Yojimbo Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Vote for Green Day in World Music Awards! http://www.worldmusicawards.com/#!vote/c1dlv How long has that been going on? I remember voting last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Green Day are trending right now in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yojimbo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Tré is featured on the Gretsch website. http://www.gretsch.com/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaGreenDay Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Billie on 9GAG (again) http://9gag.com/gag/6716061 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Billie on 9GAG (again) http://9gag.com/gag/6716061 Awwwh I like that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yojimbo Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Billie on 9GAG (again) http://9gag.com/gag/6716061 I'm afraid to read the comments... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkingContradictionPL Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 The soundtrack for BJ's cover story from RS http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/billie-joe-armstrong-the-cover-story-soundtrack-20130301 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaGreenDay Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'm afraid to read the comments... Don't read, most comments on sites like 9GAG are stupid. There are a few good ones, but the rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 Billie on 9GAG (again) http://9gag.com/gag/6716061 Awwww how sweet! It's nice for someone to see how sweet Billie is ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyHandGrenade Posted March 4, 2013 Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'm afraid to read the comments... Had to share one. Oh my goodness it's so ridiculous "Wow, an American Idiot. Get it? hahaha" You fail sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsNotNora Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2013/01/green_day_tackle_the_movies.html anyone seen this? *too lazy to go through all the pages* I find this interesting, and a bit confusing Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2013/01/green_day_tackle_the_movies.html anyone seen this? *too lazy to go through all the pages* I find this interesting, and a bit confusing Any thoughts? Its about Billie Joe's part in This is 40! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsNotNora Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Its about Billie Joe's part in This is 40! Yeah, I figured it out after reading it again. lol, too early for my brain to function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Yeah, I figured it out after reading it again. lol, too early for my brain to function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/green_day_to_perform_and_screen_cuatro_and_broadway_idiot_at_sxsw?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~ Walking Contradiction Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Larry Livermore talks about the first time he saw Green Day in his new book I watched from the back, only half paying attention at first. But before they'd finished even one song, I was absolutely riveted. I'd seen this level of performance before, but only in giant, packed arenas or stadiums, delivered by bands at the peak of their careers. 16-year-old Billie Joe exuded the casual self-confidence of a superstar, offset slightly but not entirely by a shy, self-effacing humility. Stopping every few songs to thank his minuscule audience, he sang and played as though he'd been doing this all his life – which, I would learn, wasn't far from the truth. Walking up to me afterward, he offhandedly asked, "What did you think?" "I want to make a record with you guys," was all I could say. They were barely getting started – this might have been their third or fourth show ever – but I'd seen and heard all I needed to. They were like a modern, updated, punk rock version of the Beatles. They could seriously be that big, I caught myself thinking. Crazy talk? Of course. Yet at that moment it made perfect, undeniable sense. The Lookouts never played that night; by the time Sweet Children finished, it was midnight and our "audience," worried they'd get in trouble with their parents, said goodbye and headed home. On the long drive back to Spy Rock, twisting the radio dial in search of an audible signal and thankful for my aging truck's slightly more than adequate heater, I had barely an inkling of how the night's events were about to change my life forever. And everything did change, not all at once, not in obvious, visible ways at first, but the wheels were in motion. Life on Spy Rock unfolded peacefully and quietly through the rest of 1988 and into 1989. I barely noticed winter that year; spring was bright and full of promise. The Sweet Children record was nearly done. They'd gone into the studio at the end of the year, and by March we had everything in place for a four-song EP. Just as I was about to print the covers and labels, they casually informed me that they'd decided to change their name to Green Day. I blew a gasket. It was too late, I told them; there was no time to redo all the artwork. On top of that, I demanded, how was I supposed to sell a record by a band no one had heard of? "Green Day?" I sneered. "What's it even supposed to mean?" http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/punk-mogul-larry-livermore-recalls-meeting-a-teen-billie-joe-armstrong-in-new-memoir-20130305 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIGD13 Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Extra standing tickets availabe for the Emirates Stadium show in London http://www.greenday.com/news/extra-standing-tix-emirates-139171 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsNotNora Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/green_day_to_perform_and_screen_cuatro_and_broadway_idiot_at_sxsw?