IGreen Day ibuyile endimeni yomculo kanti ukubuka kwabo kusanda kusikhombisa ukuthi sebebuyile nakho konke okuku-albhamu yabo entsha, iRevolution Radio., ezokhishwa ngo-Okthoba 7 ngeReprise Records eMelika naseWarner Bros. Records emhlabeni wonke.
Iqembu le-punk rock laseCalifornia elakhishwa ngo-Agasti 11 'Bang Bang', owokuqala ongashadile ovela ku-albhamu, futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, i-single ebeka igama layo ku-albhamu iqale ukukhishwa, 'Umsakazo weRevolution'. Ngaphambi kokwethulwa komsebenzi omusha, leli qembu lizoqala ukuvakashela e-United States kusuka ngomhlaka-20 Septhemba olandelayo.
Kanye nokwethulwa kowokuqala, umculi nomshayi wesigingci uBillie Joe Armstrong uphawule kwabezindaba wathi 'iBang Bang' yingoma ebhekise ngqo kumasiko akhona njengamanje engxenyeni ye-United States yokusetshenziswa kwezikhali. kanye narcissism ekhona ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. U-Armstrong uphinde wagcizelela ukuthi yonke le albhamu inobudlelwano nenkinga yodlame lomphakathi i-United States ebhekene nalo namuhla..
Mayelana nale nkinga, u-Armstrong usanda kuphawula kwabezindaba: «Ngicabanga ukuthi namuhla indima yami akukhona ukukhuluma, ukumane ulalele. Abamhlophe abaningi baseMelika kufanele benze okufanayo, ngoba abazi ngempela ukuthi yini amava e-Afrika aseMelika akuleli zwe. Kunabantu ababulawa emigwaqweni yizikhali zamaphoyisa ngaphandle kwesizathu futhi bafakwa emajele abalimazayo ngoba ukukwenza manje yibhizinisi, Sinenkinga enkulu eNyakatho Melika, futhi into yokuqala okufanele siyenze ukufunda kabanzi ngalezi zinkinga ngaphambi kokunikeza umbono. Ngakho-ke vala umlomo wakho, qala ngokulalela okuhlangenwe nakho kwabagulayo ufunde okuthile kulokho. "
Ikhishwe yi-Green Day futhi iqoshwe e-Oakland (San Francisco), 'I-Revolution Umsakazo' kulindeleke njengoba «Ibhomu lamathrekhi ayi-12 langempela ngawo wonke ubizo lokuba ngamaculo esikhathi esizayo eqembu, ahlanganisa indlela yendabuko yoSuku Oluhlaza kanye namaculo akhuluma ngobunzima nokungaqiniseki okukhona ezinsukwini zethu. Ngokwezomculo i-'Revolution Radio 'ingachazwa njenge-albhamu eluhlaza, evusa inkanuko futhi enesibindi, eqinisekisa isimo seqembu njengomunye ovelele nodlubulundayo edwaleni namuhla. "