Green Day on the cover of Rolling Stone

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

8 hours ago, Scattered Wreck said:

It sounds to me like Mayer just didn't have the balls to say anything.  Plus, he needed to work with him to get the show off the ground and the potential movie.  He didn't want to piss him off.

If he talked about it publicly, it would be dick-y of him and we don't know if they had or didn't have a conversation about it. I can imagine people would overlook it because having this talk with someone you're not really close to must be super awkward. He probably didn't think it was his business. 

[Chin for a Day]

6 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

If he talked about it publicly, it would be dick-y of him and we don't know if they had or didn't have a conversation about it. I can imagine people would overlook it because having this talk with someone you're not really close to must be super awkward. He probably didn't think it was his business. 

All very true, and I agree with what you said.  I was just noticing that he said something slightly different in this article.

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

This fits better into the references thread, but it is about this article so I put it here. 

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! shared the RS cover on Instagram. I loved what she wrote. 

*melts

[Chin for a Day]

11 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

This fits better into the references thread, but it is about this article so I put it here. 

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! shared the RS cover on Instagram. I loved what she wrote. 

*melts

What did she write, the bottom is cut off fo rme.

[UNICORN VOMIT]

5 minutes ago, Scattered Wreck said:

What did she write, the bottom is cut off fo rme.

Oh man you are tired - just highlight her username 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

4 minutes ago, Scattered Wreck said:

What did she write, the bottom is cut off fo rme.

Hi, my name is Laura. You can call me LJ. I live in Chicago. I drive a cop car and sing the blues. The first show I ever went to was @greenday and you can read about the both of us in the new issue of @rollingstone in print this Friday.

^I thought it was very nice 

[UNICORN VOMIT]

9 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

This fits better into the references thread, but it is about this article so I put it here. 

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! shared the RS cover on Instagram. I loved what she wrote.

Wonder if it has anything to do with the support act.

[Chin for a Day]

5 minutes ago, Tinkle said:

Oh man you are tired - just highlight her username 

Shut up I've been up since 3 am

4 minutes ago, Jane Lannister said:

Hi, my name is Laura. You can call me LJ. I live in Chicago. I drive a cop car and sing the blues. The first show I ever went to was @greenday and you can read about the both of us in the new issue of @rollingstone in print this Friday.

^I thought it was very nice 

So, it was basically just a plug for the magazine since she is in it too

[UNICORN VOMIT]

5 minutes ago, Tinkle said:

Wonder if it has anything to do with the support act.

Nevermind the are fully tour booked 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

1 minute ago, Tinkle said:

Wonder if it has anything to do with the support act.

Damn no that would KILL ME! 

I was wondering that when she posted about them on Twitter. 

Idk how known is it about me but I'm a huge AM! trash. 

Just now, Scattered Wreck said:

Shut up I've been up since 3 am

So, it was basically just a plug for the magazine since she is in it too

And a friendly reminder that she talks about them in her book probably, hence the but mention of the story about seeing them-she keeps repeating it lol.

Just now, Tinkle said:

Nevermind the are fully tour booked 

A gal can dream on 

[Second favourite son]

I've just read the article, and I thought it was really good.  I especially liked the bits about Mike, they reminded me why he's my favourite member.  The mention of him smashing his bass in solidarity, which everyone seems to forget, shows how he'll stand with Billie even when he knows he isn't in a good place.  He really has, as the article said, 'a classically sturdy bass-player personality – you'd want him by your side in crisis.'

I don't mind that they didn't go into great depth on the album; that's what reviews are for, and they come later.  I love just reading about my favourite band anyway, and, in a good article (like this one), that alone makes me feel so much closer to the band, a part of their journey, and super-hyped for whatever they're doing next.

[UNICORN VOMIT]

3 minutes ago, Second favourite son said:

I've just read the article, and I thought it was really good.  I especially liked the bits about Mike, they reminded me why he's my favourite member.  The mention of him smashing his bass in solidarity, which everyone seems to forget, shows how he'll stand with Billie even when he knows he isn't in a good place.  He really has, as the article said, 'a classically sturdy bass-player personality – you'd want him by your side in crisis.'

