Green Day Q&A Thread

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

When the band is drunk and sucks, getting drunk too is the only way to go 

[pacejunkie punk]

Just now, Beerjeezus said:

When the band is drunk and sucks, getting drunk too is the only way to go 

If that’s the case then by all accounts it’s remarkable to me that anyone remembers ever seeing The Replacements 😂

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

Just now, pacejunkie punk said:

If that’s the case then by all accounts it’s remarkable to me that anyone remembers ever seeing The Replacements 😂

That’s the trick - if no one remembers the show, no one can say it was bad

[MillenniumFan]

17 hours ago, Beerjeezus said:

I usually have a couple drinks at regular shows, but when I’m really into the music, I don’t want to miss out by going to get drinks and then drinking instead of concentrating on the music

I was about to say that my general rule for concerts is not to drink that much (1-2 pints of beer max.) and to cut out all alcohol for my absolute favourite bands/artists. Don't know why, but I've never felt the urge to get really buzzed at concerts (unlike at the club lol). I just usually "get into it" after a short while and am on a kind of natural high, especially if I love the artist in question. Maybe if the band really sucks, I might see myself grabbing some extra drinks. But even then, here in Switzerland it's usually not really worth wasting all that money, cuz drinks here are tremendously expensive...

[Squashie]

If I'm going to drink at a show, paying $4 for a bottle of water is pricey enough for me. I have no desire to pay $12+ for booze. I'd rather spend that money on band merch.

[That Dude]

I just noticed this board says "everything longshot related".

Now, my phone is wacky.  It once transformed the background to a picture of the Network and nobody say it but me.  

So....what's going on?

Green Day split and The Longshot is the only project Billie will do any music under? 

He's refusing to work under his own name even?

[iTokerBoySwag]

I don't wanna sound like a dummy here, but who is Greg? And what does he do with Green Day?

[Squashie]

29 minutes ago, iTokerBoySwag said:

I don't wanna sound like a dummy here, but who is Greg? And what does he do with Green Day?

He is apart of their crew. He shoots their live photography and does some video work for them. He is also Bill Schneider’s (tour manager) brother.

[Liam]

Does anyone remember the show where Jason badly screwed up on Minority? Just kept playing the wrong notes

Edit: Might not have been Minority, could've been another song

[Hermione]

On 4/28/2020 at 5:19 PM, That Dude said:

I just noticed this board says "everything longshot related".

Now, my phone is wacky.  It once transformed the background to a picture of the Network and nobody say it but me.  

So....what's going on?

Green Day split and The Longshot is the only project Billie will do any music under? 

He's refusing to work under his own name even?

Must be left over from when we were "The Longshot Community" for April fools a couple of years ago . Where does it say it exactly?

[That Dude]

45 minutes ago, Hermione said:

Must be left over from when we were "The Longshot Community" for April fools a couple of years ago . Where does it say it exactly?

I checked on all my devices today and didn't see it.   I guess my phone loaded an old version of the site for some reason.   

But while we're talking glitches, here is one I have across 3 or more devices.   Sometimes when I'm typing and want to spell check something or edit what I typed,  I can't right click on what I've already typed or even click on it.     Anyone else having that?  

[Hermione]

3 hours ago, That Dude said:

I checked on all my devices today and didn't see it.   I guess my phone loaded an old version of the site for some reason.   

But while we're talking glitches, here is one I have across 3 or more devices.   Sometimes when I'm typing and want to spell check something or edit what I typed,  I can't right click on what I've already typed or even click on it.     Anyone else having that?  

Weird! Well sounds like it's pretty hidden away in any case, if you do ever see it somewhere specific you can let me know and I can check it out though.

I haven't had that and no idea what would cause it I'm afraid

 

[Miko]

On 5/5/2020 at 12:56 PM, Liam said:

Does anyone remember the show where Jason badly screwed up on Minority? Just kept playing the wrong notes

Edit: Might not have been Minority, could've been another song

I don't know about Minority (since I hate that song) but I know Jason messed up  in J.A.R solo and Holiday's intro during pre-rehab Trilogy Era. Otherwise I haven't seen him fucking up any notes, dude is great guitarist.
 

 

 

[Guest]

It's only natural. Jason is a great guitarist indeed. Dude plays mostly simple stuff because it's Green Day after all but he knows how to rock a guitar.

