There is a logical progression between each album (until you get to Warning that is), and Kerplunk showed some early signs of "Nimrod" with the guys not always using tons of overdrive (as was the case on "Dookie" and "Insomniac"). Kerplunk can be described as a transition from the raw energy and pace of 1039/SOSH to the pure Pop-Punk masterpiece of Dookie. To this date, I have not heard one band do a better punk cover of The Who's "My Generation" then Green Day. Cool even sidetracks the band into a little thigh-slapping country dig with “Dominated Love Slave.” which shows that Green Day can pull off a ridiculous yet worthy country song to a much slower and more in depth song "No One Knows" which lyrics and tone flow differently from the whole album. It still attacks with Armstrong’s guitar never relenting on drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt’s meter-perfect attack. “One of My Lies,” “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?” and the moderately subdued “Words I Might Have Ate” riff with exuberance while “Christie Road” slows things down just enough to express what for this punk trio would be considered their “soft” side. Armstrong’s clear, earnest vocals add just the right touch of snotty indifference and warm empathetic sincerity where necessary. Rob Cavallo punched up the radio-friendly sound on the latter take, but even here it's a treat and a half - quick, rampaging, and once again with a great stop-start chorus to spare. It got buried in the wave of Dookie's success a bit, but one other number didn't - "Welcome to Paradise," also a standout on that album, appears here in its original form. The album starts with a note-perfect bang "2000 Light Years Away" the absolute highlight of the group's premajor-label days, with a great chorus and classic yearning lyrics. As for Billie Joe Armstrong, his puppy-dog delivery and eternal switching between snotty humor and sudden sorrrow was better than ever, as were his instantly memorable riffs. Together the two throw in a variety of guitarless breaks that would later help to define the band's sound for many - warm and never letting the beat go. With Tre Cool now firmly in place as the drummer, the lineup was at last settled, and it turned out Cool and Mike Dirnt were a perfect rhythm section, with the former showing a bit more flash and ability than John Kiftmeyer did. What may catch most off guard is the fact that even though they were slamming on their guitars and being as immature as possible, they still remained serious musicians.
An album that clearly shows the band at their beginning musical roots of punk. Review Summary: Green Day's second full album was the perfect dry run for the band's later assault on the mainstream, containing both more variety and more flat-out smashes than previous releases had shown.īefore Green Day's epic album "Dookie", there was "Kerplunk".
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