TripleB Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 OK, now that I've got the best Green Day DVD ordered (BIAB), is there a Green Day biography worth reading?After an extremely quick glance, a couple I've found are: the Omnibus Press Presents the Story of Green Day; Nobody Likes You by Spitz; Green Day: Rebels with a Cause by Gaar; Green Day: American Idiots by Myers.Thanks for any input.TripleB
iLozza! Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I think there's one called book too....I'm not sure but because I haven't read any.EDIT: post 1,300
Rita Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Quite frankly I think none of them is worth reading, but Nobody Likes You is thought to be the best.
iLozza! Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 wikipediaWikipeida doesn't have anything on their books as far as I know.
Rita Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Wikipeida doesn't have anything on their books as far as I know.But it does have a Green Day bio.
chatnoir Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Nobody Likes You is the awesomest!Yeah, this one is a really interesting read! It is written very well and exciting, too. The author is well informed for instance about the Bay Area punk scene and gives a lot of background information. Although I don`t know the other books, you mentioned.
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 But it does have a Green Day bio. If it's only about the bio: http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/biography.php don't go to wikipedia If you've got that never looked it up though, maybe it's better...though I can't imagine that
Tubbie Head Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I want to read the "Nobody Likes You" one!
Guest LusciousZ Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 There's nothing in the books you can't find online, and especially on GDA (shout out!)I heard Nobody Likes You was the best. I read it and it sucked.
Fuzz Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 I suggest Nobody Likes You. The author is a great guy, honest Green Day fan, really talented writer, and he did his homework on the band incredibly well. He sat down with family members and friends of the band to learn a ton about their history. Seriously, if you wanna get a full picture on Green Day his book is the best. http://www.amazon.com/Nobody-Likes-You-Ins...t/dp/1401302742
Hermione Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 When I first got into Green Day, before I got online or had any other way to get info about them, I read 'Green Day: American Idiots And The New Punk Explosion', by Ben Myers. I liked it, it's a good, comprehensive biography of the band, and it also has a few less well known stories and tidbits about them that I haven't seen on the internet. The author had actually interviewed Green Day himself several times over the years. It also has quite in-depth stuff about the music/punk scene in general and how Green Day relates to it. It comes with a lot of the author's own viewpoint and opinions, but for me that made it more interesting than just a run-of-the-mill biography. So yeah, I'd recommend it.
greendaytone Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 ^ Same here, thats the only Green Day biography i've read and i like you say, there's a lot of stuff in there that you find on the net. It starts off with quite a bit of background about Rodeo and where they grew up, before it really gets into the Green Day chronologue. I would recommend it.
Ila Reto Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 i think i may have Omnibus Press Presents the Story of Green Day.unfortunatly most of the books i've read has the timeline of their early day's slightly off by a few months (and yes it does matter so humfh!)but idk it's nice to have a book or two to add to the collection i guess.
J'net Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 OK, now that I've got the best Green Day DVD ordered (BIAB), is there a Green Day biography worth reading?After an extremely quick glance, a couple I've found are: the Omnibus Press Presents the Story of Green Day; Nobody Likes You by Spitz; Green Day: Rebels with a Cause by Gaar; Green Day: American Idiots by Myers.Thanks for any input.TripleBI've read:the Omnibus Press Presents the Story of Green Day; Nobody Likes You by Spitz; Green Day: American Idiots <and the new punk explosion> by Myers.Normally, I wouldn't read three books with a biography of the same band/person, but since I'm doing some of the bio updates on the GDA, I wanted to have as much info as possible. I enjoyed all three books to a certain extent; however, I found several places where Myers' information was not quite accurate (moreso than in the other books). I enjoyed that, though - thinking I knew more than he did I thought Nobody Likes You was probably the best read/most accurate, but the Omnibus Press book has some awesome photographs throughout. Most of them I'd seen in other places, but not all.
Miss. Awesome Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 i got pissed the other day, i was reading a bio and it said that Dookie was their first CD ever!!! i was pissed!!!
Countrygirl Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 i got pissed the other day, i was reading a bio and it said that Dookie was their first CD ever!!! i was pissed!!!Only a Green Day fan
Nele Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 I enjoyed all three books to a certain extent; however, I found several places where Myers' information was not quite accurate (moreso than in the other books). I enjoyed that, though - thinking I knew more than he did I thought Nobody Likes You was probably the best read/most accurate, but the Omnibus Press book has some awesome photographs throughout. Most of them I'd seen in other places, but not all. I agree.Myers' information is sometimes a bit incorrect. I think Nobody Likes You is the best bio with some nice background information.
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