Random Green Day News

[Montclare]

12 hours ago, Jane Lannister said:

And a buzzfeed article in case you don't feel old yet:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/wake-me-up-im-old?utm_term=.ejl0PjG1z#.qpYRwgD9J

OMG, I was reading that, and when I got to the Aerosmith followed by Green Day one, I was thinking "they can't play that on the same station, they're like 20 years apart, it would sound strange", and then it hit me that something released right now is 20 years younger than Nimrod, so same dif.

If you need me, I'll be curled up in the corner breathing into a paper bag.

[jengd]

Well at least you would be getting to hear GD on the radio!  Radio in the UK is awful, DAB has been a complete con, there are hardly any stations left on it and nothing playing rock music of any kind that I can find, despite what they may say. Have to use internet radio to get rock stations and that's not always great depending on work etc.  It is a little scary to hear them taLking of being a bad for 30 years now though!  

[DeJennsitized]

Just listening to BBC Radio X and they've having a competition to win VIP tickets for a gig - people who entered voted for which artist they wanted to win VIP tickets for. It was between Green Day and Richard Ashcroft and Green Day won with over 70% of the vote Not sure if it counts as news but it made me smile.

[jengd]

Radio X isn't too bad but Chris Moyles makes me ill!

[desertrose]

For Everyone Who's Felt Personally Victimized After Hearing Green Day On A Classic Rock Station

https://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/wake-me-up-im-old?bftw&utm_term=.xuVB83dzA#.kmgkXrVJZ

[desertrose]

 

Green Day - 'American Idiot' // Throwback Thursday

https://www.whatsbehindthemusic.co.uk/editorials

 

 

[pouty bitch]

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/499911/green-days-mike-dirnt-interview-2017.htm

[Hermione]

2 hours ago, G-L-O-R-I-A said:

http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/499911/green-days-mike-dirnt-interview-2017.htm

There's a thread for this

 

[desertrose]

Why April 23rd Matters in Rock History

And in 2004, Green Day had to issue a statement to counter a widespread rumor that singer Billie Joe Armstrong died in a car accident.

And that’s what happened today in rock history.

 

http://sixxsense.iheart.com/onair/sixx-sense-54580/why-april-23rd-matters-in-rock-15763749/

 

[Schlappy]

12 hours ago, desertrose said:

Why April 23rd Matters in Rock History

And in 2004, Green Day had to issue a statement to counter a widespread rumor that singer Billie Joe Armstrong died in a car accident.

And that’s what happened today in rock history.

 

http://sixxsense.iheart.com/onair/sixx-sense-54580/why-april-23rd-matters-in-rock-15763749/

 

Wow theyre really grasping at straws here

[RedundantIdiot]

 

[amberwhite]

20 minutes ago, Whatsername_123 said:

 

The subtitles!  I'm crying! 

[desertrose]

10 Unforgettable Billie Joe Armstrong Moments

http://loudwire.com/10-unforgettable-billie-joe-armstrong-moments/

 

 

[WorryRock02]

Green Day Have A “Machiavellian Catalogue Of Shit” We’ve Never Heard That Will “All Come Out” One Day

“Yeah, we kind of have a Machiavellian catalogue of shit lying around,” laughs bassist Mike Dirnt. “We have SO much stuff, and some of it has morphed into other songs… you know, a song that took 10, 20 years to evolve but started off as a jam or started off as us singing a different lyric to it or whatever. I mean, there’s little opuses in other songs and things like that we’ve done that people have never heard. “What’s cool is that a lot of it’s recorded really well, too,” Dirnt reveals to Music Feeds. “So a lot of that stuff – there’s cassette tape, demo tape stuff – but there’s also stuff that was recorded very well that sounds like it could be on a record, you know? We just didn’t put it out. Which is really nice the way recording is nowadays, it’s so cheap to record things that sound great, not like those crappy cassette tapes. But we do have a lot of those as well [laughs] it’s really neat.“I don’t know when they’ll see the light of day, but me and [frontman] Billie always said ‘at some point everything comes out in the wash’. So, you know, at some point it’ll all come out.”“We’re not in any hurry to do that because this band has never really been in the business of looking backwards,” he chuckles. “Maybe some day when we’re older, then we’ll look back. At this point, I have stopped and smelled the roses finally, I think. And it’s nice to look back and go ‘Wow, we really have accomplished a lot of stuff!’ But I don’t think we’ll be exhuming any old demo tapes at this point right now [laughs].” http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/green-day-machiavellian-catalogue-shit-weve-never-heard-will-come-one-day/

[jengd]

22 minutes ago, WorryRock02 said:

