As one of the world’s biggest pop punk outfits, Green Day have endured a fair share of ups and downs across their 38-year career.
Their highs have been very high indeed. There’s the cherished status that their beloved mid-90s triumvirate Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod still hold. Then there's their consistent ability to put on a hell of a live rock show.
Yet the lows (misguided 2012 trilogy Uno…Dos…Tré! springs to mind) have been grimace-inducing.
But perhaps their single greatest moment on record was crafted in the wake of one of Green Day's bleakest periods.
The song - Jesus of Suburbia - was the thematic keystone of their punchy 2004 Grammy-winning monolith American Idiot. The record that set a progressive mould for mainstream punk in the 2000s.
A staggering feat of creative audacity, Jesus of Suburbia left many who'd hastily called time on the Californian three red in the face.
The Song: Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia
The Magic Moment(s): Really, it's the impact of the entire, multi-part structure of the 9:08 length track. If we had to pick - it’s got to be the All the Young Dudes-recalling second movement beginning at 1:55
