The Jesus of Suburbia

Tonight I was coverring for David in youth, and the past 2 weeks have been so hectic that I struggled to find something to talk about. Well, one of the best albums recently put out there on the alternative/grunge/punk rock scene, especially lyrically, is "American Idiot" by Green Day. One of the songs on the album is called "The Jesus of Suburbia," but a line in another song referring to "The Jesus of Suburbia" has caught my attention from the first time I heard it. The line is in song 5 ("Are We the Waiting") and it is: "the Jesus of suburbia is a lie . . ." We had a great discussion about what they thought it meant, and also compared this present day assertion to one made over 100 years ago by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche where he said "God is dead and we killed him." I understand that these topics may cause some contreversy but we had a great discussion regarding where America's faith is and why. Before I let on too much and drive the discussions one way, let me stop and ask my question. What do you think about these two statements? How do they compare? Do they both apply, and if so, how?