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Took this pic of an on fire Billie one year ago today. Seriously, how has it only been a year? Feels like forever ago.

I know for me I go through waves of being active on the forums. It's usually that I'm busy with other things or just taking a break from being online. I usually check in everyday but I may not check in with every new topic or my fave topics. The forums are definitely my favorite way to interact with other fans. I've tried other forums but they're not the same or I feel like I can't be myself there. So I'm glad GDC has stood the rest of time. Can't say the same for the blink and HIM forums I used to chat on lol

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me. I think the forums being quiet has more to do with that than with anything the band or even the admins and users of the forums are doing or not doing. Me too! I feel on Instagram (I cannot speak to TikTok becase I have never used it) all the interactions are way more superficial, you don't really get to form online friendships on there. Also, there is so much hate in those platforms, I hardly ever read comments on any post anymore. And besides, I feel every time I comment on a public account (Green Day account, news outlet, or my favorite WeRateDogs 😅), I started getting spam or follow requests from soft porn accounts. How is me commenting that a dog is cute or that I hope Green Day plays Fancy Sauce at their next show an indicator that I want to see some lady's "sexy" pictures? So that also discourages me (and I guess others) from participating in any discussion. The forums just feel like relatively safe space, where everyone is here because they love the band, so that means we also share some common values that are openly supported by the band. And here you interact with the same group of people every time so you can form actual friendships and bonds with them that can eventually extend beyond just the shared interest in Green Day.

Damn, those Trilogy vinyl are expensive nowadays 😮 I'm glad I bought the US, European and Hot Topic versions of each of the 3 when they came out. Guess they're in higher demand since not too many people liked the albums or just didn't care.

The show they are referring to in this story is the one of September 7th though, which is Sao Paulo I think

Yes! The Trilogy is finally back 😍 Now we need the return of Brutal Love, please 🙏🏻

Personally, I don't think we should be extending olive branches to Nazis but that's just me!

Why would he not worry about his kids? I don’t think your occupation dictates how much you care.

I just think chatting on the forum feels more natural, but I’m not of the TikTok generation.

Not to go too off topic, but if you're on the fence about mass deportations, trans rights or the genocide in Gaza, then I think you've made your choice. I'm not talking about either of you personally, but more and more these days saying you're in "the middle" just means you're on the right but are too afraid to say it.

I must admit his timing with regards to the lyrics of the song was impeccable, but it's still a hard pass for me. Such a great song with so much energy live, and the last one with the full band playing, I don't want to be distracted for it!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNx7KIiWIw6/?igsh=ZWI3dTBkY3R4MDlq I just had to think of you!😂

They did a lot of festivals in 2023. The Grouch was sometime part of the setlist. I was lucky enough to have heard it at Quebec City with 1981 (first time ever, Saviors wasn't even announced yet) and Stuart and the Ave. But I would have replaced it for a trilogy song 😭

Nooooooo. I need to see some pictures; it could still be saved

As always And I think the floof was there (although shorter) before the rain.

If I was asked for a theory of why they brought back some Trilogy songs last night, I'd say that it's more related to them being written around the time they toured South America in 2010, and this tour bringing back memories of that. We know some Trilogy songs had already been written around that time because they had done snippets or played them for soundchecks, and we also know that Billie's mind frame during that tour was close to what was represented in the Trilogy I also initially thought it was for last night 😅 It wasn't until the second or third time I saw it that I realized it was for another date. Makes sense too, because the Sao Paulo show is a festival, so we can expect some high quality video from it 😁

According to some IG posts they seem to have been camping there since last week. Crazy.

Excuse me, they played The Grouch? 🤯 I really did not see that one coming, got so excited when I saw the video this morning Also, pretty cool that this was the inaugural show of that venue!

So if you are not far left or a Bernie supporter and your in the middle then your a nazi?

It's not just you, I'll join you there!

So I'm here to talk about Billie's hair!😂 The floof has gone... What do you think? Mike looked great by the way...

Opening up WMUWSE with a bit of “Walk Away”??? Hello??

not for now... Now they are playing.... MISSING YOU!!!

