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I need to learn not to read so quickly. I read pic and dump in the opposite order. That would be a very different post.

Don't make me think of a possibility of club shows. Seeing them in a small venue is my dream but I don't want to deal with the stress of it actually happening

Oh I hope so. I’m actually going to be in a Spain on 2 Nov, sadly not that near and only for a few days with friends so can hardly dash away but might see them getting media exposure, I’m always ridiculously excited to just be in the same country as they are!

Wait, does that say they’ll be playing a MTV Workd stage show on 2 November? Those shows are usually recorded aren’t they, their 2009 was great.

This explains everything, it’s not Billie that’s on GDC, it’s Adie! Thanks for this Adie 😍😍😂😂

Thought this one probably belonged in here too (From Adrienne's instagram story):

Yeah I don't think this album is going to have the poetry of Insomniac, AI or 21cb. I wouldn't say the song FOAMF has terrible lyrics. There's not a lot of lyrics it's directly to the point. I think that will be somewhat of a theme here. Rather than write a novel on the world like previous albums it's more of a protest through "No Comment". I feel like FRA is somewhat similar to what KYE was. KYE was used in similar vain as FRA and the song doesn't say much. The only difference is FRA doesn't really say anything at all. I almost kind of feel like this is the reasoning for having the vocals mixed way at the back. Despite the lyrics saying nothing, Billie's singing sounds great and he's still cutting through the heavy guitars. The thing is I don't even think it's a bad song at all though. The music fits with the sport it's representing. I mean, We Will Rock You has been a huge sports anthem for years and that song doesn't really say much lyrically as well vs other Queen songs that tell a huge story.

I've only just realised Billie says "that was pretty tasty" after Sex, Drugs & Violence on Demolicious. Also I didn't notice Jeff's vocals live but they ruin most videos from this show Glad I watched it tho because I get way too excited about spotting myself in the crowd and my smiling face is lurking

Yeah there's a pro-shot video of the 2009 show. I'm excited for this and it makes me wonder if they're coming over to Europe just for this. I think there's more coming like interviews, TV appearances etc.

I'm not googlinh flights I'm not googling flights I'm no

Sorry I didn't want to bring him up but the realization that my pitchy wailing along choruses counts as backing vocals good enough to play in a band with bja hits me hard. I can still make it!

I think it's an app or a filter

I'll add to the photo dump. Haha

Short article here from the List: Billie Joe Armstrong 'pulled his hair out' over Green Day's new album https://www.list.co.uk/article/112070-billie-joe-armstrong-pulled-his-hair-out-over-green-days-new-album/ Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong was pulling his "hair out" whilst making the band's new album. The 47-year-old singer has admitted to experimenting with various sounds during the recording sessions for 'Father of All Motherf***ers', which is poised for release in February 2020. He explained: "I knew I wanted to do something different. "I'd always loved British mod music from the Sixties, but I wanted to go to where the source was and see if I could put [soul] through the Green Day filter. "It was a lot of trial and error, a lot of pulling my f***ing hair out." Meanwhile, Billie's bandmate Mike Dirnt thinks the popular band is currently making some of the best music they've ever made. And the 47-year-old bassist is happy and relieved he's managed to remain at the top of the music industry for so many years. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Mike – who formed the chart-topping band alongside Billie in 1986 – shared: "It's been a f***ing crazy ride. "How the hell I'm vertical and still putting out what I consider to be the best f***ing music of our career is beyond me. I'm humbled by it all the time, but I'm still hungry and I still wanna kick a lot of ass." Don;t think this has already been posted

i miss fangirling with y'all so here's a very random billie pic dump for ya day (still trying to stick with the theme of thigh magic here): hello thighs! (just for u @DadBod )

So honestly just the usual.

When you do this to your sister's dogs. Charlie and Cooper must prefer GD's older stuff because clearly they weren't meant to be unicorns. Although Cooper, like many people here, seemed to finally accept his new friend.

