04rebhop Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Happy Birthday American Idiot! This was a real life changing album for me. It got me into music. Without it i wouldn't play the guitar and i would be a toally different, boring person, and i wouldn't be seeing Green Day in Rocktober!!
Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Happy Birthday American Idiot!I can't say this particular album changed my life, since I got into them several years after the release of AI, so when I found Green Day their whole everything changed my life, but this album did have the biggest impact on me, although it wasn't the first album of theirs I listened fully. (sorry for the terribleness of that sentence xD) And it was a song from this album that got me into them, so I guess that kinda counts. It's an amazing album. <3
TheBullwinkle Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I was 14 and already madly in love with Green Day when American Idiot came out, but this album cemented my ridiculous obsession with them.Happy birthday. Or something.
iLozza! Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I was 8 when the album came out...so my memories of it's release etc are a little fuzzy. I just remember my brother playing some of the singles and me loving them...it wasn't till a few years later that I really became a fan, but it was always there thanks to this album. I still remember being the back of the car on the way to Coventry demanding my brother left holiday on repeat. That pissed my parents off something rotten
Sarahnade. Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I truly discovered Green Day in September of 2004. This album changed everything for me, and I'm very glad that out of every other album GD has, this was the one that I heard first and impacted me the most. It's still my favorite album ever, and it still gives me hope. It brings back memories of me being a stupid 11 year old, but it also lets me remember how that 11 year old grew up into who I am now. It really was that influential for me.
Katarina. Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Wow, it's been 5 years already.. Anyway, Happy B-day American Idiot! I love the album, it definitely changed me in some way, idk, it's kinda important for me ;p Sounds weird, but it has some truth in it.
Harriet Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 5 years already? It's seems not long ago but at the same time it feels like forever. What can I say? This abum turned my world upside down. Not immediately, I can remember listening to it for the first time and thinking it was all rubbish apart from the singles and She's A Rebel (how wrong i was!) but in the years since i feel like this album has grown up with me, I can relate to the songs in new ways and suddenly it all makes sense. I'd never heard of Green Day before American Idiot, and while i do regret not being born earlier, I am so glad that the first I heard of Green Day was so life-changing for me.
Kryssi. Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Happy Birthday to one of the best albums ever. I'm trying to not be biased in that, but it's hard. It changed my life, and I know that it's changed many others since it's birth.
PleasedToMeetMe Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I was so excited for this album when it came out, but it pissed me off cuz it was the first GD album with a 'Parental Advisory' sticker on it and I was only 16. I went to Shopko on my way to school to pick it up, but the lady said they didn't get their shipment til noon. I knew she was full of shit, but I was already late to school and figured I could just get it after school. After school I went and there it was, I just wanted to buy it and run home and crank the shit out of it. I took it the counter, the lady put it in the bag and was like '13.99 . . you wouldnt happen to have an ID on you would you?' as she was handing me the bag. I told her no and sadly walked out the door. I ended up having my friends dad pick it up for me on his way home from work, i paid him back and it didnt leave my CD player for months. I loved that album.It has alot of memories attached to it, like listening to it with my dad who's no longer around, and how in love me and my girlfriend at the time were. we were young, pissed off and loved Green Day. The album spoke to us perfectly.I had a pretty rediculous adventure buying '21st Century Breakdown'. My girlfriend of the time broke up with me the night before, i remember being in tears and just heartbroken and then thinking 'wait a minute, the new GD album comes out tomorrow!!'. I spent the night that night and we had sex and blah blah blah and the next morning shes like 'can we talk please?' and of course, I had to be an asshole. I was like 'nope, I'm gonna go buy 21st Century Breakdown and watch the 24 hour GD Marathon on Fuse!'I went to Shopko that day and asked the guy at the electronics department if they had it. He looked at me like i was from mars. "Green City?! what are you talking about? no such thing exists!" I was like "yes it does, it came out today" and hes like 'no, its friday, no cds come out on a friday'. I argued with him over it and one of the employees overheard us, he said 'yea, we have it in the back. let me check if we can release it early'. I was like 'it comes out today! are you guys stupid??'. He came back and said 'we have it but we can't sell it until tuesday'. I told them to fuck off and made a big scene on my way out.I ended up going out of town 20 mins to get it, it was rediculous. Later on that night I ordered my tickets for the GD show in Minneapolis and everything was great = ]
Clockwise Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 I was so excited for this album when it came out, but it pissed me off cuz it was the first GD album with a 'Parental Advisory' sticker on it and I was only 16. I went to Shopko on my way to school to pick it up, but the lady said they didn't get their shipment til noon. I knew she was full of shit, but I was already late to school and figured I could just get it after school. After school I went and there it was, I just wanted to buy it and run home and crank the shit out of it.They really asked you for an ID for a CD? Anyways. American Idiot totally changed my life in the same way most of you are recalling. It literally got me into music and I'm very thankful for it. It's helped me grow up and made me think for myself and I love it.
