jengd Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, Psycho Britney said: I'm sorry if this very obvious, but who is Jake? He’s a Photographer who was involved in an accident with a forklift at one of the US shows last summer, very badly injured. I want to say it was in Chicago but could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycho Britney Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 21 minutes ago, jengd said: He’s a Photographer who was involved in an accident with a forklift at one of the US shows last summer, very badly injured. I want to say it was in Chicago but could be wrong. Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Good news he's making progress in his recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 22 minutes ago, jengd said: He’s a Photographer who was involved in an accident with a forklift at one of the US shows last summer, very badly injured. I want to say it was in Chicago but could be wrong. It was Philadelphia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xWhatsername_ Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I can’t believe it’s almost been an entire year since I seen green day for the first time and this tour, it’s crazy how fast time flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted August 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2022 From Jake (anniversary of his terrible accident) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post saintjimmy924 Posted August 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2022 Figured some people would get a kick out of my Hella Mega story here. So, way back in 2020 I happened to win tickets from my local radio station. I wasn't even going to go if I hadn't won them because meh, big arena shows but since I won them I figured I might as well go. I figured they would be good tickets, maybe not up front but like pretty good seats. Well, last September finally rolls around after it got postponed and we show up and buy the preferred parking pass for the show so we could not be stuck in as much traffic getting out. I bring this up because we saw some people walking around outside with these yellow wristbands on and just for the hell of it we decided to fashion some fake wristbands out of strips of the parking pass and duct tape just to see if maybe it could get us backstage or vip or something. Anyways, I go and grab my tickets from the box office and we head inside. We find our seats and they're like as far away as you can get. So we figured, screw it let's go see if we can find some empty seats that are closer that we can sneak into. So we find some and we start looking at the GA pit area who are all wearing these bright yellow wristbands and notice that security isn't really paying attention, they're just looking to see if you've got the wristband or not. We look at the fake ones that we made just by accident and notice that the color is pretty close and if they aren't paying attention, we might just be able to sneak past. Long story short, we used the fake wristbands we made to sneak into the GA pit area. So in essence I got GA pit tickets for free! 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Little Boy Named Booze Posted August 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, saintjimmy924 said: Figured some people would get a kick out of my Hella Mega story here. So, way back in 2020 I happened to win tickets from my local radio station. I wasn't even going to go if I hadn't won them because meh, big arena shows but since I won them I figured I might as well go. I figured they would be good tickets, maybe not up front but like pretty good seats. Well, last September finally rolls around after it got postponed and we show up and buy the preferred parking pass for the show so we could not be stuck in as much traffic getting out. I bring this up because we saw some people walking around outside with these yellow wristbands on and just for the hell of it we decided to fashion some fake wristbands out of strips of the parking pass and duct tape just to see if maybe it could get us backstage or vip or something. Anyways, I go and grab my tickets from the box office and we head inside. We find our seats and they're like as far away as you can get. So we figured, screw it let's go see if we can find some empty seats that are closer that we can sneak into. So we find some and we start looking at the GA pit area who are all wearing these bright yellow wristbands and notice that security isn't really paying attention, they're just looking to see if you've got the wristband or not. We look at the fake ones that we made just by accident and notice that the color is pretty close and if they aren't paying attention, we might just be able to sneak past. Long story short, we used the fake wristbands we made to sneak into the GA pit area. So in essence I got GA pit tickets for free! Wow! I was waiting for "and then we made fake red wristbands that brought us backstage with the bands and got in a limo with lot of booze and woke up in the same bed as Billie in a unknown hotel room." 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjimmy924 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 59 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said: Wow! I was waiting for "and then we made fake red wristbands that brought us backstage with the bands and got in a limo with lot of booze and woke up in the same bed as Billie in a unknown hotel room." That only happens in my dreams sadly. 😥 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacejunkie punk Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, saintjimmy924 said: Figured some people would get a kick out of my Hella Mega story here. So, way back in 2020 I happened to win tickets from my local radio station. I wasn't even going to go if I hadn't won them because meh, big arena shows but since I won them I figured I might as well go. I figured they would be good tickets, maybe not up front but like pretty good seats. Well, last September finally rolls around after it got postponed and we show up and buy the preferred parking pass for the show so we could not be stuck in as much traffic getting out. I bring this up because we saw some people walking around outside with these yellow wristbands on and just for the hell of it we decided to fashion some fake wristbands out of strips of the parking pass and duct tape just to see if maybe it could get us backstage or vip or something. Anyways, I go and grab my tickets from the box office and we head inside. We find our seats and they're like as far away as you can get. So we figured, screw it let's go see if we can find some empty seats that are closer that we can sneak into. So we find some and we start looking at the GA pit area who are all wearing these bright yellow wristbands and notice that security isn't really paying attention, they're just looking to see if you've got the wristband or not. We look at the fake ones that we made just by accident and notice that the color is pretty close and if they aren't paying attention, we might just be able to sneak past. Long story short, we used the fake wristbands we made to sneak into the GA pit area. So in essence I got GA pit tickets for free! Great story that was a total punk move 🤘 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave To The Network Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 3 hours ago, saintjimmy924 said: Figured some people would get a kick out of my Hella Mega story here. Thanks for sharing! That's a cool idea. Yeah, those crowd control people have so much other stuff to worry about that they're not going to be looking closely. They probably aren't payed enough to care very much anyway. Hopefully sharing your story won't make it significantly more common of a thing that they start getting stricter with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerjeezus Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedundantIdiot Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 I really hope that GD play arenas on the next tour and that it’s a while before GD tour sports stadiums again. As good as the actual Huddersfield HM gig was the venue couldn’t cope with the number of people, the stewards didn’t know where peoples entrance's were, there was a lack of both male and female toilets (loads of guys were peeing in the street after the gig), and there was a lack of food options (cheeseburger, hot dog, crisps, or chocolate bar) to cater for people who were there for 6 hours. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, RedundantIdiot said: I really hope that GD play arenas on the next tour and that it’s a while before GD tour sports stadiums again. As good as the actual Huddersfield HM gig was the venue couldn’t cope with the number of people, the stewards didn’t know where peoples entrance's were, there was a lack of both male and female toilets (loads of guys were peeing in the street after the gig), and there was a lack of food options (cheeseburger, hot dog, crisps, or chocolate bar) to cater for people who were there for 6 hours. Sounds like the same promoter who attempted Bellahouston first time! When I saw the site map that morning I was concerned about the set up, it was clearly nowhere near adequate. It was very good in June, had a large Pissoir and a guy directing people to empty loos would you believe, it was very efficient. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montclare Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, jengd said: Sounds like the same promoter who attempted Bellahouston first time! When I saw the site map that morning I was concerned about the set up, it was clearly nowhere near adequate. It was very good in June, had a large Pissoir and a guy directing people to empty loos would you believe, it was very efficient. If only the public transportation had been better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jengd Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 32 minutes ago, Montclare said: If only the public transportation had been better. Oh yes, that was a mess! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted September 4, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2022 It's not GD related but Jake is back out on tour a year after his accident. Brilliant news 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Boy Named Booze Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Not gonna buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted October 28, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2022 Just in case anyone is interested Jake has successfully been out on tour with PATD and is on his way back home (first tour since his accident) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted August 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2023 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Glad to see he's doing well! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Short video from Jake the photographer about life since his accident during Hella Mega (there's a pic of Mike in there too) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4GkEjuPpBC/?igsh=ZGkyZTMybXB6eXpv 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Happy he's doing well and that he found a way to reshape his art to fit in with his new life rather than giving it up. Really inspiring. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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