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Well, I want to go deeper on this trilogy topic. First, I want to tell my experience on that era being a Southamerican Fan (Specifically, I'm from Chile). I remember 2012 so well. I was so excited about the Trilogy project. Billie made some tweets about going back to Southamerica for Trilogy tour, and I REALLY WANTED to listen to trilogy stuff live. However, as you know, the iHeart thing happened and Billie went to rehab. I felt 2012 it was a mixed feelings time to be a GD fan. The boys were releasing 3 records, but Billie went into a rehab. There were just some interviews that Mike did, explaining Billie's situation. The trilogy for months were a kind of "Billie's posthomous work". This collection of songs sounded great, but the band is not here to play them. Finally, Billie ended his rehab and the trilogy tour started in 2013. Months were passing by and no news about a tour in Southamerica. It was 2014, the tour ended, and I sadly understood I wouldn't get any chance to listen to a bunch of trilogy songs live. Then it was the RevRad era, and I had some hope to listen AT LEAST something from the trilogy. The guys came to Southamerica. I was paying attention to the news and the setlist on any country, and nothing. Then, they were in Chile and nothing again. However, they were in Corona Fest in Mexico and played Walk Away... I really enjoyed the gig in Chile in 2017 but I miss trilogy songs. I hope someday I could listen to them live. And second, how it was for you the OTIS MIXES for trilogy songs? Were they good for you? I loved Fell for you and Wild One mixes then and now.

What is happening right now lol ? I mean 90% of the time we just put Billie Joe's instagram story in this thread and nobody even replies but now you're coming out of nowhere with a strange racist comment lol wtf

He never said they were shitty songs he actually loves those songs, it’s just the production he was unhappy with in hindsight and also the initial lukewarm fan response. He was disappointed because he felt the songs didn’t get the attention they deserved. That’s why he tried remixing some of them and brought others out at the Longshot shows which was where he said “One time I wrote 36 songs that nobody listened to”. And he didn’t say they didn’t like them, he said they didn’t listen to them. Not enough people paid attention then. He was hoping to get people to pay attention now to the fact that these were really good songs.

I know right! He looks about 14-15 Few more photos Can't remember which award show these were from but Tre couldn't attend

I might be misremembering it then. Reading his thoughts about Trilogy on ''My Life in 15 songs'', he mentioned this: ''I love those songs, but a lot of it feels half-baked. It was a weird time. I sort of had my own private nervous breakdown.'' I might've forgotten or straight up skipped the first words, which were positive words about the songs. Then again, he has mentioned that he doesn't know what Nuclear Family is about, which gave me this negative feeling that he doesn't appreciate his own songs from Trilogy. He also did that podcast (was it 2020 or 2021?) where I'm also remembering not-so-great-words-about-the-songs, but maybe I'm misremembering that aswell. All in all, I'm glad to be wrong about it. God how much I'd love to hear anything from ¡Dos! again. Stop When The Red Lights Flash deserves permanent spot on setlist.

Jason White has posted about PHGP too

Birmingham 2009

They are just having fun right now. You shouldn't look at previous album cycles to gain insight on this one. It really seems like they are just doing what they want without care for the promo cycles of yesteryear.

This is ridiculous a man had his car stolen. He’s not allowed to ask for help to recover it because of the size of his bank account?

Kinda racist to assume that it’s bipoc people who steal, don’t you think?

My brother lives near Costa Mesa. Maybe he'll be the one to find it! Then he can meet Billie and ask him for me when the next album teaser is going to drop because it's driving us crazy 😄

Nope, it hasn't. Trilogy marked officially the end of an era when it comes to Green Day forever staying and acting younger what they actually were. They became a lot more careful and responsible towards to what they said on interviews and what they did on stage. No more drunk concerts and no more ambitious albums (just compare AI/21st/Trilogy to RR/FOAMF). Billie also started to do a lot more songs about past rather than writing about present or the future. There was a clear growing up stage that The Boys had between Trilogy to Revolution Radio. I didn't like it, but I tried to accept that The Boys are not young anymore. Then of course FOAMF happened. Green Day suddenly once again decided to be young and irresponsible by drinking on stage, releasing an album that doesn't gather the masses, having questionable interviews and overall having this weird feeling that wasn't seen during Revolution Radio Era. Even though I enjoyed FOAMF and its era, looking back, it was really weird. Why on earth did they suddenly decide to do Prince-impressions and do an album that wasn't mostly played during live shows and was clearly fuck you to the fans that loved Revolution Radio? As I said, I enjoyed FOAMF, but I can also clearly see why people dislike it. It was like living Trilogy all over again, but atleast during Trilogy they played all but few songs from those albums. They clearly loved the tracks they did on those albums. That's why I also don't understand why Billie feels like he did shitty songs that people didn't like. Sales don't tell everything and he should know that. I'm so mad that they never played Stab You In The Heart. Anyways, yeah. It's never been the same since.

Thank you for your story! In answer to your second question, I loved the Fell for You and Wild One Otis mixes the most! Oh Love was amazing too! I’m so happy about the Otis mixes for these songs. I love the Trilogy and those songs especially.

Post from Billie about the PHGP re-releases https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkq0e-PI-L/?utm_medium=copy_link 1234Go have also posted about this

Billie just posted about pinhead gunpowder. Definitely not getting any new green day related things today

Because not EVERYTHING that comes out of their mouths is related to music. It was an interview for Oakland Coffee to promote their coffee brand.

I was getting ahead of myself 😄 Yeah he follows Billie on insta so he'll definitely help spread the word. Hope the car is eventually found

Wait....what? Green Day are the greatest band in the world and all, but Pinhead Gunpowder have left us hanging for TWENTY FIVE YEARS. At least in terms of an actual studio album, since the rest of their releases are technically compilations.

