Green Day Q&A Thread

[Hermione]

10 minutes ago, Whatsername_123 said:

Thanks. I'd never seen him sing this bit live until I saw your videos. Perhaps he prompts fans to sing this bit during live shows so his kids don't hear him sing it

If he was worried about that he'd have to get the crowd to sing a lot more lines  

[RedundantIdiot]

22 minutes ago, Hermione said:

If he was worried about that he'd have to get the crowd to sing a lot more lines  

Haha, true. Although those particular lyrics are probably the one that his sons would find the most cringe worthy. I remember reading an interview where Joey was asked about those lyrics , here it is: http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/we-interviewed-green-day-frontman-billie-joe-armstrongs-son-joey/840571

 

34 minutes ago, Hermione said:

She probably assumed (as I did) you were asking when he last didn't bring a crowd member up on stage to sing a whole verse/the whole song.

Oh, I was probably too vague in my first post.

[Billie Hoe]

7 minutes ago, Whatsername_123 said:

I remember reading an interview where Joey was asked about those lyrics , here it is: http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/we-interviewed-green-day-frontman-billie-joe-armstrongs-son-joey/840571

nice find  

[solongfromthestars]

Yeah I thought you meant getting a fan onstage to sing part of it. When I was 12 I thought he was embarrassed to sing that line so got the crowd to do it for him

[Hermione]

46 minutes ago, Whatsername_123 said:

Haha, true. Although those particular lyrics are probably the one that his sons would find the most cringe worthy. I remember reading an interview where Joey was asked about those lyrics , here it is: http://fasterlouder.junkee.com/we-interviewed-green-day-frontman-billie-joe-armstrongs-son-joey/840571

That's great . Given how used to Billie's embarrassing dad antics he must be I'm not surprised it's just kind of whatever.

[Shtrudel]

(From Wikipedia of course)
Who are Sean Hughes, Raj Punjabi and Dave Henwood and how do people know they played in the band?

[strangestat]

7 minutes ago, T@l said:

(From Wikipedia of course)
Who are Sean Hughes, Raj Punjabi and Dave Henwood and how do people know they played in the band?

They are referenced in the bottom of the page. Check out references 117-120

[Todd]

16 minutes ago, T@l said:

(From Wikipedia of course)
Who are Sean Hughes, Raj Punjabi and Dave Henwood and how do people know they played in the band?

That chart isn't very accurate at the beginning, but Raj played drums for their first show at Rod's Hickory Pit, Sean was Billie and Mike's high school best friend and when the guys would jam he played bass while Mike played guitar. When Mike switched to playing bass, Sean was out  he was a roadie with them after that. Dave wasn't really "in" Green Day, but he jammed with Billie and helped write 2000 Light Years Away. His credits appear on the ID tags for the CD if you pop it in. 

For the actual shows though, the Hickory Pit was Billie, Mike, and Raj. The second was in Davis with Billie, Mike, and John. Aaron Cometbus filled in here and there when John couldn't play. There isn't a set in stone line where John left and Tre joined. John had Tre fill in for him sometimes, and they alternated for a few months based on John's availability. But finally in January of 91, Billie, Mike, and John agreed that they couldn't go on like that and John agreed to quit the band. 

[WhiteTim]

since they've included Jason he should started 99/00

[Todd]

1 hour ago, WhiteTim said:

since they've included Jason he should started 99/00

Yeah, 99. Nice catch, didn't even notice him on there. Never trust wikipedia  

[Hermione]

Regarding Jason White I guess they're not including touring members, since they don't have Jason Freese, Jeff Matika or other touring members there either, so only included him after he played on an album. However in that case they really shouldn't have those early members who only played at random shows either, it's very inconsistent. I think it should be re-done with all touring members included (with whether they're just a touring member or not mentioned), unless they're only going to include people who've been credited as a full band member on an album.

[Hero_Of_The_Hour]

That is so ridiculous!  The idiots who edited the page include people nobody has ever heard of who played ONE show or "jammed" before Mike even played bass but they don't recognise the current touring members or even Aaron Cometbus who has been credited by Billie himself on instagram as being in Green Day before Tre joined and playing "a couple of shows" with them not to mention touring with them most of his life as a roadie and being present at the Hall of Fame last year. 

Someone needs to edit this stupidity. 

[Shtrudel]

12 hours ago, WhiteTim said:

since they've included Jason he should started 99/00

This chart includes "official" members, and up to the trilogy, Jason was only a touring member (he is credited as a touring member in 1999-2012).
As for why these anonymous people are listed in the chart, that's a good question. It's still nice to know that they existed though. Should they be mentioned in GDA?

[JIGD13]

Does anyone know what font they used for the new logos or any similar font? Thank you

[PursuitOfEpicness]

Are their concerts usually general admission?

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

8 hours ago, XPursuitOfEpicnessX said:

Are their concerts usually general admission?

This is a totally un-scientific answer, but I feel like they always play a venue with a sizable pit, whether that's a mid-sized indoor venue (I saw them Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, which you might be familiar with, since I see you're from Pennsylvania), a large festival crowd or secret show that's all GA in a smaller venue (like House of Blues in Cleveland). Although there usually are plenty of seats available for the non-festival shows (hell, even House of Blues had an upper seating area) I don't think it's possible for there to be a Green Day show without a pit!

[PursuitOfEpicness]

33 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

This is a totally un-scientific answer, but I feel like they always play a venue with a sizable pit, whether that's a mid-sized indoor venue (I saw them Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, which you might be familiar with, since I see you're from Pennsylvania), a large festival crowd or secret show that's all GA in a smaller venue (like House of Blues in Cleveland). Although there usually are plenty of seats available for the non-festival shows (hell, even House of Blues had an upper seating area) I don't think it's possible for there to be a Green Day show without a pit!

Okay, thanks!

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

2 minutes ago, XPursuitOfEpicnessX said:

Okay, thanks!

You're welcome! GA is definitely the way to go if you've never seen them live!  

[UNICORN VOMIT]

2 minutes ago, AlissaGoesRAWR said:

You're welcome! GA is definitely the way to go if you've never seen them live!  

....tour dates.....

[AlissaGoesRAWR]

Just now, BillyjoelxkidXx said:

....tour dates.....

It's all I'm thinking about, especially now that we know the first single is good... and Billie Joe is hotter than ever!

[Tiffx]

Is there going to be a podcast any time soon talking about the new single? I used to live for those podcasts haha.

[Liam]

4 minutes ago, Tiffx said:

Is there going to be a podcast any time soon talking about the new single? I used to live for those podcasts haha.

Soon

[Tiffx]

5 minutes ago, Liam said:

Soon

Ahh thank you looking forward to it

[Fuzz]

44 minutes ago, Tiffx said:

Is there going to be a podcast any time soon talking about the new single? I used to live for those podcasts haha.

Thinking we'll do one in the next couple days. Need to see what kind of schedule works for everyone and need to test out a new tool to record them.

[tresexy101]

1 minute ago, Andres said:

Thinking we'll do one in the next couple days. Need to see what kind of schedule works for everyone and need to test out a new tool to record them.

Plus, ya gotta give the mods a break..  they've been working nonstop.  And those who donate, appreciate.  Not saying I donated yet but I'm going to.   (not kissing ass)   Just givin' it a lil spank as he walks by.