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Green Day share Nimrod demo Black Eyeliner, which then became two different songs
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…
- Words:
- Emily Carter
- Photo:
- Snorri Brothers
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
