Green Day collaborated with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his album Skull Ring in November 2003. On February 1, 2004, a cover of ” I Fought the Law ” (originally performed by the Crickets ) made its debut on a commercial for iTunes during NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII . American Idiot was released in September 2004 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. Backed by the success of the first single, ” American Idiot “, it was the band’s first album to reach this pinnacle. American Idiot was labeled a punk rock opera and follows the journey of the fictitious ” Jesus of Suburbia “. It depicts modern American life under the control of an idiot ruler who lets people be misinformed by the media and a “redneck agenda”. It gives different angles on an everyman, modern icons, and leaders. Released two months before US President George W. Bush was reelected, it became protest art and went on to sell 6 million copies in the US.
collaborated with Iggy Pop on Skull Ring
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