Green Day Have A “Machiavellian Catalogue Of Shit” We’ve Never Heard That Will “All Come Out” One Day

“Yeah, we kind of have a Machiavellian catalogue of shit lying around,” laughs bassist Mike Dirnt. “We have SO much stuff, and some of it has morphed into other songs… you know, a song that took 10, 20 years to evolve but started off as a jam or started off as us singing a different lyric to it or whatever. I mean, there’s little opuses in other songs and things like that we’ve done that people have never heard. “What’s cool is that a lot of it’s recorded really well, too,” Dirnt reveals to Music Feeds. “So a lot of that stuff – there’s cassette tape, demo tape stuff – but there’s also stuff that was recorded very well that sounds like it could be on a record, you know? We just didn’t put it out. Which is really nice the way recording is nowadays, it’s so cheap to record things that sound great, not like those crappy cassette tapes. But we do have a lot of those as well [laughs] it’s really neat.“I don’t know when they’ll see the light of day, but me and [frontman] Billie always said ‘at some point everything comes out in the wash’. So, you know, at some point it’ll all come out.”“We’re not in any hurry to do that because this band has never really been in the business of looking backwards,” he chuckles. “Maybe some day when we’re older, then we’ll look back. At this point, I have stopped and smelled the roses finally, I think. And it’s nice to look back and go ‘Wow, we really have accomplished a lot of stuff!’ But I don’t think we’ll be exhuming any old demo tapes at this point right now [laughs].” http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/green-day-machiavellian-catalogue-shit-weve-never-heard-will-come-one-day/

I saw that article and wasn't totally sure it was new, sounds like a bit of a rehash of an old interview with Mike and some DJ where Mike said they had an attic full of stuff that would probably come out one day.  Interesting to see Cigarettes and Valentines has been recovered though if it's true.

[desertrose]

Dave Grohl makes a quick mention of Green Day toward the beginning of the interview.

Dave Grohl's Mom Virginia Talks About Raising A Rockstar Child

http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/v9mgrPVn3otcANiouNuJccOfqRIU6J_F/dave-grohl-s-mom-virginia-talks-about-raising-a-rockstar-child/

 

[WhiteTim]

On 4/27/2017 at 10:53 AM, jengd said:

I saw that article and wasn't totally sure it was new, sounds like a bit of a rehash of an old interview with Mike and some DJ where Mike said they had an attic full of stuff that would probably come out one day.  Interesting to see Cigarettes and Valentines has been recovered though if it's true.

That whole being stolen thing was just made up 

[jengd]

Yeah, I know it's always been hazy at best what actually happened it, but it would be interesting if they were happy for it to read-appear in some form or other.

[The Grohl]

2 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

That whole being stolen thing was just made up 

That's what I think. If anything the band probably has that album and maybe shelved it because it wasn't so great. Then we got AI, so it's all good

[Hermione]

Something could have happened to a copy of it or whatever and that could've served as the catalyst to make them reassess what they were doing and scrap it and start again even though they could've carried on with it if they'd wanted. I don't think that's totally out of the question. But there's just no way the whole album/all the songs would only exist as one copy  

[desertrose]

 

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[WhiteTim]

On 4/30/2017 at 4:50 AM, Hermione said:

Something could have happened to a copy of it or whatever and that could've served as the catalyst to make them reassess what they were doing and scrap it and start again even though they could've carried on with it if they'd wanted. I don't think that's totally out of the question. But there's just no way the whole album/all the songs would only exist as one copy  

Well it's the stolen thing that gets me cause Mike mentioned once that they had DAT backups of unmixed versions of the songs that tells me they recorded on tape cause if they were doing straight up pro tools they'd have made back up on cd-r's they claim the masters were stolen so if they recorded on tape at the least each song would have taken up 2 reels at the least so that'd be 40 reels (as it's been said that they had 20 songs recorded) that'd been stolen I don't see a studio letting anyone just walking out with reels without being stopped

for those who may not know what reels look like here's what one looks like 

imagine 39 more of those and you see how hard it'd be to go unnoticed 

I go with the theory that they just don't want to say publicly the songs weren't good  saying the masters were stolen sounds better than saying the songs sucked as the stolen story would place the blame on the studio and not on them 

[desertrose]

What not to do at Green Day's Auckland shows'
by Chris Schulz | May 11, 2017 | NZ Herald

Green Day are here for two shows this weekend, but one will be very different to the other. Tre Cool tells Chris Schulz why.

Tre Cool is laughing. Not an outrageous snort, more of a considered snicker, like he's chuckling from behind his hand.

What's he laughing about? Cool, the spiky-haired drummer for punk-rock lifers Green Day, is calling out the band's rivals.

