Dean Gray

2005年接近尾聲的時(shí)候一個(gè)美國(guó)青年收到Green Day的啟發(fā)，在網(wǎng)上擲出了一顆音樂手榴彈—American Edit。
這顆手榴彈的威力非同小可，專輯中除了Green Day還有Oasis Travis Queen Aerosmith Eminem等人的歌曲采樣。這是一張remix的專輯，作者富有創(chuàng)意的講這些人的歌曲混入原來(lái)Green Day的歌曲中，同時(shí)混的很搭。但是在被MTV、NME、SPIN等著名媒體關(guān)注和報(bào)道的同時(shí)，還一度受到來(lái)自Warner Music、EMI的巨大壓力——阻止其發(fā)行——差一點(diǎn)就使這張專輯胎死腹中！
As a protest against the shutdown, Portland-based fan World Famous Audio Hacker organized "Dean Gray Tuesday" (an intended evocation of 2004's Grey Tuesday). On December 13, 2005, the album was hosted on a number of participating websites as torrents, direct MP3 downloads or ZIP archives. Video clips of "Dr. Who on Holiday", "American Jesus" and "Boulevard of Broken Songs" were also made available. The shutdown and protest contributed to international press coverage beyond the music industry.