"¡Cuatro!" documents the making of the last three Green Day records, "¡Uno!", "¡Dos!" and "¡Tré!", from studio time to surf sessions to breaking new tracks for small-club audiences on tour. Scroll through the gallery to see stills from the film, which will screen at X Games Aspen on Jan. 26 at the Wheeler Opera House.
"We're like an old race car that way: You gotta keep it tuned up or it's just gonna sit there and rust." -- Billie Joe Armstrong
Playing new songs for small crowds was part of the albums' creative process -- a departure from Green Day's usual stadium-sized audiences, like this one.
From the band's home studio in Oakland, Calif., to New York City to Austin to Los Angeles, the film chronicles the year-and-a-half-long journey Green Day embarked on to create their recent trilogy.
"Similar to the documentaries and surf films we've made in the past, the goal was to do a lifestyle piece on the band rather than a traditional 'VH1 Legends'-type documentary." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"It's not going to be the sitting-down head shot of me going, 'We started out blah blah blah....' We wanted to get into lifestyles of rock 'n' roll and playing rock 'n' roll and letting the story kind of tell itself rather than create revisionist [history]." -- Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong
"We wanted to do something artistic, spontaneous, musical and unconventional, while giving viewers an inside look into the band's process and who they are as people." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"I think it speaks a lot to who they are as musicians; 20-plus years as a band and they're still taking risks, they put in the effort, and they're constantly working to hone their craft because they love what they do, and that shows throughout this film." -- "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
"Billie Joe is a surfer and there was a connection there that originated from our past relationship (music videos, 'Bullet In Bible') and surf films we've made. We referenced some styles of films of how we wanted to feel -- and it wasn't rock docs. It was surf films. Pretty rad that it started that way." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"It's really interesting seeing a band as massive as Green Day playing a set of 20 unreleased songs in a small club to fans and seeing how those fans react to the new material and then how honestly the band reacts to the overall experience, because the reception wasn't always as the band expected it would be." "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
"We wanted to add another visual layer to the film overall, and have some fun playing with different treatments, titling and formats, and immediately [friend and San Francisco-based artist] Alex [Kopps] came to mind as someone who could help us achieve that. [Producer Tim] Lynch and I are big fans of his work and his artistic style." -- "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
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"¡Cuatro!" documents the making of the last three Green Day records, "¡Uno!", "¡Dos!" and "¡Tré!", from studio time to surf sessions to breaking new tracks for small-club audiences on tour. Scroll through the gallery to see stills from the film, which will screen at X Games Aspen on Jan. 26 at the Wheeler Opera House.
"We're like an old race car that way: You gotta keep it tuned up or it's just gonna sit there and rust." -- Billie Joe Armstrong
Playing new songs for small crowds was part of the albums' creative process -- a departure from Green Day's usual stadium-sized audiences, like this one.
From the band's home studio in Oakland, Calif., to New York City to Austin to Los Angeles, the film chronicles the year-and-a-half-long journey Green Day embarked on to create their recent trilogy.
"Similar to the documentaries and surf films we've made in the past, the goal was to do a lifestyle piece on the band rather than a traditional 'VH1 Legends'-type documentary." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"It's not going to be the sitting-down head shot of me going, 'We started out blah blah blah....' We wanted to get into lifestyles of rock 'n' roll and playing rock 'n' roll and letting the story kind of tell itself rather than create revisionist [history]." -- Green Day front man Billie Joe Armstrong
"We wanted to do something artistic, spontaneous, musical and unconventional, while giving viewers an inside look into the band's process and who they are as people." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"I think it speaks a lot to who they are as musicians; 20-plus years as a band and they're still taking risks, they put in the effort, and they're constantly working to hone their craft because they love what they do, and that shows throughout this film." -- "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
"Billie Joe is a surfer and there was a connection there that originated from our past relationship (music videos, 'Bullet In Bible') and surf films we've made. We referenced some styles of films of how we wanted to feel -- and it wasn't rock docs. It was surf films. Pretty rad that it started that way." -- "¡Cuatro!" producer Tim Lynch
"It's really interesting seeing a band as massive as Green Day playing a set of 20 unreleased songs in a small club to fans and seeing how those fans react to the new material and then how honestly the band reacts to the overall experience, because the reception wasn't always as the band expected it would be." "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
"We wanted to add another visual layer to the film overall, and have some fun playing with different treatments, titling and formats, and immediately [friend and San Francisco-based artist] Alex [Kopps] came to mind as someone who could help us achieve that. [Producer Tim] Lynch and I are big fans of his work and his artistic style." -- "¡Cuatro!" director/editor Tim Wheeler