You're reading your conference schedule rooming assignments and it says "LACC West 409" and your brain automatically adds "in your coffee maker" (fingers crossed the room doesn't change just so I can take a pic before/after the session)

" It kills the mood and should make a person feel more cautious" Who tells you he doesn't feel more cautious now? I for my part feel relieved that he unveils the alcohol taboo thing. Some people don't need abstinence... and even if it ever gets out of hand for him again in the future, he's well cared for around him and will advise then. Nothing indicates that it is out of control now, nothing at all. The comparisons with the trilogy are recognizable but not on the unhealthy aspect to me. I wasn't a fan yet at that period and so I don't have any flashbacks like some may have to it, but from all the videos I saw from that time Billie looks very different. He looks very healthy now, while from the beginning of the trilogy tour he didn't. I see the similitudes but the ones I see are good. He's immersing himself in what he tried to do at that time and is doing it now in another much cooler way (a tiny album vs a trilogy), to complete the buckle in a way. Doing this after these several years and after another album which wasn't focused on that seems sane to me. I think what matters the most is for him to be able to listen to his limits for everything, alcohol, tour, pressure, etc. and only himself knows them. Taking elements by themselves like drinking, partying, etc. is not significant. How he looks is more significant. Only the future will tell. Meanwhile, we can't pretend to know how he feels / what he thinks. The only thing we have is what he purposefully shows. He shows us what he does now, precisely knowing what we can think of, and this is everything but denial. I think Billie is a complex person like any other and we can't just reduce him to either "non-drinking / healthy / relieved to be still alive" or "drinking / party mood / unhealthy/ in denial and doesn't care anymore". Not saying someone said that exactly but the two figures are continuously showing up when speaking about Foam era and comparing it to Rev Rad. Saying that while I love Rev Rad and the mood it had in particular. I think a lot of the comparison elements hinges on what he shows during the two eras, because we don't know exactly what he does anyway. Showing now that he clearly isn't sober but that he can still do things right is a bold move, but it's in his character, so. I think he does it all in a thoughtful way, not acted, but precisely on the opposite to denial and carelessness.

