Cigarettes and Valentines was supposed to be the studio album from Green Day following 2002's Shenanigans. The album was nearly finished when the master tracks were stolen from the studio. Instead of re-recording the album, the band decided to start from scratch, leading to the creation of American Idiot. The album was rumored to have been secretly released as Money Money 2020 by The Network, a band that is Green Day's side project in disguise. Billie Joe has gone on record saying that Money Money 2020 is not Cigarettes and Valentines, and denied any relation to the band.