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  1. My friend opened for Green Day at the brass mug, his band was called "Dogs on Ice". I recently heard how he opened for them so I called him, he said once they finished, he later heard them play 2,000 Light Years Away. "...After that, they played the Brass Mug and there were way too many people there for the Mug." "...The place was packed beyond belief. That night, the crowd helped the Brass Mug with a little remodeling by tearing down a good portion of the ceiling tiles." "1993: Green Day plays the Brass Mug in Tampa. Tampa singer Joe Popp and his punky trio opens the show. The tiny bar, which normally books local bands, is packed with fans standing on pool tables." tomorrowbandfla: "There were so many people there that we pushed Billie Joe and Mikes cabinets flat against the back wall. They basically played on either side of the drum kit with the crowd 6 inches from them packed like sardines - front to back of the entire bar." Kim Dicce: "The drop ceiling was completely demolished from the pit. And of course Carl the owner ... at that time almost had a heart attack when he saw it. But he was so greedy we were sold out and these desperate parents were coming that afternoon trying to buy tickets and he’s like 'Sell more tickets sell more tickets'. We are so lucky that nobody died that night! ... But yes Green Day were pretty much just getting big at that time. So anything after that was kind of a different experience." Joe Popp: "Life can be full of coincidences. Circa 1993 I was playing in a punk trio called Dogs On Ice in Tampa, Florida. We had some minor local success and even signed to a small label out of San Francisco run by Jello Biafra's graphic artist [Winston Smith]. We were doing as good as any local band could hope to do, but thought that maybe we would get a big break after learning we were going to open for our punk idols - Green Day. The show was scheduled at a scrappy hole in the wall called The Brass Mug - sort of the CBGB's of Tampa. I remember the evening vividly. Green Day had not been signed by Reprise yet, but were doing great on Lookout Records. As we pulled into the club in our oxidized blue Ford Econoline, a rougher, more road worn van pulled into a space close to ours. It was them - yes, Green Day, all the way from the notorious punk rock mecca - 924 Gilman Street. The band we listened to constantly and read so much about in the pages of our bible, the 'zine Maximum Rocknroll. We greeted them, and they seemed bigger than life. Tre Cool asked if any 5-0's were rolling because he had to "take care of some business", and Mike Dirnt asked our bass player for a string, which he provided. The Mug was filled beyond legal capacity that night - at least 400 in a place that regularly drew 40. We took the stage with anticipation and rocked a pretty good set to the enthusiastic crowd. We felt good. Then Green Day took the stage. They transformed the seedy club into a whirling vortex of energy. It didn't matter that the sound was crap or the ceiling was low. They played with such tightness and fervor that I knew great things would come to them. My opinion of my band admittedly dropped drastically when I witnessed a new musical paradigm first hand. Weeks later their Dookie album was released on Reprise. Dookie sold millions of records and proved to be the record that lead them to stardom. My band went the way of most: we broke up."
    9 points
  2. It’s funny when you think about it, because you always hear stories of how many people were inspired to start bands because of Green Day, you don’t hear as many stories from the people that heard them and said Welp, and packed it in 😄 I wonder what the ratio is of bands that quit versus bands that started.
    5 points
  3. The same photographer had these photos from the Brixton Academy Show in August 2013 as well Website: https://www.richardisaac.co.uk/green-day-brixton/
    5 points
  4. Ok I think I got the answer. Los Angeles: Stevie Wonder, Adam Lambert, Chloe x Halle, Demi Lovato, H.E.R., ONEREPUBLIC, Ozuna, The Lumineers, and 5 Seconds of Summer. London: Duran Duran, Kylie Minogue, Måneskin, Nile Rodgers and Chic, and Rag'n'Bone Man. Sydney: Delta Goodrem. Mumbai: Hosted by Anil Kapoor, with Sadhguru, Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor, Ananya Panday, Bhumi Pednekar, Dia Mirza, Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Janhvi Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Riteish Deshmukh, Sara Ali Khan, and Sonakshi Sinhawith, in partnership with Wizcraft. There will also be additional broadcast performances from across the world including: Andrea Bocelli from Tuscany, BTS from Seoul, Green Day from Los Angeles So it looks like Green Day is just for the tv broadcast
    4 points
  5. Wow this is pretty cool! I'd be freaking out if I found out one of my friends opened up for a band like Green Day! Thanks for sharing!
    4 points
  6. Some photos from the Emirates Stadium Show June 2013 by Richard Isaacs Music Photography Website: https://www.richardisaac.co.uk/green-day-emirates/
    4 points
  7. Green Day posted about Part II of the BBC Sessions vinyl
    4 points
  8. @Montclare The Kevin fandom grows... GDC? More like KPC!
