Green Day has been around for almost 40 years, so Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool have released a lot of songs. Unless you are a member of Idiot Nation, you will not know the meaning of their tunes, how they got the band got their name, and did they start out as Green Day?
So the trio sat down with Wired to Answer The Web’s Most Searched Questions, and we got to learn more about them.
A lot of people were introduced to the band when their song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) closed out the series finale of Seinfeld. So is the tune about nothing, like the sitcom? Nope. It was Armstrong writing about his broken heart because his girlfriend left him for Ecuador. Boy, did she make the mistake of her life leaving him.
As I mentioned, the band’s fans are known as the Idiot Nation because of their album and the single American Idiot. Who was it about then? George W. Bush and the Iraq War. Today, obviously, it is about trump and the MAGA cult members.
As we have heard, they have changed up the lyrics to American Idiot to represent today’s Idiots. However, there is one song Billie Joe rewrote on his own. What song is it? Basket Case. He originally wrote it when he was on some substances. But that was then, so he changed it with the different or lack of substances in his system.
They will talk about what the meaning of most of their songs are, but don’t ask the singer about When I Come Around because he won’t come around to you if you do.
Did you know they originally called themselves Sweet Children? But there was another band in Northern California who went by Sweet Baby Jesus. So they knew they had to change it.
How did they come with Green Day? They have a song called Green Day, which was inspired by Siouxsie and the Banshees’ version of Dear Prudence. And there was someone who worked at UCSF’s radio station who liked that song. Therefore, when she saw them the day before they recorded their first 7″ record, she told them they should call themselves that. And they did.
And the rest is what happened after they walked down the Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
Talking about broken dreams, do they play weddings? Yes. It is something they know well because there have been seven weddings between them. Armstrong has only been married once, and it has been since 1994.
Finally, do they support AI? Yes, but only if A.I. stands for American Idiot! However, the other AI, they don’t. Because as Cool puts it, “AI can’t throw a television out a hotel room window.”
Oh wait, one more thing! Go see their movie Nimrods in theaters tomorrow. It is the Odyssey of Rock movies this year!
Green Day has been releasing music for over 30 years, and now they are getting into the movie business. On August 14th, they are telling their story…sort of…in Nimrods.
When Tommy receives a phone call inviting his band to open for Green Day on New Year’s Eve, he doesn’t realize it’s an elaborate prank by his older brother, Wayne. Desperate to believe his life is about to change, Tommy steals Wayne’s car and begins driving his band from Kansas City to Los Angeles, hell bent on getting there in three days. What follows is a rowdy and uproarious road trip across America.
The film, written and directed by Lee Kirk, is inspired by the beginning of Green Day’s career, when they used to tour in a van before they hit it big with Dookie.
The Super Bowl is turning 60 this year at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, and the NFL wants to honor those MVPs who have played the game throughout the decades. So they are going to give them a show worthy of their accomplishments during the opening ceremony.
The National Football League asked Green Day, a hometown band from San Francisco, to play a medley of their hits to start the biggest game of the year. And they said, “We are super hyped to open Super Bowl 60 right in our backyard!” said Green Day lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong. “We are honored to welcome the MVPs who’ve shaped the game and open the night for fans all over the world. Let’s have fun! Let’s get loud!”
And please, oh please, may they sing American Idiot unedited to bash trump. And may NBC not bleep them for doing so!
They will be kicking things off at 3p on February 8th.
A few weeks ago, Katy Perry went to space for a shorter time than so people take to take a shit. However, when she came back down to earth, she kissed the ground. Because of that, everyone had another reason to make fun of her. And we were right.
Yesterday, Green Day, the little band that can, finally got their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So Billie Joe Armstrong literally went from the Boulevard of Broken Dreams to having their dream come true on Hollywood Boulevard. So what did the singer do when he saw his band’s name on the ground next to so many legends? He bent down and kissed the star!
And that is the correct time to do so! Another example would be when I got out of the car after the first time my 16-year-old niece took me driving, I kissed the sidewalk, And her reaction was to accidentally back up into me because she claims she “didn’t” see me.
Back to Armstrong. I love that the band is continuing to have the best time of their lives and that they are appreciating it all.
To read what my favorite American Idiot wrote about the honor, then click here!
Green Day just wrapped their world tour, so you would think that they would be rolling in the green.
However, Billy Joe Armstrong was seen wearing a Domino’s uniform. So, does he need to toss dough to make some dough?
Nope! As the singer explained, “Well.. ask and you shall receive! My buddy @mark_weiss got me my vintage uniform from Domino’s pizza for a belated bday present ”
If this music thing doesn’t work out for him, he could go back to delivering pizzas.
On that note. He looks better in that outfit now than he did then. If you don’t believe me, then click here!