Billie has posted about the latest re-releases https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkq0e-PI-L/?utm_medium=copy_link 1234Go have made a similar post also

I agree, but I think of the network as another project where they were just having fun, so I was looking at the “having fun” album cycle 😄

I always like to say that music is the closest thing we currently have to time travel. More in the psychological sense than physically, but for a lot of people (myself included), listening to a certain song or album can bring back memories more vividly than anything else in the world. It can sometimes feel scarily real. In my personal case, though I've been a fan for more than 15 years now (American Idiot and BIAB introduced me to GD) and I also somewhat followed the 21CB tour (I remember excitedly watching the fox theatre show on the telly), the trilogy was the first album/tour-cycle that I followed properly and thus it brings back a lot of memories. I was twice very close to seeing them live (first in 2009, then in 2012), but things unfortunately got in the way, so that had to wait. I also wasn't a member of this forum at that point. As such, the RevRad album/tour cycle is a little closer to my heart, since it was there I managed to see them live for the first time and also actively followed and contributed to discussions here on GDC.

Same for me! I've always loved the Trilogy, but it's particularly special to me for that reason. It was the first release where I felt like I had found a family with GDC. I'd never experienced that before. No one I'm close to cares about Green Day as much as I do and I felt alone until then. The sound of those records is just fantastic. All the instruments are amazing and Billie's vocals are top notch (Brutal Love will always give me chills). The production was absolutely perfect and I hope they revisit a sound like that again. I wasn't happy with FOAM's overall sound and I always thought back to the Trilogy when considering what I would have liked it to be more similar to. I still listen to the Trilogy all the time and miss them playing those songs live.

Maybe he meant it as like a hint to his friends and family that he wants a lot of gifts? I've said the whole "hint hint" thing before about many different things.

I hope something happens soon. I am so bored. I miss No Fun Mondays and the Otis Mixes being released. I was hoping this 1972 era was going to be exciting and fun with all three of the members of the best band ever teasing and posting. It looked like it was going that way… and now nothing about new Green Day music… The Coverups livestream was pretty fun. And then a week later Billie Joe’s car is stolen. Hoping for some good news and especially some new 1972 Green Day music news soon. Hopefully this week.

What are you talking about? No one is going on a vigilante manhunt here, they’re just sharing the info on social media with any locals who might know anything it’s how investigations work. Calm down

I dont think we should start a man hunt for the car jacker. It’s likely someone who is a poor BIPOC and could end up getting murdered by the police. How would you feel if you got a future doctor or scientist killed by the police? please think before you start a manhunt for an underprivileged minority like its the jim crow era. ffs people we’re better than this.

Plus, why wouldn’t he keep a car like that in his garage?

If some kids have taken it for a joyride it could be trashed by now. Hopefully it isn't

Probably already in another collector’s garage?

Everyone please share his post if you can (he tweeted it also so retweet) to your socials to see if we can find it for him

One week to go

One week to go

I think it was the peoples choice awards (2005-ish)

They were hinting that something was coming for a long ass time too, tbf. I still think we get an announcement or something, within the next few weeks. At the least I expect another hint around next week

So there are three different versions of all these vinyl re-releases? 1. The individual releases sold by 1234Go Records ; 2. The different coloured vinyls that come with the subscription; and 3. An Indie Store version different to both of the above. Edit: I actually posted the photos above of the three versions but I'd forgotten Shipping to UK for five 7" = $75 (It's more than the cost to buy them!)

Maybe is delayed because it turned out to be an album? 👀

No way the album or EP or whatever you want to call it will be out on the 17th. It's way too soon. Maybe a single, but not the full thing.

I overplayed the Trilogy back in the day but it's now back on the playlist and I'm falling back in love with it again

The trilogy was the first album releases that I got to be apart of after becoming a Green Day fan. I bought a physical copy the day each came out, and wore each one down to the point where I can't listen to the CDs anymore. While I do enjoy a majority of the songs on the album and still listen to them, the reason I love the trilogy so much is because of the memories that it brings back. I was a junior in high school, and I remember just how happy I was with my life at that point. It just always amazes me how big of a role music can play in peoples lives. It's not just the music itself, but its the memories and sharing the music with people you care about. The trilogy always reminds me of that, and I am really grateful for that.

Because it’s his 50th birthday and that is a huge milestone for people - nothing to do with GD plans

I love the Trilogy ❤️ I read some days ago around the forum that Bj once said "I wrote 38 songs that nobody really listened", I'd like you to know, Billie, that I did, and still doing, and if this summer you wanna bless us with some Trilogy song I'll be happy to go crazy with you Ps. I like Nightlife so much. That's it.

Absolutely wild that the Trilogy will be turning ten this year.

Too good for Foam

I always love how they can only behave for a minute or two on a red carpet and then it gets interesting 😂😂

Does anyone else hear “legalize achoo!” in this performance of Rev Rad?

My boyfriend teaches drums and he told me that one of his students is learning "Troublemaker." I was like BY GREEN DAY?! And he said Yup! I'm so happy!! It's not a highly requested song and I'm always happy to hear someone else enjoys the song

Warning is such an overlooked album. So many great songs, which fit together very well. Bbc sessions just coloured it more.

Picked up this sweet Green Day t shirt in H&M today https://www2.hm.com/en_gb/productpage.1031652003.html They always have classic rock inspired tops like Ramones, Metallica, Nirvana etc in there. Always hoped for a Green Day one, finally happened!

Loss of Control is such a banger underrated Green Day song.