The Network (totally not a side-project from Green Day), are officially back in our lives. And we are so here for it.
And now what can only be described as a long-anticipated return to our screens – which in this day and age not only includes the television variety, The Network donned their signature masks to almost literally tear up the stage.
The new wave rockers performed one of their latest singles, ‘Threat Level Midnight’ on Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show, which as reported by NME, marks their first TV performance in sixteen years.
The Network plugged Fallon’s The Tonight Show performance on Instagram, captioning it, “Transmission success. No other band in the world, not even the lowly @greenday, could ever bring the people a performance that looked and sounded so divine.”
Classic.
Although their stint on Fallon signifies their first in a while, the band actually released their latest album, Money Money 2020 Part II: Told Ya So! in December last year.
That album release also marks their first full-length album since they dropped Money Money 2020, in 2003.
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For as long as we can remember, Green Day have historically (taken the piss) and denied having any involvement with The Network.
Upon the release of ‘We Told You So’, Billie Joe Armstrong took to Instagram stories to share snippets from the music video, captioning the story, “What in the actual fuck??” while also tagging The Network. “The Network is not GD.”
Not intending to give up the charade, the Green Day frontman also previously shared the teaser video for the track on Instagram, saying things like, “I don’t know who this is. And we are not @thenetwork.” And, “This @thenetwork definitely NOT GREEN DAY.”
And last but not least, “Fuck these guys.”
It kind of comes as no surprise that the guys behind The Network have gotten the band back together again, seeing as Green Day (and particularly Billie Joe Armstrong) have been so musically prolific over the course of the pandemic.
And all you need to do is take one look at the YouTube comments across The Network’s videos just to see how glad everyone is that they are back at it again.
Watch the music video for ‘Ivankkka Is A Nazi’ by The Network below.
