Armstrong spits out profanities as he thrashes on his guitar, pounding out hooks that dig in immediately, possibly because they recall anything from '60s frat-rock to '70s punk. This is the "Makeout Party" album, a breakneck sprint through songs about girls ("Ashley," "Amy"), wild ones, and "Nightlife," the latter awkwardly incorporating a rap from Lady Cobra. At the outset, Billie Joe declares it's "F*** Time," and he's not entirely kidding, either.
Green Day pushed all of their Who-inflected arena rock onto the first of the albums, leaving ¡Dos! a high-octane collection of garage pop and hooky punk. While certainly cut from the same cloth as ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! has a different feel than its cousin. Amidst the chaos, the one thing unaffected was ¡Dos!, which appeared according to schedule in November of 2012. Needless to say, the band's complicated plans for 20 were adjusted, with the supporting tour scrapped and the concluding LP ¡Tré! moved up from January to December. Two days after the release of ¡Uno!, the first installment of an ambitious punk-pop trilogy from Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong checked into rehab for various substance problems, problems that reached a head during an on-stage meltdown at a radio festival the weekend prior to the album's release.
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