MusicalDeviant Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Has it really been 5 years? Gosh I feel old.
rage-love-life Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 This was the album that got me into Green Day, and also to take more chances on music. Without this album, I really don't know who I would be, and I probably would be listening to crappy music.
hoistthecolors Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 For me, it will always be my all time favorite album. Not because I listen to it the most or because I way prefer it over other Green Day albums (that'd be Warning, Insomniac, Nimrod and Kerplunk) but because it was the first time I got into Green Day. Because it just means soo fucking much words can't describe. I'd listen to it every single day over and over. I still listen to it, almost every day. It's the greatest record ever. It's a real fucking record. they don't make them like that anymore.I've always felt so disconnected from everything. The lyrics to this album are incredible. it's such raw honesty and I relate to them so much.God, I just love this album to death.I just can't express what it means to me.I'm so proud of them and what this album achieved and how much it helped people and now it's finally a musical. They spoke out, when nobody else was willing to. They made this album, knowing that it could completely backfire. That they'd lose lots of fans and that people would turn on them. They knew how much shit they would get and they still did it. Because it was right, because it was them.They better do as they said to mtv back years ago and cast Tim Armstrong as Whatsername if they make a movie of it!!! this is exactly how i feel.i can't believe this is the day that it came out.. and no one knew how big of an impact it would have on so many people; on the world.it was 2004, and i was over at a friend's house and his cousin wanted to show him a "really amazing video". so she opened up the internet and started playing the american idiot video, and i was just mesmerised . even when they were finished and left, i played it again, and knew that i'd discovered something brilliant. of course i thought i was catching a new band (HA!) and was all excited about them, and then discovered their past and felt like a complete idiot. anyway, from there, i fell deep in love and there isn't an album i love more than american idiot. it's done so much for me, helped me more than words can say, and i'd be a completely different person without it.so much respect for them.
Nikki_Nimrod Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 Holy shit, five years already?! That's half a fucking decade!It seems like just yesterday...yet at the same time it seems like an eternity ago. I don't even know how to being saying how much this album has changed my life! I'll never forget the first time I heard American Idiot on the radio- I was 11 years old, and I had never heard anything with as much raw power, emotion, and meaning in my life. I immediately went home, listened to the rest of the album and fell in love. Coincidentally, my friend had discovered Dookie and brought it over the next day, which continued my obsession haha. But this was the album that really started me off- the first time i had ever felt such a deep passion and connection through music, which i still do today. I don't even want to know what my life would be like if i hadn't heard this record- it gave it a whole new meaning. I love it very much, Happy 5th birthday American Idiot!
Angela. Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 This is going to be long. I can't say that I got into Green Day when AI was released into 2004. Instead, I was introduced to the album and band that would honestly change my life in late September/early October of 2005.I've said the story of how I got introduced to Green Day and American Idiot (both on the same day, I should add) before on GDC, but it's fitting to put it here now. One chilly morning, I woke up and got out of bed to get dressed for school. It was just like any other day. It was routine and boring, but at the time, I didn't have a voice to speak my mind about how much I hated going through life doing whatever everybody wanted me to do. After I got dressed and left the house to go to my bus stop, I saw this girl, named Kara, who went to my school standing by herself. Kara had on a spiffy hoodie. The hoodie had Green Day printed on it. Of course, I didn't know what Green Day was at the time. And being the curious person that I was/am, I had to know more about what this 'Green Day' was. When I got home from school, I went on Google and searched for Green Day. That's when I found out that Green Day was a band.And somehow, I had never heard of Green Day before. Actually, I know exactly why I hadn't heard of Green Day before: My parents. Or to be more specific: My Mom. My Mom loves country music, so until that day, that's all I had been exposed to. I knew of Montgomery Gentry, Toby Keith, and other similar artists. And that was about as far as my musical horizon expanded.I wanted to dig deeper into this band. So, I tried looking for a Green Day music video. That's when I came across this:It wasn't a music video, but it was amazing. And from the very beginning enchanting guitar notes, I was blown away. Never before had I been exposed to something like this. I could relate to the lyrics quite well, and I was entranced by the stage presence of BJ, Mike, and Tre'. (I obviously didn't know their names at the time, so I referred to them as the singer, bass player, and drummer. And I didn't know anything about Jason, either.)As time went on, I learned more about Green Day, and I listened to American Idiot the entire way through. I remember borrowing the CD off of my friend Brianna and rushing home from school to put it in my CD player and give it a listen. I loved it. It was incredible. After the first listen to American Idiot the entire way through, I knew that Green Day was going to have an impact on my life. What I didn't know, however, is just how much of an impact GD would have on me.From that point on, I couldn't be separated from Green Day. I mean, it could not happen, trust me. My family kept telling me that Green Day was just a phase, and that they wouldn't last. They told me that I would eventually kick Green Day to the curb. But I guess we can see who was wrong with that prediction...One of the first music videos from American Idiot and Green Day in general that I grew to love with a passion (and still do - it remains my favorite Green Day music video to this day) was Jesus Of Suburbia. I remember waking up really early on school days and running downstairs to turn on Fuse and watch JOS (and sometimes dance along to it... ), because the music video was on pretty much every day. I loved watching JOS party and fling his plate of dinner at his Mom.I could get into more detail, but I think that's good enough. And see? I told you that it was long.So... thank you Billie, Mike, and Tre' (even though you'll never read this) for making such an amazing album, and such an amazing impact on my life.
