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Hey party people (at least I hope that's what those young folks today say), So I've been a fan for a while and have been collecting some stuff over the years and besides doing scans of artwork I also like to scan magazines and books. Especially this year I focused on a lot of Japanese mags I wanted to share since not too many people outside of Japan have seen these or people from outside of Germany have seen the German mags I also have. Since I always wanted to have the American Idiot tour book they did (actually "just" tour rehearsal photos and dates) and since it's AI's anniversary, I wanted to share HQ scans of those as well. Since I'm a perfectionist I edited the pictures to be as close as possible to the original mag or how it "should" look digitized, these took a lot of time and I wanted to share as much as possible at once with you. There's still stuff to scan and/or edit. Here's a short list of what's coming next: Warning Tour Book, Crossbeat 2001/12, Guitar Breakers 2004/10, Crossbeat 1995/11, Crossbeat 2000/08, Visions 2009/05, (maybe) Billboard 2009/05, etc. Well, here's the link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Hk68uJ_YwpQBby3nlLWhRAWU6_8vdAkE?usp=sharing Enjoy!

You guys have no idea how important this is to me. I'd prefer to die than miss this.

Just wanted to express my gratitude for the entire Green Day Community for keeping me entertained and occupied, especially thoughout this eventful year for our boys. You’re all the best and I appreciate your love for the band I love. I gave up all other social media just over a year ago due to personal reasons, so you’ve all been a help in that journey as well.

It’s interesting how there are no cross references yet to the concept story. No Whatshername reference in Radio Baghdad and no Jimmy references in Novacaine. I wonder at what point they decided to go with a concept record idea and drop these references in the various songs to tighten it up. The soft acoustic guitar intro was a much better choice for WMUWSE over drums, it’s interesting to hear both because where the drums gives the song a more anxious, heart pounding feel, the guitar gives it heart and melancholy. These are just what you want in demos, those early takes where you really get the evolution of the songs. I’m curious to see what versions are on the deluxe release but at least we have these now.

With the US tour officially over I can say I'm so happy I made the last minute decision to go. It was an incredible night. I really do think it's a once in a life time thing and it was a great way for me to reflect on how I fell in love with the band and why I still love them. I had so much fun! I still prefer them in arenas and theaters, but I love that they put on an amazing show no matter the size of the venue. Definitely a highlight of an otherwise frustrating year for me.

I have been avoiding this thread but I have to take it all back, Warner's box set just delivered and it's beautiful! Complete with a badge, pins and stickers and OMG the intro in the booklet from Rob Cavallo, will endeavour to transcribe and share it with you.

Today is an epic day. 2004 again.

Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: 15 (up from 19) Rock & Alternative Airplay: 13 (up from 17) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 24 (up from 31)

All the guys on a new podcast!

It‘s October 1st!!! Can’t believe it‘s been 1 year since we got this teaser!!!

A little quick break-down, based on New Zealand snippets on Qobuz: American Idiot (Alternate version) = Earlier version of the song with different lyrics. (the unreleased song "Idiot" on Nimrod springs to mind, could there be a connection?) Homecoming = New parts we haven't heard before Everyone's Breaking Down = Whole song based off the "here the come marching down the street" (by favorite, by the way) part in Homecoming. Just Another Year = A whole song based on what is now the accapella intro in Homecoming. Lowlife = A new song where verses seems to be what later became the "Dearly Beloved" part in Jesus of Suburbia. Potentielly with a very different feel though as it's a entirely different drum beat and tempo. I know other people here have heard the full songs, but I thought I could create a post like this so we have the details in a more condensed form

I can't believe it's already been 1 year since the single was released, especially after 3 years of endless 1972 speculation leading up to this!!!!!!!!!

There's a thread on r/music on this with over 3000 comments. Great majority of which fall into one of three categories- 1. Also shitting on Vegas. 2. Pointing out he's from Oakland so duh. 3. Talking about how great the tour was. Nice change from the far right insults.

