Billie Joe’s car and equipment stolen

[pacejunkie punk]

I think we need one place to put all this stuff so I’m making a thread for it as it develops.  I wonder if it was Otis Costa Mesa that was broken into the report says a commercial facility in Costa Mesa and they stole not only the car, but two guitars and an amp

 

https://people.com/music/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-turns-1962-chevy-nova-guitars-stolen/?amp=true

 

Billie’s original post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZm3X4zv5je/?utm_medium=copy_link

Here’s his video 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZrGpklIlKL/?utm_medium=copy_link

Article from the OC Register:

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/02/06/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-says-classic-chevy-stolen-in-costa-mesa/?utm_email=45BA04B534B255E234D14526D4&g2i_eui=7ENBBYfW0fOrdvveScq5aBkGODvN71Y7&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=45BA04B534B255E234D14526D4&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Story+Button&utm_campaign=scng-ocr-breaking-news&utm_content=alert

[GDFan2019]

8 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I think we need one place to put all this stuff so I’m making a thread for it as it develops.  I wonder if it was Otis that was broken into the report says a commercial facility in Costa Mesa and they stole not only the car, but two guitars and an amp

 

https://people.com/music/green-day-billie-joe-armstrong-turns-1962-chevy-nova-guitars-stolen/?amp=true

 

Billie’s original post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZm3X4zv5je/?utm_medium=copy_link

Here’s his video 

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZrGpklIlKL/?utm_medium=copy_link

Article from the OC Register:

https://www.ocregister.com/2022/02/06/green-days-billie-joe-armstrong-says-classic-chevy-stolen-in-costa-mesa/?utm_email=45BA04B534B255E234D14526D4&g2i_eui=7ENBBYfW0fOrdvveScq5aBkGODvN71Y7&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=45BA04B534B255E234D14526D4&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Story+Button&utm_campaign=scng-ocr-breaking-news&utm_content=alert

Otis is in Oakland. This must be their practice studio

[Biddymc]

Costa Mesa is by Newport Beach/LA area.

[pacejunkie punk]

4 minutes ago, GDFan2019 said:

Otis is in Oakland. This must be their practice studio

There is an Otis Costa Mesa as well

2 minutes ago, Biddymc said:

Costa Mesa is by Newport Beach/LA area.

Orange County. It’s where they have another Otis studio

[Squashie]

Wait?! They stole Finks guitar too?! 

[pacejunkie punk]

4 minutes ago, Squashie said:

Wait?! They stole Finks guitar too?! 

I thought that looked like a Network guitar.  I can’t share the photo but we also saw the garage door that was ripped open that Nathaniel posted.  I wonder if this was an enclosed unit and this was all that was inside. There had to be a whole storage room of equipment at that site if it was the studio.

That joke about the 1972 masters going missing is starting to take on more meaning now 😲

[Squashie]

8 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I thought that looked like a Network guitar.  I can’t share the photo but we also saw the garage door that was ripped open that Nathaniel posted.  I wonder if this was an enclosed unit and this was all that was inside. There had to be a whole storage room of equipment at that site if it was the studio.

That joke about the 1972 masters going missing is starting to take on more meaning now 😲

i think both are network guitars, but the white one is definitely Fink's. It was in a few of the videos from Money Money Pt II

 

It strange though. If you google the address in the Costa Mesa PD's post, there is a bunch of auto repair shops with doors similar in style & color to the one that Nathanial posted in his story and then a bunch of apartment complexes. Not to say their studio/rehearsal space isn't in that area and off a side street.

[GDFan2019]

8 minutes ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I thought that looked like a Network guitar.  I can’t share the photo but we also saw the garage door that was ripped open that Nathaniel posted.  I wonder if this was an enclosed unit and this was all that was inside. There had to be a whole storage room of equipment at that site if it was the studio.

That joke about the 1972 masters going missing is starting to take on more meaning now 😲

Oh God!! I hope that’s not the case!!!

[pacejunkie punk]

12 minutes ago, Squashie said:

i think both are network guitars, but the white one is definitely Fink's. It was in a few of the videos from Money Money Pt II

 

It strange though. If you google the address in the Costa Mesa PD's post, there is a bunch of auto repair shops with doors similar in style & color to the one that Nathanial posted in his story and then a bunch of apartment complexes. Not to say their studio/rehearsal space isn't in that area and off a side street.

It would be weird for the guitars and amp to be stored anywhere else unless they were in the trunk of the car or something.

And the studio could be tucked away somewhere. The one in Oakland is unmarked among a strip of shops. You wouldn’t see it unless you knew it was there. This could be similar.

[GDFan2019]

1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said:

It would be weird for the guitars and amp to be stored anywhere else unless they were in the trunk of the car or something.

And the studio could be tucked away somewhere. The one in Oakland is unmarked among a strip of shops. You wouldn’t see it unless you knew it was there. This could be similar.

Then you have to wonder how the thief knew to look there

[StillBreathing]

3 hours ago, pacejunkie punk said:

I thought that looked like a Network guitar.  I can’t share the photo but we also saw the garage door that was ripped open that Nathaniel posted.  I wonder if this was an enclosed unit and this was all that was inside. There had to be a whole storage room of equipment at that site if it was the studio.

That joke about the 1972 masters going missing is starting to take on more meaning now 😲

it was probably Panicland 

[Juliajk]

I’m still wondering if the thiefs broke into a random storage unit, and took what they thought was valuable, or was it targeted directly for the car

[Guest]

13 hours ago, GDFan2019 said:

Oh God!! I hope that’s not the case!!!

I realize that this is largely a joke, and I know little about music recording, but wouldn't the masters all exist digitally?

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

5 hours ago, Lady Mix-A-Lot said:

I realize that this is largely a joke, and I know little about music recording, but wouldn't the masters all exist digitally?

I would have thought so but I don't know much about that stuff so... 

[That Dude]

7 hours ago, Lady Mix-A-Lot said:

I realize that this is largely a joke, and I know little about music recording, but wouldn't the masters all exist digitally?

They would exist digitally....but they wouldn't be the same. I guess Green Day will have to scrap 1972 Cigarettes and make a new album called American Valentines. 

 

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

KROQ posted about in on their Instagram a few hours ago

[Thatsername]

On 2/8/2022 at 7:23 AM, StillBreathing said:

it was probably Panicland 

This made me laugh more than it should have😅 The good old times.

But honestly, this is really bad and I hope they'll get it back soon.

[The_real_st_jimmy]

I hope he gets his car back soon🤞🥺Whoever stole it should return. I also wonder did they steal any other cars from the same neighborhood too?

[Give_Me_Novacaine90]

 

 

[Guest]

That's amazing! 

[pacejunkie punk]

They found it OMG yay!! Thank you people!!

The thieves must have got scared with so many eyes looking for it, or they have hearts and gave in to his plea.

[Juliajk]

Oh that’s fantastic! At least some good news today!

[pacejunkie punk]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZxKO5qPgaZ/?utm_medium=copy_link

He’s so happy! It was undamaged too!! Yay!!!

[GDFan2019]

I wonder if they found the guitars too

[pacejunkie punk]

1 minute ago, GDFan2019 said:

I wonder if they found the guitars too

It says they didn’t but I don’t think he cares. It’s the car that mattered