I always knew Billie Joe Armstrong put his heart and soul into his music, but making himself ill just to produce an epic new album… come on Billie!
Yep, the gorgeous (if a little short) frontman worked so hard on 21st Century Breakdown, that he almost ended up in hospital.
But their commitment to perfecting the album left Armstrong and his bandmates - bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool - fearing for their health. Armstrong says, "This is the album that could have killed us. We had set the bar so high with American Idiot.
"We all became sick as dogs. I was close to being hospitalised but they caught me in time. I had the boogie woogie flu."
Well, it is Green Day’s first release in over five years… they can’t just jump back into the saddle!
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