Back in 1992, American punk-pop outfit Green Day released sophomore album Kerplunk!, a simplistic, celebratory barrage of guitar and drums that established a template the band then sought to twist into various shapes, including political-conceptual efforts such as 2004’s American Idiot. And so much of it has been done before, be it by them, Blink 182 or any one of a number of fast-fretters with melodic sensibilities. • Green Day. Warner Music. • Two and a half stars (out of five)Single download: Somewhere NowFor those who like: Good Charlotte— Shane Gilchrist

Source: Otago Daily Times October 17, 2016 01:30 UTC