desertrose Posted July 29, 2011 Posted July 29, 2011 My husband and I have been a fans since 1991, first saw them at the Phoenix Theater at a show with Bad Religion. I am now 48 and still love them. Everyday Green Day is playing in our house. Now my son and daughter are in the late teens and early twenties and are Green Day fans since they grew up listening to it everyday. My son is 18 and has mastered Green Day Rock Band and plays Jesus of Suburbia on his guitar. I have now been to 16 Green Day concerts.
SynthwaveTrooper Posted July 31, 2011 Author Posted July 31, 2011 I've been a loyal GD fan for almost 18 years. woot!
BriIsObsessed Posted July 31, 2011 Posted July 31, 2011 i've been a fan for a long time, since about 1998. I was 9 .... i only became utterly obsessed in 2005, though I think between the time that I bought International Superhits and American Idiot, I slowly became more and more obsessed
SynthwaveTrooper Posted November 28, 2011 Author Posted November 28, 2011 So its been a bit since i posted here. Been recently listening to Old School Green Day and it really bring me back and washes away my worries in life.
Sarcasm Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 I'm born to late to be a real old school fan, but the old stuff is listened to, analyzed and lyrics are learned and will stay in my mind for ever. I guess I've been a fan since AM came out, naturally. I think most of today's fans jumped on that generation. <:
greendaytone Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Ah this thread has some good memories of its own!
stuart telegraph Posted November 29, 2011 Posted November 29, 2011 Dookie came out when I was 11. My older sister bought that album and Offspring's Smash at the same time. At first I mainly only listened to The Offspring, but I eventually came around. A neighborhood friend would come over and we would blast Basket case (his favourite song) and my dad would yell at us to turn that shit down. I remember walking home from school to stop and buy Nimrod when it came out, and looking at 39/smooth and Kerplunk like I had for the past years and wanting to buy them, but with a limited amount of cash I could only justify buying new material. I was a huge fan throughout the 90's but fell away after Warning. When American Idiot came out, my obsession began anew and I haven't looked back since. Btw, I picked up a Dookie album with Ernie on the back cover used in 2006 since I never owned my own copy:) Best band ever, true friends stick together.
Cori Posted November 30, 2011 Posted November 30, 2011 I'm not really a Green Day veteran, yet, but I will be someday. It will be the one year anniversary of the thing that started me on the path to becoming a true fan soon. I already liked Green Day, I just wasn't really that into them yet. Last year for Christmas I got my dad AI because he asked for it. I listened to it with him and became obsessed with the album and subsequently Green Day. I guess I really understand the phrase "Giving is the greatest gift of all" now. Giving my dad American Idiot gave me a love for Green Day.
SynthwaveTrooper Posted September 12, 2012 Author Posted September 12, 2012 wow, i still amazed i started this topic back in 2009. But anyways... i hit my 20th year as a fan of GD this year! been listening to a lot of GD also, everything before 2000.
Lauren Posted September 12, 2012 Posted September 12, 2012 Just wanna say something... I don't find it impressive when people say "I've been a fan since Dookie!!" Dookie was their second most popular album. Everyone who was at least in high school knew it at the time knew Green Day. The only reason a lot of us other fans weren't fans yet was because we were too young/weren't born yet. I do find it impressive if you were one of the insanely lucky ones to know them before Dookie, though... Not to say that being a fan that long isn't awesome, and going to shows back then was awesome, too. I just hate when people brag about how they're a better fan because they knew them before American Idiot.
SynthwaveTrooper Posted September 12, 2012 Author Posted September 12, 2012 i am not saying i am a better fan. i am just a veteran
Jessicabasketcase Posted September 13, 2012 Posted September 13, 2012 I'm not going to call myself a veteran, I don't think I disclose that right. On the other hand my father is... Here's our story. Sometime during 1998 was the first time I ever recall hearing Green Day... Yes that was Four years after I was conceived and Four years after the release of Dookie. After a grueling night of repetitive arguments and emotional tug of war challenges, my mother had finally decided to leave. My father stood in the kitchen holding me as she headed for the door, in the background subsided 'When I Come Around'. Gradually It poured around us, until the song turned into a brilliant opening soundtrack. Drowning every ounce of silence left, that was the very first and last time I've seen my father cry. My mothers departure was such a monumental moment that I'd never forget, I think that's why hearing Green Day playing in the background holds so much significance. My father later on handed down to me his few worn and torn records that I would soon come to understand and cherish. I hope this post isn't too soppy and generic, I'm just acknowledging and appreciating all those Green Day veterans out there. Wish I were born a little sooner so I could have embraced the release of Nimrod and so on. I am ever so grateful for my fathers impeccable music taste.
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