Green Day - "iUno!, iDos!, iTre'!'"

Now most people when they have albums that come out in the time frame these 3 have. They just do em one at a time. But not us residential reviewers at Faygoluvers. We wait til it's all out in the open not just because we go the extra mile , but because we're more honest than the other reviews just because we give underground music fans and the fellow juggalos and juggalettes what they want rather it's a review of a CD or DVD. But we'll go on with reviews of a concert, event, or an entire tour! So onwards and forwards with more handcramps and insanity as we go ahead and review the Brand new trilogy from EastBay Punk legends Green Day! It's been 3 years since 21st Century Breakdown. In that time the band managed to release a live CD/DVD once again that was completely different (refer to my review on Awesome As Fuck!), Create and co-produce (with Billie most of the time as one of the stars) a hit Broadway musical that is soon to become a major motion picture based upon the album "American Idiot", And for the first time since the band started. They have become a 4 peice band with the addition of Jason White as 2nd guitarist. Originally they planned to make another album but decided in the end that there were so many ideas that they decided to create a trilogy. And here it is! Album: iUno! Release Date: September 25th, 2012 Total Time: 46:36 Rating: 4/5            

1. Nuclear Family
2. Stay The Night
3. Carpe Diem
4. Let Yourself Go
5. Kill The DJ
6. Fell For You
7. Loss Of Control
8. Troublemaker
9. Angel Blue
10. Sweet 16
11. Rusty James
12. Oh Love

Review: When most of us old school Green Day fans got down with their mix of melodic punk with some love songs, it was with older albums like "Kerplunk" and "Dookie". So it was a very big shock that the first chapter of this trilogy called "iUno!" would have that feeling with it. Fast-Paced Melodic Hardcore with a mix of ballads and love songs. The album starts out with "Nuclear Family" which was rumored to have been the title of the 3rd part of their "Punk Opera" series. The song is fucking insane and will re-hook all those old school Green Day fans who left the band behind years ago. "Stay The Night" follows with a great ballad-like lyrics that is perfect for if you're looking for that one girl to ask to get out of the bar at last call. It goes from fast to a little calmer with "Carpe Diem". That song contains a very awesome guitar solo. Now the next track is pretty much every old school Green Day fan's favorite song from this disc (note: The reference on this is from a local radio station when about 50 or so people called in and said "FUCK YES" to the song"). I even like this one. The song helped describe how I have been feeling whenever my friend would piss me off, and I would just let myself go. "Let Yourself Go" brings back alot of the fast-paced/fuck you attitude from their 4th album "Insomniac". "Kill The DJ" reminded me so much of an old Joe Strummer & The Mascaleros song. I love the lyrics, concept, and the all-round feel to the song. I mean yeah sure it's a song pretty much telling raves and techno dj's to fuck off, but still it's a pretty nice song. The only thing I liked about "Fell for You" is the drum-line. Despite the lyrics, and the melodic vocals Billie brought into it, it kinda fell short of my expectations.They made up for it with the next song. "Loss of control" is a get up, fuck somebody up, and just act crazy song! Not just get up and dance crazy, get up and punch somebody in the face crazy! "Troublemaker" almost sounds like one of those classic 60's British invasion songs with a modern punk twist. The lyrics of "Angel Blue" does not match the title of the song at all. I love how the song has that old school feel. The next song is great for those who liked their 2000 album "Warning". "Sweet 16" has another smooth sound to it. Me on the other hand? Again the song kinda fell short of a few expectations. We're introduced to yet another character in Billie Joe's mind with "Rusty James". The song itself reminds me of something from "Nimrod". You got that mix of sticking with the norm and trying to experiment a little bit. This disc closes not only with a ballad but a song that's guaranteed to get you laid. "Oh Love" just screams "LOVE ME!" in a crazy way. I'm really enjoying this song.... A LOT   Album: iDos! Release Date: November 9, 2012 Total Time: 39:15 Rating: 5/5            

1. See You Tonight
2. Fuck Time
3. Stop When The Red Lights Flash
4. Lazy Bones
5. Wild One
6. Makeout Party
7. Stray Heart
8. Ashley
9. Baby Eyes
10. Lady Cobra
11. Nightlife Featuring Lady Cobra of Mystic Knights of the Cobra
12. Wow! That's Loud
13. Amy

Review: Let us continue on with this trilogy. This disc starts with just a guitar and a singer. "See You Tonight" reminds me of an old song Billie did for Green Day on a compilation called "Short Music for Short People". The next song is pretty blunt and straightforward. It was originally performed by Green Day's homies The Foxboro Hot Tubs in Europe during the 21CB world tour. The song I'm talking about is "Fuck Time". It's pretty damn self-explanatory. The music on "Stop When the Red Lights Flash" sounds almost like part 2's chorus on "Homecoming". It has a pretty hard sound to it. I like the song "Lazy Bones" for 2 reasons. It sounds almost like an older Green Day song and it has something that I am a really big fan of: 3-4 part harmonies. There's a story told in "Wild One". It's got a nice slow ballad-like feel to it, but it also hints that it could be about a wild, out-of-control girl. Ok I have a big ass question. "Makeout party"...Do people really still do these? I know there's blow-parties, orgy-parties, and I've witnessed foam parties at the Gathering...but is there seriously still parties where people just shove their tongues down each others throats without any fucking? "Stray Heart"'s melody sounds almost like "Blood, Sex, & Booze" with a little touch of a ska-guitar to it. So it's definitely got what it takes to get ya on the dance-floor. The next song, "Ashley", almost reminded me of someone on the Maury show coming for a polygraph/DNA test. "Baby Eyes" should sound like a ballad but it's not. It's pretty much a punk anthem in the tradition of classic punk anthems like The Clash's "White Riot", The Ramones' "Blitzkrieg Bop", and Bad Brains' "I Against I". "Lady Cobra" is the introduction to the next song. It is very loud and almost sounds like an old White Stripes song. "Nightlife" gives me good vibes that I enjoy. For starters, it's the first time in a green day song I heard somebody rap (I guess she don't actually do that in real life, but it's a good flow. Maybe a certain somebody could learn from it *Cough* Krayshawn *Cough*). It also had a "Clash-Like" feel that reminded me of the song "Guns Of Brixton". The next song has a nice story behind it. The song "Wow! That's Loud." according to Mike Dirnt goes like this: "They were rehearsing in Billie's basement and Billie's wife comes down the stairs wearing a red dress with bright yellow polka-dots on it and Billie just pauses and goes "Wow... That's Loud"." The song has a nice hard melody that brings me back 12 years. What I like about most Green Day songs is that they are based on real events. The disc closes with a song called "Amy". There's just Billie and an electric guitar on this song. This is the song they wrote in tribute to somebody they might've met once at an awards show who died a few years ago. No not a fan...it's about Amy Winehouse. I think that's a pretty cool thing to do. . Album: iTre'! Release Date: December 11th, 2012 Total Time: 46:31 Rating: 4/5              

