YoYoFantaFanta Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Boulevard of Broken Dreams was written in Joey's bedroom 3 Quote
Todd Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 For those of you who love Jaded in Chicago, when Billie rants about his big wheel....he does it again in Quebec... except this time it's different at 1:55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Ax0liBwd4 2 Quote
Todd Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 What bug picture? No they don't. http://greendaydiscography.com/sweetchildren.php On the Sweet Children EP pressings where the front says "What Do You Think, Mike?" The Mike that is being referred to is not Mike Dirnt, but in fact someone who worked at Skene records Quote
Forever Now Posted January 5, 2013 Posted January 5, 2013 The dog on the Slappy E.P.'s name is Mickey, "Slappy" was a nickname given to him by Jason Relva. 1 Quote
EggMong Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 Apparently the song Do Da Da on Shenanigans (originally meant for Insomniac) was supposed to be called Stuck With Me but because of a mix-up by the producers the name was swapped and and the Stuck With Me we know and love now (that is on Insomniac) got the name instead. Green Day decided the name fitted well so just decided to keep it and gave Do Da Da the name Do Da Da quickly. Makes sense too since "Stuck With Me" is a lyric in Do Da Da and not in Stuck With Me. I thought this was so funny/interesting. Lol (Sorry I couldn't find if this was already on here!). Quote
ThibautDookie Posted January 24, 2013 Posted January 24, 2013 In between playing shows in Florida in 91, the band's van was broken into and many of their clothes were stolen. Quote
Forever Now Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 found an article about Billie Joe's inspiration for a tattoo “Armstrong has a tattoo on his upper chest near his clavicles, just visible above the collar of his striped Henly shirt, the origins of which to speak to the intuition that carried him so far. Its fine script says: “Be silently drawn.” It’s from the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, but Armstrong found it on a Post-it, lying among the sidewalk trash in Oakland. “It was about 12 years ago, and I was walking in the morning and saw it there, this piece of paper with “Be silently drawn” on it.” For some reason, he picked up the dirty scrap and taped it to the wall beside his bed, where it stayed for 10 years. “I just thought it was a really cool thing to say,” he says. “I had no idea what it meant or anything.” Two years ago, Adrienne found the full quote and texted him what had been missing: “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” He promptly had the wall-hung section tattooed above his heart, he says. “Because then it was like: I had to.” 3 Quote
moonflower93 Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 I think we have a random facts section on GDA. Apparently Billie Joe tumble- dryed his cat. yeah, in deadbeat holiday he referred to tumbledrying his cat. sadly the cat died in the process. Cleveland's brother cat Zero got tumble dried. Quote
Heather. Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 yeah, in deadbeat holiday he referred to tumbledrying his cat. sadly the cat died in the process. Cleveland's brother cat Zero got tumble dried. I know I read *somewhere* that it was in fact a babysitter who was doing laundry while he was out of the house, and she wasn't paying attention and the cat died under her watch. So Billie is vindicated, the poor man had to come home to a dead cat and I hope that babysitter got fired Quote
Todd Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 I know I read *somewhere* that it was in fact a babysitter who was doing laundry while he was out of the house, and she wasn't paying attention and the cat died under her watch. So Billie is vindicated, the poor man had to come home to a dead cat and I hope that babysitter got fired The babysitter must've felt like shit. Even though that was pretty stupid of them, we all make stupid mistakes sometimes. There goes their well-paying job Quote
