1972 project speculation thread

[aahhhh]

Feels like this album has been done for a while. Rock bands have been keeping the window between official album announcements and release dates pretty short this year, and I imagine it'll be similar for GD. With the fall tour rumors, it feels like they'll announce the album sometime in summer and release it in the fall around a headlining tour that will continue into 2024.

[Little Boy Named Booze]

They didn't said they were touring for a new album for nothing when they reached the FEQ in early January. I still think an announcement in May/June is possible.

[GDFan2019]

Guys, don't forget, tomorrow is Mike's birthday, so maybe they'll use that to drop another hint!! Fingers crossed!!!

[Flashback]

I hope that when the album comes out we get interviews with insights about the production process. Very strange timeline since 2021. Maybe the original 1972 project was indeed cancelled and everything was rerecorded.

[steve46]

Really, really hoping that this article means 2023 and not 2024!

[GreenDayItaly]

This could mean nothing but Brian Judd (Chris Lord-Alge's assistant) just posted this on IG Story 

https://instagram.com/brianjuddmix

[pcj]

18 hours ago, Sanity Loan said:

Thanks! It would be great if the author could clarify the "next year" part and whether that is relative to 2022 or now.

Spoke to the company again today as they did not reply yesterday. They verbally stated that they think the advertisement used archived material. I said that was not good enough. I was advised to formally write to a Ross Gilbert in Marketing, which I have done via email today asking for urgent clarification, as their statement could be considered misinformation.

At the very least their notice should be considered unreliable.

The fact they are using Rob Cavallo's name and quoting him, wouldn't they have to ask his permission? I dunno. 

I reckon, as others have said, the statement "next year" is referring to 2023 as it was made in 2022.

Anyways, as soon as I get a reply, I will post it on here. Hope that helps. 

 

[Redundantuserjinxboy]

2 hours ago, GreenDayItaly said:

This could mean nothing but Brian Judd (Chris Lord-Alge's assistant) just posted this on IG Story 

Whoa it says 1972. This is our first "1972" hint (sorta?) In months. 

[ThranaM]

This is the sign that they definitely reads what's being said in this forum. A shitload of complaints within two days, and a hint drops.
Can we complain as much as possible so that we get another hint?

[DanagedGoods]

2 hours ago, GreenDayItaly said:

This could mean nothing but Brian Judd (Chris Lord-Alge's assistant) just posted this on IG Story 

The way I see it, it’s Billie Joe saying he was around from “1972-?” As he doesn’t know the year he’s going to die. Might be a hint, but might just be the dates of his life 

[jengd]

59 minutes ago, Redundantuserjinxboy said:

Whoa it says 1972. This is our first "1972" hint (sorta?) In months. 

Not necessarily, could mean nothing.

[GDFan2019]

5 hours ago, Flashback said:

I hope that when the album comes out we get interviews with insights about the production process. Very strange timeline since 2021. Maybe the original 1972 project was indeed cancelled and everything was rerecorded.

My thinking too!! Since they were in London without Mike apparently, so maybe they wanted to come to LA to rerecord everything with everyone in the same room

1 hour ago, Redundantuserjinxboy said:

Whoa it says 1972. This is our first "1972" hint (sorta?) In months. 

I’m just trying to figure out what this is, like maybe the back of a piano?

[pacejunkie punk]

3 hours ago, GreenDayItaly said:

This could mean nothing but Brian Judd (Chris Lord-Alge's assistant) just posted this on IG Story 

https://instagram.com/brianjuddmix

Well at least we know he’s still alive

[Hybrid Wolf]

Yeah probably 1972-? means that Billie doesn't know the date of his death but does this thing also mean that Billie was in the studio with Chris and this assistant, something like yesterday?

[BratReject23]

Or that would be the name of the album 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

10 minutes ago, BratReject23 said:

Or that would be the name of the album 

Billie Joe was here 1972- would be a great name for an album

[DookieLukie]

4 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Billie Joe was here 1972- would be a great name for an album

Would it?

[That Dude]

Here are the lengths of time between each studio album. 