He won't name names, but it's easy to guess. There have been a few over the years.

And he's having the time of his life doing it.

"You hear records that were popular at certain times, especially back in the 90s and early 2000s, people were jumping on these fads and trying to get a quick hit," he exclaims.

"We never did that. We were very conscious not to do that."

I join in the fun and jokingly ask Cool why Green Day never added a DJ or rapper into their three-strong mix, which has never strayed from him, front-man Billy Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt.

That's a good example ... We were very careful not to jump on any sort of sonic fads ... We left all the cheap tricks to other bands that have long since gone."

His tongue is firmly in his cheek. In fact, over a casual 15-minute phoner, it becomes apparent it might live in there. "My wife is over there decorating her backpack," he says at one point during our conversation. "Check her out. Aww, she's adorable."

But his joking takedown of nu-metal is a solid reminder of the timelessness of Green Day's 1994 album Dookie, their snot-fuelled cartoon punk blast that kick-started a career that's now into its 31st year.

Despite a career that's morphed into politically charged albums like 2004's American Idiot and last year's Revolution Radio, hits from Dookie - like Longview, Basket Case and When I Come Around - are still the highlight for many during Green Day's live shows.

That's likely to be the case when Green Day hit Spark Arena with The Interrupters this weekend.

And Cool is, well, super cool about that.

"I remember when we wrote and recorded them ... the common thread was always longevity. We kept saying, 'Let's make something that doesn't sound dated. Let's get a quality recording, record what we sound like, make it about the songs, make it about the performance, make it about the band."

Dookie songs are still a favourite for the band to play too, admits Cool.

But not for the same reason.

"I notice when we start playing those Dookie-era songs, you smell the aroma of marijuana in the audience every time, no matter where you are. Even in Texas," says Cool.

"It's cool, like, 'Oh yep, the old-timers are lighting up their joints' ... you get a free contact high with all the Dookie stuff."

The other highlight of Green Day's live shows is their 20-year tradition of jamming with a superfan. Despite some occasionally woeful performances, Cool says Armstrong's fan choices - chosen randomly from the crowd - are usually spot-on.

"He'll look around for someone who has a snap factor, someone who's a little bit off. I don't know how he does it, but it's always different people. Half the time, I'd say it's amazing, good, probably another 45 per cent, and 5 per cent would be, 'They just can't play'.

"That grade point average would get you into most colleges," he laughs. "It's pretty good odds."

But, he warns, if you want to get picked from the crowd, there's something you should never do.

"Having a sign does not help," Cool says. "I've never seen Billy pick anyone to come up on stage [with a sign saying], 'Hey Billy, pick me'."

Cool's got another warning too. This weekend's shows - on Saturday and Sunday nights - will be very different from each another.

"The second night is going to be completely nuts, because it's the last show we do with The Interrupters," he says. "We have a tradition to play lots of pranks on the opening act on the very last show. That will be the Sunday. So if you really want to see a special show, that's the one to go to," he says.

"I cannot give anything away, but we have a long tradition of hi-jinks and onstage pranks during their set."

There's another hint of a mysterious chuckle from behind his hand again. Then Cool declares: "Don't come late."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11851550

[Hermione]

9 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

Well it's the stolen thing that gets me cause Mike mentioned once that they had DAT backups of unmixed versions of the songs that tells me they recorded on tape cause if they were doing straight up pro tools they'd have made back up on cd-r's they claim the masters were stolen so if they recorded on tape at the least each song would have taken up 2 reels at the least so that'd be 40 reels (as it's been said that they had 20 songs recorded) that'd been stolen I don't see a studio letting anyone just walking out with reels without being stopped

for those who may not know what reels look like here's what one looks like 

 

imagine 39 more of those and you see how hard it'd be to go unnoticed 

I go with the theory that they just don't want to say publicly the songs weren't good  saying the masters were stolen sounds better than saying the songs sucked as the stolen story would place the blame on the studio and not on them 

Makes a lot of sense. They have pretty much admitted the songs weren't good anyway, right from the beginning they've said after the "robbery" they took stock and realised they weren't "maximum Green Day" and that they could do better, to be fair. But I agree they added in/exaggerated the other stuff to make it a better story and a bit less pathetic sounding than just they weren't good. I guess it's kind of like The Network now, they'll never admit it because it's more fun to go with the mysterious story  

[MillenniumFan]

After 16+ years of existence, Green Day's offical YouTube channel has now reached and surpassed 2 Million subscribers!

It gained about 1 Million subscribers since May of last year 2016 (750k subscribers during the RevRad era alone).

 

Total views on all videos also reached 1 Billion in october of last year and are now at 1.25 Billion.