''Trans Am'' is a studio extended play (EP) by American new wave band

The Network The Network is an American six-piece new wave band. they released their debut album '' Money Money 2020'' on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. After a 15-year hiatus, the band became active again in 2020, releasing a follow-up album tit ...

, a side project of the American

punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...

band

Green Day Green Day is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. In 1994, their majo ...

, released on 20 November 2020. It was the first release from The Network in seventeen years.

Background

After releasing their debut album ''

Money Money 2020 ''Money Money 2020'' is the debut studio album by new wave band The Network, a side project of the band Green Day. It was released on September 30, 2003, through Adeline Records. Members of Green Day have denied being involved in the Network, ho ...

'' in 2003, and opening for some dates during a

tour in 2005, the band went on a fifteen year hiatus.

Mike Dirnt Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of Green Day. He has also played in several other ...

subsequently confirmed in an interview with

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known fo ...

on 1 March 2013 that Green Day were, in fact, behind The Network. On 29 October 2020, the band suddenly became active again, posting to their social media profiles a music video for their song "The Prophecy".

Release and promotion

On 2 November 2020,

posted the music video for the song "Ivankkka Is a Nazi" to their Instagram. This came with rebuttals from the members of Green Day, with them repeatedly stating they were not affiliated with The Network. On 20 November 2020, The Network released the

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

for ''Trans Am'' onto their official

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

channel. At the same time, the ''Trans Am'' EP was released onto streaming platforms. The release of the EP came with the announcement of their second album, Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!. Music videos for the other songs on the EP, "Flat Earth" and "Fentanyl", were released afterwards.

Track listing

Personnel

* Fink - vocals on "Fentanyl" and "Ivankkka Is A Nazi", lead guitar * Van Gough - vocals on "Trans Am", bass guitar * The Snoo - drums, vocals on "Flat Earth" * Balducci - rhythm guitar * Z - keyboards, keytar, backing vocals * Captain Underpants - keyboards

References

{{Authority control 2020 EPs The Network albums Warner Records EPs