MTV News was privy to a press screening of the upcoming Green Day record American Idiot. Their article / review breaks down a number of the songs on the record, and fans will definitely want to give it a read. Here's a snip:

The handful of tracks from their upcoming American Idiot that they've screened for the press show a band exploring form and function as it toys with song structures and recording techniques. Yet no matter how hard Green Day strive to escape their past, they're so in love with melody that even their nine-minute rock opera, "Jesus of Suburbia," can't help but be catchy. The epic track encompasses a seemingly discordant range of styles including '50s rock and roll, '70s glam, '80s power pop and '90s punk… Other songs on American Idiot are also pretty unconventional even if they're under four minutes in length. The title track sounds like a hybrid of Social Distortion and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts…[full article]