Really? I guess that is true, every forum I see was made 20 years ago or shut down. What about Reddit? I feel Reddit is more popular than a single dedicated forum Morning, noon and night

For me it feels quite natural to worry about your kids, no matter what position you have in life…

Bought myself the Tré Vinyl because the trilogy is GOATED. The rest of the stuff I got for my birthday a few months ago. Gonna add patches to the jacket- just deciding on what to put where That's so cool I love foxboro hottubs!

Just got an email today saying that they have shipped!

Unfortunately that's how some brains work. It's an unfortunate stretch.

I'm so jealous of the vinyl! I still think about when I used to find them in the wild for 25 bucks and I passed because I didn't have extra money at the time 😭

Everyone excited about The Grouch but they did play it a lot during their 2023 tour. Really hyped about Missing You tho!!

The Grouch and Missing You??

I saw yesterday that people were already camping for this show 🙄 It's a tad too much

That picture is great!

Only seen some IG posts, was it gone the whole show or just after the rain, it seems to have been floofier at the front in some pics?

The return of the trilogy!🥰 And I love that Saviors seems to keep its place in the setlist!❤️

Saviors!!

I’d love it if he would be a bit more open and extend the olive branch. I love GD and have my whole life seen em live 5 times. Amazing but sometimes he can be a bit harsh if others don’t agree with everything he does politically. We all get his opinions and I respect them but there are fans who might have some opposite views then he does and I think that’s ok. Peace of identity politics

Setlist until now!! It seems the same structure as European Tour. They played The Grouch!! I can't wait until Saturday to watch them here in Chile!! 01 American Idiot 02 Holiday 03 Know your enemy 04 Boulevard of Broken Dreams 05 One Eyed Bastard 06 The Grouch!! 07 Longview 08 Welcome to Paradise

I don’t have TikTok 😤

should be 8 PM if setlist fm is correct about green day's start time tonight

I think it's more the general state of the internet though... most people who were really active in the golden years of the forums are now parents with young kids, and/or busy work schedules, so they cannot spend as much time and energy on the forums, or on the band in general. And newer generations are more into social media (TikTok Instagram, etc.), which was not as huge a phenomena back then, so they are not coming to the forums (and that makes me a bit sad because Green Day forums where such a nice place for me when I was a teen, so I feel they're missing out on something). But like I wonder if Taylor Swift forums (to name a really huge artist in terms of number of fans/listeners) today have as much traffic as the GDC or Idiot Club used to have in their golden years?

Ever since becoming a GD fan first thing I used to do in the morning was check GDC/GDA (and again multiple times a day). For years I tried to help keep the site going updating the picture threads but right now I'm taking a complete break (more or less) from the internet plus it's been so quiet on here for a few years now. Some days I don't even check in at all anymore or on Instagram or my Tumblr

Day 25thanniversary, no sign of warning super deluxe edition

It gets really quiet sometimes, of course it does, but it’s good to be able to see others are suffering through the drought too and we can commiserate with each other and if nothing else, go back to talking about Billie Joe’s hair 😂😂

Very random but I’m so glad to see this forum is still somehow active. I’m surprise forums on the internet still exist at all 😂 I remember being here when I was in highschool, in like, 2014? I think, and using so much google translate. I can’t for the life of me remember what username I had or what email address I used, but I distinctively remember the fangirl thread lol, I was surprised that was still active as well 😂 A lot of life has happened in 10 years, I finished highschool, a masters, had 3 jobs, changed countries, came back, left again, but this summer was very hard for me, with a lot of changes, and like any other time when life was hard, I turned to Green Day for comfort. Needless to say the old Green Day obsession came back and hit full force, more than usual, because I don’t think it ever left, it just got a little quieter 😂 And I said, why the hell not, let’s make an account here and interact with the fandom for a bit, until it quiets again. Glad to see so many people still around, some usernames I even recognize haha.

Hey everyone! I'm travelling from the UK to see GD in Peru (and Colombia and Argentina). I couldn't get time off work to go to the European tour, so thought I'd do this instead! Mostly solo travelling, so would love to connect with some other GD fans while I'm there. Any tips on where to stay in Lima? I'll be there for a week! Excited!! 😁

I bought the tour poster and FINALLY a foam finger. Been looking for one since I've seen them in Bullet in a Bible and never got the chance to get any of the many they had. 20 years later, I'm a proud Green Day foam finger...holder!