Listen to this when
Jesus of Suburbia
when you've outgrown your hometown but don't know where to go 🚌
Who it's for
Green Day's nine-minute rock opera follows a disaffected suburban kid from a broken home who finally walks away to find himself.
Restless, alienated→Ready to break out
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Jesus of Suburbia" is a nine-minute, five-movement rock opera from Green Day's 2004 album American Idiot, released as its final single in 2005. It introduces the album's anti-hero, Jesus of Suburbia, a lower-middle-class suburban teenager created by Billie Joe Armstrong. He is alienated from his hometown and the people closest to him, and he decides to leave for the city.
Where to find it
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Before you start
Heads up: Explicit language and drug references.
Age: Suggested 16+
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7
