Green Day's Billie Joe is releasing a covers album, No Fun Mondays

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23 Nov 2020, 17:28

Green Day already have an enviable back catalogue that most bands would pay a substantial amount for  - but frontman Billy Joe Armstrong has spent the pandemic working on cover versions that the loves.

In his sessions, the legendary singer has been playing his version of some more obscure covers from his collection.

Fans have loved the additions to his repertoire, and it's become a must-watch for many.

His covers have included the likes of The Bangles, John Lennon, Kim Wilde, Billy Bragg, The Equals and many more. You can't go wrong with some eighties-influenced cheese!

Billie Joe will be releasing all of these ‘No Fun Mondays’ covers on one vinyl album this week. 

He told NME how the idea first came about: “I did ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’ first, and it all just started off as something to just keep me busy because I knew that the rest of the year was getting cancelled. I released it on my Instagram to fans and the response was really good. Everybody was saying that it was just nice to hear some music and feel a little bit normal. The sentiment was right.”

He explained what a song needed to have in order for him to cover it: “I love melodies and feel like that’s in my DNA. I also love doing things that are unexpected or doing songs that people haven’t really heard before. I did ‘Not That Way Anymore’ by Stiv Bators, which is a really rare power-pop song. That was really fun. Everything felt really spontaneous."

No Fun Mondays tracklist:

1. I Think We’re Alone Now 2. War Stories 3. Manic Monday 4. Corpus Christi 5. That Thing You Do! 6. Amico 7. You Can’t Put Your Arms Round A Memory 8. Kids in America 9. Not That Way Anymore 10. That’s Rock’N’Roll 11. Gimme Some Truth 12. Whole Wide World 13. Police On My Back 14. A New England