What/Who got you into Green Day?

[Nightingale]

This is my story. A year ago I had a disease and was very scared and unhappy, had a lot of pain. It happened I heard that song – Boulevard of Broken Dreams, it meant something to me. So I bought the record – American Idiot… That’s how it all started to me. Actually, they were my only friends through my illness.

[GreenDayBabe92]

My big cousin Natalie and my friend Kimberley forced me to listen to Green Day when I was a raver chick n then I decided I MUCH prefared Green Day!

[PunkRockDude]

Nobody. I heard Basketcase on the radio and got stuck.

[whatsmyname_jimmy]

um... my sister kinda caus eshe got me the nimrod and after listening to grouch and stuff i was hooked:D i also got into them beacaue goo riddance was played at one of my relative's funeral's and i realized how much i related and liked that song.

[Echo117]

Plain and simple: DOOKIE, that album got me hooked

[spark in the night]

My big cousin Natalie and my friend Kimberley forced me to listen to Green Day when I was a raver chick n then I decided I MUCH prefared Green Day!

are you calling your cousin fat?

[whatevergirl1]

are you calling your cousin fat?

That's funny! and mean...

[fr0mthestars]

My cousin.

[M.J.]

I just found some random burned CD in my car and put it in cuz I was bored a few months ago and it was Dookie and suddenly I have an obsession on my hands.

[RageAndLove!]

me, myself, and I

[Sara Armstrong]

the radio (like a week or 2 before american idiot came out) got me into them.

[53rd and 3rd]

Well there's this kid named Bryan. And when we were in 6th grade, American Idiot came out. Bryan is kind of a bitch to me, but he introduced me to Green Day. I listened to American Idiot (the album not the song) and wanted more than that. Next for me was Dookie, recommended by a friend. And I wanted more and more and more and more and here I am now. That's the story.

(P.S. Just because American Idiot got me into Green Day dosn't mean I am less of a fan than anyone else.)

[Adine]

First time I heard Green Day, I was in school and some of my classmates keep playing When I Come Around.. And I fall in love with that song.. Unfortunately, I forgot the band's name and it took a long time to realized that the song was played by Green Day. When I got that, I went to the mall and bought their all albums that were released by that time.

So I turned to Green Day at the moment I had heard about their music.. almost

[billiejoelvr45]

My cousin

[DearlyBeloved25]

Welllllll. A few years back I heard Good Riddance and was like "aww that's an awesome song" But I didn't listen to Green Day cuz the only music I liked then was showtunes. bleh. ANYWAYS then when they performed American Idiot at the Grammy's I was like "Wow they're pretty good...they wear a little too much eyeliner...but they're cool." And I heard the song American Idiot a lot and was always like "I need to find out what band did this song...it's addicting" THEN I was at my cousin's house and she was listening to Boulevard, and I was like "isnt this the same band that did American Idiot?" And THEN a month later my dad was listening to wake me up...and that's where it officially started...I looked them up, listened to other songs, listened for a while...bought American Idiot...Bought international superhits...And yeah now I'm here saying how I got started. I can't really be called a loyal fan cuz I've only liked them for a few months, but I don't just like them, I love them. So yeah.

also to add to that I don't just like them cuz they're hot, even if they were butt ugly I'd like them because they're music is so powerful and has a lot of meaning. They're different than your typical song about the person you love or breaking up...Good stuff. lol sorry I had to say that before people judge me because American Idiot was my first album. ::shrugs::

From there I've also gotten my family and a few friends totally in love with Green day. hehe. especially my best friend Katie Rose, she loves them just as much as me...well...ehhh...maybe.

[owlnzZzZz]

my brother got me into greenday.

[rebel in chains]

my dads friend, we were over at his house and he put green day on, and i really liked it,

but radio and tv also got me into green day

[Cassie.]

have i posted in this thread?

anyway it was my lovely sister that got me into Green Day. even though shes 8 and hates them but still...

[don't_leave_me]

my friend and tv

[Oh Pamela and her five sisters]

i was watching this music channel when american idiot came up. i had no idea who they were but i luvd it. i knew blvrd off by heart n sang wen it was on the radio.. i was getting all of these signs sayin BUY AMERICAN IDIOT!! but i was scared or sumfin. then i saw wake me up on MTV Spain and i had to get it!! loved it immediately!! i listend to it every day a few times. i made a copy for my friend, she started jumpin around when she saw it.. at greenday.com i found da vids n lovd them. im just sorry i didnt get round to them before.. well now ive got all the cds n a few mp3s. i got addicted to GDA cuz i found it on a msn space

I'll always remember september 9 2005.. the day that green day changed my life

[The Nobody]

I'd always known who they were, but I never really heard any of their music. But last year just before summer vacation I heard that Green Day were playing on Roskilde Festival and they played an effed up version of When I Come Around (in the commercial), and I thought 'hey, that was my favourite song when I was a kid'.

I started doing a bit of a scavenger hunt in the basement 'cause my dad liked their old stuff and I found pretty much all their records except Warning and a couple of rare bootlegs.

So I thank the radio and my dad.

[x.dani.x]

a few years ago me and my cuzzin were at our grandmas house and we saw longview on t.v and my cuzzin went crazy and she new all the words and i was amazed how awseom they were and because i wansn't used to that music at the time. now i love them and bought all there cds GD FOR LIfe WOo hoo

[Ari Glewen]

I actually don't remember what got me into Green Day exactly...My dad (aka the AWESOME ONE) told me when I was 4, they were playing 'Longview' and 'Basket Case' constantly on MuchMusic, and I would turn on the TV just to watch it...of course, I had NO IDEA what they were singing about when I was 4...now it makes me giggle, and I'm 16.

[Christa]

I looked and I can't find a thread on this. So how did you get into GD?

My Uncle Timmy would constantly play Nimrod everytime I went over his house.

Kind of got me hooked and I asked for the cd for christmas and got it. Chyeah, been a fan ever since.

[greendayalltheway]

My brother got me in to them the first time. (circa 1994) but it wore off after a while. then a colleague sold me his copy of A.I. and now it stuck.