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When there’s lack of entertainment you tend to hang your head low and complain and when we do get some teasers you jump on the bandwagon and say it’s the best run they’ve ever had. Better to not have any expectations

With all of the shows and festivals coming up, I have a hard time imagining the band won't want to have something new out within the next two months.

I don't understand this... they were literally just in London working on it until like a week ago. Hold your horses, things take time. You wouldn't want them burning out either like Billie did during the trilogy. (I know it was WAY MORE than that but, burnout definitely played a role imo)

Because they didn’t do the typical press and promo on the Hella Mega, we actually haven’t had a feature interview with the band since 2019 (maybe early 2020?). That’s what I’m most eager for.

Missed that. Not sure if someone pointed this out but the car in the video has a left seat driver, so that was back in the US already 🙃

Well technically the only promo for Max Creeps that was GD-related was one instagram story post by Billie and two pics on instagram. So 1972 had much more promotion so far. And did MM2020 had any hints or teasers before the announcement on instagram? It was just us who took Max Creeps to the next level 😄

Well it's been a long time coming, but I finally made the compilation. I'm super happy with how it turned out! Thank you to everyone who suggested things to me! Here is the final product:

Max Creeps was super disappointing! And now the 1972 thread is dead. What a shit storm of nothing. I wish as much thought and intrigue was put into Green Day. Lack of passion! What do they need?! The band needs to go on an adventure and get some excitement/inspiration going for Green Day! They seem to be bored in their mansions and private planes or something like that.

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Green Day will play at the Outside Lands Music Festival in August! https://www.facebook.com/GreenDay/posts/523624369130310

May 4th is actually a horrible day for me so if Green Day releases anything that day it'll just make it 1000x better

I'm feeling a single in early May Or they could release it on the same day as Obi Wan Kenobi and make a very memorable occasion

I want to hear song titles before the album release, like the Breakdown promotion. I was watching a bunch of Billie interviews last nights in hopes of making a funny fake interview, but didn't find any inspiration. Maybe soon.

New book out today from music journalist Ian Winwood about the perils of the music industry. Green Day is included. I have the ebook and just started it and I highly recommend it:

Uhhh didn’t see this. So Rob confirmed, cool cool.

These are adorable (from geekgirl78 on Tumblr)

Mine's 1% shy of full charge and I'm 99% sure that something's wrong it's all wrong!

Yes, getting my tickets tomorrow!

NO 😤😤 Yes, look on YouTube.

Has anyone made a “Y’know” compilation?

1972 should have a VR release. You live in 1972 for the length of the album, and at the very end, you witness the birth of the members of Green Day. There are subliminal glimpses of a Trans Am in the background, hinting that The Network played a part or are even the parents of Green Day.

Never seen that 2nd pic before! He looks pretty cool in it😎

Green Day should record a cover of the Angry Video Game Nerd theme song.

That one too. It's not on a studio record, so I let it slide. We're never going to hear Shenanigans tracks live either, and that's a gosh darn travesty. It’s one if not their best album.. Yes, I said it.

I haven't heard them play Poprocks and Coke in a while....

You know, I feel they're were very nostalgic about all this 1972 thing that they thought why not bring Rob to be part of it. He is the man who has been almost in all GD career, who produced their best records, so I'm glad he's back.

You can probably blame the pandemic for that

This is true. I don’t remember MM2020 release teases that well. It was fun when Fink took over BJA’s Instagram and stuff like that. That was interesting. Max Creeps isn’t Green Day related but it seemed even more exciting than the build up for 1972. I hope when 1972 is ready to be released there is that much fanfare and hype. It was very creative and fun to watch the mystery of Max Creeps even though it ended up not being Green Day related. I just remembered MOOTIK. Green Day fans are very good at taking a small little crumb to the next level. Just going to sit back and wait again for something exciting to happen…

What a feel good way to start my day! Thank you, that was fantastic!

A multitude of other bands.