-Billiejoezee- Posted September 21, 2009 Posted September 21, 2009 This album has a big impact on me.I Became a Green Day fan in the Warning Era. I was 7 years old,4th grade. I remember I saw a poster of them on a billboard. I thought Billie was cute (yeah what a teenie ),And I searched them up. I saw photos of them,and i was like um no. He's not cute anymore. I looked at basket case (the video) And I was like "omg he's ugly." but the music. I fell in love with the music and I didn't care if he was cute,or ugly, I loved their music. I saw most of their videos and i fell deeply in love with their music. ( I still thought they were ugly) And on my birthday (May) I got nimrod,and warning. I became obsessed,and then Found out American Idiot was gonna come out. I was ready for september with all my love. I was ready to go the the Green Day Concerts. Sadly,9.11.04 destroyed my hopes.That day my grandpa got sick. He had a heart attack. He went to the hospital,I stayed there with my family waiting for him to recover. He did not. 11 days after,He died. On the 21st,They told us he wouldn't make it. It was the saddest day of my life. Then I remember A.I was coming out. I couldn't buy it. I looked out the windows of the doors of the hospital to see A.I posters everywhere. I went home to take a bath,and passed by the hot topic to see smiling girls holding American Idiot in their hands. the hands i wanted to have,to touch the album I was waiting for for half a year. But I couldn't.Next day,22nd,he died.It was sad. Alot of things changed. I didn't bu the album till half a year after,and I never went to any of the concerts. And thats why I can related to wake me up when september ends. When I hear it,i can related to billie's pain and it makes me feel relief that i was not alone,that someone out there who i aprreciated alot felt how I did.A.I Became one of my fave albums,BOBD,holiday,St.Jimmy,WMUWSE,and whatsername helped me alot through my depression. I would constantly hear it for two years. And it helped me alot. Thats why i'm glad this album came out at the right time to help me.
fatherotti Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Jesus 5 years.....you know listening to AI takes me back to that Winter of 2005 when I first listened to the CD.....I had just purchased BIAB like 2 weeks prior cause this was like in November....I remember popping it into my CD/clock Radio and listening to it for the first time in its entirety...As I listened to the lyric "welcome to a new kind of tension" I immediately thought to myself "Oh my god! so this is how people felt when Dookie came out!"I started to relate to the people who grew up in the 90's and instantly knew how they felt when the heard the first lyric "I declare I dont care no more!"Man I look at myself today and I think about how Green Day really got me into Rock altogether.....they really changed me as a person, they taught me how to express myself and if someone give you the finger to say "fuck you, its how I am..." you know? "you dont like it? your not fucking invited"
Rae'n'shine Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 This album came out when I was 14 years old. I was going through a lot of stuff in my life (mostly bad) and this album helped me get through it all. American Idiot changed me as a person and made me who I am today. I became a huge Green Day fan after I heard this whole album, and knowing that a band this great was out there, I started exploring other new bands and became more passionate about music. I can't say how this album has changed me, but I can feel the changes and know that I am a more open-minded all around better person because of this album. I'm going to be listening to this album all day to celebrate this wondrous anniversary.
HoneyDo666 Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Happy Birthday AI! This album made me love Green Day and think more critically about everything!There are no words to describe my love for this band and this album!
Mar Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 Holy crap, it feels like yesterday!I had obviously heard of Green Day before AI, but I didn't pay much attention to them (I listened to mostly top 40 radio at the time). I saw the AI video on VH1 and fell in love with the song, and I loved the "IDIOT" Bush masks during that Letterman performance with John Kerry, and took notice of them.I didn't actually buy the album until February of 2005, and I remember I was over at my grandma's house listening to it so intently with the album booklet in my hands, analyzing the lyrics. I fell in love immediately, and I remember just being blown away the first time JoS came on. It made me a big fan, and I still listen to the album all the time, there's not one song I dislike. It's fantastic, and I'm glad that it helped me become a fan of their new and old material, and opened them up to a new fan base to appreciate their music!
amy_runs Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 This is the greatest album in the history of EVER. No questions asked. This album is the reason I love Green Day. And it will always be the greatest, ever. I remember at lunch one day in 6th grade, my friends and I were arguing about the lyrics to BOBD.... memories I got the album on accident for Easter in 2005. It was the greatest accident of all time.
persons Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 i love AI, it's one of my fav Green Day albums .
KCoyote Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 I got the album on accident for Easter in 2005. It was the greatest accident of all time.That's freakin awesome!
-Billiejoezee- Posted September 22, 2009 Posted September 22, 2009 My memory of getting A.I isn't that good if you read my story you'd understand.
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