: Most major albums in this era leaked onto torrent sites days or weeks before their official release.
Groups like R2R (Rise to Respect) and CCF were the first to rip the CD. A typical torrent file name looked like: green day 21st century breakdown album torrents
The album's title and concept were inspired by the band's observations of the chaos and disorder of the modern world. In an interview with Rolling Stone, lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong explained that the album was influenced by the band's feelings of disillusionment and frustration with the state of politics and society. "We were feeling really frustrated with the state of the world and the politics and the economy and all that stuff," Armstrong said. "We wanted to write an album that reflected that." : Most major albums in this era leaked
