Green Day Converts

[tapdancingowl]

I "converted" my dad. It's not like he didn't like them really, he just didn't know about them.

[Bohemian+Scandal]

I have so far failed to convert anyone.

I was kinda sorta converted when I was about 10 or 11 and swore by The Offspring. My brother made me start listening to Green Day saying they were good too. Guess what! They were. FIN.

[Allie90]

Peolpe will always like pop music or crap music in general, because people thinks: music = fun without thinking. You can't change their mind, they don't search in music what I'm searching for :/

I know what you are talking about. My best friend keeps telling me that music is only a means of entertainment and it can give nothing else. I can't make her change her mind :/

[valentinesandcigs]

i converted my friend eddy back when 21cb came out. i gave him the CD and he returned it saying it was the greatest thing hes ever listened to. then i gave him dookie and he said that was the greatest thing he ever listened to. now he knows all the songs all the albums and im planning on taking him to a concert when they come back to new york.

so yeah i converted someone and damn proud of it!

[Tubbie Head]

Friends.. yeah xD

[xVanessa86x]

I got my mom into Green Day by bringing her to the concert in Hartford She was like I GOT THE BEST SEATS AND AHH I LOVE IT haha It's great! Her favorite song is Longview and now she's had International Superhits for a few weeks now...

[Seedless_Reject]

I've got my whole family to like Green Day, but my brother is getting irritated because I play the music everyday. I honestly don't care Green Day are way better than Miley Cyrus

[Heather!]

Back in middle school I burned a friend several Green Day albums--Shenanigans and Nimrod are all I can remember, but I might have given him more. Anyway we grew apart and aren't friends any longer, but my sister said she heard him singing Ha Ha You're Dead in the hallway the other day.

[alaniluau]

My parents are now huge fans.

And my bestie and I discovered them together, but I became hugely obsessed with them and made her delve deeper into their world.

[Brandon R.]

I've converted a few friends.

It's always a struggle figuring out what song/album to hook them with though.

I usually go with a few tracks off Dookie (Longview, She, When I Come Around) and 21st Century Breakdown (Know Your Enemy, East Jesus Nowhere, and The Static Age). Normally does the trick. That way they get a little bit of old stuff and a little bit of new stuff.

Typically a good strategy.

[ScreamsInSilence815]

My parents.

They both requested and now own copies of A.I, thanks to me.

[elanorelle72]

i converted one my friends who happens to be 75 years old

She loves Green Day and Billie!

She says everyday should be Green Day!

She is a piano teacher and pianist and now a true convert

she can't stop talking about them everytime she comes to the store...!!

[Tiffx]

Haven't converted anyone yet. But I did give my friend all my Green Day CDs because we are going to see them in a week and she knows hardly any songs. Hopefully by the end of the concert she will be completely in love with them.

[elanorelle72]

ooooo yes! i just converted (haha) my best friend a few weeks ago. she pretty much hated them, but i took her to see the American Idiot play. first tho, i made her read all the lyrics, then i made her listen to the CD a bunch. i copied her some older albums too. now she loooves them. and she hates me for it she says they're her guilty pleasure band

i got her with The Network a few months ago too. and now she also loves Foxboro Hot Tubs. hahahaha i feel like those annoying churchy people that are always trying to convert people to their religion

we could stand at the street corners and spread the good news! and ask them to come to our church so they can be saved by the Rev! wouldn't that be funny??? **schemes**

[Whatsername1533]

I guess you could say im a convert, Ive always liked green day from my dad playing them all the time. but then like 6 years ago my cousin told me about how freaking amazing they were and i saw how sexy they were and I have been hooked ever since. Now every time my dad is driving in the car without me and a green day song comes on the radio he calls me and plays it really loud and we both sing along.

I have converted one of my friends they now have a green day poster on their wall.

[Alex.]

Converted my friend Elliot, and also my dad

[Tashidge]

I converted a couple of friends and my brother. I coaxed them over to the dark side with cookies and alcohol.

They were like "Oh Green Day sucks ass" and all of that poop. So I asked them if they'd actually listened to any Green Day - surprise surprise, they said no. So I played the song I use to convert people - Longview. Now they all like them. My brother even learnt how to play BOBD and Holiday on the drums - by ear believe it or not.

[Helly 77]

american idiot, holiday, time of your life and boulevard of broken dreams were enough for my brother and my sister to become green day fans...

not crazy fans but the are now in the dark side!!!

[**She**]

Its not possible to convert my mom. She only likes pop music and whenever I listen to Green Day when we are driving in the car together, she asks me to switch to something else or turn the volume down :/

But I took one of my friends who didn't really know Green Day to a concert and she really really liked it. Before the concert she asked if we could stand somewhere in the middle or at the side where it is comfortable and relaxed to stand. Then we ended in the first row :D

[watsername182]

I converted my sister and one of my friends.

But that's about it.

I'm not gonna even try to change some of my other friends. The second I mention Green Day the instant response I get "Green Day are gheyy" or "Who listens to that shit?!" or "Parkway Drive/[insert band here] are more hardcore". :down:

[poisonoak]

yes! my bestie she still listen 2 shit music but luvs green day and goes 2 their shows now woohoo! we used 2 be roommates and of course id always play gd songs and annoying her by talking about them but i got her after i showed her biab, she almost cried watching wake me up when sept ends...

[Punx89]

Well I convinced my brother to be a GD fan after the gd concert in dortmund!!!!!!!that was very nice.