Green Day reached top 100 (99th) WORLDWIDE on Spotify. Think of all the artists, bands, performers in the world. The are 99th today!

omg I love Lowlife

Watched the doc! It’s very good though there is footage from BIAB and HLAHG in it, there is also great footage from the Warfield show, some recent chat with the boys in Otis (way too little imo) and some wild and hilarious stuff from the tour, very enjoyable, need to see it again.

I’m truly speechless for Lowlife. What a fucking beauty.

"Lowlife" might be my favorite demo, "Dearly Beloved" was always my favorite part of JoS, and I knew there was a reason why I loved "Strange Days" from Saviors so much. lol

I really enjoy Taylor Swift’s endorsements because she lays out why she’s voting for someone with specific examples, says she knows who she’s voting for because she did her research, and encourages people to do their own research and choose the candidate who aligns best with their values. I think that’s a very thoughtful approach for a written post and a great way to especially get younger voters involved in the democratic process. That said, I’ve got zero issue with Billie posting a video saying hey, I’m voting Kamala, you know why and you should vote for her too. Because he’s fucking right. This is very literally life or death, democracy or fascism at stake. It’s not complicated and shouldn’t be as close of a race as it is. I felt really happy and proud that he took the time to post that. I know there’s debate over how effective celebrity endorsements are, but in my view, we’ll take all the help we can get. And to @Hermione’s point, even though Taylor doesn’t outright say “you should vote for her too,” that’s what all political endorsements ultimately imply. Billie just came out and said it because he was speaking off the cuff and didn’t run a statement through his PR team lol.

Billboard chart update- Alternative Airplay: 11 (up from 15) Rock & Alternative Airplay: 12 (up from 13) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 17 (up from 24) Canada Rock- 36 (first week on chart)

First and foremost it's an art project. Being released and shared with fans is just a bonus. People have tried to calculate cost and whatnot, but the price pretty much serves to offset the cost of production and to help ensure these have the best chance of being offered to actual fans and not scalpers. It's an interesting concept as a functional piece of art, so I'm supporting it (fingers crossed). Putting on my art critic hat, I think the concept isn't too cryptic. These are obsolete mediums that explore how we interact with music, and question what it means to be obsolete. In the modern music world, we're used to everything being remastered and presented in the best possible quality modern technology permits. This project rejects that premise outright and seems to make it a challenge to see how distorted you can make the original sound with technology that was once commonplace. It's also pretty existential that a landmark anniversary of an album is juxtaposed with technology that has been widely forgotten with the passage of time. The phonograph cylinder was invented about 136 years ago; will Dookie still be as widely lauded after that amount of time, or just a curiosity of the past?

I’m really surprised by the negative reaction. These are just weird little collectibles that are made in tiny quantities so they’ll be super rare and cool for whoever wins them. I put my name down for a few that I thought would be cool to display. I think it’s fun, and none of them are expensive at all given how extremely limited they are.

Father of All Demasters would be great. Rev Rad could be literally on fire when you get it. This Demasters feels very much like something I would make up in the forums. This is my kind of thing.

Not what I was expecting but this is hilarious.

Dookie vinyl with the band’s own poop 💩

I feel the same way. It’s not hard for me to get emo over my history with Green Day, but this tour made me especially nostalgic and appreciate why they’re so special to me and how long they’ve been in my life. It was such a fun, good vibes tour and I feel so lucky that I got to attend. Of course I also love more intimate shows, but there was something really incredible about seeing tens of thousands of people moving and singing in unison on Billie’s command. Billie and the entire band are so fucking good at their jobs and I’m so proud to be a fan.

Looks like Bobby Sox is getting some chart love: Alternative Airplay: 28 Rock & Alternative Airplay: 42

With September coming to close we are getting reports that Billie Joe has allegedly woken up from his month long nap. These reports are currently unconfirmed by we will update as more info comes available Feel free to discuss below but please be respectful, waking up is very sensitive to some people

I wanna echo a GD Reddit user who disagreed with Billie about Vegas:”Vegas has the single greatest attraction I’ve ever laid my eyes on: the airport which allows you to leave that city”

Some new stuff and some repeated, bits of the close up of Billie talking about how deep he had gone, some bits in the studio with Billie talking about the message board and Rob talking about signing the band. Couple of little bits with Mike and Tre. There is a different, hilarious bit about poor Jason being passed out in bed, will not tell any more. I laughed out loud in quite a few places, it’s very enjoyable.

