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I was diagnosed in 2014, and I remember feeling as if Brittany, Jason and I were going through it together. All three of us are in the clear in 2022 and what better way to celebrate than a big ole 1972 Trilogy. 😉 😉 😉

So sorry to hear you guys have been through cancer and other medical issues, but so so happy you've got through it. Your feeling fine then bang your told you've got liver cancer. Thankfully the chemotherapy saved me, but my liver was dying. Thankfully to someone I'll never know I've got new liver. Still got many restrictions but I'm alive. When your texting to someone, it's another human being. Not knowing what's going on in their lives or what problems they are facing. life is precious and people matter just like you.

The consensus I see is that Green Day up to 2009 was basically The Original Star Wars Trilogy - OG and what we knew and loved growing up The Trilogy was the Prequel Trilogy - Universally 'hated' until something else took it's place-now its considered better than worse, just differently. RevRad is Rogue One - Everyone loved it but it was in a weird place when it came out, a little of old a lil of new And FOAMF is the Sequel trilogy - Took the place of Trilogy, most people don't think it's Canon, and the ones who do enjoy it are most likely a minority.

Yes.

FOAMF wasn't a troll album. That's just people coping about the fact that they don't like a Green Day album There isn't any source on wikipedia that says that the recording sessions started in 2014 so I'd take that with a grain of salt. Even if it is true, odds are that there was only 1 song that was partially recorded in 2014 and the actual album recording started much later. It says on the wikipedia page that work on the album began in 2014 but that doesn't necessarily mean recording started in 2014

When you get unreasonably excited when one IG account you follow that has nothing to do with Green Day uses the Billie clapping gif in a story.

Short one kidney and one testicle but doing fine without them.

I'm supposed to get mine with my next subscription order. Everytime I think I'm ready to cancel, they keep pulling me in with free shit 😂

to respond to what has been said on album sloppy or not: For the previous albums the members of the group were present during the mixing sessions while for FOAM they gave their confidence to Butch Walker who had a vision that corresponded to them. the mixing was also done remotely. It's not a good or bad way to work, it's just different. If this method worked better for FOAM, only the band knows, not us. For those who didn't like FOAM, the fault is not with Butch but with Green Day. It was they who were convinced by Butch's proposal and who validated it. For my part I find the album very well produced, even if I understand that some fans are disappointed. Like any artistic proposal, it appeals to some and not to others. This does not mean that Green Day has become bad, but that it is evolving and not trying to recycle a recipe that works. It is commendable. Other groups have bet to keep the same recipe and that's laziness, but Green Day is irreproachable on this point. same logic for the trilogy btw sorry for my English, I’m French and you know that’s not our first quality lmao

You’re all just trying to buddy up with Tre! 😂

Billie still needed recovery time off even after the trilogy tour ended officially in late 2013. Starting 2014, Mike’s wife was undergoing cancer treatments and reconstructive surgeries for more than a year and Mike asked for extended time off even after that settled down in 2015 just to regroup and be with his family. Then towards the end of all that, Jason White had cancer treatments too.

Just remembered we got a Coverups show this Friday! Not saying goodbye to Billie yet for 2022 🥰

Larger capacity, worse acoustics comparatively

The band were on hiatus starting around the spring of 2014 for medical issues that continued to keep them down through at least summer 2015. It may have been late 2015 that they even just start talking about new material and getting together to rehearse and record again. I think early 2016 is when it really began but on his own of course Billie never stops writing and he had several RevRad songs done and ready to go. RevRad seemed to be about a six month process and it was announced and out by late summer/early fall. It was quick compared to this.

More time to work on an album isn't always a good thing.

I attended the first night show it was my first Green Day show and really my first concert experience. I wish they would make a return to The Garden. They always play at the Barclays Center whenever they’re in town for arena shows now. I have a feeling that when/ if they have their next arena tour they’ll probably be playing at the new UBS Arena in Queens.

1,039-Dookie= A New Hope. Smaller budget with young actors but they pulled off a one in a million! Insomniac-warning= Empire Strikes Back. The darkest period for the band. Idiot-21CB= Return of the Jedi. Reviving their career with a bang using all of their training, they destroyed the musical empire with these releases!

Glad to hear you're in remission, Dude

Oh duh! And Jason White had cancer too at some point

Or this could be their most epic album to date with grandiose production

Yes, that is an amphitheater!!!!!!!!!!

Also I don't think we're getting any info on 1972 any time soon. Probably nothing except maybe a small teaser until after Nimrod anniversary edition

It feels like they already have

In '94, when Billie played the encore in his bare azzzz Don't know you, only seen you around the community in recently weeks. Nevertheless, cancer is ugly and I'm happy it's behind you.

