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The choppy guitar part from the intro that runs all the way through all the verses on the studio version.

Cool! I want one. I tried using the Guitar Rig BOBD preset when I covered it with Alyssa recently but it was shite so I ended up tracking six guitars and drawing the fades in manually. Turned out pretty ace in the end, I think.

On the studio version they put the volume fades in manually. So Billie just strummed the chords then the volume is automated to go up and down rapidly, which is how you get the effect. There are pedals to do it automatically for live performance but playing in time can be a challenge, and it just sounds better to draw the volume fades in manually. Plus the tremolo part on BOBD is multitracked so it sounds a lot thicker. I imagine if they did it with one guitar and a pedal live it'd sound really weak.

Wednesday was the 10th anniversary of the first time I saw Green Day. I feel so very old.

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My dad actually designed and made an amplifier based around that tremalo sound, it's not quite the same but it's still pretty damn good.

i think yes. if i'm not wrong a few months ago someone ( maybe fluke_funzine on instagram or tumblr) posted a picture of her with a pink jumpsuit

The Grouch made the hot 100 the year Good Riddance did, and that was played on Triple J. And in the previous and following hot 100's, Hitchin A Ride, and Nice Guys Finish Last made it. I bet The Grouch was only popular enough to get in the Hot 100 because of the Recovery performance though.

Joseph Armstrong @itsjarms · Jan 29 all my dogs are still alive.. idk where this info came from but they are alive. I promise.

The lights are triggered manually, though. The performance dictates the light show rather than the other way around.

A couple of reasons. They don't have enough guitarists, for a start Plus the part is so heavily processed it'd never sound as good as it does on the album. They've dropped it entirely in recent times, like the AAF version, and it sounds really crappy and weak without it in my opinion.

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Liv Matthews @livmatthews1 · 23h 23 hours ago Finally got it!signed by the one and only Billie Joe Armstrong! Best birthday present so far! @BJAofficial @GreenDay

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Just bought Tune in Tokyo!!! Can't believe the shop I went to had one! I don't even have a record player but I had to get it. Haha Definitely will be purchasing one though. Also, this store has 1,039 Smooth and Kerplunk on CD which I shall be purchasing asap. If you're ever in Houston, check out Vinal Edge! Selection is insane!