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Hi everyone! Man it's been a looong while since my last post. I hadn't been listening to Green Day too much for the past, what? 10 years? But these past couple of days I was feeling frustrated with my life and listening to love pop songs just wouldn't cut it. I wanted to RIOT! So I instantly remembered Green Day and felt like listening to some Insomniac and Dookie to let it all out. After a while I really wanted to listen to the newer stuff (post Revolution Radio) to find out if they were still as good as I remembered and BOY was I pleased! I absolutely love this album!! Personal favorites are TADIKM, Bobby Sox, Goodnight Adeline, Corvette Summer, Suzie Chapstick, LIT20s. As a gay fan, I was elated to hear the lyrics to Bobby Sox for the first time . My only gripe with Saviors is that, at certain times, some of the vocal melodies feel a bit forced (i. e. the final inflection on the phrase "Hit me with power chords" on Corvette Summer). It's like I'm singing along and Billie suddently... overcomplicates the melody? Not sure if I'm getting my point accross here. Anyway, I've been listening to Green Day non-stop the whole week and I'm ecstatic to be back. It feels like finding a part of myself that was long lost. It feels like home. P.S. I'm giving myself a break because I don't want to burn myself out with this record. But I hope I can do my little review with my scores for each song in the coming days.

Let’s just bask in the beauty of Saviors.

This was really interesting and insightful. I loved the style of it where you only hear Billie/Rob speak (without the interviewer's questions/prompts), very cool. Wish there could be one for every song!

I wonder why he would leave if he loves them so much. Was it just a limited ten year endorsement contract and they got outbid by another drum company?

Tbh anything is better than American idiot at this point, it's like kicking a dead horse over and over again. I want them to play something so special and so unexpected. I'd love to hear American dream again live.

I like no.22, my favorite song.

Yeah, that album is good and a few other singles were okay, but man I tortured myself trying to listen to all their albums. One of the worst color bands for sure.

They're gonna record album 15 in Canada. A canpop album. Ever since Tim Hortons died it hasn't been the same Maple Syrup going crazy, Gretzky on the Fentanyl now. Ice hockey are here to stay

It'll be streamed here starting at 6:30 pacific time. https://www.twitch.tv/eamaddennfl

The American Dream Is Killing Me - 11,313,733 (+69k) Look Ma, No Brains! - 7,266,131 (+61k) Bobby Sox - 4,124,926 (+81k) One Eyed Bastard - 6,400,493 (+83k) Dilemma - 8,176,544 (+87k) 1981 - 2,268,899 (+46k) Goodnight Adeline - 2,054,889 (+40k) Coma City - 1,727,939 (+31k) Corvette Summer - 1,766,433 (+33k) Suzie Chapstick - 1,876,022 (+39k) Strange Days Are Here to Stay - 1,693,225 (+32k) Living in the '20s - 1,686,226 (+36k) Father to a Son - 1,394,189 (+25k) Saviors - 1,377,982 (+27k) Fancy Sauce - 1,329,633 (+26k) TOTAL - 54,457,264 (+716,223)

I can't believe they've completely ditched Rusty James and 8th Avenue Serenade from Green Day and other side project related things! They're pretty much harmless compared to Lazy Bones and Makeout Party and are genuinely great tunes. I'm not holding hope for either of tracks getting attention for potential Trilogy reissue, but never say never and I'd love to see some Rusty James/8th Avenue Serenade love from the band itself

I think in the same way as you. If I can afford something, I buy it. I would love to get a Green/Orange Walking Contradiction Promo, but I won't pay 200 bucks for that. Even I remember a guy who posted RevRad Instrumental on ebay for 1000 dollars, and I thought: "that's not for me". There are many promo that look bootlegish. On discogs you can check them.

I noticed that too! I was looking at your list and I thought you know what they're right about those Uno and Tre songs! Makeout Party is pretty solid, but man, do I love Lazy Bones. It's one of those songs where it comes on and I have to stop and listen to it. No skipping past that one.

