It sounds lame, because it's the 80s, but that was 25 years ago, which is amazing. That punk Usher's only been around for, like, 18.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 24 September 2012 12:06 (eleven years ago) link
On the other hand, it does prove he's pumped out more subsequent hard jams than Mary Margaret O'Hara
― 'Separate Lives', by Phil Collins & Marilyn Manson (PaulTMA), Monday, 24 September 2012 12:10 (eleven years ago) link
you can tell he's punk because he's self-righteous and swears a lot
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 24 September 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
there's something about when Dirnt realizes what Billie is doing and takes off his bass and starts slamming it to the ground (~1:36) that is so sweet and sort of sad in a solidarity-meets-puppy dog following its master kind of way. dirnt is like tuning or something and then all of a sudden it's like he goes "oh we are doing this now!"
otm about how there's a real sweetness to that - guy's trying to save face for his bud in front of a lot of people, thinking on his feet to minimize any fallout from what just went down - really human half-second there
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 24 September 2012 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
"About to make Fender real happy they signed me to Squier..."
― how's life, Monday, 24 September 2012 12:21 (eleven years ago) link
Easily their most punk performance :)
― MikoMcha, Monday, 24 September 2012 12:22 (eleven years ago) link
Green Day rhythm section totally great, no prob with those forced-to-wear-eyeliner-and-get-goofy-haircuts dudes. I wonder if they hang with the guys from No Doubt and commiserate? Dirnt, by the way, only 40, which is impressive, given how long the group has been around and how much he gets pegged the old guy. Billie Joe's only 40, too, and Tre Cool is 39. Dave Grohl, for comparison, is 43. Who are going to be the 50 and 60 year old legacy acts touring arenas in 20 years when Springsteen and Prince and the like are retired? Will it be bands like Green Day and Foo Fighters and I guess Nickelback or something? Will there be 50-something stock brokers pulling strings to get primo Green Day seats at the hockey arena in 2030?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, September 24, 2012 7:53 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i think the touring business is going to totally different then, straight up. after Springsteen and U2 stop touring, probably no rock act will ever tour at that level again.
― some dude, Monday, 24 September 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry to hijack the discussion, but has anyone heard the new album? Is it any good?
― Raymond Cummings, Monday, 24 September 2012 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's dece. closer to dookie than 21st century crapblow
― spazzmatazz, Monday, 24 September 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
thanks. listening to a couple songs, might actually buy this.
― Raymond Cummings, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:03 (eleven years ago) link
wondering what prescription meds he's hooked on....adderall, vyvanse would make sense given his past abuse of meth and amps. INSOMNIAC might be the greatest speed album ever made. btw, reading the 12 year old green day fans' reactions and forced denials on the main msg board is pretty hilarious: http://www.greendaycommunity.org/topic/90220-billie-getting-treatment-for-substance-abuse/
it's as if they've never listened to the lyrics of GEEK STINK BREATH. if you're a speed/meth head like that, you're gonna have drug issues later on.
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
lol @ "So it looks like Billie was under substance abuse when performing at the iHeartRadio festival."
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't realize I had this hierarchy in my head until just now, but there's a "has their shit together" meter where I'd always put Green Day ahead of Metallica, expecting them never to change positions.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
why cant green day be that exciting and unpredictable while accepting their grammy awards?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
because they were given as much time as they wanted to give their speech
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
pretty much zero intelligent discussion on this anywhere on the internet. every green day fan is all "hmm suspicious...seems obviously like a cover-up by clear channel to make sure green day doesn't embarrass them." am i the only one who isn't surprised AT ALL about his drug issues? dude was a fucking METH HEAD at the height of his band's popularity!
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
So, wait, wait, WAIT.
Are you trying to tell us something, spazz? That Billie Joe Armstong was a METH HEAD?
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:27 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe he meant to write BETH HEAD.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
I FEEL LIKE I'M TAKING CRAZY PILLS
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
I'VE BEEN TAKING CRAZY PILLS SINCE 1988.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
so by 'meth' you mean...
