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Hanging out at a bar in Melbourne, the boys about 5 metres away!

the entire band/crew were out (minus mike and brit) having a few drinks. security for the band, like harry said was extremely tight, i tried saying a quick hello to billie upon arrival but was very quickly shut down by personal security. tre was very kind to fans and told his personal security to back off so that we could all talk to him personally. an amazing night! one that ill never forget

We are trying. Security is extremely tight. We can't even go say hi. Absolutely freaking out tho.

This's me almost 8 years ago XD

Or maybe because they're a different band and that's not how they want to do things? A totally different sound with each album isn't the only way to be a good band, different bands have different styles and preferences etc when it comes to making music. Why is a pop punk band making another pop punk album instead of a heavy metal album or a dance album? Perhaps because they like making pop punk music! But even though they've kept a core sound they've still experimented by adding different other sounds/influences to it on all their albums. And done some really bold things such as releasing a folk influenced album in the middle of a nu metal craze and doing a rock opera, having been known for 3 chord songs about masturbating and smoking weed. Do you think most punk or pop punk bands have more variety to their sound than Green Day?? I don't.

They did try some new and different sounds on Warning and Trilogy and people freaked out and said those albums sucked. So if they try something new people get mad, but if they sound the same people get mad, What are they supposed to do? It seems to me that some people are never satisfied. As they have said in past interviews they make the music they like. It's what makes them happy. We are lucky that they share it with us and should be grateful. Just my humble opinion of course.

They experimented quite a lot on the trilogy though? Kill the DJ, Nightlife and Brutal Love especially aren't like anything they've put out before. To a lesser extent but still, Oh Love, Drama Queen, The Forgotten and 8th Ave. Serenade aren't "traditional" Green Day, either. Whether the experiments turned out well is a different discussion (I like it but I know that's an unpopular opinion) but they definitely tried.

I could care less if people like Green Day or not, but I love laughing at a good portion of these people. I think we all know who I'm talking about. The "true punks" who always talk about how Green Day sold out and that American Idiot is just pop which automatically makes it bad or something.

Turns on TV - Millionaires hot seat is on: First question: Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer of which American punk rock band. Thank you just won $20,000

Seriously? They've repeatedly stated in recent interviews that they really don't care about that anymore, and they don't have to prove anything to anybody. And I feel like if that was their goal, they'd put more thought into the promotion of the singles I really don't think they made the album the way they did with the purpose of getting radio hits. Warning is highly praised now, but it definitely wasn't after it came out.

I haven't seen a bad review of Rev Rad though? All I've seen have been either average to good or good. Where is all this Rev Rad hate located?

I will forever love this clip.

If the world clock on my phone is correct he posted it around 2am local time. So pretty early. Aaand pretty darn cute.

I love this too

Unfortunately we just have to expect reception like this. It really sucks and seems to be a huge risk for bands trying to experiment. Check out the 0/10 fan reviews on Metacritic. People act like the band "betrayed" them or something. It's so funny. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remember that Metacritic weighs scores differently based on reputation of different critics/websites. Not discrediting you or anything! I'd say that list is pretty accurate anyways.

That button of himself as a kid, I'm done.

Niiiiice! Not at all jealous

Rev Rad is definitely in the top of of my GD album list and I'd give it a 9 out of 10. SB easily makes the top 5 of my favourite GD songs, and I have a tendency to turn BB up bloody loud whenever it comes on my iPod (I must look crazy bopping along to it at work). The only thing I feel lets Rev Rad down is the quality of ''album'' songs/ non-singles like SG and outlaws, which arent of the quality of the album songs on the likes of AI, Dookie, etc.

It's a rock station which broadcasts in many countries but not in the US as far as I know. Here's the link to the Italian one: http://www.virginradio.it/

http://www.metacritic.com/person/green-day According to metacritic, RevRad has GD's second best metacritic score. American Idiot has 79, RevRad and Warning both have 72, 21 CB has 70. Uno, Dos and Tré have scores of 67, 68 and 64 respectively. Shenanigans and Awesome as Fuck have 61 and 64 respectively. So RevRad is doing well with critical reception compared to most of their other albums

I was referring to Green Day apparently being a "joke on the internet" haha. But I'll put that in the same category as the claim that "most" Green Day fans don't like them going after Donald Trump or including politics in their music. I wouldn't call the reviews I've seen apathetic, they're not rave reviews but they're still mostly very positive and calling it a solid album. Again we must just view this very differently. The did the epic sounding political concept album American Idiot and then took the theatrical thing even further with 21st CB. But then they made the trilogy which is totally different to those albums, slightly rock n roll influenced simple songs exploring mid life crisis and partying themes. Now they've made a more classic rock influenced album of straightforward songs that does draw from various past albums but still has a sound of its own. I don't see their music as staying the same.

There's no denying (at least to myself) that RevRad contains some cringey lyrics. But it's nice to know that the same guy who wrote, say, Jesus of Suburbia, can sometimes miss the mark too he's just a human with a lot of stuff to say and sometimes can't quite convey it, but his point always comes across and meaning can always be found.

@desertrose just beat me to it

THE GREAT SAIYAMAN HAS COME TO SAVE THE INTERNET FROM THE EVILS OF BULLSH*T!

The Great Saiyaman has spoken

Please give us our 5 mins of fame

Same! I listened to it on repeat for days when it came out. Pretty sure that's why I'm sick of it now but I still like it. When RevRad came out a lot of people (including me) weren't that impressed on the first listen, but then it really grew on us. I know it's not the case for people here, but I imagine a lot of the disappointment with casual fans is just because they haven't bothered giving it time to grow on them. Having said that I haven't really seen much negativity? We can't measure how the album has been received by comments on social media anyway. Jenn is totally right that everything is a joke to the internet It's not my favourite Green Day album (nothing will ever beat 21CB for me anyway) but definitely in my top half. Sure, there are some clumsy lyrics and a couple of songs I'm not bothered about, but I love the rest and I think there are some of Billie's lyrics in there. Still Breathing is in my top 3 songs of all time.

This makes me sad. I think RevRad is wonderful and has some of BJ's best ever songwriting.