I commend anyone aiming to get all Green Day releases. I consider myself a collector on a budget, so there are some things I know I'll never own. I don't have cash to splash on rare releases or singles from other countries and that's fine with me. If I see them out in the wild for a price I can afford, hell yeah I'll get it. But I try to focus on stuff I can afford, like studio albums, singles, magazines, and weird promo items.

@That Dude I hear no.22 regularly 😂😂

I've got a list of Green Day songs that I'm trying to confirm to be fake. Have you guys ever heard even a single note of the following songs? 1. A Boy Named Tre Cool 2. Don’t Look Away 3. Dream 4. F!@# You 5. Fell For Snoo 6. Can’t Make Love 7. I’ll Make You Surrender (Not the trilogy song) 8. I’m a Loser 9. Jezebel (not the trilogy song) 10. Let’s Party 11. Miss July 12. Mystery Girl (not the trilogy song) 13. Rossini Finale 14. Slayer Reprise 15. Take Away My Heart 16. Taringa! 17. Too Young To Die (not Too Young from the American Idiot sessions or Too Dumb to Die) 18. Trippin With Tre (Piano and drum solo) 19. Walk Away (Not the Tre song OR the Cigerretes and Valentines song) 20. We’re 21. What You Say 22. Why Blink-182 Will Never Be As Good As Green Day 23. With The Funky Rebels 24. You Really Got a Hold On Me 25. You’re Gonna Lose That Girl

From Billie's Instagram story (photo Samid Rasin)

Just heard Billie's version of I Think We're Alone now at the grocery store. I've heard GD played at the grocery store before, but this was a surprise. I almost forgot my tomatoes.

There would have definitely been a career. Keep in mind Kerplunk is one of the most successful independent records ever. But yes all that luck lined up for them and eventually shot them into super stardom.

My vinyl finally arrived!!! and boy does it sound glorious. Rob's production is just so so good.

The other day I listened to American Idiot from start to finish, which I haven't done in a long time. What an amazing album. Of course I know it's a good album, but something about listening to it again really struck me. The songs are damn near perfect. The performances are out of this world. It's absolutely fantastic. For a long time I could never decided if Dookie or AI was my favorite GD album and after that playthrough, it's definitely AI. I fell in love with it all over again! I still remember when I first got a copy of the album. My mom took me to Circuit City and I picked up two CDs: AI and Maroon 5's Songs about Jane. Out of the two, I never would've guessed that I would continue to follow Green Day 20 years later.

I'm reading the biography The True Lives of My Chemical Romance right now and they mention Green Day couple of times and say really nice things about them (also while they toured together in 2005). And since Rob Cavallo produced The Black Parade and Danger Days there are also some very interesting insights about the recording process with him. Can totally recommend the book

Up until 2010/2011 I used to collect everything I could find but these days I'd rather go to more shows. Sometimes I buy odd stuff that I see and other times I go for months thinking I'm not going to collect any more

I revisited FOAM last night and it's definitely a weak album. Don't get me wrong, I still like it, but after hearing the Saviors singles it's so apparent how weak the singles are for FOAM. They're just not the same quality. The album is fun, but there's little staying power. Even as a FOAM defender, it's an album I easily forget about until one of the song randomly pops up on shuffle. There are still some bangers on there, but a lot of the songs feel incomplete, which is a shame. Graffitia seems like the most realized song, while the others are ideas that they couldn't fully get off the ground. But I still have fond memories of the FOAM era. I'll never forget being at work when Father Of All single dropped and seeing the mass reaction come in on GDC. It was a lot of "OH NO! IT"S BAD!!" Promotion was definitely weird (I still blame Crush) but we got some fun performances. I really liked their performance at the video game awards, as random as it was. I was watching it in a gamer's livestream and there were like two of us in chat that were psyched for Green Day. Everyone else was confused as to why they were there. And if it wasn't for FOAM who knows if we ever would've heard from The Network again. Clearly they saw Green Day floundering and felt it was their chance put the band in their place. FOAM is definitely weird. Everything surrounding it is bizarre, but I still had fun and I like that I can still enjoy the album while recognizing its faults more clearly.