    3 points
  9. Cool story! Dookie came out a year later (not weeks as he remembers it) but this was captured during that window when it became clear they needed a major label to get them into venues that could accommodate their growing audiences (and distribute more records). Their trajectory was headed up, up, up.
    3 points
  10. I haven’t been sleeping well the past couple of weeks but last night I slept like a baby and had a Green Day concert dream. I have those every now and then and it feels so realistic — usually them playing a very small venue — and it’s such a disappointment when I wake up and it’s not real.
    3 points
  11. Me too but it’s a little too airbrushed, I prefer the “actual human” look 😁
    3 points
  12. The fourth photo, I loved his smile at this moment 😄
    3 points
  13. Just came upon this loveliness... https://imgur.com/Ryxv3ab
    3 points
  14. Love Kevin so so so so so so so much! This is the best Green Day lineup ever. P.S. I love Kevin.
    2 points
  15. No problem! I saw that you are a GDA staff member, if you want to they played 2,000 light years away for an incomplete Setlist!
    2 points
  16. I wonder how long each artist is getting. One song? Mini set? @jetsrule128 Not sure. They just tweeted it, so made quick and shared it here.
    2 points
  17. At the link provided they’re listed as a live performer so I guess they will be in LA after all
    2 points
  18. Yeah it's weird because it's not like they're like over-the-top dreams or anything. It's just like "oh cool, I had a conversation with Billie" or "wow, they played some crazy rare songs at this 100-person venue in Columbus" or something and then I wake up and I'm like "well fuck." I guess another variable is that I rarely have/remember dreams so when it happens it's extra strange for me.
    2 points
  19. Yeah I saw on GDA that when Green Day was gaining popularity my friend's band lost all popularity and broke up, lol.
    2 points
  20. Ugh I hate those dreams! I've had so many dreams where I meet or hang out with bands, maybe get an autograph and I wake up like WHERE'S THAT AUTOGRAPH?! Then realize it was a dream 😩
    2 points
  21. That clip has lived in my head rent free for 13 years 🤣
    2 points
  22. I love when Billie Joe harmonizes with himself, especially on Rusty James.
    2 points
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  24. From the Wembley Stadium Show 2010 by Matt Kent for Getty Images Oops... Tre is actually in the background of the last one And Jason in the third hiding behind the logo
    1 point
  25. From Kevin's IG story From Jason White's IG story From Green Day's IG story
    1 point
  26. But why are they not on the LA list ? are they pretaping ?
    1 point
  27. I gave up and ordered a size large, but it wasn't that much different from the size medium of the network t-shirt I bought before. Both were a bit big for me, though 😅
    1 point
  28. Same. I'm addicted to looking at photos and videos at super magnification with Oculus Quest 2, and I like it better when I can see stubble and skin arrows than when the image is smoothed out with Photoshop, because it's more natural.
    1 point
  29. Yet again another beautiful cover art for a record I won't own. Can't justify a coffee subscription, plus having to buy the record, PLUS their usual pricey shipping.
    1 point
  30. From the Emirates Stadium Show June 2013 by Richard Isaacs Music Photography Website: https://www.richardisaac.co.uk/green-day-emirates/
    1 point
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  32. Talking about Trilogy era pics in the photo thread reminded me of this photoshoot: It might be a sacrilege but I just love their goofy faces in this one And I wonder why this one never made the front of one of those fanmade Green Day Valentine's Day cards that used to be shared on instagram
    1 point
  33. Kevin posted "Ready for Vegas this weekend 🎲"
    1 point
  34. I know he wore that shirt at Reading.
    1 point
  35. Jason White and Kevin both posted on what would have been Amy Winehouse's birthday today on their IG stories
    1 point
  36. This is why vaccinations are important. The odds of a vaccinated person spreading to another vaccinated person are less if a breakthrough case happens. We had a scare at my work going away party last weekend because an idiot coworker is part of a religious cult (too long to explain here ) full of anti-vaxxers. Of course despite her being vaccinated, she got COVID. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. But the reason I say vaccines are important is because nobody else at the party got it because we were all vaccinated and the likelihood of her transmitting it again was so low. Again, people not getting vaccinated is why we can’t get out of this fucking mess. Vaccines work. I would’ve 100% been in favor of vaccine mandates for this show. Our local venues are doing it here in Columbus and it worked just fine when I went to a show this week, you could even just show a picture. Granted, I’m sure people can forge the documentation like anything else, but even if it weeds out a few contaminated people it will help.
    1 point
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