I saw @That Dude posting on FOAMF thread listing his Green Day album rankings and I figured out to do same, but I realized it might be (lol) unpopular opinions mostly so I post it here instead. I'm really interested where I would rank FOAMF, but we will see that during next february. My prediction would be top 6 at best. As always, unpopular opinions are still my own personal opinions. If you happen to love some song or album that I don't love, it's okay. Hopefully you think the same. 1. ¡Dos! - Easily their best album with no bad songs. As previously mentioned many times on this thread, you can argue that their lyrics especially on Nightlife weren't their best material ever but one song containing experimental tunes don't dispute the fact how fucking awesome the whole album is musically and lyrically. See You Tonight is probably the best way to start dirty album, Lazy Bones is their best produced song, Stop When The Red Lights Flash has the coolest guitar riff of any GD songs, Fuck Time has really fun solo and Makeout Party is fucking nuts. I love how slow Wild One is, Stray Heart is really great and sweet song, Ashley is a banger, Baby Eyes (especially on demo version with bass intro) is not bad, Lady Cobra is my top 3 favorite Green Day song, Nightlife is great experimental dark track, Wow! That's Loud is a great ending to this album with ending to distortion, but of course Billie wanted to do encore and pay homage to Amy with sweet song. I will never understand how this is considered their worst album when there are clearly shittier ones. 2. American Idiot - There is nothing much to say about this album. This was the album that started my guitar playing and Wake Me Up When September Ends has been the most meaningful song from GD for me since age of 11 when my father died. Not my favorite album tho, since Homecoming is by far albums weakest link and I've never liked that much She's a Rebel, but as with ¡Dos! there are no bad songs, just songs that are not my taste. 3. ¡Uno! - Oh boy how I loved Let Yourself Go when it came out as a live video. I was in hospital when the album came out and I remember being so happy about finally having studio version of that song. Later I managed to get rest of the album in my hands and didn't love it as much as LYG, but in later years it clearly was my one of the favorites. Same thing as with AI that there are no bad songs, but there are not that many highlights either. First 5 songs are clearly their strongest start of any album, but ending with Oh Love was not a good choice. 4. 21st Century Breakdown - If only this album hadn't been so long with few fillers I dislike, this would've been in my top 3 favorites. I've always hated See the Light, Horseshoes and Handgrenades is a filler with nothing interesting going on (excluding that beautiful scream), Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) is not my favorite either and Last Night on Earth is boring. However, when that same album has The Static Age, 21 Guns, 21st Century Breakdown, Murder City, Peacemaker, Restless Heart Syndrome, American Eulogy, Christian's Inferno and Before the Lobotomy, it's certainly not a bad album and it's fucking great. I've overplayed Know Your Enemy to the ground already so I can't stand it right now, but it's not a bad song either. Viva La Gloria! I left as a question mark because honestly, I don't know do I like it or not. 5. Dookie - The good ol' Dookie which I've never liked as a full album from start to finish, but still has great songs. She is my favorite song ever, Welcome to Paradise is extremely fun to play on any instrument, Longview is phenomenal and I've always liked Pulling Teeth, Chump has a great fucking ending, maybe even their best ending to any song, but other songs on the album are clearly not for me. Basket Case has been always something I've disliked, but in recent years I've been softer to it and it no longer makes me to puke when I hear it, When I Come Around is just boring bland song, Sassafras Roots doesn't give me anything and I only like Burnout's drum solo. Ranking is this high only due to She's existence and ¡Tre! having 2 of the worst Green Day songs ever. Speaking of it.. 6. ¡Tre! - If only they would have never written Drama Queen and The Forgotten, this album would've been easily in top 3 for me. Those songs are so painfully boring and bland it makes me sick. Lyrics are not good, instruments are not good (even though I like little bit of Drama Queen's solo) and worst of them all, they are both on this album. However, I still love most of the songs from ¡Tre! Brutal Love used to be one of the most meaningful songs for my life, 8th Avenue Serenade is just so sweet, Missing You always reminds me of my wife, X-Kid is beautiful song dedicated for someone who have committed suicide and Walk Away has one of the strongest intros in Green Day music. I like Amanda even though it's nothing special, A Little Boy Named Train used to be one of those songs I really hate but have started to love later and Dirty Rotten Bastards is completely opposite; loved first, hate now. Lastly, 99 Revolutions is a great song but I wish they would've kept that key change in demo version to studio version; it makes the song feel more epic and I'm glad that they atleast played it once as a live like in demo version. Great album, but sadly 2 of the worst Green Day songs in same album doesn't get any better ranking. 7. Kerplunk - The production of this album is always the thing that first turns me off but when I start listening it more and more, I always ask myself why I don't listen it more. Maybe because most of the songs from this album are clearly better live? Or because it's just not my taste? I don't know. However, even though there are a lot of songs I've disliked, there are 2 huge gems in this album which I've always loved: No One Knows and Christie Road (and you can basicly count WTP aswell). Huge shame that they've never played No One Knows and Christie Road is one of my favorite GD songs ever. One Of My Lies is not bad, Who Wrote Holden Caulfied is fucking awesome especially live and Dominated Love Slave is obviously their best song ever. Android is strange and rest of the songs I've never cared about. 8. Insomniac - It's starting to go down to rare gems in albums when we're this down on rankings. Insomniac is not even that bad; it's just that Green Day has produced so many great fucking albums that when we put albums in rankings, it doesn't make any justice to Insomniac. Geek Stink Breath, 86, Stuart and the Ave, Panic Song, Brain Stew, Jaded and Armatage Shanks are all great songs but rest of the songs are not in my top 50 favorite Green Day songs. 9. Nimrod - The album that is even more unnecessarily long than 21CB. Nimrod is still not that bad album, but there are so many songs that I either heavily dislike (King For A Day) or don't care to listen at all (Worry Rock, The Grouch, you name it). However, as always, there are songs I either love (Hitchin' A Ride, Good Riddance, Take Back) or just like very much (Haushinka, Nice Guys Finish Last, Platypus I Hate You). Clearly not one of my favorites, but I understand if you name it as your favorite. 10. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours - At the Library and Don't Leave Me are both fucking great songs that should be played more live (especially At the Library which I've always loved so much). Going to Pasalacqua and Rest are good aswell, but basicly only reason why this is not ranked higher than Nimrod is because this raw album is maybe even too raw for me. Then again, I have my days when I listen the whole album and say ''fuck yeah this is the best green day ever''. Not a bad album at all. 11. Warning - Alright, first album where I said it right away: This is clearly a bad album. I've always hated it and there is no other way to say it. Warning, Waiting and Minority are all listenable material but rest of the album (especially Church on Sunday) is just so bad. I've always tried to understand why people dislike Trilogy's production but I never see anyone question how weak their sound is on Warning. Maybe it was supposed to be weak and sweet? Maybe that's the thing and then it just makes my opinion irrelevant. No matter how many times I see posts regarding how awesome this album is, it is not awesome at all for me. I'd rather listen Drama Queen for one hour loop than this album from start to finish. 12. Revolution Radio - And even when I completely shat on Warning, it wasn't even their worst fucking album! No, their latest full album release was Revolution Radio from 2016 and that release was the most disappointing thing ever. I've said many times how I dislike Forever Now (which is by far their worst song ever), how I dislike how generic and painful some of the tracks are (especially Still Breathing and Somewhere Now) and how I dislike the production (mostly in Say Goodbye, Bang Bang and Outlaws this is a big fucking problem). Sure, lyrics and everything may have been the most honest Billie Joe has ever written, but it's not a excuse at all how bad the songs are. When the lyrics are something like this: wE lIvE iN tRoUbLeD tImEs OUUUUUUTLAAAAAAAAAAAAAWS My name is Billie and I'm freaking out YOUNG, BLOOD 'Cause I'm still breathing on my own I'm running late to somewhere now I don't want to be.. The list continues on and on. Ordinary World is utter trash, Troubled Times is hilariously bad, I don't even understand what the fuck were they doing with Say Goodbye and god how Bang Bang was wasted on this album. My hopes were high when Bang Bang was released and many people thought it was gonna be some good fucking album, but then it turned out to be disaster. They were not gonna rock and roll like in previous 3 albums, they instead released album that is full of nostalgia, pop and ''epicness''. It's been 3 years since I first heard this album and I still hate it to this day, so it's not like I recently heard it on first time or anything. After all, I just hope they do trilogy treatment to this album and don't play any songs of it live anymore (and if there has to be some song, Bang Bang would be great choice to this new era where Father of All is way too long apparently) and just forget it. For one last point about Still Breathing where you can either blame instruments, lyrics, production or whatever: When every other sad/hopeful/etc Green Day song sounds like he actually means it, Still Breathing doesn't sound any of like it. I don't know why I always get this vibe if I have to hear that song, maybe someone else knows.