"This episode has some explicit language including a mention of drug use." Wouldn't that be all interviews with rock stars?

I liked it then and still like it. Would I put it in the top half of their discography? No, but it's still enjoyable. Top tracks for me are TTMAC (which I will always want one of Billie's bands to play live), IWATT, Graffitia, and Oh Yeah.

I’ve just revisited this album a couple of weeks ago, listening to all of it during my drive home from work, and I have to say I appreciate the more experimental parts of it, like the extra effects they added to the sound of the instruments. A couple examples of this being the drum fill in “Meet Me On the Roof” before the instrumental break and the big bass slide in “Junkies on a high”. There’s also a nice instrumental swell going on before one of the choruses in “I was a Teenage Teenager”, a song that most people here seem to loathe. This reaction actually took me by surprise because this was an instant favorite for me after my first listens of the album. It’s the first song that gave strong hints of older Green Day (it reminded me of “Ha Ha You’re Dead!” in particular, probably because of the vocals having the “crowd sing-along” effect going on). The harmonies during the last chorus make it one of the best parts of the album. I’ve also come to really appreciate the songs where the band, and especially Billie Joe, don’t sound like they’re easily recognizable. Hearing them talk about this in interviews has given me a better perspective on what they were going for and why. Songs like “Father of All” benefited from this. The drums are also punchier than ever on this track, making it truly unique. One track I hated when it came out was “Fire, Ready, Aim!” because it sounded like it was unfinished. I wanted the BIG GREEN DAY SOUND. But they were trying to make songs that were independent of that idea, trudging into the unknown. They were truly embracing that “new band” mindset, opening themselves to new ways of making songs. This song sounded so stripped down because that’s exactly what they wanted to go for, and I appreciate that a bit more now. Overall, this album has grown on me. It might have taken a “return to form” album like ‘Saviors’ to make me more appreciative of their experimental side, but I’m glad I have this new perspective on the album now. Songs like “Oh Yeah!” and “Junkies on a High” are truly unique entries into their catalogue and mix things up in the same way that outliers like “Kill the Dj” and “Nightlife” did on the trilogy. I even understand the album cover now, even though I still consider it a terrible cover overall lol. Albums like this are what keep Green Day fresh and vital and I would be completely fine with them continuing the trend of toggling back and forth between “experimental” and “return to form” albums. The “experimental” ones make me appreciate the “return to form” ones even more and vice versa. Here’s my current favorites from this album: 1. Junkies on a High 2. Stab You in the Heart 3. Oh Yeah! 4. Take the Money and Crawl 5. I Was a Teenage Teenager

Every day I wake up with a different song from album in my head, and I love it

I think the production & lyrics on its own is enough to have Saviors match RevRad's quality. But I think the quality of the songs are also stronger on Saviors too. The guitars, drums & bass are just better on Saviors imo. I think RevRad is a light 8 whereas Saviors is either a strong 8 or light 9 out of 10 personally. The only thing I can give RevRad over Saviors is that you can argue that the tracks on RevRad are more original while some Saviors songs could be considered rip offs of previous songs. But that said, RevRad is also still very much inspired by AI/21CB era songs, even taking certain elements straight from previous songs i.e. Bang Bang using the guitar riff from St. Jimmy. Transitions would be nice on Saviors but it's not some essential thing that's needed on a Green Day album and honestly the lack of multipart tracks doesn't bother me at all. I don't think any of the songs warrant being multi-part and the album would just seem more like a wannabe AI/21CB album if it had multi-part tracks. I don't think RevRad feels more like a "journey" or "story" than Saviors. Like yeah, Forever Now is connected with Somewhere Now and there are multiple mentions of the "radio" but I don't really get anything out of that. Saviors feels more thematically satisfying imo. The title track feels like a sort of conclusion to the themes introduced throughout the album. The political (TADIKM, Coma City, LIT20S, Strange Days), the narrator is looking for somebody to "save" them from the American Dream which is killing them. The personal (Dilemma, Look Ma No Brains etc.), the album deals with issues of addiction, depression/suicide and the narrator could be looking for somebody to save them from themself. The mention of music throughout the album (1981 being the year of MTV's creation, Corvette Summer being about Billie's love of music), Saviors can be interpreted as the saving of rock music, the narrator wishes for another explosion of rock music in the mainstream. Fancy Sauce is still not a track I'm completely sold on personally but it works as an answer to the question posed in the title track "Will somebody save us?" ending the album on a very dark note that "No, nobody's coming to save us"

