Heart Like a Hand Grenade Page #3

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8 o'clock at night.

-You were swimming?

-Totally warm water.

-Wow, that's not a good look.

-Not a good smell, either.

-That actually smells pretty

good.

-I'll catch you on the rebound

on that one, man.

So guys, we need art.

That's what the world needs.

We're creating art, but we

can't do the kinda art we need.

But what are you.. ok what do

you want?

What are you looking for, what

are you seeing?

Well..

we got some books, I wanted

something that's

-gonna really fit. -Go nuts.

We need somebody who's as good

at art as we are at music.

To be working with us and

coordinating all of it.

And that doesn't sound like

that crazy of a thing to ask

for,

but it's pretty impossible,

because we're that good at

music!

[LAUGHTER] And modesty.

I mean when you think of

something like a concept record,

a punk rock concept record,

umm..

or like, you know, a rock opera

kinda stuff

you know what I mean..

You know I like certain bold

symbols,

like everybody.. I mean if you

know Jesus Christ Superstar

you know that's the symbol for

it.

-So iconic? -Iconic, yeah!

But what is.. ok do you have

the final title of the album?

-American Idiot -You could do a

picture of George Bush

and people would get pissed off

about the controversy..

-No, we.. nah -We like the fun

aspect of it, too

You don't wanna lose sense of

the humor in it too.

-And it's also self effacing to

a certain extent.

-Well it's a personal thing,

it's like, I know..

it's like I'm not just exposing

other people,

I'm exposing myself.

-Yeah, you're saying "I'm an

American Idiot

"we're all American Idiots" to

a certain extent, yes?

When do you think this album's

coming out?

Silence!

# Starry nights city lights

coming down over me #

# Skyscrapers and stargazers

in my head #

Well I think when it comes to

writing melody

we really like to write a

certain way.

But when it comes to uh.. we

like to write

what's fun to play for us.

But we really wanted to expand

on the structure,

just make each song maximum..

I dunno maximum Green Day,

maximum emotion.

Yeah that's wicked.

I think that politically in

this record

we don't really have an agenda,

we're just not saying, you know

"This politician's wrong, this

is wrong"

blah blah blah, it's saying

"You know, amongst all the

different medias

"and in today's society, right

now

"with all the media being

swayed one direction or the

other

"and all the information being

thrown at you

"and throw this war on top of

it..

"We've had enough" and we're

ready to say

"You know what, I feel confused

"and disenfranchised and you

know,

"as individuals we're losing

our individuality."

What do you think of this order,

it goes St. Jimmy..

[HUMMING MELODY]

-That's cool.

[MOUTHING DRUM SOUNDS]

-That works.

-It's either this one goes here,

or this one goes here.

I keep on hearing it coming out

of..

hearing Extraordinary Girl

coming out of Novocaine.

-Yeah -It sounds good.

Just makes a lot of sense to me,

you know?

Writing this record, it's like..

I kind of, the whole thing is

like

trying to get myself in a head

space of like

rocking out in front of the

mirror when I was like 14.

I like that pattern I play with

the drum..

[MIMICS DRUMS]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..

Very Bonham.

We're gonna do St. Jimmy first,

we're just gonna.. it's..

he's gonna do St. Jimmy and then

I'm just gonna keep on going

after that.

# St. Jimmy's comin' down

across the alleyway #

# Up on the boulevard like a

zip gun on parade #

# Lights of a silhouette #

# He's insubordinate #

# Coming at you on the count of

1, 2 #

1, 2, 3, 4!

# My name is Jimmy and you

better not wear it out #

# Suicide commando that your

momma talked about #

# King of the forty thieves I'm

here to represent #

# That needle in the vein of

the establishment #

# I'm the patron saint of the

denial #

# With an angel face and a

taste for suicidal #

# Cigarettes and ramen and a

little bag of dope #

# I am the son of a b*tch and

Edgar Allan Poe #

# Raised in the city in a halo

of lights #

# Product of war and fear that

we've been victimized #

# I'm the patron saint of the

denial #

# With an angel face and a

taste for suicidal #

# Are you talking to me? #

# I'll give you something to

cry about #

# St. Jimmy #

# My name is St. Jimmy, I'm a

son of a gun #

# I'm the one that's from the

way outside #

# I'm a teenage assassin

executing some fun #

# In the cult of the life of

crime #

# I really hate to say it but I

told you so #

# So shut your mouth before I

shoot you down ol' boy #

# Welcome to the club and give

me some blood #

# I'm the resident leader of

the lost and found #

# It's comedy and tragedy #

# It's St. Jimmy #

# And that's my name #

And don't wear it out!

[LAUGHTER]

It's like a little f***in'

Broadway at the end there.

-Have you thought at all about

turning this

into some sort of theatrical

event or movie?

-No.

Is there such a thing as great

Broadway?

I don't think so! God I hope

not!

There was one journalist that

mentioned that

we were taking it to Broadway,

and it would be so

off-Broadway it would be like on

Serrano Avenue or something

like that.

I'd eventually like to see this

thing done on ice.

I'm ready to take that f***in'

message board.

-Why, what're they saying now?

They're like "Oh I guess. Oh

God bongos!

"Maybe this.. can they actually

make a record worse than

Warning?"

"Why does Billy Joe play all

the nice guitars now..

"Professional guitars now" it's

like..

-Yeah and you're holding that

guitar.

I know, it's like "F*** you"

"Dude, Kerplunk is the only

good record they ever made"

-Did you read that one too?

No they just say sh*t like that

all the time, you know

it's like "Their f***in' new

stuff sucks

"I don't even know why I'm here

right now

-"And writing this"

-"And writing this"

-"And looking at all the

pictures.."

"By the way Draco rules!"

Seriously!

"Oh God f***in' Warning f***in'

sucked, man

"that record was f***in'

terrible,

"but f***in' Billy Joe is so

hot!"

-"Check out his ass" -Seriously!

It's like then you're like..

"What did I just read?"

"When they stay home they just

sit around and get fat"

"It's only when they're on tour

do they get skinny"

-That's classic

"They need to make a record

like Dookie again"

Sorry, I didn't mean to bring

the room down.

-No, no, that's funny.

"What's with Mike's mohawk?"

"He looks like an idiot"

[LAUGHTER]

-Yeah they said that.

-Oh that's funny!

"God, loose the bangs!"

"Mike looks like a stripper

now" [LAUGHTER]

See now you're paranoid, aren't

ya?

They get ya, don't they!? -Yeah!

Little pricks, they're like

gremlins.

The only thing I'd ever heard

was like a

slide guitar with lots reverb

on it.

It's like a Doors-ey, you know..

# Let's swim through the

moonlight #

Because it's got more of a woop-

woo, you know

it just kinda glides and spaces

out, you know.

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