Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says that the US punk titans owe much of their recent success to one thing and one thing alone - alcohol.
Speaking to Kerrang!'s sister magazine, Q, Armstrong says Green Day's live performances have improved over the years because they're usually drunk on stage.
"Around Insomniac [in 1995] we became a shitter live band. We began playing arenas and we didn't really know how to play them that well and at the same time we started becoming a lot more introverted," he told Q.
"Then we started drinking a lot more!" he added. "Being drunk on stage, your inhibitions are gone. Most of the stuff we've come up with, like bringing someone up to sing with us or running around in drag, that's all from being liquored-up."
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