The Network

The Network
The Network performing in 2004
Background information
Origin	United States
Genres	New wave, punk rock
Years active	2003–2005
Labels	Adeline, Reprise
Associated acts	Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Pinhead Gunpowder
Past members	Fink Van Gough The Snoo Z Captain Underpants Balducci

The Network is a six-piece new wave band. The band released its debut album Money Money 2020 on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. A re-release of the album with two bonus tracks followed in 2004. The band was speculated to be a side project of the punk rock band Green Day. The band has remained inactive since a live performance since October 13, 2005 opening for Green Day at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco, California.

The band formed in 2003, and the band started working on material on mid-2003. After rumors started surfacing that Green Day was starting a new project, the band members came up with nicknames to hide their identities. The group recorded and released Money Money 2020 in 2003. Since Armstrong's voice is clearly heard in several songs of the album, fans of Green Day started to think that Money Money 2020 was Green Day's stolen album Cigarettes and Valentines. After 2 years of that speculation, Armstrong stated that he was not in the project, nor any members of Green Day, and has said many times "Fuck The Network". That being said, fans did not believe Armstrong, and The Network then ceased touring together and recording together. Since about 2008, a new album has been rumoured, which is Omega 3000, but nothing from The Network has been heard. Green Day has performed covers from the Network as the Foxboro Hot Tubs, a name that the band uses to book secret shows.

Money Money 2020 was re-mastered and re-released by Reprise Records on November 9, 2004, with two additional tracks, "Hammer of the Gods" and a cover of The Misfits "Teenagers from Mars" which can also be heard on Tony Hawk's American Wasteland while "Roshambo" is on the NHL 2005 soundtrack. The original Money Money 2020 release came with a companion DVD with music videos directed and produced by Roy Miles of AntiDivision. A segment of the song "Joe Robot" can also be heard on several VH1 specials like "All Access", MTV 2's "High School Stories", and at least once on the MTV show "Pimp My Ride."