r/greenday • • 2d ago

Megathread Weekly Free Talk & Discussion Thread

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This is our weekly discussion thread! Please use this thread for any of the following:

  • General discussion and opinions about the band, their music, shows, etc.
  • Merch and memorabilia
  • Memes and other joke posts (spam will be removed)
  • Anything else worth sharing/asking that doesn't warrant its own post

All subreddit rules still apply in this thread.

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r/greenday • • 11h ago

Discussion Billies hair in Longview music video?

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Does anyone have a full photo of him having his hair dyed like this? I have looked everywhere and have found absolutely nothing that shows his hair clearly.


r/greenday • • 6h ago

Fan Cover Green Day Halloween Show

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Last year for Halloween, our band dressed up and recorded 6 Green Day songs and uploaded them to YouTube. This year, we figured we'd take it a step further and learned 17 songs to actually play a live gig before Halloween.

We know that cover/tribute bands don't always get a ton of praise on the internet so we wanted to specify that we are not a full time cover band, just a couple of teens dressing up for Halloween and playing a show.

Let me know your thoughts on the setlist!


r/greenday • • 5h ago

Discussion Does anyone have the Argentina 2010 full-show webcast in Proshot?

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On October 22nd, 2010, Green Day played at Pepsi Music in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

There was an unauthorized webcast of the entire show, pro-shot and soundboard audio, but it has been uncirculating for over 16 years now, as only a couple of clips have resurfaced online ("Going to Pasalacqua", "Hitchin' a Ride", "Basket Case" and "She").

If you happen to have any other clip, or know somebody or some source that might have them, PLEASE comment this post.


r/greenday • • 3h ago

Fan Art Perry Miller from Ordinary World fanart 🥰

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This was my second time dabbling in coloured pencils, and I'm quite happy with the results!


r/greenday • • 20h ago

Audio / Video Hybrid Moments 🍂🎃👻

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r/greenday • • 3h ago

Discussion Does anyone happen to have these Green Day lost media?

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If you have any of these missing recordings, PLEASE comment under this post. Thank you!


r/greenday • • 5h ago

Fan Tattoo Was bored today so I made this

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The proportions are terrible and it's obviously not permanent (it's just pen) but who cares


r/greenday • • 17h ago

Discussion For the Green Day side-project fans in Toronto

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On October 30th our band, Shenanigans! are doing a show at Sneaky Dee's playing the Green Day side-project bands like Pinhead Gunpowder, Foxboro Hot tubs, The Network, The Cover Ups for one night only! It's an early show, check us out at @shenanigans_to on Instagram if you're interested!


r/greenday • • 2h ago

Audio / Video Green Day 2001

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Glasgow Green

Sunday 26 August 2001

I recorded this footage from STV on VHS and watched it non stop.

I am so glad to have this brought into the digital age and shared with others.

Enjoy

https://youtu.be/Uf_2zljT6Nk?is=Bhym3RfzY5UPd2JW


r/greenday • • 11h ago

Tickets Buy/Sell Extra ticket to Pinhead Gunpowder in SLO on November 8

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I have an extra ticket to see Pinhead Gunpowder at the Fremont Theater on November 8. Thought it could be fun to go with someone who's into Green Day or punk music and meet someone new.

Ticket is on me. If you're interested, feel free to DM me!


r/greenday • • 19h ago

Discussion When did someone from green day say "we should play no one knows" on the bootleg "on the radio 1992/radio daze"?

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I've been trying to find it for quite some time now, but I don't know what track it is, what song it was after, or anything. I found out about this from another post on Reddit. Please help!


r/greenday • • 1d ago

Discussion The “Jimmy” issue in the Jesus of Suburbia music video.

