Popular alt-rock acts Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer performed for just 500 fans at Whisky a Go Go, part of a kickoff for their Hella Mega tour.
And those are just the veterans. Young rock bands like the 1975 are thriving in the streaming environment, while indie acts such as Big Thief and Whitney are exciting the type of folks who adored Pavement and Sebadoh in the 1990s. Even Billie Eilish, the year’s biggest musical success story, has spoken about rock’s influence on her hip-hop-attuned pop — and has been endorsed by no less a revered rocker than Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters.
At least it was Tuesday. Playing out for the first time since the end of its tour behind 2016’s “Revolution Radio,” Green Day was downright ferocious in its hourlong set, which mixed sneering pop-punk oldies like “Welcome to Paradise” and “Basket Case” with darker, more recent stuff, including a handful of cuts from itsBefore “Bang Bang,” about a “semi-automatic lonely boy,” Armstrong smeared pink lipstick on his mouth for a Joker-like effect, then jumped from the stage into the crowd.
Yet Armstrong wanted simply to cut loose too, as when he led the group through its new single, “Father of All...,” an odd but effective mash-up of Led Zeppelin-style riffs and propulsive ’60s soul drumming. Not unlike many a tune from back in the day , the song is only about 2 ½ minutes long — “too short,” Armstrong decided after he finished it here. So he and his mates — bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, plus a touring guitarist and keyboardist — played it again.
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