1. Brutal Love
2. Missing You
3. 8th Avenue Serenade
4. Drama Queen
5. X-Kid
6. Sex, Drugs & Violence
7. Little Boy Named Train
8. Amanda
9. Walk Away
10. Dirty Rotten Bastards
11. 99 Revolutions
12. The Forgotten

Review: A quick titbit before I go with the final part. This disc was originally supposed to be released on January 15, 2013 (The Vinyl is still slated for that date). However, On September 21, 2012, during a Green Day performance at Las Vegas' iHeartRadio Music Festival, Armstrong became agitated onstage and stopped the band's set midway through their performance of the 1994 hit song "Basket Case". In an expletive-filled rant, Armstrong criticized the event's promoters for allegedly cutting the band short before smashing his guitar and storming off stage. The next day he goes to rehab so...in review, you stop mid-way through a concert to curse EVERYBODY (he even told Justin Beiber to fuck the fuck off!) out than go to the rehab. You get albums released earlier I guess. Ok back to reality here. This disc starts with the song "Brutal Love" and let me tell ya...it almost sounds like one of those 1950's prom night slow dance songs. I like it. "Missing You" sounds like "Church On Sunday" from "Warning" and I really liked that song. I like this one as well. I think alot of other people will like this song too. "8th Avenue Serenade" has another mix between ballad and punk kinda like older songs from albums like "1039/Smoothed Out/Slappy Hours". It has a great guitar solo and a good harmonic chorus. The acoustic guitar is brought back out for "Drama Queen". It almost sounds like an old Bob Dylan song. It's also a song I can relate to since most people in my life call me that those same 2 damn words. We got another Punk anthem here: "X-Kid". I love that they're using 3-4 part harmonies. This song could relate to alot of punks, emos, and even juggalos (though I know alot of them who would never admit it). I thought at first that "Sex, Drugs & Violence" was gonna be an update/cover version of The Exploited's Sex & Violence. I was very fucking wrong. The song is pretty good and it does have a lil high-school feel to it. Mike Dirnt also sings lead vocals in part of the 2nd verse so there's a cool treat for fans. Green Day has been doing alot of concept songs and "A Little Boy Named Train" is another track to add to that list. I like their concept songs better than I do alot of their reality songs, and that's kinda weird but I'm ok with it. "Amanda" sounds alot like a song about a boy who had a crush on the head cheerleader, but it couldn't work out because the boy is an outcast and the girl is extremely popular. "Walk Away" sounds alot like a breakup song. I enjoyed it just because it had a Rolling Stones feel to it. I would've thought that the long period of songs mashed together ended with 21CB's "American Eulogy" but I guess I was wrong. "Dirty Rotten Bastards" is one of those songs. It's punk, it's insane, it's hardcore, it has a harmonic intro and chorus, and it's over 6 minutes long. We heard bands like Street Dogs, Dropkick Murphys, Bad Religion, and even Zug Izland do protest songs about the state of this country before. I'm not surprised Green Day would do the same with "99 Revolutions" which some reviewers are saying is a song that's too little too late. I'm gonna slap those reviewers in the face right now and say that this song's perfect right now for the state of Michigan (FUCK RIGHT TO WORK LAWS!) so there! That's all I'm saying on that. This song was originally heard for the first time on the movie "The Campaign". It's perfect for protest rallies all over the world. This disc and The Trilogy concludes with "The Forgotten" which is from "Twilight-Breaking Dawn Pt 2". Despite it being one of the themes for a movie franchise that I despise to the core (another story for another time), I actually enjoy it when guys like Billie Joe, Greg Graffin, and Axl Rose break out the piano for a song or two. This song is a perfect song for a couple or even a wedding ceremony. Conclusion: All in all, these 3 albums have something for every type of music fan. It has ballads, fuck you songs, lovey dovey feels, and it has overpowering inspiration. I would suggest that you get this CD not just because I like the band, but mainly because right now they can't promote the motherfucker with Billie Joe in rehab. They had to cancel their entire tour because of this. So yeah. It's been barely promoted but it can't stop fan's from enjoying these guys. I've been a fan of these guys since 1995 when my sister handed me a casette of "Kerplunk" for my 12th birthday. So if a band could move me at that age, it can for you too. Sure I could've reviewed these albums 1 at a time but that's just not me. I'm going the extra mile just because that's how Real Juggalos roll!!!