Green Day

[lespaul90]

WHY?!?

Nuff said.

[NSNF]

Im speechless

[Let It Be0o0]

So...wonder what the simpsons will make fun of next...

[moose_fly]

Ok, the first album i ever bought with my own money back in the day was dookie. green day has been my favorite band since i was young. but now, i look at the band and have only disgust. they have sold out, BIG TIME. first this 21st Century Ear Stab and now this crap. and after American Idiot came out, i heard the rumor about green day working on a motion picture based on the CD i was excited.
the cd was actually good, i mean who could make a rock/punk opera and be taken seriously? But it is to this day one of my favorite albums. but honestly... this looks like trash, no other way to put it, i mean just scuz covered dumpster space. i am so let down at by this

[iwannabesedated]

The singer sucks, but besides that it doesn't look too bad. I just don't think Green Day fans are into musical theater, or will like it at all.

[Jimmy-G]

lol

[MandoMetal]

pathetic.

[Peter Reardon]

LOL.

[THE Saint Jimmy]

I'm a huge green day fan, for a long time...but I couldn't watch this. It wouldn't be what I thought of the album, It would be something like I'd see at my high school..misinterpreted crap.

[A-440]

iwannabesedated wrote:

The singer sucks, but besides that it doesn't look too bad. I just don't think Green Day fans are into musical theater, or will like it at all.

have you been to a green day show lately? there is not a kind of person who ISN'T a green day fan. old, young, gay, straight, mainstream, indie, there are green day fans in every demographic.

[jethro bob]

Grottmong0 wrote:

That seemed less gay in my head. Ah well

same here...they should have sprang for the movie, at least that could have been like the jesus of suburbia video

[vmanoman]

I once saw two men having sex, that used to be the gayest thing i have ever seen.

[Natrone]

If there were ever a situation where a facepalm was appropriate, this is that time.

Loved the comments though. "I once saw two grown men naked in the forest. That used to be the gayest thing I've ever seen." HA

[morebass]

its their creation so whatever

[FootSwitch]

Green day is dead.....long live Green day

[scarfacesuit]

I never thought I'd see the day when Green Day had a musical and and art exhibition...

My how the world has changed.

[loudog93]

shwilly wrote:

Dexter from the Offspring who always sang off key live

he was perfectly on key when I saw them. I have never even seen an off key video to be honest.

[Purple Platypus]

fail.

[DualReaver]

This is embarrassing for all involved.

[ndschroede23]

KotovSyndrome wrote:

Wow.... WAAAAAYYY too much choreo for my tastes.... I've been listening to Green Day since I was really young, but I do have to admit, this was rather sellout-ish of them... Green Day used to be about having fun, screwing what society said... They were never in it for the money that I'm aware of... And this just proves that they've lost the touch they once were famous for... And The dude in the trailer kinda killed it for me... But I like the choir-type concept ^_^

But that's just my opinion

Because if there's two things that rock-based musicals are, they're:
a) not fun at all, and
b) absolutely demanded by society.

[good_blink_plan]

yo guys.
A)someone said they thought GD themselves would be sidestage playing. THEY'RE ON TOUR!! HOW STUPID ARE YOU?!
B)they didn't put it together and shit you know? someone else directed it.

Checked again

[AcidikRayn]

I'd watch it, I probably wouldn't enjoy it much, though.

[Red1337Sox]

Serjem wrote:

used to be my favorite band when i was a little younger... however i am disappoint

first their 21album... then this? .. come on.. looks like they're going down

Yes. Their millions of album sales is really a shame. Just no one likes them now. They should tailor make their musics to better suit you.

[Red1337Sox]

Do any of you bashing this even like musicals? If not, I don't really think it is for you.

[RapeFace McGee]

Coming next from the Berkely theater, Master of Puppets: The Puppet Show

[Private Eye]

I like Green Day. I like musicals. This looks like crap. Ah well, it seemed like it could've been good before this trailer...

[lao123]

Come on people. Would you rather watch this or Mamma Mia? They are all in their mid-30's, you can't expect them to sing about wanking and drugs. Why don't you try write a number one song?

[JohnVanOevelen]

I was like "what the ****, this isn't Green Day"
And I was right.... No more punk from this band anymore, just a lame musical with probably bad acting..

[-xCaMRocKx-]

Wow.. No longer am I keeping an open mind, because that looks like utter CRAP.

[jannick]

its kinda funny... we are all so astonished and torn over this. yet after 21breakdown we should have seen it come.

[stueey]

I love everything Green Day has done including American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown. But WTF is this sh!t?

[chewychuckels]

i was actually in support of the musical.... but after this.... hell no. it just sucks..

what they should have done was get some kids from the actual punk scene who COULD sing punk music instead of broadway stars who can't pull it off

[FearOfTheDuck]

I lol'd, hard

[evil-adam]

what happend to the days of dookie and nimrod ?????

theyve changed..... bad

[wicked_hobbit]

soulflyV wrote:

I reckon it would do much better as a movie. And use the actual songs as the soundtrack, it seems to lose it's impact when you have other people singing the songs.

AND dancing to it.

The idea actually seemed cool and kinda apt. But from the way it looks in the trailer, it doesn't appear promising at all.

Checked.

[Swank]

Green day is one of the greatest Bands ever, but this thing is totally PATHETIC!!

[Izzy_Bryce]

And of course it's gonna happen on the other side of the country exactly opposite from my state, SC. =/

u know, ive been able to see alot of good acts in charlotte NC but Green Day never, EVER bothers going over here, besides Atlanta a few times.

[Guitarfreak777]

This....is horrible. The person playing the main guitar riff screws it up, and the singer is ****ing shitty as hell. You would think it would be fairly easy to find someone who could play that riff no probs.

[stumaster18]

rofl... what a joke

[con job]

Wow.....this idea is beyond dreadful.

[Bellz06!]

looks absolutely awful. The singer is shit... the music sounds shit.. they have ruined a Green Day song.. I dread to think what the rest sounds like.. Green Day is one of my fave bands and frankly the thought of the rest of this musical horrifies me.

[Bellz06!]

lao123 wrote:

Come on people. Would you rather watch this or Mamma Mia? They are all in their mid-30's, you can't expect them to sing about wanking and drugs. Why don't you try write a number one song?

It isnt about the song! I love Green Day and all their music but this musical sounds shit so to be honest i would rather watch Mamma Mia!!