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Me before the leak: I cba with this era Me after the leak: preorders the rainbow vinyl, the lightning bolt jumper, and the CD

I bet people in 2004 said the exact same thing when American Idiot didn't sound like Dookie.

Oh, so I've been listening to Green Day for 15 years, but because I think this one album is absolutely terrible I'm not a fan?? Nah, fuck you. I've actually got high expectations on this band because I KNOW that they can do better. Being a fan doesn't mean being a sheep.

Can't wait for the HQ version Friday. There's so much in these songs we probably aren't hearing.

Petition to bring back Mike vocals on albums plz.

I swear, Billie tries to act all aloof like "You think I'm hot? Little ol me?" but he totally knows! Just look at that face! That's a "yeah I'm hot shit" face

Review here from RIFF magazine: https://riffmagazine.com/album-reviews/green-day-father-of-all-motherfuckers/ ALBUM REVIEW: Green Day glams up its sound on ‘Father of All Motherfuckers’ Halfway through Bay Area pop-punk heroes Green Day’s 13th album, Father Of All Motherfuckers, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong declares “I was a teenage teenager/ Full of piss and vinegar.” It’s a sentiment that aptly describes the band’s latest release, a no-nonsense amps-to-11 showcase of raw, old-school rock. Looking for a reenergized sound and a new voice in the room, the band enlisted Butch Walker to take the producing helm. Walker, who’s worked with Fall Out Boy, Weezer and Panic At the Disco, has a keen ability at revitalizing a band’s identity and refreshing its sound. Father of All Motherfuckers thrives on immediacy. The record is frenetic, and it’s clear that Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt had some magic as they played down tracks together in one room. It’s vintage riff-based rock with a stadium bombast. The songs play like they were written with the live environment in mind. As Armstrong described the album prior to it’s unveiling, the band channeled glam rock, Motown and soul through the lens of three-chord punk rock. The band also injected the lo-fi energy of its Foxboro Hot Tubs alter ego side project. The title track, which opens the album, packs everything this collection of songs aims to be in a tight 2:30-minute package that spits fire from the opening notes. Armstrong is nearly unrecognizable at first, singing the first verse almost entirely in falsetto. This song, as well as second track “Fire, Ready, Aim,” features fuzz-tone riffs and Armstrong leading with way with his throaty call and response sing-along choruses. In the past, Green Day albums have delved into the political sphere, but Father of All Motherfuckers aims to cut to the more personal and primal urges. The manic nature of the songwriting is purposeful, representing the chaos of the “riot” of culture and society. “Oh Yeah!” harkens back to a sound closer to the band’s more experimental ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tres! trilogy, a glam rock jam built through the rhythms of drummer Tre Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt. “Meet Me On The Roof” taps deeper into the Motown sound to an almost danceable punk rock track. Claps, tambourines, harmonized backing vocals and the return of Armstrong’s falsetto drive this song. Dirnt’s low-end opens “I Was a Teenage Teenager,” a track that recalls an earlier punk Green Day sound. Fans waiting for the band to return to pure punk or pop-punk may have to wait a bit longer, but for those fans there is still much to dig into on this album. “Stab You In The Heart” brings out some of the rawest rock and roll here, mixing in some rockabilly with classic rock overtones. Walker, the producer, even makes a brief appearance providing the backing vocals. “Sugar Youth” is the musical equivalent of a sugar rush, an all-out rocker clocking in at a tight one minute and 54 seconds, with Armstrong declaring “I got the shakes/ And I’m on fire/ I’ve the feeling/ And it’s dangerous.” Midway through the song, Armstrong references “all hell breaking loose,” which is which is the best way to describe the pacing. “Junkies On High” is one of the only mid-tempo moments. The track has a bass-driven half-time swagger that builds into the electric chorus. “Take The Money And Crawl” is another hard rocker that makes no apologies for its in-your-face attitude. It has some of Armstrong’s best guitar playing on the album, which keeps pace with his doubled verse vocal. Closer “Graffitia” mixes everything from riffs to keys and additional vocals by Walker, which wouldn’t have sounded foreign being performed by a young Elton John. There’s a lot to like from Father of All Motherfuckers. It’s lean, raucous and makes as big a mess as it can along the way.

Fuck, thanks for posting this man. I thought I was allowed to dislike something a band puts out and still love them dearly and cherish years and years with their music. I forgot I wasn't actually a Green Day fan, so your super pretentious post is helping me move on. Gonna throw out all of my Green Day shit pronto!!!

Finally got my first few listens in, and man what a fucking album. I love all the experimentation (more than I thought I would) and I think the album is much more familiar than the 3 singles are. It's definitely Green Day, just with so much more to offer. I think there is a lot of complexity in these 30 minutes that has yet to be discovered - can't wait until Friday to hear it in it's full glory!

