Armatage Shanks

Green Day * Track #1 On Insomniac

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Album Insomniac

ALBUM

Green Day

1995

Armatage Shanks by Green Day

Release Date

Fri Oct 06 1995

Performed by

Green Day

Produced by

Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt & Billie Joe Armstrong & Rob Cavallo

Writed by

Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool & Billie Joe Armstrong

About

“Armatage Shanks” is the opening track on Green Day’s 1995 album Insomniac. The name refers to Armitage Shanks, a British toilet company. Green Day saw its name on a bathroom during their first tour in England and decided to name a song after it.

Armatage Shanks Lyrics

[Intro]
Fffff...

[Verse 1]
Stranded, lost inside myself
My own worst friend and my own closest enemy
I'm branded, maladjusted
Never trusted anyone, let alone myself

[Chorus]
I must insist on being a pessimist
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind

[Verse 2]
Elected, the rejected
I perfect the science of the idiot
No meaning and no healing
Self-loathing freak, an introverted deviant

[Chorus]
I must insist on being a pessimist
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind

[Bridge]
Say whatever, oh-oh, woah-oh
Say whatever, oh-oh, woah-oh
Shoot!

[Verse 3]
Stranded, lost inside myself
My own worst friend and my own closest enemy
Elected, the rejected
I perfect the science of the idiot

[Chorus]
I must insist on being the pessimist
I'm a loner in a catastrophic mind
I'm gettin' pissed, I'm a worthless pessimist
I'm a loner in a claustrophobic mind

Armatage Shanks Q&A

Who wrote Armatage Shanks's ?

Armatage Shanks was written by Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool & Billie Joe Armstrong.

Who produced Armatage Shanks's ?

Armatage Shanks was produced by Tré Cool & Mike Dirnt & Billie Joe Armstrong & Rob Cavallo.