It just keeps getting better and better 🤤

Lyrical substance or too dumb to die. Pick one.

HA! I literally laughed out loud. Thank you for that. 🤣😂🤣😂

Nope. One of my favorite parts of the show. I never want it to leave. I'd much rather they get rid of JOS and add in 2-3 songs there instead.

I don't think Father of All or Fire, Ready, Aim are really that different for Green Day, to be honest. The higher pitched vocals are new but otherwise they're standard pop punk songs, nothing that out of the ordinary. Kill the DJ was different.

Fuck no! King for a Day FOREVER!!! lol, seriously, it is epic the way they did it live last time I saw them. More please.

Those are some kick ass "beats," Mike. 😂

Airing 3rd of November

New show in Spain!! Last year Muse was headlining and tickets were only 5€!

Why have I not seen that second pic before now!!!! Legs, arm, hand and (zoom in) face 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥

Yes of course, we can't know what exactly is happening in his life and I agree that being like "oh so now he's fucked much sad such tragedy" would be a huge overreaction, but I don't think it's unreasonable that the similarity gets pointed out, because it's there. With that said, it's not something to investigate, just saying that I'm having fun with this and hope so are they. It seems they're not letting go until they finally do their garage record right.

From Adrienne's instagram story:

From Billie's instagram story:

There is nothing worth than clown. Nothing.

So when they're in their 80's the entire show will be just KFAD? I would come to this show

I agree, Jeff is quite often really off key.

For a contest I really don't mind signing up for newsletters because I always unsubscribe when the contest is over.

Guys...it's still happening Stop it, Green day!

It's quite a lot like Foxies imo, not only because of the 60's influence but also because of the rev-like descriptions and the aesthetic (I guess). Both Foxies and Longshot are better, but this is a decent continuation of the side projects and Dos. But yes, I must admit that I can't fully shake off feeling somewhat like "are they...okay?", despite the fact that I kind of enjoy the songs and believe that art should be judged independently but...I still can't fully get into the mood, most probably because this era gives me trilogy flashbacks.

Thinking about what's happened since the FOAM announcement reminded me of this response from Tre:

I can honestly say as a Scot who is against independence and a Brit who is against Brexit - believe me, I really don’t want to get into any of that here - I can totally agree with the feeling of wanting to turn my back on it all and just say bring on the unicorns and fuck of and dance. 😂

Oh wow the stache is amazing

Unicorns have been stalking me for weeks. I see them on TV, in the store, and in random books. My friend is a teacher and showed me a comic his student made...about unicorns. My niece has a backpack...with unicorns. While browsing watch faces for my smart watch I see this: While looking for Halloween decor I saw this: I'm on to you Green Day...

@solongfromthestars Yes, yes, yes, yes! Every time I see the complaint about RevRad being "safe" I honestly don't get it. Sure, it may be Green Day doing what they do best and they don't do anything super out of left field, but I've never considered it a safe record. Totally agree with everything you're saying here.

I'd say Rev Rad is their most emotional album because of how straightforward it is. Maybe it's the second after Insomniac, but that's very different.

When you're reading something for work and read the word "uniforms" as "unicorns".

That happened to me the other day when I was reading a Starbucks description that said foam. I can't see that word the same way now.

Mike should stick to what he does best.