[Sanny]

I kind of convinced my brother. He's a sort of fan since AI, he just knows a couple of their songs, but mostly the ones from AI. When the new album came out, he was all like 'THAT is not Green Day! This is shit!'.

And I was all like 'You don't have ANY idea, you don't know any of their songs, you should listen to them more carefully'.

That was two or three months ago.

On Friday he came into my room and asked: 'Hey, do you now actually HAVE the new GD album?'

Me: 'Yeah...why?'

He: 'Uhm...well, I need to see something'

Me: 'Huh, you like it, right' (grin)

He: 'Yeah well, one can change his mind, right?!'

It was not necessarily me who got him to listen to them but yeah, I feel like I had an influence in this whole process

[Nova-Caine]

My other half, who at one point this year became my ex because he just didn't get my love for GD, he dug their music but couldn't relate to my total and utter obsession/love for the band, it caused many problems to the point where I became too scared to talk about the band around him, it was a tough time and I almost became a recluse and hid away from all my GD friends and stopped listening to the band.

When we were apart I decided to totally throw myself into Rocktober and bought tickets to all the UK Shows, I was originally only going to 2.

I did this for a few reasons, for one it had been my dream of the last 4 years to follow the band around the UK next time they toured, my last blow out etc, I knew I couldn't do this forever but also to get over the break up, seeing GD live will get you through any turmoil or emotional breakdown.

I missed my other half though, I missed him so much and at the beginning of Sept we got back together after a long and lengthy talk. In August of this year I had to have extensive corrective surgery on my left hip, to not only totally rebuild the whole hip socket/cavity but also have leg lengthening surgery. He was there for me through it all, before and after. It made me realise that I couldn't give him up.

He agreed to still come to the few shows we had planned but we got him tickets for more and in the end he ended up doing 9 shows, both London 02, Sheffield, both Brum, both Manchester and Wembley, he also came to the Foxies gig.

We have Manchester and London booked next year now.

He finally realised that my GD obsession/love for the band went beyond their music, that for me it was the friendships I have made, he realised that for me Rocktober was about more than me drooling over the short arse on stage that it was finally meeting Beth and Cheryl after many years of friendship and dreaming of meeting one another. Meeting J'net, Diane, Gerg, Kerry, Hermione, Leanne, Isabel, Anja, Kryssi, Tanya, Sije many many more I adore you all.

He saw as the days rolled by on the tour how amazing each and every person he met was, he now adores them all and loves them as much as I do, especially our Jordan who we really wanted to adopt lol

Things can change for the better if you are honest but you also have to stick up for the things that mean so much to you in life, that you know without you would only be a shadow of yourself. That's what GD does for me, they allow me to be who I am and because of them I no longer make excuses for it. 'I don't feel any shame, I won't apologise'. I told my boyfriend that one night, now he gets it and loves it, maybe not as much as I do, but he knows that this band has opened up a whole new world to him, a world of amazing people scattered far and wide, but would be there for one another in a heart beat.

x

[Abbey.]

My other half, who at one point this year became my ex because he just didn't get my love for GD, he dug their music but couldn't relate to my total and utter obsession/love for the band, it caused many problems to the point where I became too scared to talk about the band around him, it was a tough time and I almost became a recluse and hid away from all my GD friends and stopped listening to the band.

When we were apart I decided to totally throw myself into Rocktober and bought tickets to all the UK Shows, I was originally only going to 2.

I did this for a few reasons, for one it had been my dream of the last 4 years to follow the band around the UK next time they toured, my last blow out etc, I knew I couldn't do this forever but also to get over the break up, seeing GD live will get you through any turmoil or emotional breakdown.

I missed my other half though, I missed him so much and at the beginning of Sept we got back together after a long and lengthy talk. In August of this year I had to have extensive corrective surgery on my left hip, to not only totally rebuild the whole hip socket/cavity but also have leg lengthening surgery. He was there for me through it all, before and after. It made me realise that I couldn't give him up.

He agreed to still come to the few shows we had planned but we got him tickets for more and in the end he ended up doing 9 shows, both London 02, Sheffield, both Brum, both Manchester and Wembley, he also came to the Foxies gig.

We have Manchester and London booked next year now.

He finally realised that my GD obsession/love for the band went beyond their music, that for me it was the friendships I have made, he realised that for me Rocktober was about more than me drooling over the short arse on stage that it was finally meeting Beth and Cheryl after many years of friendship and dreaming of meeting one another. Meeting J'net, Diane, Gerg, Kerry, Hermione, Leanne, Isabel, Anja, Kryssi, Tanya, Sije many many more I adore you all.

He saw as the days rolled by on the tour how amazing each and every person he met was, he now adores them all and loves them as much as I do, especially our Jordan who we really wanted to adopt lol

Things can change for the better if you are honest but you also have to stick up for the things that mean so much to you in life, that you know without you would only be a shadow of yourself. That's what GD does for me, they allow me to be who I am and because of them I no longer make excuses for it. 'I don't feel any shame, I won't apologise'. I told my boyfriend that one night, now he gets it and loves it, maybe not as much as I do, but he knows that this band has opened up a whole new world to him, a world of amazing people scattered far and wide, but would be there for one another in a heart beat.

x

what a wonderful story...especially since it has a happy ending....or beginning i suppose. it sounds like you have a lot to celebrate this holiday season. i think we are lucky in that for many of green day forces us to dig inside of ourselves a little deeper and pull out more of who we are at our core...scraping away at all the layers of bullsh!t feels so good.