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Forgotten concerts: Green Day brings neo punk sound to Springfield Civic Center on Nov. 13, 1995

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/06/forgotten_concerts_green_day_b.html

Green Day, Third Eye Blind Come to Blows at KROQ Show

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/green-day-third-eye-blind-come-to-blows-at-kroq-show-19980623

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Six Pack: You'd be an 'Idiot' not to like Green Day

http://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/six-pack-you-d-be-an-idiot-not-to-like/article_7ee8c495-6a68-56b1-9a0d-d9bbc5bd42fc.html

Full article here since you guys could not open it.

Do you have the time

To listen to me whine

About nothing and everything

All at once"

— Basket Case

In the early 1990s, popular music was evolving and branching out all over the place. In the R&B world clones such as Silk and Shai were big, following the lead of Boyz II Men. Rock thought it had its leader, but that ended April 5, 1994, when Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain tragically took his own life.

Stepping up in February 1994, a band called Green Day released an album called "Dookie," which could have been easily dismissed. After all, the punk crowd didn't want to embrace them because the weren't really punk. The rock crowd, mellowing with the sounds of Hootie and the Blowfish, didn't really accept them because of their "punk" roots.

Fast forward to 2015, and Green Day finds itself in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It also has had a successful Broadway production of its most famous album, which ended in 2014, and a boatload of Grammy and other music awards, not bad for a most-of-the-time three-piece band out of California.

This week, Six Pack takes a look at the top six Green Day songs of all-time, with, of course, a few mentions of near-misses — "Minority," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," "Holiday" and "Welcome to Paradise."

6. "Longview" — Did Green Day steal this from Jerry Seinfeld? The song, Green Day's first on the Billboard chart from 1994's "Dookie," is largely about doing nothing all day. It also includes a reference to the subject matter of the famous Seinfeld episode "The Contest." Couldn't be, could it?

5. "American Idiot" — Green Day wasn't exactly floundering at the time, but any talk of any scuffling stopped dead in it tracks in 2004, when this album hit the streets. The title track of the album, which Six Pack says is the best album of the 2000s first decade, accuses mass media of creating paranoia among the masses. Six Pack doesn't know if that is true, but it is fun to talk about at parties and the like.

4. "When I Come Around" — Lead singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong penned this after breaking up with his girlfriend. He would later marry the woman, but where are the great songs based on the marriage? Six Pack has expressed this before and it bears repeating — musicians need more tumultuous relationships and fewer successes. Selfish thinking, but Six Pack likes great songs.

3. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" — A signature song usually sounds similar to the rest of the group's body of work. Not this one. Armstrong wrote this as "Dookie" was being recorded but it wasn't released until 1997's "Nimrod." It didn't fit "Dookie" and it doesn't really fit Green Day, but it a great song lyrically, containing one of Six Pack's all-time favorite lines ("For what it's worth, It was worth all the while.")

2. "Jesus of Suburbia" — Green Day's longest single introduces us to the central character in the "American Idiot" concept album. Taken as a song in itself, this is a fine song. As the basis on a concept album (Pink Floyd's "The Wall" being the most famous), it turns more to work of art. How did Green Day get radio to agree to a nine-minute song as a single? First, they cut it down to about six minutes and change, and then reminded them, "we're Green Day!"

1. "Basket Case" — The group had a No. 1 on its hands with this one, even if it was on the Modern Rock chart. Glancing through the lyrics, Billie Joe, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt throw us more curves on gender bending than your average 1994 song, but the song's best feature is the sheer joy the listened gets in the 3 minutes. Green Day has more significant songs, but none better.

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How many of these did you know have played in Milton Keynes?
Green Day
Rock band Green day played The National Bowl in the summer of 2005 and played their latest album Bullet in a Bible.
The band were supported by Hard Fi, Jimmy eat World and Taking back Sunday and recorded a DVD of their two nights at the famous venue.
Here are the band with one of their biggest hits, Wake me up before September Ends.

To me, bands like Green Day should be considered pop rock rather than punk.

http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/album-review-sorority-noise-joy-departed/

There are plenty of Bay Area bands included like Berkeley's Green Day, who were inducted this year.

http://abc7news.com/society/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-exhibit-pays-tribute-to-bay-area-culture/777452/

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their latest album Bullet in a Bible.

Erm...

