I have never been into Punk Rock, but I do like Green Day. Of course there are people out there that do not consider Green Day to be true punk, so opinions as to where they fit in the rock n roll spectrum will vary. However you categorize them there is something about these guys that has always appealed to me. Like The Offspring they are a band that is very different from what I usually listen to, but whenever I hear their stuff on the radio I can't get it out of my head. In the case of Green Day I think they just write damn catchy songs. When this album came out I decided to pick it up and was glad I did. The majority of this album contains 3 minute gems of well written proto punk with plenty of attitude and verve. Their music is relatively simple, but like the best rock bands the band get the maximum out of the musical chops that they do posses. Another thing I notice over the course of this compilation is how the band matures. The early songs are pretty much straight 3 chord punk, but the latter stuff contains significant variety and even innovation. This would be carried on to a great extent on their next studio release, the outstanding American Idiot which would come out 3 years later. International Superhits skips over the band's first two albums concentrating on the ones that came later. All the huge hits are here along with some choice album cuts. Two new songs are also included, Maria and Poprocks And Coke, both of which are great little tunes. If you already have their studio albums this compilation only adds the two new songs, so it may be for you. If you don't own the studio discs this is a pretty good overview of the band's career up to this point.
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