I am just 3 minutes into homecoming and oh my god this is the greatest fucking thing ever. And they start it off with one of my favorite guitar riffs of the whole album hell yeah Updated: just started lowlife and got so much happier

This is not just any election though. This election will decide whether we save our democracy or elect a fascist president. I have absolutely no problem with anyone celebrity or not, telling people to vote for the only anti-fascist candidate on the ballot. Preach Billie! 💚

This is the day I first saw Green Day in 2009 in Glasgow on the 21CBD tour. It changed my life. I celebrate every year.

You reminded me, I still want the full band version of Alison!

It's already out in Australia. 10/10 record. Gives me vibes of oldschool Green Day mixed with Longshot. Here Comes The Neighborhood and Trash TV are my faves

London is my favorite place in the world, so the fact that Billie seems to spend a lot of time there these days makes me so happy. The image of this cute lil dorky dad rebelliously doing graffiti in the middle of the day is hilarious to me. I love him so much lol.

@Saviour I’m not sure I understand what you’re saying? It’s free to enter for a chance to purchase super rare items for a very low cost. They did it in this way so everyone who wanted to buy something made in very small quantities would have an equal chance at getting them instead of random people scooping them up and putting them on eBay for $1000. This was done in collaboration with an art studio, who I imagine will get back most of the (very minimal) profits for coming up with the concept and executing on it. Everything sold will amount to like less than $5k so I seriously doubt the band will make much of anything from this. I guess if you’re suggesting they could’ve done this as a giveaway instead — yes, I suppose that could’ve been another option, but I also don’t think giving fans the opportunity to buy a collector’s item for under $50 is especially capitalistic of them. Even though they’re silly lo-fi items, I think we all know these things could sell in online marketplaces for a shit ton of money because of their exclusivity.

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The Look for Love shirt 🥰

I played NHL tonight. The song was on. Word Bitch is censor. Word Wine is censor. Word Goddamn is censor. This song make no sense anymore

Same, while it’s not always easy keeping up with all the stuff while a tour is happening, I miss it when it stops. Glad there are things coming up to look forward to.

I think he should be left in peace this morning to get a long lie, he must be exhausted after the tour! 😉

Somebody take me back to this time last year when The American Dream Is Killing Me was being hyped up..

International Superhits was a great one to get as a new fan who didn’t know where to start. I got into Green Day when my dad bought American Idiot. He played it in the car all the time. As an angsty pre-teen I was into heavier rock and wasn’t sure if I liked Green Day because they were comparatively upbeat. It took six months before they wore me down and I was like “fine, not only do I like Green Day but I think I have a bigger problem because I REALLY like their singer.” After that was when I got ISH and funny enough, Shenanigans, which I don’t think I had any idea was a compilation album, because I was 12 and probably didn’t even know what a compilation album was. Those were the two main CDs I listened to on my boombox in my early fangirl days. I absolutely LOVE Shenanigans, I have such a fondness for songs like Desensitized and You Lied and Scumbag. Another album I haven’t listened to in a minute that I’m now revisiting. I have so many strong memories attached to it that are being unearthed listening to it!

I cannot believe people were actually offended by that comment. The first time I saw Green Day in Glasgow, Billie went on a short but vehement rant about Scotland being better than England, then kept saying "fuck England" throughout the show... and we hadn't even stolen his sports teams. I don't think it even made it into the local rag because it was obvious he was just riling up the crowd. Like... that's what performers do. It's like the press jumped on whatever he said about moving to the UK on Hella Mega. He's always said stuff like that but people knew he was exaggerating. RIP common sense.