Billie Joe on WTF w/ Marc Maron 1/15

[dudley dawson]

https://x.com/marcmaron/status/1746604591058399688?s=42&t=xGUevuBTM-BpUT6WfQcu0Q

[jengd]

Never heard of this guy but just saw this in X.  Hopefully it’ll be good!

[dudley dawson]

14 minutes ago, jengd said:

Never heard of this guy but just saw this in X.  Hopefully it’ll be good!

Really? He’s the OG of comedian hosted podcasts and (imo) the best interviewer out there aside from Howard Stern.

[jengd]

I am in the Uk, most Brits have no idea who Howard Stern is, I only do ‘cos of Green Day.  

[dudley dawson]

9 minutes ago, jengd said:

I am in the Uk, most Brits have no idea who Howard Stern is, I only do ‘cos of Green Day.  

Fair enough lol. Marc Maron is in a lot of movies and tv shows too.

[Mar]

Can I say something real quick about Marc as Sam Silvia in Glow without everybody getting mad? 🫢

 

Seriously, though, I'm really excited for this one! 

 

 

[The Grohl]

I don't like Marc Maron but I'm all for another Billie interview!

[Beathe.]

7 hours ago, dudley dawson said:

Really? He’s the OG of comedian hosted podcasts and (imo) the best interviewer out there aside from Howard Stern.

Tell me you're American without saying you're American.

 

[dudley dawson]

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtf-with-marc-maron-podcast/id329875043?i=1000641679600

[Hermione]

Wow awesome, his interviews tend to be really in depth and interesting! Gonna enjoy this

[Insomniac90]

I could listen to Billie for hours. His voice is so pleasant.

Finally he said something about Johnny Rotten 😂

[okotavio]

Well it wasn’t as fun as the other podcast he recently did but it was a cool listen!

[stories and songs]

Ehhh I didn’t really love Marc as an interviewer actually. He didn’t seem like he did much research and didn’t always appear to be listening (how many times Billie repeat that Neil Young’s guitar is black lol). I also found it bizarre how he introduced the interview by saying “some people have a reputation with interviewing, but I did a few things in the beginning to ground him” or whatever. I interview people (not celebrities) for a living, and I’m always kinda subconsciously judging famous people by how nice they are to journalists and how easy they seem to interview. When Green Day was younger they were definitely a challenge to wrangle lol, but for many years Billie has come across as a pretty warm and thoughtful interviewee.

But anyway, in terms of the actual convo, loved the talk about Billie’s family that felt like it covered some different ground from the Armchair Expert interview. One thing I found particularly interesting was Billie saying he’s always searching for more of his dad — he always comes across as interested in his family history, always sharing old photos on Insta and stuff and it makes sense that it stems from wanting to know more about his dad. Also really loved the talk about the studio recording process and working with producers, dealing with fame, as well as the stuff about Father to a Son.

[jengd]

Totally agree with you.  Again I was thinking who are you that you’re talking so much about you and what an odd intro to Billie, made it sound like he was supposed to be difficult!  Love to hear him talk and laugh, again interesting about his family and he was an uncle at 8, that’s wild.  Thought there would be more about Mike, Tre and Green Day but they clearly connected over music so that was interesting.  He’s being so open about his alcoholism, sounds like he has finally, properly accepted it, I know this has been said before when discussing Dilemma and during the Armchair Podcast but hopefully it’s all positive.  Again would have liked more about the writing process and songs but enjoyed it, I was pretty good. Want an interview with all three bouncing stuff off each other, they can be gold.

[stories and songs]

12 minutes ago, jengd said:

 He’s being so open about his alcoholism, sounds like he has finally, properly accepted it, I know this has been said before when discussing Dilemma and during the Armchair Podcast but hopefully it’s all positive.  

Agreed. I remember back in 2013 feeling like, “oh…this really big, bad thing happened stemming from addiction and he’s just gonna talk about it once and then move on?” He didn’t owe anyone his personal story then and he doesn’t now, but I was used to celebrities who had gotten sober going on to talk about how necessary and good of a change it was for them, and he just wasn’t giving that. It makes me extremely happy to hear how open and accountable he is about it now, and how he really seems to recognize sobriety is the best choice for him.

[jengd]

Forgot to say, I loved the comment from Norah Jones about his singing.  I am so desperate to hear the full album again, properly in peace as my general impression is still that Billie sounded awesome. Surprised also to hear that he’s got more nervous about singing! 

