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In what year/s were D.U.I. & Ha Ha You're Dead recorded? (Was it around Shenanigans?)

DUI i'd say would be Nimrod in the Shenanigans booklet you can still see some of the engineer's name in the dui credit which states "Ken Allardyce" and Ken only credited for the Nimrod album so it's safe to say its a Nimrod bside ha ha is either Warning left over or international superhits session

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So John Kiffmeyer...what ever happened to the guy?

He went on to be the drummer for Ne-er Do Wells which changed to the Hi-fives. He is not currently a member anymore though.

"He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife Greta and son Lolo, and it appears he is no longer involved in music." -geekstinkbreath.net

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He went on to be the drummer for Ne-er Do Wells which changed to the Hi-fives. He is not currently a member anymore though.

"He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife Greta and son Lolo, and it appears he is no longer involved in music." -geekstinkbreath.net

Lolo? This is even weirder than Frankito.

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Lolo? This is even weirder than Frankito.

It's actually the kids middle name, taken from John's native american grandfather's name.

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Wikipedia says (about Shenanigans): "The album contains b-sides, rarities, covers, and a previously unreleased track, "Ha Ha You're Dead", which was recorded in the late 90s but never released[citation needed]."

It is listed as needing a citation still, though.

On Wikipedia's Tre page, it says "He also sang and composed the track "DUI" ("Driving Under the Influence"), which was recorded for Green Day's fifth studio album Nimrod (1997) and was due to be released on the compilation album Shenanigans in 2002, but was omitted and can only be found online."

Being that it is from Wikipedia, take it as you will. Not everything there is believable.

DUI i'd say would be Nimrod in the Shenanigans booklet you can still see some of the engineer's name in the dui credit which states "Ken Allardyce" and Ken only credited for the Nimrod album so it's safe to say its a Nimrod bside ha ha is either Warning left over or international superhits session

Thanks! Now when I think about it, DUI from Nimrod totally makes sense. I bet there's the same trumpet guy on that song as King For A Day. Also Ha Ha is only produced by Green Day I see now when I look in the Shenanigans booklet.

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Is that number 24 a Offspring cover?

Nope, it's a cover of a song by The Who. The Kids Aren't Alright is by The Offspring, very similar but slightly different title. When I first got into The Offspring, their title made me think of The Who song right away lol.

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Oh my fuck! That's full of covers! Is that number 24 a Offspring cover?

Facepalm. No offense, but are you the person that posted here that they played Green Day's "My Generation" at the olympics? Lol

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Back in '87, when Mike played guitar, does anyone know what model of guitar he used?

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I was watching a Green Day documentary on TV one time, and there was footage of Billie Joe playing by himself at a school talent show on stage and he was playing a song that I think was called like World v. World or something like that. Sorry I am not being very specific, but does anyone know what I am talking about?

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Cause Rusty James is a character from one of Billie's favorite books about a gang.

And what is the title of the book?

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And what is the title of the book?

I think it's Rumble Fish, but i've never read it

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I was watching a Green Day documentary on TV one time, and there was footage of Billie Joe playing by himself at a school talent show on stage and he was playing a song that I think was called like World v. World or something like that. Sorry I am not being very specific, but does anyone know what I am talking about?

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.youtube.com/watch?v=RjGQ_Rg5rRY

Holy crap thanks! And I literally thought there were bugs on my screen, but it was just your sig.

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Holy crap thanks! And I literally thought there were bugs on my screen, but it was just your sig.

no prob, here's the full version of the song from KALX Radio Show 1989

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I think it's Rumble Fish, but i've never read it

Thanks! :)

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Oh my fuck! That's full of covers! Is that number 24 a Offspring cover?

Oh lawd

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This may be a dumb question but has there been a Green Day song that wasn't a single that actually made it really big in the mainsteam? I've always been curious about this.

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This may be a dumb question but has there been a Green Day song that wasn't a single that actually made it really big in the mainsteam? I've always been curious about this.

Does that even happen, with any artist?

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This may be a dumb question but has there been a Green Day song that wasn't a single that actually made it really big in the mainsteam? I've always been curious about this.

St Jimmy?

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Does that even happen, with any artist?

Yeah not often but it happens just off memory Nirvana's Lithium wasnt intended at first but radio started playing it so the label made it one

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St Jimmy?

If you take the term "mainstream" seriously then you can't consider anything that hasn't been played on the radio 100 times a mainstream success. St. Jimmy has more traction with passive Green Day fans than some deeper album cuts, but I wouldn't say many people outside the fandom know it.

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Does that even happen, with any artist?

The Ataris never officially released Boys of the Summer as a single. It was a song that was accidentally played on the radio and started getting a lot of requests, leading the band to film a video for it.
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This may be a dumb question but has there been a Green Day song that wasn't a single that actually made it really big in the mainsteam? I've always been curious about this.

Chump.

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Chump.

First I've heard of that :P. I think they performed it on a TV show or two but it's not known by non Green Day fans at all and never was.

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