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews Donald Trump lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Stacy Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Green Day is listed in Rolling Stone's Immortals list, which is a list of artists who they think will stand the test of time and become some of the greatest artists from our time. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-new-immortals-20130305/green-day-19691231 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather. Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 This maybe should go into the unpopular opinions thread but re: Larry Livermore's story (which he has told ad nauseum over the years)... I never really buy it, or otherwise I think he's delusional or projecting some kind of past onto Green Day that he's built up in his mind over the last 25 years. Talented though they were, I really doubt Sweet Children was so astoundingly incredible that they would stop anyone in their tracks. You could totally appreciate them, but come on. Yep, that probably should go in the unpopular opinions thread Then again, LL seems like a weird enough guy (and I mean that in the most praiseworthy way) where he actually WOULD think a shitty teenage band was as good as the Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertrose Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Larry Livermore talks about the first time he saw Green Day in his new book http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/punk-mogul-larry-livermore-recalls-meeting-a-teen-billie-joe-armstrong-in-new-memoir-20130305 Larry Livermore@LarryLivermore They misspelled Berkeley & it was Mendocino, not Gilman, where I first saw Green Day, but here's news about my book: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/punk-mogul-larry-livermore-recalls-meeting-a-teen-billie-joe-armstrong-in-new-memoir-20130305 … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musso_kn Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 This maybe should go into the unpopular opinions thread but re: Larry Livermore's story (which he has told ad nauseum over the years)... I never really buy it, or otherwise I think he's delusional or projecting some kind of past onto Green Day that he's built up in his mind over the last 25 years. Talented though they were, I really doubt Sweet Children was so astoundingly incredible that they would stop anyone in their tracks. You could totally appreciate them, but come on. At first I thought he was just being 'Mr Hindsight': claiming to have foreseen the fame and commercial success that eventually came to the band. But I've seen him in interviews and he appears quite sincere and positive in regards to the band's career and evolution. After all, he was the first one to sign them. He probably was geuinely blown away by them at that gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather. Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Larry Livermore@LarryLivermore They misspelled Berkeley & it was Mendocino, not Gilman, where I first saw Green Day, but here's news about my book: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/punk-mogul-larry-livermore-recalls-meeting-a-teen-billie-joe-armstrong-in-new-memoir-20130305 … Well all those errors certainly put the whole Adrienne-coffee-alcohol fiasco into more perspective At first I thought he was just being 'Mr Hindsight': claiming to have foreseen the fame and commercial success that eventually came to the band. But I've seen him in interviews and he appears quite sincere and positive in regards to the band's career and evolution. After all, he was the first one to sign them. He probably was geuinely blown away by them at that gig. Yeah, I'm 50/50 about him trying to be Mr. I Knew It All Along vs. what he really seems to be: crazy I don't think he's being phony, but I do think he's fooling himself just a little bit, if only because he really does talk about it A LOT. But the guy does seem very genuine with his love of local punk bands (ranging from the crappy to the hall of fame worthy) so I know his vision of reality is different than mine. Either way I really respect everything he does and says regarding Green Day and his interviews in general about the scene are really fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cob Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Well all those errors certainly put the whole Adrienne-coffee-alcohol fiasco into more perspective Yeah, I'm 50/50 about him trying to be Mr. I Knew It All Along vs. what he really seems to be: crazy I don't think he's being phony, but I do think he's fooling himself just a little bit, if only because he really does talk about it A LOT. But the guy does seem very genuine with his love of local punk bands (ranging from the crappy to the hall of fame worthy) so I know his vision of reality is different than mine. Either way I really respect everything he does and says regarding Green Day and his interviews in general about the scene are really fascinating. I seriously, seriously doubt this. It's well known that LL was one of the few "adults" in the Gilman scene that believed in Green Day. He saw their potential early on, I don't know why he wouldn't have. Listening to the 1000 Hours EP, an EP that is basically recorded live, you hear an extremely tight band made up of really young kids. Not to mention that they were already writing material that was way above what their peers were doing at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather. Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 I seriously, seriously doubt this. It's well known that LL was one of the few "adults" in the Gilman scene that believed in Green Day. He saw their potential early on, I don't know why he wouldn't have. Listening to the 1000 Hours EP, an EP that is basically recorded live, you hear an extremely tight band made up of really young kids. Not to mention that they were already writing material that was way above what their peers were doing at the time. I'm not doubting he saw definite potential in them as compared to everything else he saw in the scene... but that doesn't exactly make them the future Beatles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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