I don't mind that they didn't go into great depth on the album; that's what reviews are for, and they come later.  I love just reading about my favourite band anyway, and, in a good article (like this one), that alone makes me feel so much closer to the band, a part of their journey, and super-hyped for whatever they're doing next.

Well said - I think everyone's opinion of mike went up after iheart & after the way him & Britt handled the cancer - it sky rocketed - mike is awesome - green day is awesome - I love green day😘😘😍😍

[LaughingClock]

6 hours ago, dolce_amore93 said:

@crock6000 I've been in and out of these boards for years and you probably don't even remember me, but some of my favorite times spent on this forum were chatting with you before, during, and after Trilogy Tour concerts we were stuck getting secondhand information from as we sat at our computers. I'm really, really happy for you. What a fantastic post. 

I'd like to think that both you and Billie will be enjoying yourselves extra on the latest tour—being part of such an amazing show sober can be pretty damn incredible, because you're able to clearly remember certain moments that will never leave you.

I was honestly overwhelmed when I read that Billie has been sober for four years. That's really amazing and I'm really, really proud of him. Dealing with anxiety and sleep issues...that's not easy on anyone, and learning new ways to cope must've been so challenging. I was always careful not to assume he'd kept his sobriety up—addicts slip up all the time. Sobriety is hard to maintain and that's completely understandable. But hearing how serious he knows his problems were, and how dedicated he is to doing better for himself and for his family—I'm just really proud. It sort of dawned on me recently that this band has slowly but surely become everything I'd hoped they were when I first fell in love with them as an idealistic tween. I was always fairly realistic about their flaws and issues, but...well, it's hard to describe. I feel like over time, as I've grown up and as they've grown up, we "fit" in ways maybe we never have before. I've now loved this band for half my life, which isn't nearly as long as some people here have. But it's wild to look back on everything—every time I fell in love with them all over again, every growing pain, every magical memory from a concert—and think that this is where we've ended up now, me and them. That 12 years brought us here, and they're still one of the best things that ever happened to me and one of the most significant impacts on who I am.

Lol! I can't believe I actually didn't remember at first what exactly what you were talking about while getting "second hand info while sitting at our computers" and it was during the 99 Rev tour right and there was a super long thread or something and it was just funny as shit right?

We started making shit up or something. My memory is the absolute worst but I do remember that. Was funny as fuck. Yes, now I remember! Lol!

[Chin for a Day]

7 hours ago, crock6000 said:

I JUST READ the whole article and holy shit and oh my God! 

That made me laugh, cry, remember, love, hate and adore.   My life definitely parallels Billie's in a lot of ways.  No I'm not a rock star like he is but I've lived a life of excess and a career in a world where doing drugs and partying is the norm and not only is a method of being good, but also sometimes necessary at times.  

I don't do any drugs anymore but have most of my life.  I quit about the same time as Billie and for the exact same reasons but I didn't really know it until I read this article.  Also I never knew how for real Billie is about his sobriety as I do now after reading that. Only thing I still do is smoke weed and I'm stoned right now and for that reason it's hitting me harder but I had a daughter in 2012 and I was already becoming a better member of society during that time and when you all of a sudden have something that you love more than anything you could ever love and she/he relies on you for her existence, you change a lot about yourself (if you're a good person).

Billie is a great amazing person, Dirnt is someone that everyone that knows, loves and never have I heard a piece on GD capture that so well.  Tre's line about the bathroom mic got a belly laugh out of me.

