{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Trans Am | type = EP | artist = The Network | cover = Trans Am (EP).jpg | alt = | released = November 20, 2020 | recorded = 2020 | studio = | genre = | length = 10:15 | label = {{hlist|Joe Robot|Warner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/warnerrecords/status/1323037446091628545?s=20|title=Warner Records on Twitter:We are excited to welcome @wearethenetwork to our esteemed roster. It’s not everyday you have the honor of signing @greenday’s biggest nemesis.}}</ref>}} | producer = The Network | prev_title = Money Money 2020 | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! | next_year = 2020 }}
'''''Trans Am''''' is a studio extended play (EP) by American new wave band the Network, a side project of the American punk rock band Green Day, released on November 20, 2020. It was the first release from the Network in seventeen years.
==Background== After releasing their debut album, ''Money Money 2020'', in 2003, and opening for some dates during a Green Day tour in 2005, the band went on a fifteen-year hiatus. Mike Dirnt subsequently confirmed in an interview with ''Rolling Stone'' in 2013 that Green Day were, in fact, behind the Network.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Q&A: Green Day’s Mike Dirnt on Billie Joe Armstrong’s Recovery |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/qa-green-days-mike-dirnt-on-billie-joe-armstrongs-recovery-168010/ |website=Rolling Stone |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> In 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 November 2, 2020, the Network posted the music video for the song "Ivankkka Is a Nazi" to their Instagram.<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=thenetwork |postid=CHGGxUnH0Lf |title=Ivankkka Is A Nazi |date=2 November 2020 |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Skinner |first1=Tom |title=Listen to a new song from Green Day side project The Network |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-a-new-song-from-green-day-side-project-the-network-2807834 |website=NME |access-date=22 April 2024}}</ref> This came with rebuttals from the members of Green Day, with them repeatedly stating they were not affiliated with the Network. On November 20, the Network released the music video for ''Trans Am'' onto their official YouTube 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!''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-network-trans-am-ep-green-day-secret-side-project-2821502|title=Listen to 'Trans Am', the new EP from Green Day's 'secret' side project The Network|website=NME}}</ref> Music videos for the other songs on the EP, "Flat Earth" and "Fentanyl", were released afterwards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/the-network-trans-am/|title=Mystery Green Day-Sounding Band The Network Share New Song ‘Trans Am’ + EP|website=Loudwire}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_music = The Network | title1 = Trans Am | length1 = 1:59 | title2 = Flat Earth | length2 = 2:16 | title3 = Fentanyl | length3 = 2:58 | title4 = Ivankkka Is A Nazi | length4 = 3:02 | total_length = 10:15 }}
== 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, backing vocals * Captain Underpants – keytar
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Category:2020 EPs Category:The Network albums Category:Warner Records EPs