American Idiot Tour Is Over, Green Day Mentally Preparing For Next Record

Greedy, lazy songwriters throw together a bunch of songs about touring, missing people etc. while they are touring. That way they can phone in the next album and make some money while they are on a crest of popularity.

That's not the game plan for Green Day. Billie Joe Armstrong says they will 'start with silence' in order to find the inspiration for the next album. That's also a good way to recover from all the non-permanent hearing loss.

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