I Don't Know What I'm Listening To.

"I read about how Kirk Cobain's death and the collapse of grunge created this vacuum. We needed something less dour and monochrome and self-loathing," he says. "We needed something catchier and more colorful and upbeat, even if it was still often driven by self- loathing." He recalls a vague sense memory of sitting in his living room when Green Day first came on MTV.