The promo and teasers for 1972 isn’t even close to the excitement Max Creeps generated. The band seemed more excited about the Network than they do about 1972. Hopefully it’s because all the imagination and passion is going into the record instead of teasers. If the record is done soon I hope the strategy of the promos are more consistent or at least more interesting going forward.

One of the Revrad shows, can’t remember which one, but I think in the US, they did a few.

Plus Chris Dugan posted on Instagram a few days ago working on a mixing console in Oakland! I mean, who else could he possibly be working with other than Green Day right now?

There isn't a Green day's tiktok section i guess... So i'm posting here this new Mike Dirnt video 😎 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLqSGERV/

Reading random Green Day facts in hopes of finding some I didn't know. Here's the only two I haven't heard before: They are the youngest people inducted in the Rock N Roll hall of fame. All three guys have EAST BAY PUNK MAFIA tattoos.

You are right. They were on the radio in the Uk and did this wild broadcast with Zane Low where they leaked so many tracks, hinted about the secret show, it was lots of fun.

It was amazing! I remember it very fondly as one of the most exciting times to be a fan - they were larger than life touring the world, playing lots of surprise shows with so many new songs that we loved and they kept outdoing themselves with both the new stuff and deep cuts. They played incredibly long sets too… I don’t think any tour they’ve done since has been this exciting from the surprise element POV. At the time, It didn’t seem anyone noticed there was anything off with Billie (which is pretty wild in hindsight)… Knowing about it does kind of take away from the fun of it all, but I’m mostly just impressed he was able to pull all of that stuff off as well as he did. It would have been extremely taxing even for someone in a good shape.

These are controversial takes, but I see your point. The early albums do suffer from low production value, while FOAM has so many little details to listen for, which makes it equally or even more enjoyable in its own right.

omg my phone is at 72% battery, I think it's gonna be a double LP!

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Agreed. Specifically, the Ted Jensen mastered 2006/2009 Vinyl release of American Idiot is probably the best sounding Green Day record ever from an audiophile's perspective. Simply exquisite. In terms of the CLA thing, there were some rumours that Doug McKean was the other person in the studio picture. If that's true, then I suppose it would be kinda weird if they went to Chris Dugan for mixing, because all the rest of the "AI Team" seems to have been assembled. Like, add CLA and you'd have the lot. Ok Ted Jensen would be missing, but AI is the only record Rob, Doug, Dugan and CLA ever worked on together. To be fair to Dugan, his mixing isn't the worst. He can't be blamed for the mix on RevRad for instance and both Stop Drop And Roll and Last Night On Earth: Live In Tokyo are alright. It's just that CLA's mixes are better and more consistent.

I love people speculating on the sound of the album based off of Billie’s hair colour Never change, GDC

The amount of shit Billie/the band received after iheart was completely disproportional to the offence and unfair, but the albums could have been executed better. Those songs always worked way better live and it just didn’t translate into the records so well.

I keep thinking that the Trilogy would've been a smash hit if it weren't for Billie's iHeart Radio incident, rehab, and lack of promotion as a result. Oh Love got a lot of radio play that summer!!!

Ya'll are still too attached to the old ways of doing things. For a better idea of possibilities look at Weezer's OK Human or SZNS project. Releases officially announced with a single just a week or so before the album drops. Also, if Billie wants to dye his hair for the new album he will lol. But I don't think it's any indication that things are happening.

I give him a pass for the trilogy, it's not as bad as people make it out to be. And again assuming the hair dye is new and not from 2020/21, if it were for something official like a video he'd have Duke do it, he wouldn't do it himself.

I think promotion may still be months away if they are just completing recording. Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on what made them go back to Rob as opposed to trying another new producer? My thinking is Rob is the only one they trust to tell them the truth when something is great and when something sucks and they know they need to hear that right now. I suspect that while they liked Walker on a personal level, he probably gave an enthusiastic yes to everything they did and didn't dare be honest enough with them.

The one where they make the greatest album of their career. He’s never done red before because the band knew their best was yet to come. Dare I say it may be their magnum opus?

Noooo not necessarily. C'mon it's been "almost time" since February