[Jankowski576]

It’s great how level headed and thoughtful he sounds these days

[lucky_stars]

Agreed, not as good as the Armchair Expert episode but still solid nonetheless. I think this also shows just how many “y’knows” and “ums” must have been edited out of Armchair Expert because this episode sounded much more like Billie’s usual self 😂

Billie also sounded so proud talking about Jakob’s guitar playing. I’ve never listened to Ultra Q but I should give them a spin. You could tell Billie’s had some media training about what to say re: Joey.

I feel like I need to start a playlist with all these bands/albums that Billie keeps mentioning, he truly is an encyclopedia 😵‍💫

[pacejunkie punk]

The way he describes how Rob Cavallo works with them with regards to his lyrics and breaking it down to make sure he says what he means to say, helping Billie to be his best, what a producer 🥰

[localinsomniac]

Oh fuck yeah, Maron was one of the first comedy podcasters. He's a very good interviewer too, so this should be fun!

[Montclare]

Just finished listening.  Good on Billie's side, but I kept going, "let him talk!"  when Marc kept interrupting him.  Billie would be saying something about Saviors, and Marc would bring it back to Dookie, or Billie's childhood, stories we've heard a million times.  And then ended the interview abruptly when Billie was in the middle of talking about Saviors' songs.

I have to say, I feel Billie has always been open about his issues.  He may have said in that one 2013 Rolling Stones article that that would be the only time he'd be talking about it, but he was asked a million times about it during RevRad, and always answered.  And answered the couple of times he was asked during FOAM.  I think he was always honest about how he felt at that time.

[BrendanL]

Interviewer was a bit off putting. Didn’t know what to make of him. He knew that Green Day became popular quickly in the Bay Area punk scene, knew that Billie had collaborated with Tim Armstrong, knew that they self produced RevRad and BW produced FOAM… but didn’t appear to know that they recorded Saviors in London, which any and every article/review about the record has mentioned (unless he was just clarifying for the sake of the audience, but it didn’t really sound like that). 
 

It was also uncomfortable hearing the interviewer laugh about Billie’s addiction and struggles with alcohol, particularly his relapse around 2017, or the introduction of the topic as Billie “unraveling” and becoming “unglued” 

With that said, I could listen to Billie talk about his musical influences all day. Cool to hear him talk about digging a little deeper into the Stones and Ramones discography 

[pacejunkie punk]

So what about your other son does he play music?

Billie: He’s um…uh, well…he was…a drummer…I mean he plays drums and now…he…well…

Nice try Billie 😄 I guess this would fall into the “where I fucked up as a dad” category 

[stories and songs]

1 hour ago, pacejunkie punk said:

So what about your other son does he play music?

Billie: He’s um…uh, well…he was…a drummer…I mean he plays drums and now…he…well…

Nice try Billie 😄 I guess this would fall into the “where I fucked up as a dad” category 

I was like “Billie just say he plays drums and move on PLEASE.” 😂 Marc was probably like “huh that was weird.” He talked openly about everything else and then got cagey about if his other kid is a musician lol.

1 hour ago, Montclare said:

I have to say, I feel Billie has always been open about his issues.  He may have said in that one 2013 Rolling Stones article that that would be the only time he'd be talking about it, but he was asked a million times about it during RevRad, and always answered.  And answered the couple of times he was asked during FOAM.  I think he was always honest about how he felt at that time.

He has always been open about it and you’re totally right, it did get brought up a bunch during RevRad where he was asked to reflect on iHeart and talk about Still Breathing. I’ve even seen interviews from when he was much younger where he admitted it was a problem. I guess I just feel a slight shift in how he talks about it now — like he sounds more confident or realistic about sobriety, or something, and overall just very positive about feeling healthier. But honestly, part of my reaction to him talking about it so openly is just happiness to the contrast of how he was talking during FOAM, more along the lines of, “eh, iHeart was cool and who’d my drinking really hurt anyway?” It’s really refreshing and hopeful to hear him back to a healthier mindset.

[lucky_stars]

1 hour ago, stories and songs said:

I was like “Billie just say he plays drums and move on PLEASE.” 😂 Marc was probably like “huh that was weird.” He talked openly about everything else and then got cagey about if his other kid is a musician lol.

Yeahhh I amend my earlier statement, he probably was media trained at some point but then clearly forgot what to say or how to say it.  I think he said, “he’s doing more grown up things right now” … like what does that even mean 😂