Kerplunk - Green Day

Green Day is an American rock band that has been active now since 1987. The bands debut release came in 1990 in the form of '39/Smooth', 'Kerplunk' was the bands difficult second album and emerged in the January of 1992. Released through Lookout Records, this album is a far cry from the finely produced Green Day music of today; the recording is tinny and it's almost like listening to an entirely different band. Sixteen tracks are included here, the album runs for a total of 42 minutes and comes to its close with a cover of the classic 'My Generation' which was of course originally written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who for the bands first album of 'My ...  Read the complete review

Green Day, the massive punk rock band have had major success since forming in the late 80s as teenagers, this album showcases the band in their earlier days, before they achieved mainstream recognition. Kerplunk was Green Day's second album, released in 1992 after the success of 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. This is the first Green Day album to feature Tre Cool on drums, after original drummer John Kiffmeyer (aka Al Sobrante) left the band to study at college, this completes the band lineup as we see it today. Tres drumming brings a new element to the record, something that was somehow missing in 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. The record was released originally on ...  Read the complete review

I must admit that I am not a fan at all of Green Day?s latest work. I find it bland, and middle of the road, the type of thing that has been watered down in order to please the mass market and the little kids who think they?re oh-so-punk because they happen to like one of the songs. Their earlier stuff however, and especially this album, is so much more fresh and different in comparison, and this album has become one of my all time favorites. <2000 light years away> The album starts with the crash of guitars and drums. The song is very skate punk with the couldn?t-care-less voice, and the very few guitar chords!! The song gets quieter (but not slower!) at ...  Read the complete review

Green Day recorded this album at the end of 1991 and it was released in 1992. Already they had quite a large underground following following the release of their 39/Smooth LP, and this album underlined and emphasised their appeal. Whilst not selling anywhere near as many as it’s successor, Dookie, it is still a fine album. It is fairly different to Dookie – recorded on independent label Lookout Records; the recording budget was only a few thousand dollars so the sound is a lot rawer and less polished than on Dookie. The songs are more advanced lyrically than on 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (39/Smooth was re-released with a few EP tracks added to ...  Read the complete review

Kerplunk was the second studio album released by the punk band green day back in 1992. It featured some really big songs, unlike their first album but like their first album it was very punk and a very good sound they had at the time. The first track is 200 light years away. it's a perfect song to kick the album off, its fast and very cool, the lyrics are fairly slow and not really up beat as it's a bit of a love song kind of. However its sung nicely and the guitar and fast drums keep the song going and make it a fast paced nice song. Welcome to paradise is the third song off the album, its now one of green days most successful songs just because of ...  Read the complete review