Shenanigans

SHENANIGANS compiles b-sides, an import-only release, and vinyl single cuts recorded during sessions for the band's studio albums. It also contains one previously unreleased song. Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass); Tre Cool (drums). Compilation producers: Rob Cavallo, Green Day. Serving as the perfect companion compilation to 2001's INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! collection, SHENANIGANS delivers an assortment of rarities, B-sides, covers, and previously unreleased material. Throughout this 14-track anthology, it's easy to hear how Green Day was able to successfully make the transition from scruffy skate-punks to unofficial heads of the nouveau-punk movement that became the mainstream in the mid-'90s. Staccato riffs, hooks aplenty, and lots of harmonizing are just part of the engine that drives cuts like the thunderous Suffocate, the relentlessly driving I Want To Be On T.V. and the pogo-worthy workout that is the previously unreleased Ha Ha You're Dead. Surprises include the ambling pop of On The Wagon, sterling surf instrumental Espionage, and spot-on covers of the Ramones (a wildly infectious Outsider) and The Kinks (a worthy Tired Of Waiting For You). SHENANIGANS reinforces Green Day's rep for creating quality pop-punk. This collection of odds and sods could easily pass as any other group's A list canon.