 Obviously when a band is first hitting the mainstream, they will keep the momentum going as much as they can.   So from 39 all the way to Warning, the wait never got to be 3 years.    warning's lukewarm reception and band burnout led to a longer waittime for American Idiot, because they knew they needed to make a massive change or risk fading away in the early 2000s.   They worked themselves to the bone during the Idiot era, even adding multiple side projects to their oversized plate during the years that followed.   Not the Network, that wasn't them.    21st Century Breakdown took a long time to make because of how well received American Idiot was.   They had come back from warning, but now instead of fading away, they were facing an almost certain dropoff in sales because nothing could compare to the universally praised IDIOT.    Even if Breakdown was completed in 2006, it was probably a good idea to hold off.   The Idiot hype was just too strong.   Fans and critics were just WAITING to say "not as good as idiot" and dismiss anything else the band did.    Finally, Green Day do get to the standard 3 year schedule of most rock bands.    The Trilogy comes 3 years and 4 months after Breakdown, which is kind of perfect for the label and fans both.     They do just a few months longer between the trilogy and Rev Rad, which is incredible because we could have seen a long wait time after the disaster that was the Trilogy era.    In my notes, I thought Revolution Radio would be out in 2017, but we got in the sweet spot of the 3 year wait.   And finally, and perhaps the most telling is the release of FOAM.   This wait is the same lenght as the wait between Breakdown and Uno, and I believe this 3 years and 4 months is what a label really wants from the band if it's possible.    From warning onward, it looks like 3 years was the goal each time and sometimes things got pushed back for different reasons.      As of May 4th, 2023 we are at 3 years and 2 months, so we're right in the time an album should be dropping.   GDC and myself included are always freaking out over new Green Day, but we've still got time. 

 I give you permission to FREAK OUT on October 4th, 2024 if this album isn't out yet.  Because that would be 4 years, 7 months and 27 days.    And that's just poop.  We can wait 4 years 7 months and 24 days, but 27?    No.  Even if 27 is important somehow, NO.  

 

1 year, 9 months, 4 days (between 39 and Kerplunk)

2 years, 15 days (between Kerplunk and Dookie)

1 year, 8 months, 9 days (between Dookie and Insomniac)

2 years, 4 days (between Inomniac and Nimrod)

2 years, 11 months, 19 days (between Nimrod and Warning)

3 years, 11 months, 18 days (between Warning and American Idiot)

4 years, 7 months, 24 days (between American Idiot and Breakdown)

3 years, 4 months, 9 days (between Breakdown and Uno)

0 years, 1 month, 20 days (between Uno and Dos)

0 years, 0 months, 28 days (between Dos and Tre)

3 years, 9 months and 26 days (between Tre and Revrad)

3 years, 4 months (between Rev Rad and FOAM) 

[DookieLukie]

OG Green Day fans had to wait 17 years for the 1,000 Hours EP and never complained about it.

[Montclare]

There's that one pic from the RevRad era (can't find it now)  of Billie signing a wall and he includes 1972 in the signature, so yeah, not really a clue.

[nopride84]

5 hours ago, pcj said:

Spoke to the company again today as they did not reply yesterday. They verbally stated that they think the advertisement used archived material. I said that was not good enough. I was advised to formally write to a Ross Gilbert in Marketing, which I have done via email today asking for urgent clarification, as their statement could be considered misinformation.

At the very least their notice should be considered unreliable.

The fact they are using Rob Cavallo's name and quoting him, wouldn't they have to ask his permission? I dunno. 

I reckon, as others have said, the statement "next year" is referring to 2023 as it was made in 2022.

Anyways, as soon as I get a reply, I will post it on here. Hope that helps. 

 

Misinformation? Dude it's not an interview it's an ad for the mixing console. Actin like it a us election or some shit

[BratReject23]

1 hour ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Billie Joe was here 1972- would be a great name for an album

Just the 1972-?

[GreenDayItaly]

[That Dude]

18 minutes ago, DookieLukie said:

OG Green Day fans had to wait 17 years for the 1,000 Hours EP and never complained about it.

Do we have any OG's in GDC?  Like a legit fan since 19 freaking 88?    That would be awesome if one of us was actually around and waiting on Sweet Children to put out their first recorded material.  

I remember seeing a Green Day t-shirt in 1994 when I was in fourth grade, but I didn't notice them until "Good Riddance" when I was in middle school.   I knew there was something about them, but I had other favorite bands until the 1-2-3 knockout assault of International Superhits / Warning / Shenanigans.   Those three records went everywhere my parents and I went.    Driving to any old place, going on vacation, you name it.     They beat out my other favorite artists in this period which were: Kid Rock, Barenaked Ladies, RHCP, Blink-182 and Everclear.    Even with Kid Rock's current level of cringe, I think I had an amazing jumping off point to get into the world of alt, punk and all the other subgenres of Rock.     All these guys still put out good records, except maybe the Barenaked Ladies.   That hurts to say that Kid Rock is more consistent than such a great band, but hey.  

 

 

 

[pacejunkie punk]

3 minutes ago, GreenDayItaly said:

Sad to hear this but thanks and thanks to Jason.  So when Billie said in February they were breaking up and getting back together next year he sorta wasn’t kidding