I see we have entered the list phase, that’s fun 🙄

I can't believe there still no proper stereo leak out there 🤨

I kept feeling really bad for listening to the record ripped like this. Then I remembered how I felt in love with AI and GD: downloading a totally illegal copy of the record from Gnutella (geez I feel old now). The thing is that it ended up being a corrupted file including only a poor quality version of AI, Holiday, Homecoming and Whatshername. Since I downloaded it 15 minutes before leaving for a 2 weeks motorhome on the road holiday with my parents (wifi and 4G were not really a thing in 2004 ), for two weeks I only listened to those songs on repeat, with an iPod and shitty EarPods. After a week I actually bought the CD in a Slovakian shopping centre, but since the motorhome didn't have a CD player and my parents didn't allow me to buy one of those portable CD players (I mean I had an iPod, how can you blame them, but I was fucking pissed at the time 😂), I had to wait another week to actually listen to the whole thing. I still have that corrupted file somewhere in one of my HDDs Considering how much I loved the real record afterwards, and how much money I ended up giving to these guys, they should not be too mad at me and I'm bot feeling guilty anymore

Anyway, I think there’s no way this record will have the gentle reception RR had. RR was 100% Green Day’s (And their fanbase’s) comfort zone, this is at least for a good half something that goes in the opposite direction. There are more canonical songs that are actually pretty fucking amazing, and I think this will make it if not fully appreciated at least not hated by most of their fans, but it’s still a big departure from classical GD, haters gonna hate. I am not surprised at all to see some negative or not too warm reactions in here, but I am really happy to see that most of them are actually very or mostly positive, it’s not something I would have give for granted at all with this kind of record, and IMHO it’s really good indicator of the great quality behind this work So much freaking looking forward for the actual record now...

It looks like Billie has deleted the last two weeks worth of posts, the Sluggers one is gone 😢

The chiefs are based in Kansas City, Missouri. Not Kansas City, Kansas. some comments from Billie on the trump doesn’t know sports geography:

Perfect match.😆

Fangirling over Billie's speaking voice in this Also, Billie + dogs = 😍😍😍

This fucking Friday 😍😍

Stealing @Nightlife's job

Wow, seeing a lot of ratings, album comparisons, deep songs by song reviews with grades and so on. I mean I really love this record already and I already spent hours talking about this and partially did this but... I think I should and will wait the actual album and not a mono version that doesn’t fully represent the final wok of both the band and everyone else that worked on this to compare it to the rest of their discography.

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Meet Me on the Roof is groovy as fuck from start to finish, I love it even more the more I listen to it. There's something so satisfying about going from a decent but fairly chilled song like Oh Yeah, straight into the party vibe of MMOTR. It never fails to lift my mood.

This is GDC, people absolutely will be assholes at any given chance

Meet Me On The Roof is a masterpiece. Great album!

so its a troll album. all we get is a mono leak and no actual record that we can own

I don't understand the assumption that Billie would choose the turtle? I'd be looking out for him if there's an unicorn

“I don’t want to be a Romeo” — yeah right 😂

Omg I didn't know this was an actual thing! I literally had an argument with my dad the other day about how llamas are actually similar to unicorns, and he just couldn't see it at all. I'm gonna have to tell him about this Funnily enough, as I'm writing this, I'm sitting next to a llama cushion that is dressed as a unicorn, whilst eating a chocolate llama, and this is my phone background. All evidence points towards me being a llamacorn superfan, despite me not even knowing it was a thing until now.🤔😂

They really wanted the Bratwurst, that’s why.

Looks like German Rolling Stone doesn't like the album that much.. 2/5 stars

He’s punishing us for the leak

I don’t think he would post half of the selfies he does if he really was vain!

I'm listening again and you know what I don't think this is how you're supposed to say "hyperbole"

Yeah if there's something more annoying than people patronising (SHARE THAT FUCKING PANICLAND SONG AGAIN, I DARE YOU) fans who enjoy this, it's fans calling people who dislike this non-fans. Everyone that has this black and white mentality can take a walk or can suck my cock

Is BJ deleting heaps of posts atm?

Bridesmaid comment confirms KFAD will still be going strong @UNICORN VOMIT. 😊

Im sorry but a Green Day fan can still be a Green Day fan for thinking an average album is average. Green Day have done some quality shit in the past and if compared to that, this just isn't going to do it for some people.

God I freakin love this band. I can't even pick out favorites yet because they're all so good! What I will say is I feel that it's probably their most consistent album in a long time? Just a blast from start to finish.

Can you please confirm which of the below you are referring to? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Berry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckcherry

Do you people ever listen to other bands? Basically any band that's been around as long as Green Day (and for bad bands, even less) have similar riffs and melodies sprinkled into their music. There's only so many notes and combinations. Green Day isn't egregious with it by any means.

When you find out that your mother almost named you Cleopatra, which would've shortened to Cleo, and you're genuinely upset about missing out on sharing a name with one of Billie's dogs.

this chat is full of piss and vinegar

Ok, I have to thank you because this Bruno Mars thing is making me laugh very badly, I really don't know how where you hear that but that's ok 😂 I love this kind of classical American political lyrics in the vein of Bruce Springsteen and similar, The Clash are on par with the Who my favourite classic rock band and they are all over the place here, but in a very respectful and sincere way. To me Graffitia is like a big "thank you Joe Strummer, for all you have done to contemporary music, we miss you, I hope you will enjoy this". I get emotional even only writing about this. And I absolutely adore the level of deepness this track has both on the instrumental and lyrical components. I love the drums, the guitar, the piano, the bass, It's just THE song for me. I love it because when you have a song like this mixed in a record that doesn't want to be like that all the time, it really stands out. It makes me love more both the song and the rest of the record.

Fun how you list in the suck ass and mediocre category some of my absolute favorites 😄 Music taste is such a beautiful thing 😄

Top 5 imho: 1. American Idiot, 2. RevRad, 3. 21CB, 4. Dookie/Nimrod tie, 5. Tre this totally belongs in the unpopular opinion thread

So to properly rank my GD albums i gotta listen to the entire albums again

His smile makes me feel warm 🖤