My biggest gripe about Father of All? The credits. There's clearly other instruments being played on the album, but nothing is listed. I guess "percussion" could include keyboards, pianos, synthesizers, kazoos, banana blowers and hockey wad dodods.....but I don't think so, tim.

Solid list. I like how our thoughts regarding deep cuts on Trilogy align together. Lazy Bones is another good shoutout, but god I love Billie's screams on Makeout Party.

Oh you could be right, I hadn't read the last bit properly but he does say "it's been a great ride" so sounds like he is leaving.

Omg I forgot about this again. Would be great if it was streaming somewhere.

I listened to LAPD by the Offspring and it's like American Eulogy lyrically Damn you have a whole excel sheet??

If I remember correctly it was "too dumb to die" in that song. Also I saw this post and figured it was kickass and very accurate to the Insomniac era so here it comes... here it comes... here comes my 19th amazement breakdown!

Look like they're parting ways

Don't Look Away is a working title for The Forgotten. Dream could mean the cover of Boudleaux Bryant's All I Have To Do Is Dream played in 1992 which was written as Dream in setlist.fm at some point. Fell For Snoo is a working title for Fell for You. I'll Make You Surrender is an alternate title for Red Lights something. Jezebel is an unreleased song from the trilogy sessions which could be Troublemaker. Walk Away could be the American Idiot song. What You Say was one of the fan-speculated titles for Stay. Too Young to Die is presumably a working title for Carpe Diem. I've heard of You Really Got a Hold On Me but I keep thinking of the Kinks song Van Halen covered. How did you get all these titles?

No I will die on the hill that Songs About Jane is still a good album. But the rest of their output? It's pretty trash. I jumped the Maroon 5 ship around the time of their third or fourth album. Now I absolutely can't stand Adam Levine's dopey ass face. That face of his is so absurd

The American Dream Is Killing Me - 11,244,410 (+70k) Look Ma, No Brains! - 7,205,030 (+63k) Bobby Sox - 4,043,694 (+81k) One Eyed Bastard - 6,317,397 (+85k) Dilemma - 8,089,435 (+89k) 1981 - 2,222,712 (+48k) Goodnight Adeline - 2,014,813 (+41k) Coma City - 1,697,237 (+32k) Corvette Summer - 1,733,378 (+34k) Suzie Chapstick - 1,837,312 (+41k) Strange Days Are Here to Stay - 1,661,461 (+33k) Living in the '20s - 1,650,137 (+39k) Father to a Son - 1,368,940 (+26k) Saviors - 1,351,077 (+28k) Fancy Sauce - 1,304,008 (+26k) TOTAL - 53,741,041 (+735,625)

That was great! I loved it was more Saviors focused. I love getting some insight about Coma City and Corvette Summer and that comment about Living in the 20s being a hives-esque really made me happy (I love the hives!) Good stuff. I hope we keep getting more interviews like this leading up to their tour. I would love to hear Tre do one. He's been offering some great responses, not just his usual jokes, which has been a nice change.

