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Totally random. Ever since learning that the Cantonese word for 'dog' is gau2 (狗; Mandarin form is gǒu) Baby Eyes isn't the same. I mean, I can't help but imagine Billie shouting something like 'DOG DOG DOG' in Chinese.

^ You're welcome!

I think it's only fair that they did aim to profit anyway though. They were failing commercially with Warning and would have probably got dropped if American Idiot had failed, and that's when they pulled out all the stops. It may have been money motivated but it still gave us one of the most important albums many of us have ever heard. I think it's because of albums like that and Breakdown that they're able to have fun and not worry too much about profit. Ultimately with American Idiot, if it hadn't been great it wouldn't have sold as well as it did, so even if they were purely doing it for profit (which they probably weren't) they still put loads of effort in and wrote an amazing album.

I know someone already answered your question, but there's a BIG photo from GDA's gallery where you can actually read his armbands here.

To say they only do it for fun is a bit of a mis-characterization. They certainly have fun, but I think for example, the whole AI-image renewal and media-blitz was money motivated and I think it was clear that the band wanted to be popular again. And there is nothing wrong with that at all, but they certainly aimed to profit.

Also not 'Angel Blue (come on!)' on "Angel Blue"^^ But since nobody asked for anyones opinion - screw everybody who complains

I have to admit that I was expecting more of the trilogy and the era. That said, I think the band should have released 'Demolicious' in 2012. Unlike the Trilogy, promotion of Demolicious has been quite... quiet, and I think it would have fit in with the nature of the songs and the objective of the entire project. Not to say that the songs off the Trilogy are only demo-worthy, but they weren't enough to start this new 'era' that everyone was preaching about. The band let us look into the process of recording and it was an awesome experience. But I think they showed us a little too much and it raised everyone's expectations. People waited day after day, and week after week for trailers, snapshots, and all these things that the band was letting the world see prior to the release and it built up extreme anticipation from the fans. They were comparing the sound to AC/DC and the Beatles. To Kerplunk. Posters were everywhere. They were going to be on CSI and on a Will Ferrell film. They were getting the world ready for a punk rock revolution it seemed back then. Yes, they didn't exactly say they were going to try and top their previous works but they did build a lot of hype. Too much hype for the fans' own good. Releasing it in the same way they've released Demolicious (in terms of promotion, and maybe production) would have been the most Rock n' Roll thing to do if that was what they were going for. And it would have been safer to do too. If they had embarked on some "Shenanigans World tour", now... I think that would have been the end of them.

I just saw the photo (here it is for those curious). That is just a photoshopped version of this advertisement from 2005 showing that Green Day was nominated for 7 Grammy Awards http://www.greendayauthority.com/articles/45/1/

Yeah, at that point the only reason for them not being allowed to play was because they have a rule against any major label bands playing, it was nothing personal. It was a bit cheeky of them but they were among friends so I doubt anyone there was particularly bothered by the one off rule break.

This. I think a lot of people on this forum have an idyllic view of their music-making process. "They do it cause they luuuv it, they don't care what anyone thinks!" Their jobs, per se, are to make and sell music. They know that, and if they were just making music for the sake of loving it, one could argue they wouldn't have signed onto a major record label with the intent to sell a shitton of records and get rich. So if they don't sell music, they're failing at their jobs. And they know that. There's no way they "don't care," as much as everyone here would like to think that's true. That's evident in their lack of trilogy promotion post-rehab and lack of significant acknowledgment of the music in their setlist. "Eh, this didn't work, fuck it, let's try something else some other time..."

The nuclear family video is one of my favourite green day videos and it's not even by them

That is amazing. Possibly the best setlist I've ever seen on here. How about the least played song from each album? Some albums have multiple songs that have NEVER been played live, but on those I just made a choice. The least played song from each Green Day album: 1. Green Day 2. No One Knows 3. In the End 4. Bab’s Uvula Who? 5. Uptight 6. Misery 7. JAR 8. Haha You’re Dead 9. She’s a Rebel 10. Restless Heart Syndrome 11. Fell For You 12. Nightlife 13. The Forgotten

^Damn! Looks like Laly was faster XD yep, it's from the GoTV interview. (I wish someone uploaded the GoTV video where they talk about their favorite music videos) gah

Can't post the HQ, but here's this one:

This shirt