But listening to Billie talk about his children and his old demons was therapeutic for me in so many way and I can't believe that even at my age (younger than Billie by about 7 years off hand), I can't believe that this band is still a part of my life as not just musicians but people helping me deal with who I am.  Never before have I been so connected to a band mentally.  My first show was with about 800 other people in 94 at the Tampa Fairgrounds and the day of the show, me and my then girlfriend met Mike and Tre at a music store I used to frequent and I was very young then and they were in a car with a girl and Mike and Tre were in the back with a boom box on his lap and wires where the radio should be. I remember thinking then, "I can't believe this huge band are traveling around like this".  Little did I know at that time, they were still poor as dirt.  But the story of the car breaking down on their way to Gillman's is amazing when thinking of that.  I just wish I was there for the Gilman years.  I was too young or I believe somehow I would have been as this band always comes calling me no mater how much space I think I've gained or separated from them by just getting older.  Nope, they are still the Kings as far as I am concerned and I love so many bands that are the opposite of Green Day.  I'm rambling but I don't know, I'm just so super fucking psyched and in tune with what I hope will be an amazing tour.

I remember feeling bad at the Pomona show (which was probably Billie's first ever sober show), and seeing how nervous he was that I wished he still did drugs.  That was a terrible thing to feel.  I just didn't understand the need to be sober as he had learned. Now I have (sorry ladies but all men take a lifetime to grow up. Some of us learn to hide it well but trust me, all men never grow up until in their 20s and 30s).  I finally have.

I am sorry for this rather self serving post, and possibly even rising to narcissistic but I wanted to get this out and I figured this place is anonymous and apro-pros as any so excuse the diatribe. However, this article has made me so ready for the tour.  It will be the first Green Day show I'll ever be at where I am not so wasted that it's insane, I'll be sober.

 

Billie and I.

This was seriously one of the best posts I've ever read.  

[Karl Karlson]

Does anyone have an idea where to purchase the original (English) version of this issue?

I live in Europe.

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

7 minutes ago, Koal Koalson said:

Does anyone have an idea where to purchase the original (English) version of this issue?

I live in Europe.

Look into bookstores. I know a local big chain of bookstores always has issues of original magazines on display. They are expensive as hell but they even let you read them in the store. Usually stores that have books in various languages have newspapers/magazines as well. It's often possible to check on their websites.

[jengd]

I think they had to talk about all their issues, especially Billie, as his became so public and many were so surprised.  It would have been weird not to speak about it, a real elephant in the room and I am glad they have. I hope every interview doesn't feel the need to go over and over it though, and don't think Billie would want that. I always think Mike is awesome but there is a great photo, of Tre which I think is genuine and from iHeart of him coming up off his drum stool and grabbing a photographer by his collar to stop him getting any closer to Billie.  I think they have both been very supportive, many a band would have little sniping comments appearing and there has been nothing like that at all.  Really think they have each other's backs.  Maybe just being sentimental. 😍

[LaughingClock]

7 hours ago, Scattered Wreck said:

This was seriously one of the best posts I've ever read.  

Thanks for all the kudos guys. I'm glad I even posted that because it was just sort of therapy for me to write and I was about to delete it when I was done thinking "who would care about this?" as it felt self serving.

This is such a wonderful community and I really appreciate all of you. Thanks!

And yeah, this article is the kind of article that is so good, I could see it being adapted into a short story and even a film. It's got such a good narrative. I need to go check who wrote it. It's definitely my personal favorite piece ever written about GD. IMHO.

20 hours ago, bloodymurderbitch said:

I'm not. rehab, recovery - those are incredibly hard grueling things to go through. I'm happy he's being relatively open about it. There are lots of us that are also struggling with recovery of various addictions and mental illnesses .and it's incredible and encouraging knowing that someone who writes some of your favorite music is doing so much better - despite being in the public eye and even dealing with "fans" calling his breakdowns funny or putting all this blame on him because he was sick. I'm glad they aren't sweeping it under the rug, so to speak. without his rehab and being in recovery we wouldn't all be so excited about the release of a new album, we might be mourning the loss of green day.

You nailed it! Perfectly stated.

[StuckWithDom]

 

This is really awesome seeing as Billie Joe is a big supporter of Occupy Democrats, and has now finally featured on it!

