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Honestly if I had one question for Green Day it would be "are you the network? Yes? Then fuck you for popper punk."

Man, it's so good to see them looking happy and excited about the new era. I can't wait.

Not really news but not really a random thought either so putting this really cool birthday cake in here

Is it time for our US cousins to get excited…. https://instagram.com/stories/billiejoearmstrong/3242932511344134560?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== for those without IG #hellatinytouramerica.

So true!!! They didn't seem like themselves when they promoted FOAM. Like when Billie said, "I hate long songs!". And their description of the title track, "Nothing says 'fuck you' like a unicorn!" Like, what does that even mean?!?!?!? And top of that, they cared more about the Hella Mega Tour than the album itself!!

They seem to have a really healthy relationship with their craft nowadays. They're doing what they love and putting real effort into it. If people like it, great. If not, they're content knowing they followed their passion. They also understand that, even if an album or a song doesn't get widespread acclaim, there will still be many who love what they're putting out (lots of people did like FOAM, and it's safe to say the Trilogy's finally been embraced by most of the fans). Anyway, that's a great way to approach life.

Things I want for my holiday wishlist: Toronto, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York (I think Pittsburgh would probably be too much to hope for)

Tumblr isn't working for me at the moment but Billie has posted another selfie https://www.instagram.com/p/C0Agv_Gv_fr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Will upload pic when I'm able to

Its the Wordle for me. That just sent me. 😆

I'm thinking maybe 1981 was originally titled 1972, and this would make sense when they were celebrating their 50th birthdays last year. Maybe the chorus went like this: We're gonna party like it's 1972 We're gonna party like it's 1972 We're gonna party like it's 1972 We're gonna party like it's 1972

i would just ask them about their favorite dinosaurs

A few surprise bits of info this time. Billie Joe does most of the talking as usual. Tre has a couple of interesting points to share. Then right at the end, mr quite man himself Mike issues a stunner. "Put the work in, and care about the song. People may not love every song, but they're gonna love a lot of it, if you put the effort in and time, give a shit and do it right." Woohoo! Holy shit. What an amazing statement. That says it all, what more can you ask for. That's what it's all about. Thats what GD are about. Nice one Mike. Love it, love it, love it. The vibes I'm getting off the band in these interviews, is telling me this Saviors album is gonna be huge.

Some new merch Found them both here: https://www.plastichead.com/green-day-american-dream-abduction-t-shirt-black-zzzphd13379xxl https://www.plastichead.com/green-day-billie-joe-zombie-t-shirt-pink-zzzphd13378xxl

I hope we get one in December!!!

Would do anything for something like Mr. Smalls Theatre in Millville, PA. Not a chance, but a gal can dream 😆

In one of the interviews filmed in this room (I don't remember which one), Tré says that most of the album was recorded in London. Didn't expect that. Thought just the beginning was in London.

It looks like Nonce or Free Verse poetry to me. I am not a specialist in poetic forms. https://www.scribophile.com/academy/types-of-poetry It seems to be following the format of ABAC ADAE FEGE for its rhyming scheme. After further analysis: The sections for the song seem to be following a format of: A B C B C B "Picture sounds Of moving insects so surreal Lay around Looks like I found something new Laying in my bed, I think I'm in left field I picture someone, I think it's you You're standing so damn close, my body begins to swell Why does one add one make two? Picture sounds Of moving insects so surreal Lay around Looks like I found something new " Looks like a Palindrome hidden in it, but then it's got another Palindrome overlapping it. When looking at the syllables for each line it appears to be: 12,7,12,7... 3,8,3,7... 11,9,13,7 hmmm.... it's tempting me to write a code poem mixing up both syllables and Acrostic Poetry but I'm not planning on it at this time, since that would be simply difficult.

I hope they play it INSIDE the Taco Bell as well. I never go in there, but it would be nice for the customers if it just blasted on a loop the whole time they ate.

I wonder if Billie always starts with ‘irate’ as his word or if he mixes it up. I need an interviewer to ask that kind of hard hitting question. 😂

I remember at the time he made that comment the impression I got from it was that he meant not from a songwriter’s perspective but from a listener’s perspective. He was saying how he doesn’t have the attention span to listen to a long song and doesn’t think anyone else does anymore. It still may have been bullshit but that was my takeaway. The other bullshit thing he was saying at the time which to me was more out of character and ridiculous was the whole thing about not wanting to hear feel good music, shut the fuck up about your feelings, rock music should make you feel bad, blah blah blah. Like wtf Billie all you do is write about your feelings. One interviewer called him out on that statement and his response was pretty funny. He said he can write about his feelings because “I feel awful” 😂 I laughed about it at the time but it was probably a pretty good glimpse into his mental state then.

None of the songs on Saviors are that long though. The longest track is 4 minutes while the longest track on FOAMF was 3:44. FOAM had more songs that were in the 2 minute range but I wouldn't say any of the songs on Saviors are "long songs". I don't think Billie not liking long songs is even really out of character for him. Songs like JoS/Homecoming aren't just long songs, they're multi-part songs that are basically a long song made up of 3-5 short songs. Billie has always seemed to have a preference for short songs (2-3 minutes) or multi-part songs made up of short songs than transition into each other. Billie even said in an interview during FOAM era that Jesus of Suburbia is his favourite GD song so I think it's pretty clear he doesn't mean that when he says he hates "long songs" Long songs that Billie probably isn't a huge fan of are probably songs more in the vein of Oh Love or 21 Guns. I don't think he hates those tracks specifically but I think that's more the kind of song he's talking about when he says he doesn't really like long songs. Around 5+ minute songs that follow the basic verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/chorus structure and sometimes tend to overstay their welcome. Now, I really like 21 Guns and Oh Love. They're not my absolute favourite GD songs of all time but I really enjoy them. But I can really understand why Billie wouldn't necessarily prefer those types of songs. They don't really have that many of those types of songs. The first GD song of that nature is Misery, the first song of theirs to surpass the 5 minute point. WMUWSE is the closest thing to this type of song on American Idiot as it's 4:45 and the longest song excluding JoS/Homecoming, but it's also an extremely personal song for him. 21CB has 21 Guns. The trilogy has Oh Love, Brutal Love & The Forgotten. On Revolution Radio, Outlaws is 5 minutes long. I think he's probably fine with all of those tracks that made it onto their albums. I think there are probably just less of these types of songs that make it onto albums. Or these types of songs tend to get shortened before they're put on albums. He's definitely always had a preference for songs in the range of 2:00-3:30. And that still seems to be the case with Saviors

