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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.

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

And committing petty crimes again

When the Trilogy was released I used to think of "Stop when the red lights flash" when I passed this sign in the village. Been trying to walk again lately and it's still there and still always reminds me of "Stop when the red lights flash"

I just bought tickets. My first ever GD concert. I am so excited! I remember back in 2005, the 10-year old me sending a message to a local greek radio station asking if they could confirm a rumor about GD planning to play a show in Greece that year😆. Now i understand that attending a live show can bring as much as joy as hearing a new record, and for fans that don΄t have this privilege, keeping the passion for the band high can be difficult. I am looking forward to this show, which i am sure will be packed with people full of special love for this band!!

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but in the photos of the disc, it looks like a layer is covering up some writing on the original CDR. It looks like the date? Green Day 5-??-04 (?)

This is an amazing find for the community, for now I'm going to allow these but if their management says otherwise we will have to stop allowing links

The owner uploaded it on wetransfer and here's the link Link Hey whoever the admin here please don't block me. Also the owner of those cd-r thank you if you're here

She mails a letter to herself Self-addressed to her in Hell And it seems so far away

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

wow, this is what i call a "demo version" of a song! so much better than the "demos" we got so far from official release insane to hear this 20 years later

Pretty sure this CD alone will be better than the entire deluxe.

I'm gonna say it's 5-10 so I can write my birthday into Green Day lore.

We are in 2024 and finally got this!

Agreed, wow, the timing of this is crazy but they sound great. Weird how some bits are fully formed and others have changed a good bit. As already said, the abrupt endings are so strange!

Taking a little holiday to Athens next year 😎

They sound fantastic! My thanks to the person who discovered this and uploaded it for the world to hear! It's history. And it's beautiful. The music is beautiful. It's raw. Tears... 🥲 Boulevard in that tuning is fucking phenomenal. 😍

This is such a cool piece of Green Day history, glad it was found and preserved!

https://www.reddit.com/r/greenday/s/GbOnrRpOf6

At the listening party in Watertown, MA. This album gets better and better every song! Disappointed I wanted to order the album on CD and they said it would take a couple weeks. Not everyone owns a record player I just want to play the CD in my car.

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.

On this day 15 years ago (16 October 2009), Green Day played Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands on the 21st Century Breakdown Tour. More photos: 19 years ago (16 October 2005), Green Day played the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, TN on the American Idiot Tour. 20 years ago (16 October 2004), Green Day played the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans, LA. More photos: 31 years ago (16 October 1993), Green Day played the 86 Street Music Hall in Vancouver, Canada while supporting Bad Religion. 32 years ago (16 October 1992), Green Day played Jabberjaw in Los Angeles, CA on the Kerplunk Tour. 36 years ago (16 October 1988), Green Day played in Eggplant's backyard in Pinole, CA. "And there was this backyard party that Sweet Children played, and the kid that was filling in at the time, me and Mike were looking for a drummer, and this guy was in this crazy band called Isocracy, his name is John Kiffmeyer, and he's a couple of years older and at the time he was a veteran in that community. John, thank you. Thank you so much. I love you and God bless your family. ...John Kiffmeyer from Isocracy came up and said, 'I heard you guys were looking for a drummer. My band's breaking up and I really want to be in your band.'" — Billie Joe at Green Day's Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction "John just decided this one day to join 'em. And that kind of broke up Isocracy. John and I had gone up to Willits to hang out with Larry and Kain and Tre, and got to know them pretty well. We came back and suddenly John had gotten hooked up with Billie and Mike. I remeber him telling me, "I got this great new band." I was like, 'Really?' 'Yeah, we're gonna be huge. The singer's a genius.' It was like, 'Okay, whatever.' John was always really full of shit about stuff. But then he started playing with them." — Jason Beebout

I am fascinated by this as well! Also, there is no she/he switches in Radio Baghdad, as there are in Extraordinary Girl, i.e. "some days she feels like dying", instead of "some days he feels like dying". Meaning it was also changed latter to address the relationship between the Whastername and JoS, rather than being a one-sided song as it was in this demo. I'm obsessed. @Cooper Castille if you figure out the date written in the disk, please let us know.

