Back in 2005, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong was interviewed on-screen by The New York Times (in association with the City University Television) about his band's hugely successful American Idiot album.
For inspiration on that record, Armstrong turned to The Who, a band who he had always admired, particularly for their knack for writing rock-opera-style songs. American Idiot, a concept album centred around the the story of the anti-hero character Jesus of Suburbia, would also go on to be dubbed a "punk rock opera" by the band's members.