[Thatsername]

On 7.9.2016 at 11:12 PM, bloodymurderbitch said:

without his rehab and being in recovery we wouldn't all be so excited about the release of a new album, we might be mourning the loss of green day.

You're so damn right, and it makes me feel sick only thinking about this. Arguing about if a new song is better than the other one or if it's too poppy or too catchy seems so ridiculously insignificant regarding this (which doesn't mean that we shouldn't discuss new music, just to make that clear ). We could have lost them. But I think we have the opportunity to show them how proud we are that they made it through those bad times: by being the best audience ever at the upcoming shows. I'm ready.

[TracksAtChristieRoad]

Anyone able to pick up a copy yet? As I understand it's supposed to be out today. I checked a bunch of stores here in Canada (shoppers,rexall, superstore,walmart) on my way to work.

Will check chapters/indigo after work tomorrow. 

[Paola17]

I will probably stop by Barnes and Noble after work to pick it up.

[stories and songs]

It feels really cathartic to move past the Trilogy era, at least for me. Even after Billie's rehab, when they went back on tour, things still felt tense and uncertain. There was nothing wrong, but it didn't feel totally right for me, either. Maybe because they still didn't want to slow down to evaluate what happened, or maybe because they did step back and realized the Trilogy wasn't what they intended. We'll never know what went on immediately after. But I think the only way everything could feel good again was to just start with a blank slate, an this new era gives them and us that. Yesterday I walked over to my dad and was just grinning for no reason, and he was like, "Happy to have Green Day back, eh?" I feel like I've gained a piece of my heart back.

I reread this article and do appreciate what a fantastic narrative it is. This could just be the writer tying things up with a neat little bow, but this really feels like everything spun out of control slowly but steadily after American Idiot, and this is the first time they've been able to genuinely stop worrying about creating music in its shadow. 

[LaughingClock]

9 minutes ago, dolce_amore93 said:

It feels really cathartic to move past the Trilogy era, at least for me. Even after Billie's rehab, when they went back on tour, things still felt tense and uncertain. There was nothing wrong, but it didn't feel totally right for me, either. Maybe because they still didn't want to slow down to evaluate what happened, or maybe because they did step back and realized the Trilogy wasn't what they intended. We'll never know what went on immediately after. But I think the only way everything could feel good again was to just start with a blank slate, an this new era gives them and us that. Yesterday I walked over to my dad and was just grinning for no reason, and he was like, "Happy to have Green Day back, eh?" I feel like I've gained a piece of my heart back.

I reread this article and do appreciate what a fantastic narrative it is. This could just be the writer tying things up in a neat little box, but this really feels like everything spun out of control slowly but steadily after American Idiot, and this is the first time they've been able to genuinely stop worrying about creating music in its shadow. 

You're dead on about that tour.  It wasn't the same  It was still great and it was sort of amazing to watch a transformation happen with the band on stage but it was more of a window than a concert tour.  We should definitely say hello at a show.  Are you going to any of the Cali shows?  Or NY maybe? Sorry, don't remember where you are from.

But yeah, totally.  After seeing Green Day more times than I can count, I still count The Forum, LA show in 2009 as the greatest ever for reasons I still can't tell you, just was.  I am looking for shows like that on this tour and from the music I've heard and I've heard a few tracks, this album very much has a TCB feel to it on some of the songs, intentional or not. Am I alone on thinking that., It's definitely unique in every way but it also has a familiar sounds to it.  I think the description I just gave would be how I would request a new GD album if I was asked, which I wasn't.  

 

Looking forward to it all!

Adam

[zeldachick14]

Billie's never went that in depth about his addiction. It's crazy how close he was to death. And i absolutely love how they look on the cover

11 hours ago, StuckWithDom said:

 

This is really awesome seeing as Billie Joe is a big supporter of Occupy Democrats, and has now finally featured on it!

Some people thought he was a hypocrite for saying that since he used the n wkrd in American Eulogy.