My little pony sponsored the album

So glad you're ok.

Team one testicle! But I lost mine because of a slapshot so it's not the same thing.

It's been mentioned before that some consider FOAMF was a troll album, the last record the band was required to release with Warner Reprise. When, after careful consideration back in '94 they signed to Warner's Reprise label, giving the band full control on content and record release. And of course the record co., made loads. So instead of making their last release an epic record as a thank you, and something for the fans to drool over, had the relationship soured and it was a case of throw a handful of alright songs out to end this contract as they had to? Was there a time limit?

Agreed - Look at Chinese Democracy However, look at Social Distortion on the contrary. I guess the spirit of my post is just that they give the album some love and care it deserves.

Don't wanna overcook the bird!

Why is that?

When did the trilogy era officially end? Was it 2013 or 2014? Was Rev Rad a course of 2 or 3 years? I feel like the further you are in a career the more time you need between albums.

I just hope Max Creeps aren't involved with 1972. Those guys should have stayed retired or whatever they were because holy barf balls was that some bad music. and to think they had me shmoosing it up over the Guns N Roses Authority or whatever. *INFINITE SHUTTERS* *INFINITE REGRET*

I think an all amphitheater tour would be great. Much better venues than arenas.

I feel like the previous 2 were rushed. Rev Rad imo wasn't cohesive. The middle of the album is a bit weak for me personally. They just self produced and went in with all their ideas, recorded them and then got it mixed and mastered. With Billie's issues at the time it seems like they went into creating the album in an environment where they handled Billie with kid gloves. On previous records they really analyzed the songs, made different versions and demos and really put some thought into how it would be presented on the record. They had real discussions about where it was going musically. Foamf is probably their most rushed record. The duration shows it. Ok guys here's your 10 songs get out of our faces now and buy your HM tickets!!!

🤷‍♀️ I'm still optimistic. I'm less convinced that they'll return to arenas. They seem to like stadium gigs, but I really don't want to go to a baseball stadium for a concert.

I have my doubts

I'm thinking it'll be a 1972 tour. I'm sure they enjoyed Hella Mega, but they might be itching to do a good ol classic Green Day show soon.

Ever used an SSL? This reminds me there was an old Gearspace thread on the engineering and production of 21CB where Chris Dugan answered a bunch of questions about mics, preamps etc. I think it might be time to revive that when we finally get this record. Still so excited to hear Green Day with proper production again. It's not a good idea to get hopes up after the last record but I'm genuinely thinking we're getting something close to 21CB in quality here; the longer they make me wait the higher my expectations get, let's hope it doesn't all come crashing down again

https://www.instagram.com/p/CkB6lvJvH4t/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

He also put someone’s cowboy hat on and galloped around like he was on a bronco 😂 Wish I could find video of that

I love your enthusiasm, but you really are grasping at straws at this point dude. I mean, Billie could just fart and y'all would probably think it's some kind of hint towards the next album 😅

An alternative definition of a legacy in Cambridge Dictionary says quote: "something that is part of your history or that remains from an earlier time." Well Green Day has done that in my life. I feel so lucky and privileged to have fallen in love with Green Day back in '91 starting with Kerplunk then backtracking to 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. And what a journey. Every awesome song that has come out of that amazing head of Billie Joe has been a progression a next step never a decline or step backwards. I've been like a ball in a pinball machine. Continually surprised and moving in different directions. Green Day are unique, no band is so diverse with its music. They've spent most of their life recording, touring, recording, touring. They must be well fucked. I know I am following them, but I wouldn't have it any other may. I'm so so grateful to them for changing my live and fulfilling my life so much. Not to mention all the live performances you will always treasure, after Kerplunk, your taken on a new journey into the land of Pinhead Gunpowder. The latter interspersing Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning. For me no decline just getting better and better. Later, along with more awesome studio albums, introducing us to the Network, FHTs, The Longshot, and Billie Joe's No Fun Mondays and Welcome To My Panic. No other band comes close. It's been 30+ years of breathless heaven, that's my legacy, I'm so grateful, and to share it with you means everything.

How can a band that’s been around 30 years not have an element of being a legacy band? If they didn’t, it would mean nothing they had put out in that 30 years was worth going back to listen to!

What was a joke for stupid people is now true.

I can wait for 1972, Billie already said probably next year, let’s not rush them, we can enjoy the Nimrod goodies in the meantime.

I know this isn’t a trilogy thread, I wish it could be done all over again. With the band available to promote, things would have gone much differently (for the better, I presume). And if it was a singular album? Gahhh, it could have been considered one of their best.

I swear to god, if 1972 is a 10-track album about partying and feeling young im gonna delete my account

The Network was amazing too. Side projects rock