To be fair, there are a number of songs from Green Day’s ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and Tré! trilogy that have probably slipped into the category of ‘lesser known’, simply because, at the time of their release, the band’s ambitious 2012 collection was just too much for some to take in. And Dirty Rotten Bastards – the 10th track on the third disc of this trilogy – could well have been missed, not only for its placing, but also because of its six-and-a-half-minute running time. It’s a real riot, though, following in the footsteps of epics like Jesus Of Suburbia and Homecoming, but with a more mischievous tone. From the use of Carmen’s Toreador Song to lyrics like, ‘Here’s to all God’s losers ra da da di / The bottom-feeder’s frenzy / Here’s to all bloodsuckers sing along with me’, Dirty Rotten Bastards is a playful ride through the depths of their imagination, and proves that, at a time when many had written them off, you can never count Green Day out.