10 Amazing Rock Songs That Artists Hated Recording

6. Blood Sex and Booze - Green Day

There are usually two types of Green Day fans when it comes to Warning: either they think it's a masterpiece, or they don't care about it that much. Looking back on this record, this is where things started to really turn a corner for the bratty punk kids from the Bay, going for a more adult sound that they would refine once they got to American Idiot. When they needed that little something extra for Blood Sex Booze, they got something dirty, rough, and a lot of pain for one unlucky intern.

Since the entire song is supposed to be an ode to the pleasures of S&M, Tre Cool invited some friends that he knew who were known to engage in some of that behavior from time to time. While they were originally only there to get the sounds of whips cracking for the intro of the song, they eventually had the bright idea of getting one of their interns to sit in the middle of the studio and have the snot beaten out of him by a dominatrix.

So yeah, that little bit of strange noise at the very beginning of the song? What you're hearing is a man legitimately getting whipped and trying his best to hold everything together. Then again, if you have to suffer for your art, why go through with it when you can get an intern to do the hard work for you?

 
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