[That Dude]

My ex-wife just found a whole bunch of my cds at her place and gave them back to me.   Revolution Radio was one of them.   I own two copies of Rev Rad - the standard edition and the book version.   I have never noticed this before, but the discs have different graphics on them.    Can anyone tell me which disc goes in which edition?   

One disc is black with red text.     

The other is red, with the Rev Rad car on it and white text.

This is of the utmost importance.   

The fate of the universe and beyond depends on my outdated music collection being in order.   

Thank you.  

 

 

[Little Boy Named Booze]

15 minutes ago, That Dude said:

My ex-wife just found a whole bunch of my cds at her place and gave them back to me.   Revolution Radio was one of them.   I own two copies of Rev Rad - the standard edition and the book version.   I have never noticed this before, but the discs have different graphics on them.    Can anyone tell me which disc goes in which edition?   

One disc is black with red text.     

The other is red, with the Rev Rad car on it and white text.

This is of the utmost importance.   

The fate of the universe and beyond depends on my outdated music collection being in order.   

Thank you.  

 

 

The black disc with red text is the booklet edition. The one I have.

[That Dude]

11 minutes ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

The black disc with red text is the booklet edition. The one I have.

GDA went down right as I was posting that this morning, anyone notice that?  

I went to youtube and watched unboxing videos from Jon @ Artv and some random guy so the sun wouldn't explode, 

but thanks!   Apocalypse averted once again.   

 

Standing at the edge of the world was giving me the chills.  

Lost in a tango it's freaking me out.   Burning lights and blacks out.  

 

 

 

[Liam]

7 hours ago, That Dude said:

I went to youtube and watched unboxing videos from Jon @ Artv

Bad choice 

[Liam]

55 minutes ago, That Dude said:

 

I bet Jon is on GDA.   Are you Jon?  

 

God I hope he isn’t. Don’t need his shitty reviews around here 

[That Dude]

14 minutes ago, Liam said:

God I hope he isn’t. Don’t need his shitty reviews around here 

So you admit that you are him.  Don't be so down on your content, I like it!  

Here's my review of Madonna's entire discography:   IT SUCKS! 

How did I do?  

back on topic though.   I wonder how quickly Green Day will get ALBUM 14 out once they get together.   

Billie has a lot of time to write and record, so he could possibly bring a completed album to the studio and then just bang the whole thing out with Mike and Tre.   Quickest recording session ever !  

Or he could bring in this completed album but as they start jamming, new ideas appear, new songs are born and then the album takes a whole other sound.

There's already a bunch of songs left over from the FOAM sessions, they're already sitting on a ton of material.   We don't want a Green Day burnout, so maybe they could release ALBUM 14 proper, and then take some time before album 15 begins.    In that interim (lot long, maybe 2-3 years) we could get some EPs, b-sides and/or stand alone singles.   

   

 

[Hermione]

I've split the discussion about other favourite bands into its own thread:

This thread is only for questions about Green Day

[MillenniumFan]

1 minute ago, Hermione said:

I've split the discussion about other favourite bands into its own thread:

This thread is only for questions about Green Day

Thanks! Yeah I was actually going to mention that, but at the same time felt like answering all the same 

[I’m_An_Idiotic_Cat_Lover]

8 hours ago, That Dude said:

Other than Green Day and their side projects, what are your top 10 favorite bands?    

I want to discover some new favorites and figured we're all Green Day geeks on here,  what better place to start?  

Here's mine:    +44, System of a Down, Transplants, Flogging Molly, Scars on Broadway, Against Me!, Blink-182, Shinedown, Cold and Nirvana.   

And as always, let's discuss and not just make lists.    

 

 

I like blink-182, My Chemical Romance, No Doubt, Linkin Park, Angels and Airwaves, Sum 41, Fall Out Boy, Flobots, Box Car Racer, and Bowling For Soup.

[jengd]

I’ve been listening to Slaves, Linkin Park, Alice In Chains, Alkaline Trio and Bad Religion mainly, plus a little Disturbed, Dinosaur Pile-Up  and The King Blues though most of that isn’t new.

[pacejunkie punk]

I’ve never seen this photo from that photoshoot but for the longest time I’ve been looking for the original that this one is based on.  Can anyone find it?