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"American Idiot" is a Tony Award-winning musical based on the Grammy Award-winning album of the same name by punk band Green Day.
Diaz saw the musical for the first time in 2013 when a touring version of the Broadway play made its way to Downtown's Plaza Theatre.
"It was my first time seeing it with real Broadway singers and actors, and when I saw it I thought, 'I want to be in this,' and I was so excited when (the program) booked it," Diaz said. "When Green Day first came out with the album, I fell in love with it. It's part of my childhood, being born in mid-1990s."
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John Roecker:

Deal with Warners is Done! Praise Satan! See you in September. Heart Like A Hand Grenade: The Making of American Idiot teaser coming soon. I want to thank my brothers Dylan Melody, Dean Gonzalez , Scott Gawlik for making my film how I envisioned it. Eleven years but it has been worth it...you will not be disappointed this film is the shit.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153438580325439&set=a.10151172837540439.503797.739030438&type=1&theater

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Standish and Botting tag team Taps

"I remember one of the first things you said to me was, 'How would you feel about covering Green Day's Dookie front to back?'," recalls Botting. "I said, 'I would love to do that,' and (Rod) said 'Play it right now!'"
"I was maybe trying to be social in my own awkward way," replies Standish.
Five years later they got around to doing Dookie on stage, as part of their Complete Album ongoing series at Taps.
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Check us out on Vintage King Audio's Make Your Mark Series. Some great video of the studios, narrated by a very serious Chris Dugan, and starring Momo. A very special thanks to Mike and Jeff at Vintage King for helping make our studio so great sounding.

Make Your Mark With Chris Dugan Of JingleTown Recordings

Want to know more about the story of Chris and JingleTown? To find out more, check out our latest Make Your Mark below and get an exclusive sneak peek at Green Day's beautiful recording space.

check out the video

https://player.vimeo.com/video/130548180?color=537c99&amp

https://vintageking.com/blog/2015/06/jingle-town/

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Tre Cool's Greenday Slingerland Drum Set, Burnt, Signed

Tre Cool, GREENDAY, Slingerland 24,14,16. Burnt.

The remnants of Tre’s Slingerland “Tre Cool Signature” model drums. Wooden shells wrapped in green finish, DW tom stand. Tre Cool used this set on tour with Green Day in 2004. This set was set fire on stage in Cleveland, Ohio. Acquired directly from Tre Cool. Green Day logo head and floor tom head signed by Tre Cool. Will ship internationally.
PRICE, $3,995.00
More photos available. Serious offers considered.

https://reverb.com/item/798932-tre-cool-s-greenday-slingerland-drum-set-burnt-signed

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What is someone gonna do with a set of burned up broken drums?

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'10 of the Best Musicians to Appear in Fashion Campaigns'

Green Day for John Varvatos

John Varvatos has roped a number of musicians into his advertising campaigns over the years – among them Iggy Pop, The Roots, Velvet Revolver and Alice Cooper – but the pop-punk persona of Green Day felt like an apt face for the increasingly sanitized and unthreatening image of both rock & roll, and New York itself. As depressing as that is.

http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/06/09/best-fashion-campaigns-with-musicians/

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What is someone gonna do with a set of burned up broken drums?

Sell it to a rich superfan on Ebay? That's the only thing that comes to mind.
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Billie Joe to be featured on TV show "Junk Gypsies" on GAC TV

Junk Gypsies

Airstream Makeover For Greenday's Billie Joe Armstrong

Green Day front man and rock'n'roll hall of famer, Billie Joe Armstrong, and his wife, Adrienne, own an old airstream trailer and as a special surprise to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary, Adrienne has asked the Junk Gypsies to renovate the trailer and make it into a 'surf shack on wheels' that Billie can take out surfing with his buddies. Amie and Jolie hit the road for inspiration and to find a surfboard for the airstream. They build a table out of a surfboard and turn the airstream into a 'Zen, rock'n'roll surf shack' for Billie Joe.
  • May 22, 2015 10:00 PM ET
  • May 23, 2015 2:00 AM ET
  • May 29, 2015 10:30 PM ET
  • May 30, 2015 2:30 AM ET

http://www.gactv.com/gac/cda/episode_print/0,3008,GAC_45849_97604_DS-EPISODE,00.html

I'm a little late on this but does anybody know if I can watch this online and if yes where?

One of the disadvantages of not living in the US, I guess...

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In 2010, Gallagher starred in American Idiot, a musical based on the Green Day album of the same name, playing Johnny aka "Jesus of Suburbia".

http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/STAGE-TUBE-On-This-Day-for-61715--John-Gallagher-Jr-20150617#

Billie Joe Armstrong Talks About Green Day’s New Album; Group Working On Record Following HOF Induction

http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/211967/20150617/green-day-new-album.htm

ON THIS DAY: 2005 – Green Day play the Milton Keynes Bowl

http://citiblogmk.co.uk/2015/06/18/on-this-day-2005-green-day-play-the-milton-keynes-bowl/

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