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
I mean it's completely normal to record three complete records all at once, happens all the time.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm skeptical. On what? For what? Since when? Tested by? Confirmed by?
asking the tough questions
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Jordan S, boy detective
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
These guys used to write songs about doing speed so they must be constantly on it. I don't know, dude obviously has problems and I have no doubt he's indulged in the past. On the other hand, he's held himself together pretty well until this point.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
I don't want to be that guy really, but backstage after a Green Day show was one of the most chill, hey-howya-doin' scenes I've ever been to.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe they smoke up all the meth BEFORE the show.
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
just watched the video, honestly it was pretty hilarious and maybe like 40% righteous
he did seem to be slurring his words to me tho, for whatever that's worth
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 15:59 (eleven years ago) link
Oh certainly! The "outburst" didn't even seem that fucking bad!
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Hm. Could just be his English accent tho?
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Love his face after 'Look at that fucking sign right there. One. Minute.'
― MikoMcha, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
And then the sign says "one minutes". Loved that.
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
In England, they add an "s" to "minute," like "maths."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
his english accent??
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
it was a joke on the fact that he sings with a fake accent
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
o
― instafapper (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
At about 1:00, he lapses into British accent with "fuckin' jow-kin'"
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:09 (eleven years ago) link
I mean, it's Green Day British, I don't want to offend any of our boardmates.
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
did anyone else get a pro-wrestling vibe from that video? felt like the camera would cut away to vince mcmahon fuming backstage.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
"Warner Brothers Records and its subsidiaries are not responsible for the behavior and opinions of its musicians. Green Day and its management offers its apology and has announced that lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong has been sent to a rehabilitation center for being a BAD ASS."
― pplains, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol philip
― some dude, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
smashing guitar on stage is banal.he should have been getting down there and smash the sign itself!
― nostormo, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
I work for F3nd3r and that Dirnt bass was just sent to him and was a prototype :)
― Nickelback of folk (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
XD Oh man, so has the office been all up in arms?
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, it's pretty badass to everyone! We are hoping we can get that back for posterity.
― Nickelback of folk (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link
You should have the team build a breakaway guitar so that people on a budget can have the satisfaction of smashing them but are able to reassemble them later.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
seeing as you mentioned that... I've not seen a guitar smashed irl for a while, do the necks always break away this cleanly...?
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Music/Pix/pictures/2012/9/24/1348479861130/Green-Days-Billie-Joe-Arm-008.jpg
― Did communist FB take down the awesome bacon quran picture? (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
gibsons do
― how's life, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
which guitars actually smash instead of just the neck breaking off? does the wood have to be hickory?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
it's weird how Billie Joe seems to have not only totally avoided the common advanced-aging ravages of prolonged meth use, he actually looks like he has not aged at all
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
Sharing this mostly because I wanna know what Ivy thinks
https://www.stereogum.com/2247936/green-day-albums-worst-to-best/lists/counting-down/?fbclid=IwAR2LHSbA84OYQmWtXOVbzqIIHkrtw9Vbu4DBlQAsRIY1UGA6lHiXKkT-KSg
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:24 (three months ago) link
21st century breakdown is way too fucking low
― ivy., Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:26 (three months ago) link
Absolutely unimpeachable top three though, glad to see someone rightly rate Warning and Insomniac over Dookie.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:32 (three months ago) link
Insomniac is the right answer. It’s the only album of theirs I bother with in full tbh, though Dookie and Warning are great too
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:34 (three months ago) link
for me it goes nimrod / american idiot / 21st century breakdown / warning / insomniac / dookie (cont.)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:36 (three months ago) link
Kerplunk! is the peak, I listened to most of Warning recent to figure out a song that was stuck in the recesses of my brain and it’s pretty monotonous. Better than everything that came after but worse than Kerplunk to Insomniac.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:37 (three months ago) link
Warning is one of my favourite sounding albums. Pretty perfect production.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:43 (three months ago) link
i am blown away that someone would rank 39/smooth over american idiot but reading the blurbs i'm not sure i understand where this writer is coming from at all
― ivy., Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:44 (three months ago) link
might be a microgenerational thing idk, i was an adolescent green day fan and they were the first rock band i liked, even people a few years older than me had little-to-no taste for warning or especially american idiot
― ivy., Thursday, 18 January 2024 18:47 (three months ago) link