Slave To The Network Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 found an article about Billie Joe's inspiration for a tattoo Armstrong has a tattoo on his upper chest near his clavicles, just visible above the collar of his striped Henly shirt, the origins of which to speak to the intuition that carried him so far. Its fine script says: Be silently drawn. Its from the 13th-century Persian poet Rumi, but Armstrong found it on a Post-it, lying among the sidewalk trash in Oakland. It was about 12 years ago, and I was walking in the morning and saw it there, this piece of paper with Be silently drawn on it. For some reason, he picked up the dirty scrap and taped it to the wall beside his bed, where it stayed for 10 years. I just thought it was a really cool thing to say, he says. I had no idea what it meant or anything. Two years ago, Adrienne found the full quote and texted him what had been missing: Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. He promptly had the wall-hung section tattooed above his heart, he says. Because then it was like: I had to. I love that article! It's so sweet! I downloaded a picture of it as soon as I read it. Quote
ThibautDookie Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Here's some interesting facts ! -Mike used to to answer all his fanmail with a handwritten letter. -It was Tre's idea to shoot the video for Basket Case at an insane-asylium. - On the US Dookie Tour, Green Day lost 15.000 dollars because of the low ticket prices and the cheap merchandise. Quote
IsaGreenDay Posted March 3, 2013 Posted March 3, 2013 - When Green Day recorded "Dry Ice", they kept messing up and ended up doing about 18 takes on the song until they finally got it down. So at the end of the song you can hear them all shouting "YES! YES! YES!", because they were so happy they got it done. - When original drummer John Kiffmeyer (aka Al Sobrante) left Green Day, he didn't tell Billie Joe. Billie found out he was leaving through a friend. So when Green Day replaced John with Tre, Billie returned the favor by not telling John directly that he was being replaced. He doesn't think that Green Day would have had as much success if John was still in the band. - In the Minority video, Billie is running around with the cape on and Mike throws a hand to trip him. The hand is given the peace sign. When it hits him it nocks off the pointer and gives the middle finger. 1 Quote
YoYoFantaFanta Posted March 9, 2013 Posted March 9, 2013 Dry Ice was going to originally be called Whupped but this got changed because John thought Whupped was a stupid name All of the songs on the 1000 Hours EP are about the same girl Quote
musso_kn Posted March 10, 2013 Posted March 10, 2013 Around 1:37 during Fashion Victim, you can hear a wolf whistle. Quote
ThibautDookie Posted March 10, 2013 Posted March 10, 2013 Tré Cool is amongst the people who think Pot should be legalized : "I like to smoke pot a few hours before the show to get in the right mood. It should be legalized. Do it, do it ! But don't give the control to the big tobacco companies." Quote
desertrose Posted February 20, 2014 Posted February 20, 2014 The Dollyrots @TheDollyrots Feb 6 Random totally true fact: Tre has "California Beach Boy" on his ipod RT @James_BFS: That's so cool as if you've met Tre cool!!! Quote
desertrose Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 meri_ 8 months ago did you know @ashleysilva8 was in Green Day's 'When I Come Around' video?! She loves it when I tell people!! http://instagram.com/p/hjZJmoxsd4/ Quote
desertrose Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 16 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Green Day http://diffuser.fm/green-day-facts/ Quote
Oxymore Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 16 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Green Day http://diffuser.fm/green-day-facts/ Generally, Green Day fans know everything of this list Quote
desertrose Posted August 10, 2014 Posted August 10, 2014 alyssa pereira @alyspereira Jul 3 FACT: the window behind the stage at bottom of the hill has been broken twice: once by green day and once by dillinger escape plan Quote
desertrose Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Roxy Bernstein @roxybernstein Oct 16 @GinoTorretta @shilzy Can I get a Billy Joe Armstrong reference in? @GreenDay #PinoleValleyHS Gino Torretta @GinoTorretta Oct 16 @roxybernstein @shilzy @GreenDay only if you reference he was my water boy for the rodeo crockett cowboys when i was in 6th grade 1 Quote
desertrose Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Larry Livermore @LarryLivermore Green Day's Slappy EP was recorded on 4/20! — In honor of Hitler's birthday, no doubt. Or else my friend Sam's. .. Quote
Todd Posted June 25, 2015 Posted June 25, 2015 Tre wrote Rock & Roll Girlfriend about Torry Castellano (The Donnas' drummer). He dated her in 2003-2004 2 Quote
desertrose Posted August 14, 2015 Posted August 14, 2015 Joseph Rose @josephjrose Aug 12 This day in history: Woodstock 94 started in the mud, with moshing and a classic performance from @GreenDay #history 2 Quote
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