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The View From Below

The View From Below

Like their previous album, "American Idiot," Green Day's "21st Century Breakdown" is a politically charged epic. Divided into three acts, it tells the story of a couple surviving modern times. "'American Idiot' marked a really high bar for us," Armstrong told Rolling Stone earlier this year. "It's easy to go, 'OK, we can just write a collection of songs.' But there was something about trying to keep going for it."

Photo: Stephen Albanese

Jun 07, 2009