Shouldnt matter much. Boston’s first album was recorded in a dingy basement. You would never know because the audio engineering work was phenomenal. I have faith in CLA

That sounds very far away. I want a new single

Yes! Mr. Smalls or The Roxian in McKees Rocks. I’ve seen The Interrupters both places and they would be great venues for The Longshot or a tiny GD show.

They were there twice, in the fall of 2021 and spring of 2022. Maybe they just recorded one or two songs at the old Ocean Way, like the ones where they needed strings that we saw in some clips.

So exciting!! Manifesting for Canada to be included in the Hella Tiny Tour!

There’s a better interview here for iHeartRadio CA just in case no one’s seen yet.

I suppose the next single release date & title has already been decided. And when and how that will be announced and promoted. They're not gonna answer that question in advance at a Interview. One question I'm sure they would be ok with is to tell us the journey to the new album? Starting in London. Was there originally an EP planned? And what happened to 1972 idea for instance.

Thank you eyeliner GODS!!! 🥰

I really enjoyed this interview overall, but I died a little when he implied they didn’t release music in that time period. That’s a huge oversight as an interviewer — if you plan to make a comment like that, double check their discography first! Extremely polite of them to not say anything lol (especially because not only did they release music in 2016, but several songs on that album were political!).

Thanks for that, really appreciate the link. Love the Billie Joe Zombie t-shirt. Ordered it. Great price £15. Available same day album released. Also 4 other GD t-shirts all for £15. Ordered the Kerplunk flower-in-a-pot as well, need to replace old one. Now comes the hard bit, telling the missus after I've ordered them. Oh shit.

Billie Joe Armstrong Explains Why Green Day Has Avoided Political Music As of Late https://consequence.net/2023/11/green-day-political-music/

T-8 weeks today !!!

That would suck. Was hoping most of it would be at Ocean Way.

Taco Bell commercial getting lots of plays.

How many tracks were recorded during the 72 and saviors sessions? how did they choose the songs that made the tracklist? everyone's favorite song from "saviors" and why? Why did they alter the face of the boy on the album cover picture? Are there any handclaps? Lol

What would you ask them? here's my questions: "why has this record taken so long to come together and how did 1972 die?" "Some bands leak stuff on purpose. Do you guys operate like that or does the label do that kind of stuff and how do you feel about leaked music?" "Was there any nefarious reasoning behind you guys putting out Father of All, and are there any of those songs you guys want to perform at a later date? Same for Trilogy songs" "What's up with these song titles? Did a certain Dude help with that part?"

I like that one because you see them interact at the beginning, I can never get enough of them laughing together.

It's just promotion. Don't overthink it.

A fan asked Tre to write on/sign? her arm and the result was "Satan"! https://www.instagram.com/p/CzYtPsOMywj/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://youtu.be/XzdEPUr1-6g?si=ss9qHdJNQQUGt0YJ

That's because he had a great voice to begin with

Now I want a crunchwrap supreme and a Doritos locos cheesy gordita crunch. Thanks, asshole.

Remember when they recorded I fought the law for a Pepsi commercial in 2004

I think as big fans, as much as we love them, it’s hard to kind of step back and assess just how popular they are from a mainstream, everyday listener perspective. Personally, I know I take for granted how dang cool they are and how remarkable it is that they had not one, but two separate waves of massive, world-takeover success a decade apart. That is more than most artists can claim. And among the rock bands that are active right now, Green Day is absolutely still one of the biggest and most well-liked. I always feel so proud to see how much people honestly just *like them.* Aside from conservatives who dislike them for their politics, people generally seem to have warm feelings toward this band because of nostalgia, because they can tell that they’re genuinely good guys, and because of how great they are live. Yes, there’s less interest in them now, but shortly after 21CB, the entire rock genre fell off the map and hasn’t recovered. That’s not on any one artist and is quite a hurdle to overcome, and I think it’s made even more difficult by the streaming discussion you’ve all been talking about — the art of the full album experience has been lost, and it’s now very overwhelming if you want to try getting into an established artist because their entire catalog is at your fingertips. My one hope is that young pop artists like Olivia Rodrigo, who are open about their rock influences and are incorporating it into their sound, will help bring it back into the mainstream. Because I don’t think it’s realistic that any older rock band will on their own without the help of a Gen Z push. I’m 30 and it’s very strange to think about how much music has changed since I first discovered Green Day with American Idiot. Back then, my parents played CDs every weekend from a really nice sound system we had. They’d always have rock albums playing in the car. And it was like that my entire childhood up until I was a teenager. Now they don’t even make CD players in cars anymore! 20 years is a long time, but it also isn’t. The rapid evolution of technology since AI came out really altered how we consume music and how music becomes popular.

they had time of your life in a commercial for (i think) centreparcs here in the uk in like 1998 so it’s nothing new