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GREEN DAY
WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS
Learn the punk-tastic t r io’s masterpiece from 2004’s rock opera American Idiot
Guitars and backing: Phil Capone Photo Getty
Green Day have always been first and foremost a punk band, but it’s also true that the spiky-haired three-piece don’t always fit within the genre’s confines. 2004’s Wake Me Up When September Ends is a case in point, showcasing the band’s more progressive songwriting skills, bordering as it does on epic rock song territory: the unaccompanied acoustic guitar intro that builds into wallto‐wall distortion and ‘big chord’ sounds, picking up some additional instrumentation en-route.