![]() ![]() Thanks in part to a record deal with Reprise, the album catapulted Green Day beyond their San Francisco Bay Area origins and into international notoriety. Anyone with a passing interest in punk rock of the last 15 years has heard, and likely enjoyed this 1994 release. Dookie, Green Day’s third record, needs no introduction. The band’s 16-year run has had its ups and downs, but the ups always stuck and the downs never fell too far. Bullet commemorates this success while creating a moment all its own. Their last studio effort, 2004’s American Idiot, was a grab for greatness, a punk rock opera with lofty aspirations and richer rewards - a Grammy for Best Rock Album and sales over nine million. It’s incredible to think how far they’ve come from their roots as silly street punks with three chords and a Clash record. Playing for 130,000 people over two days, Green Day have performed what must be the largest punk rock gig in history. ![]() Recorded at the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, England, in June 2005, the Bullet in a Bible CD/DVD captures Green Day at an astounding height in their career. Superimposed at his side, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool hover above a crowd of thousands as if messiahs over water. On the back cover, an image of a larger-than-life Armstrong, dwarfing the festival stage behind him, pointing to the sky like Pete Townshend. A silhouette of lead singer and guitarist Billy Joe Armstrong poses before an arena audience that seems to extend into infinity. At first sight of the cover, it’s evident Bullet in a Bible is a new kind of Green Day album. ![]()
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