Green Day GDA Q&A

[!what-ever!]

To Billie: What types of thoughts and feelings were you having during the writing of "Coming Clean"? Was it because you were having feelings about a particular man and needed to write about it, or was bi-sexuallity always something you knew was in you?

I didn't know Billie is bi-sexual..

[spark in the night]

these are my favorites

-Billie, when writing new songs, do you ever try to connect with past songs or lyrics as to try to piece together a life long story?

-How does it feel to have such a large/varied/devoted fanbase?

-Will you try to really describe what it feels like (both physically and emotionally) to perform in front of an audience of many thousands who literally adore you and the music you make?

-Can you all still hear well after not wearing ear protection (those ear monitors that most performers wear now) for so many years around loud music? And are you worried about having hearing problems because of this?

-when you go to foreign countries do you ever try their cultural food? like when you go to Japan, do you eat sushi or do you just hit the nearby mcdonalds?"

[tres_cool]

^I like those too.

[spark in the night]

2.to billie joe-when was the exact moment you realized green day was going to be your life?

the reason I dont like this one very much is that Billie will probably just say when they played their first gig.

He kind of explained it on Behind the Music

[saurus]

Some of my favourites are (and some of them are quite similar so obviously not all of them )

what would you write on your gravestone?

have you found the meaning of life and if so what the hell is it?

if you were a homeless guy, what would your sign say?

(my one - I just like it) If you could morph into any ONE animal at any time, which animal would you choose to be?

(mine again - im sorry - its just i've heard billie, especially, saying he IS green day, so) Without Green Day who would you be?

Billie, Tre and Mike, if you were to describe yourselves in three words, what would those three words be?

How does it feel to have such a large/varied/devoted fanbase?

I've had a quick look through and I'll have another look through in a bit.

[st.billie]

This is going to be a bit too much for me to go through all of these pages and mark down my favorites. I haven't been keeping tabs.

i think you should have given us a limit of idk like 10 suggestions per person and maybe you should keep this open for some amount of time and then close it. that would have made your job a lot easier and people would have actually thought of what they are suggesting instead of just writing down every silly thing that comes to their minds

[**nobodylikesyou**]

So many of the questions in this thread have been answered by them already.

Have any of you listed to the podcast of the New York Times talks to Billie Joe Armstrong? Its 55 minutes long, and its basically just a question and answer session with him. Lots of these questions will be answered.

[justcause]

I really like the 'John Lennon' question, for Billie Joe -

"Are you really just a songwriter who happens to play guitar?"

[netty]

if Tre wanted to talk about his mom or have people know about that side of his life, we would have heard something. we havent. leave it at that. dont put the band in a situation where they have to say "I`m not answering that!"

[Burningout]

How many years did u have 2 work b4 u got signed?

Wat probs did u encounter b4 u got signed?

B-sides Tre, r u guys all original members of GD?

Do u guys have a myspace/msn?

Wats it like on tour?

LOVE YA GUYS!!! :wink: :wink:

They have a group Myspace - See page one or two.

They were sweet children billie and mike where friends and decided "lets make a band for the hell of it" then John left then tre came along

Im sorry but if you have to ask that question i have to agree you mustn't know Green Day as much as you know your family infact no one knows green day more then they know their family you know the performer and some facts about them and the band you dont know every feeling every esence of their being every feeling they experience only their family know that "you never really know someone until youve been under their skin" - true qoute

[Fuzz]

i think you should have given us a limit of idk like 10 suggestions per person and maybe you should keep this open for some amount of time and then close it. that would have made your job a lot easier and people would have actually thought of what they are suggesting instead of just writing down every silly thing that comes to their minds

hindsight is 20/20

[XxSaintess_JimmyxX]

Have any of you, or any members of your families, ever been stalked?

What was the creepiest thing a fan has ever done to you?

What are your guilty pleasures?

Would you go on tour with Blink again if they got back together?

[jjones]

I can't remember who had this idea, but I think they posted it in an idiot club thread a while ago.

"If the three of you were to go out to eat together and sit in a booth, which two of you would sit together and who would sit alone?"

also

"Coke or Pepsi?"

[XxSaintess_JimmyxX]

I can't remember who had this idea, but I think they posted it in an idiot club thread a while ago.

"If the three of you were to go out to eat together and sit in a booth, which two of you would sit together and who would sit alone?"

Billie and Tre` would share Mike's lap, of course

[The Underbelly]

or

Coke or Heroin?

[Burningout]

Have any of you, or any members of your families, ever been stalked?

What was the creepiest thing a fan has ever done to you?

Billie's family got stalked at the start of their popularity which forced them too move house.

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Fave five at the moment of the ones i have read

- I notice you wear that polka-dot scarf in your back pocket at EVERY gig you play.

It isn't there to wipe the sweat off your face and you NEVER give it away.

Is it sentimental, and why?

- Have you ever received a fan letter, that really touched your souls, or brought tears to your eyes ?

- have you found the meaning of life and if so what the hell is it.

Question to Billie inperticular - Youve said your more the play mate to your children and your wife is the care giver. with your children on tour with you alot of the time do you not worry about them picking up on your language in the songs and the "things" you do on stage?

About Bullet in A bible ... was there any reason you chose not to put the whole concert on that dvd disc

[jjones]

or

Coke or Heroin?

Ohh that's a good one, too.

They wouldn't expect that.

[whatsername2009]

What did they do the first time they found out that George Bush was re-elected.

I think that is a good question.

I also like the 'Where exactly did Blue come from and when'

I also have a few of my own:

1. On the AI tour where was your favorite place to play?

2. Who do/did you look up to for rollmodels?

3. What band do you listen to most at the moment (beside yourself)?

Thats all I got at the moment more when I think of some!

[XxSaintess_JimmyxX]

Oh, I just thought of another one:

What does that Heart Gernade thing mean? Is it part of the whole "Rage and Love" theme of the album or something you saw/thought of overnight?

Billie's family got stalked at the start of their popularity which forced them too move house.

Yeah I knew that. I meant recently

[*Megan*]

To Billie Joe-- Do you still relate to songs from older albums such as Dookie?

Like do you still feel the same now about Basket Case as you did when you wrote it?

[whatsername2009]

I have another one:

If one of you died (which would just be to tradgic for words) would you find a replace ment (it would never be the same) and go on being Green Day OR just quit???

[Hayley]

Oh, I just thought of another one:

What does that Heart Gernade thing mean? Is it part of the whole "Rage and Love" theme of the album or something you saw/thought of overnight?

its from shes a rebel. - "shes holding on my heart like a hand grenade"

[ChemicEmotions]

You can settle down now, you said "I think I'll fuck it" what the fuck is that? I mean come on.. got anything better to do with your time?

I'm sure you have something better to do with your time. Oh, wait, you're too arrogant for that.

Stop correcting me. Just because you don't like what I say, doesn't give you any right to say it was "Spam". It's fucking HUMOR. Get your head out of your ass.

To Billie Joe-- Do you still relate to songs from older albums such as Dookie?

Like do you still feel the same now about Basket Case as you did when you wrote it?

He's answered that before, in the Guitar World article. [i have the copy ^_^]

[beth hardy]

its from shes a rebel. - "shes holding on my heart like a hand grenade"

i don't understand why people don't know that.

[A Girl Called Kill x3]

I have another one:

If one of you died (which would just be to tradgic for words) would you find a replace ment (it would never be the same) and go on being Green Day OR just quit???

i think that's a good question.