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While their announcement at the Grammys was somewhat overshadowed by the Chris Brown/Rhianna saga, Green Day fans can look forward to a new album in May! Read more...

After working with producer Rob Cavallo on Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod and American Idiot (the band produced Warning themselves), Green Day has decided to try something different and bring a new producer on board for their upcoming record. Who?

The following is a discussion of the new Against Me! record, The New Wave, out tomorrow, July 10, and produced by God's gift to platinum records, Butch Vig. Justin (known better as one of those assholes from punknews.org) has a beard, drinks PBR and loves AM!'s old catalog. Kevin (known better as Kevin) occasionally has a beard, also drinks PBR, and generally disagrees with everything Justin says.

Justin: IF SHE WANTS TO DANCE AND DRINK ALL NIGHT
Justin: THEN THERE'S NO ONE WHO CAN STOP HER
Justin: best song on the album.
Kevin: i've never liked against me other than on stage until this record
Justin: i should have called this one.
Justin: this is perfect pr.net material, by the way
Justin: me and you disagreeing about everything
Kevin: haha what's that? you think this is against me selling out and pandering?
Justin: i think its against me giving up and writing terrible songs
Kevin: you mean songs that people without beards might like
Justin: or songs that pander to the lowest common denominator and/or make no sense (the last two songs)
Kevin: i haven't made it that far
Kevin: so far i kind of love this record
Justin: you are gay.
Kevin: it took us a lot longer to reach that point than the last time we talked
Kevin: next i suppose you'll tell me the new bad religion is their best record
Justin: dude, bad religion has always bored me. i heard the single on the radio and thought "wow. more harmonies and big words."
Kevin: two of my favorite things, incidentally
Justin: yeah, well obviously.
Justin: and i like beards and handclaps
Kevin: those make my top 10
Justin: yet you didn't like against me?
Kevin: i like them live
Kevin: it's a little weird that one of their new songs sounds more like the new pornographers than anything else, but i don't really have a problem with that
Justin: the disco song?
Kevin: the FM waves one
Justin: yeah, that thing is just weird
Kevin: anyway, hilary duff is playing a gay bar in west hollywood on friday, and i think you should come down for it
Justin: if i didn't work on saturday it'd be tempting
Kevin: weak
Justin: my whole life is weak right now

Against Me! is performing on the Conan O'Brien show tomorrow night. Set your DVR.