The Green Dudes were on the scene! https://redcircle.com/shows/837a696b-9c63-4c80-a051-8efa31bda841/ep/2e3822d1-d53d-44ee-b3de-b7a0f5648293

Can't stop listening to that boulevard of broken dreams raw demo

Such an amazing finding!! Waiting for these demos!!

It's actually pretty crazy that we'll likely get to hear these demos first before the ones that'll appear on the 20th anniversary release. Insane timing.

He needs to rip using EAC for best quality. To WAV directly. And then it should be uploaded to this site where it can be preserved We got some really great media and techy people here who can make this happen.

After many years, they're finally playing in the land of my people.

Of the festivals they have announced so far for next year, this is the first one for which I'm considering to go. There is a high probability that I will actually be in Greece the last week of June for work, meaning I'd only have to pay the round trip from that city to Athens, as the company would cover my ticket from France to Greece. So I could do this relatively cheap. Also, I've always wanted to go Athens, it's high on my list, but haven't had chance to yet. And the fact that it's their first time there makes it extra especial and exciting. Also, it's my partner's birthday on the day of the concert, and although he's quite sick of Green Day by now, I think a festival would be fun and I could sell him on the idea. The main hold back is that Greece on July sounds like literal hell.

All I can make out is She mails a letter to herself Self addressed to (....) (hell?) And it seems so far away

The abrupt ending to BOBD feels so odd. Thankfully they added that amazing outro later.

There's any chance of radio baghdad not to be extraordinary girl with other title?

Nope that's not the same from what we're getting.

Yesterday there was a comment in the AI anniversary thread from a person that wrote something in the lines of "something is coming" - but that post is deleted. Couldn't remember the username, and it doesn't necessarily mean that ir's related. Just wanted to share it. What's going on? 😁

Love that they're playing several new places. 😊❤️ Looks like a festival run this summer. 🫣

"Doin my thing.."

Weren’t there rumors Joey had a baby on the way back in June? I’d imagine that’d be reason to be over here by about now

You just described me back in 2009. Still happy to be here. And welcome!!

@jengd, @CristhyneS and @PhuzzyPhriend thank you for this warm welcome! It helps a lot because among my family, friends and colleagues there’s no one who understands just how GREAT this band is while I recognized that at once when listening to Saviors for the first time… Discovering new Green Day things since then truly is exciting. I‘ve listened to almost all of their discography (except for Dos and FOAM, until now), watched countless YouTube videos and read through many threads here (the Billie Joe Armstrong Photo Thread helps a lot with fangirling by the way…) And I had the luck to see the boys twice on the Saviors Tour. First time was Nuremberg which was a festival but I didn’t care, I just wanted to see them. And it was great! I loved every minute of it, was even in the moshpit for some time. Three days later I saw them in Berlin and this - being a full album show - was of course even more impressive. And so the obsession began… but it makes sooo happy!!!😃

Welcome @Mollyluna and yes you are in the right place, definitely! Don’t feel sad you missed it first time, be glad you have so much to discover going back through music, interviews etc. They are a great band, very easy to love. I have been mad about them since 2009 and it’s a very long time since I was a teenager but they still make me feel like one. I also think it’s a great fandom as I have met quite a few fans now and they are so friendly and welcoming, going to a concert is truly joyful.

I just did the same except for the rock category where I voted Chad Smith 😂

I put him as a write in for every single category 😂

Green Day are nominated for an MTV EMA. Get voting people! https://rocksound.tv/news/mtv-emas-2024-nominees#copy_link

Chart updates: Alternative Airplay: 19 (up from 28) Rock & Alt Airplay: 17 (up from 42) Mainstream Rock Airplay: 32 (first week on chart)

Same as all the Saviors interviews.