Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong explains that even though the band came from the outspoken punk scene, the band stayed away from politics in its songs. “ ‘American Idiot’ just kind of came up out of nowhere. It was done with heart and done from a total kind of confusion about why the world is changing and sort of this dark and ugly place. I think that that kind of rings true, especially right now.” However, he does think that one thing has boosted America’s profile: the World Cup. Armstrong and fellow greenday members mikedirnt and trecool talked to The Times about the band and nimrodsmovie. Click the link in latimes_entertainment’s bio to read more about #Nimrods. Editor’s note: This video replaces a previous version with an incorrect spelling of Armstrong’s name.