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Officially Licensed Green Day Merchandise

Green Day American Idiot Flag (With Tie Straps, Made in Italy)

In the summer of 2003 the band went into a studio to write and record new material for a new album, tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines.

After completing 20 tracks, the master tapes were stolen from the studio.

The band, understandably upset, chose not to try to re-create the stolen album, but instead started over with a vow to be even better than before.

In this same year, Green Day collaborated with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his album Skull Ring.

And they underwent serious "band therapy," engaging in several long talks to work out the members' differences after accusations from Dirnt and Cool that Armstrong was "the band's Nazi" and a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.