Wondering why you’ve never heard Nimrod-era demo Black Eyeliner before? It’s because it went on to become Green Day’s Church On Sunday and The Longshot’s Kill Your Friends…
Green Day’s epic Nimrod 25th anniversary edition arrives today (January 27), and as well as including some awesome old live performances and demos, one previously-unheard track has particularly caught fans’ attention…
The excellent Black Eyeliner is proving to be the highlight of Nimrod XXV so far, not only because it’s a great demo in its own right but because it actually went on to become two other Green Day-related songs.
As you’ll hear in the pre-chorus, Black Eyeliner features lyrics that were later used in Nimrod album track Church On Sunday, while the verses went on to become Kill Your Friends, a song by Billie Joe Armstrong’s much more recent side-project The Longshot. Whoa!
Stream it now:
Now re-listen to Kill Your Friends:
And the absolutely timeless Church On Sunday:
Stream Nimrod XXV in full now:
Read this: The best Green Day album? Duh, it’s Nimrod
