They've been my favorite since I was six. <3

DA EXPLODING AWSOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dookie.
Nuff' said.

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Green day is da bomb

I am OBSESSED with Green Day! <3 <3 <3 I still have yet to see one of their concerts, one of these days though. . . :D <3 <3 American Idiot ftw!

:] I went to a Green Day concert last year, it was the most exciting thing I have ever done, A.F.I. opened for them. So, I got a double treat! I own almost all their albums now too, I'm missing Shenanigans and Warning, though.

oh my god i didnt expect to find fans of green day on here green day rocks!!!

their the best ^_

I looovvveee themi can't believe theirs a thread on them xD

Did you guys hear that Billie Joe had to go to the hospital? Wonder what happened...

the guys in green day are soo old now, their like 40 but stil they are epic

i LOVE green day. bought iUno! on the release date!

I adore Green Day <3
I have listened to them since I was little. I was raised on them basically.
Love, love, loove Green Day.

the best band ever

Uno! is terrible.
Green Day has stopped trying.

But know what, they've been around since "19-fucking-eighty-fucking-eight" or whatever, so they really have nothing else to prove. If I want to spin Dookie or American Idiot and be happy, I can. The new shit is hardly impressive in the slightest though.

>>16 Dude, keep your damn opinions to yourself. This is a thread for people who like Green Day, and don't diss them. Their music isn't crap, you're being a hater. Keep your opinions to yourself, because I doubt people care.

>>17 There's no where on this thread that says its just for people who like them... Just sayin'. :T

Anyways... I love Green Day, but I'd just like to pretend that their new album never even came out and that Billie Joe didn't act like such a dick at the iHeartRadio festival.

They're one of my favorite bands... but they're pushing it. ^_^"

>>17
So you're telling me I can't voice my opinion in a fairly restrained manner? Did you skip the part where I said I like Dookie and American Idiot? If I'm not a fan of something new that they did, I have the right to comment upon my disappointment in it. I didn't insult you or any other fans here by my comment, nor did I derail the thread, so stop being an uptight fanboy.

Whatever. I love Green Day, that's all I know. Sorry for the dipshit ignorance. I was raised on Green Day, so I hate people dissing them. Sorry again.

Oh yea, and I forgot this! I'm a girl～
:D Sorry again, my emotions like to get the best of me sometimes. I'm usually nice and whatever, but I love Green Day too much for my own good, just not stalker love. I would steal Billie Joe Armstrong's pants if I ever had the chance. ^-^ So sorry, again.

a lot of people complain about Green Day's new style of music... but has anyone considered that they have changed as people so they're not the same people they were when they made Dookie or American Idiot or the rest of it, therefore their music isn't the same either. they can't go back to making the same music they did before, they're past that. i'm not saying that you HAVE to like their new music but just appreciate that they're still at it. I hate when people put them down because they "changed".

>>22
Here's the thing with that though:

Green Day didn't change with this upcoming trio of discs. In my opinion (again, this is just opinion) the music I heard on Uno! was more like a desperate attempt to grab the charm that their previous music had, but it didn't quite realize what that was, and just cranked out some of the same, recycled Green Day songs we've already heard, but in less-impacting, less-full, less, well....good versions. While the "they're not the same as they were before" argument would normally be a crutch to use when someone disses a band's newer material, in this case it's backwards. They more or less are the same as they were when American Idiot was released, and more so when 21st Century Breakdown was.

What made American Idiot so impacting to me (and I do consider it one of my 10 favorite albums of all time) was the fact that it sounded like a band finally becoming rejuvenated after little success past Dookie in the 90s. American Idiot was a thought-out, elaborately simple, and immediately catchy and memorable monument of its time. 21st Century Breakdown was an attempt to duplicate the success Idiot had, but ended up being less-realized then it should've. The songs could stand on their own, but as a concept, it felt like an Idiot knockoff.

Where Uno! goes wrong is the fact that it feels so uninspired to me. It's the sound of a band that is ignoring the fact that it's running on fumes instead of checking the engine and trying to fix it. The hardest part of being a fan of a group is knowing if they release something you shouldn't regard as good. Believe me, I've been there and done that. (Chuckles and Mr. Squeezy, what the fuck were you?) In conclusion, Uno! just doesn't stack up. There comes a point where people, even haters of a group have to acknowledge if said group has released an epic album. However, that also means there's a point where a fan has to admit that another album by said band just isn't up to par with what it should/could be.

But hey, I liked Warning which a lot of Green Day fans disliked. I'm not saying people can't have differing opinions or guilty pleasures, but I will go on record by saying Uno and the rest of the new album trio sounds like it's simply being made to give fans what they want, even if it sounds like a lot of fluff.

I Love Green Day ❤

I love Green Day! It's like, my favorite band! Haven't heard their first two albums ("1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" and "Kerplunk") but the rest I somehow managed to download.

And to beloved >>16.. please keep your opinions to yourself.

>>25
That's not how threads work.
Just as you can comment with praise, I can comment with disappointment.
Besides, I think I justified my point pretty well in >>23.

Greenday :) so many memories with this band and their songs. When I listen to an old song of theirs it feels like home a little bit.

It's been so long since I last listened to Green Day. I think I might check them out again soon, if only for the nostalgic feels. 2 months ago I would've just said they suck ass, but my metal-head elitism has faded significantly since then. Man, life sure is a lot better without that stick up my ass. :)

Bump. I've been on a massive Green Day kick since I saw them at Soundwave. Having now seen them live, they are officially one of my favourite bands of all fucking time.

>>29 They were so solid at Soundwave! I have a massive soft spot for Dookie, Nimrod and (especially) Insomniac. All killer albums

>>30 I fucking know, right? Melbourne?

So, Dookie, Warning and American Idiot in particular for me. Never could quite get into Insomniac, it just didn't do anything for me. Nimrod's pretty cool though, and most of their other stuff I don't really bother with too much. Guess I'm mostly into their poppier stuff.

<American Idiot is way better than people give it credit for. I mean, if you're gonna make a concept album almost exclusively using power chords, it's nearly impossible to beat what they did there.

lel

no srsly tho, great fun

I have a soft spot for Warning too, but that's probably just me. Their 90s stuff is nice but overrated imo.

>>32 American Idiot is actually one of my favourite albums, period. It's one of those albums you can just lie back and listen without it getting boring.

>>31 Brisbane actually, people were giving them shit for messing around and cutting off early but thats the usual Green Day thing to do isnt it? They're as much about the show as the music. Which is almost pkay because they have such a solid discography

I love Insomniac because it still has a load pf punk influence in there, but so does Dookie which confuses me seeing as you like their 'poppier' stuff

>>34 Yeah, with us, they started 15 minutes late for us, and ended 10 minutes early. Bu they made up for it by playing Bohemian Rhapsody beforehand (the crowd participation was amazing ^^), and by putting on a fucking great show while they were on. Always leave them wanting more, I guess.

About the Dookie thing, I really dunno about that. Dookie is a nice, short, concise collection of short, energetic, neurotic pop punk songs, whereas Insomniac is, to me, more of the same, but more aggressive - which I guess just appeal to me as much. While I do like a handful of aggressive hardcore punk/non pop punk bands, it just ain't what I want from Green Day.

I know I've bumped this thread a bunch today, but it would seem that I'm gonna need to do so just one last time.

I found a (partial) video of the crowd singing Bohemian Rhapsody before Green Days set. Maybe it's just because Soundwave was my first major music festival, but I found the crowd amazing.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RdMFH8lURgY