This was incredible. I’d love to hear this kind of breakdown for all of Dookie. I liked how Rob explained that the reason he signed them was that they each had a distinct personality with their instruments. And it was sheer luck that they came together. They happened to have the same managers as The Muffs, the managers knew Rob because of that connection and that’s how the demo got to him. Even still, Rob was so stressed out working he nearly threw it out! It’s always so fascinating to me how luck plays a role in the timeline we know. One change and there might have been no (or a very different) career for Green Day.

Well after having the album on repeat since it's release, it's time for me to leave my impressions... Saviors is a great return to form for the band after my personal least favourite album from them (FOAM). I don't think I like the songs on Saviors enough to say it's a better album musically than Revrad, however the production more than makes up for it by making even the most average songs on this album sound like absolute masterpieces. From beginning to end this album just feels and sounds incredible to listen to. My personal favourite tracks are TADIKM, LMNB, 1981, Goodnight Adeline, Coma City, Strange Days and Fancy Sauce. The album in general while doesn't really do much new or experimental, it definitely takes inspiration from most of the bands prior albums and as a result you get a lot of stuff that feels like a mix of the best parts of several albums, such as Coma City for example, which to me feels like the child of 21CB and Insomniac. I love that the band are utilizing key changes to make songs feel more ambitious, there's a great variety of instruments, including the return of strings and acoustic guitars playing major parts in songs before bringing in the big guitar sound for powerful and satisfying choruses. Also the bass throughout is incredible and definitely worth paying a lot of attention to, especially on a fairly high end sound system with the bass turned up a little bit more than usual. Mike goes full Dookie mode on some of these songs and as a result, these are probably some of the best and most complex bass tracks he's ever done. This is also a huge step up lyrically from anything that came out after 21CB without question. I am not even normally even a lyrics guy (It's all about the music for me), but the difference between this and the last 5 albums in that regard is absolutely huge. There's also thankfully no fade out songs here. Overall, I'd give the album an 8/10. The only reasons I don't rate it higher is because: It's highly repetitious nature (several songs not only use almost identical chord progressions and melodies from older songs, but even as ones on the very same album). This is in stark contrast to AI and Revrad's songs, all of which feel much more original and fresh compared to the band's prior material. My favourite Green Day albums are the ones that take me on a journey and make me never want to skip past any of the tracks or it just feels wrong. My favourite 3 Green Day albums 21CB (10/10), AI (10/10) and Revrad (9/10) All feel like they have a melodic story to tell from beginning to end, whereas Saviors just feels like a disconnected collection of songs, which is fine, but just not my personal favourite way the band has done albums before. No multipart tracks or seamless transitions between songs, which wouldn't be fair for me to expect on every album from the band, but these kinds of songs usually end up being some of my favourites and the albums they are associated are usually moved up closer to the top of my list. Overall, I am really happy with this album and it's great to see our boys doing so well on the charts again. I bet a lot of kids are finally discovering them, once again proving that Green Day is a band that truly transcends generations and are easily deserving of the title of one of the all time greats. PS: I hope Revrad one day gets an anniversary remaster with production as good as this album has, because if it did, I'd happily bump it up to a 10/10 also.

I just ordered the Dookie Igloo cooler. I thought it was badass. I'm not out to get all of the Saviors vinyl variants, but I'll buy the variants that I find in the "wild" with the exception of the hot pink galaxy version that I pre-ordered. So far I also have the Indy exclusive, Target exclusive, and the 180-Gram version. Unfortunately the Wal-Mart near me sucks, they only have a tiny vinyl section and it's all country records (I live in the Silicon Valley for cirssakes!) so no luck on the Wally World exclusive. I'll have to check other locations when it's convenient.

Well, I got this US Stray Heart Promo CD... and I bought a Japanese Poprocks & Coke Single from eBay!

Greg Schneider (paranoidtrooper) has posted some pics of the guys on Instagram. A lot are repeats but here's some of them https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3AATmyOUHq/?igsh=dmNrMXhsaDdjanp5