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So initially I thought that when Whatsername in the music video referred to Jesus of Suburbia as “Jimmy”, it was an insult, like a reference to the fact that Jesus and St. Jimmy is the same person. But then I noticed that in the music video Whatsername has a tattoo saying “Jimmy” which made me think that I was wrong.


r/greenday • • 23h ago

Fan Cover Green Day - J.A.R. Guitar cover

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I just posted this guitar cover of JAR, I used my Blue replica! It’d mean a lot if you could check it out! Any feedback is appreciated


r/greenday • • 2d ago

Image Put together some goodies from Pinhead’s Irving Plaza show

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I met Bill Schneider and Jason White before the show. Then scored a pick at the end of the show. I figured I’d put them all together


r/greenday • • 22h ago

Discussion The Friends theme song sounds like it could’ve been sang by Saviors era Billie

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There’s an alternate universe where the friends theme song was made by prime green day


r/greenday • • 2d ago

Live Video Ultra Q Full Set Opening for The Story So Far & The Starting Line

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I don't know if people in this forum care about Jakob Armstrong or not, but if so here's Ultra Q's full set opening for The Story So Far and The Starting Line in Providence. They also did a Jawbreaker cover.


r/greenday • • 3d ago

Discussion Nice Guys, the best Green Day tribute band

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I had the pleasure to see this amazing tribute band last night. It was an amazing experience, Billy Plantabaja (the frontman) is AMAZING.

(photos 1 and 3 are mine and 2 is from their Instagram)


r/greenday • • 3d ago

Discussion How does early Green Day get its downbeat but energetic sound?

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That sad undertone is what made me fall in love with Green Day, do yall have any tips on how to get the same vibe?


r/greenday • • 3d ago

Image I'm Now The Owner of Mike Dirnt's American Idiot Tour Bass!

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Hey Friends!

Last month I posted about trying to track down Mike Dirnt’s American Idiot touring bass from the recent Reverb sale. The search was successful and the bass is now in my possession!

This was Mike’s primary (most played) live bass during the 2004-2005 American Idiot era. Most significantly for me, this is a bass that Mike played at my very first rock concert of any kind, when I first saw Green Day in 2005 at 9 years old.

It feels pretty surreal to hold this bass, let alone own it!

Here’s an album of high-res photos for anyone interested in seeing the instrument up close: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hH1jWx3Q3QFDF7DB6

If anyone wants specific photos or has specific questions about the bass, I’m happy to share!

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I’ve done a fair bit of research to document the history of this bass, so for the nerds, here’s an overview:

Origin:

Started as a standard production Fender Mike Dirnt Signature Precision Bass in “Vintage White” (which actually looks like a creamy yellow), neck produced in 2003 and bass assembled in May 2004 (per Fender’s serial database). Likely one of the first Dirnt signature models produced.

Fender appears to have given Mike one signature bass in each of the 3 original finishes in mid 2004, before or around when the model was publicly released. I suspect that the “Vintage White” (creamy yellow) bass that Mike is seen playing in rehearsal footage from Heart Like a Hand Grenade is this bass, pre-customizing, given a number of visual and timeline clues. In the documentary, the bass is seen initially stock/bare, then later with a large red ‘hand grenade’ sticker (might be paint) on its face, then finally in its fully customized flat white state (see 6th photo).

Mike has stated that he did the paint job and customization himself, which would have been some time before its first public appearance at the Grand Olympic Auditorium on July 29, 2004, where Green Day performed American Idiot material for the first time (prior to the first single release). The earliest image I can find of the bass in its final customized state is the Studio 880 rehearsal footage in the Fuse ‘Making of American Idiot’ mini-doc (last photo, exact date unknown).

 

Usage History:

  • ~193 documented live performances (by my best count).
  • Played in 22 countries and 4 continents.
  • First known live use: on July 29, 2004 (Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles).
  • Last known live use: December 17, 2005 (Telstra Dome, Melbourne, final show of American Idiot tours).
  • Used for every televised Green Day performance between September 2004 and April 2005 (with one exception).
  • Fun Fact: This bass is technically in the Jesus of Suburbia music video, by way of Bullet in a Bible footage on the televisions in multiple scenes.

FULL DOCUMENTED USE HISTORY

Notable Appearances:
-Bullet In a Bible! (June 18-19, 2005)
-VH1 Storytellers (February 15, 2005 - used for entire show)
-47th Grammy Awards (February 13, 2005)
-Saturday Night Live (April 9, 2005)
-Late Show with David Letterman (Twice! - September 20, 2004 & January 3, 2005)
-Top of the Pops (September 21, 2004)
-Billboard Music Awards (December 8, 2004)
-BRIT Awards (February 9, 2005)
-MTV Australia VMAs (March 3, 2005)

 

Detailed Instrument Overview:

  • Body spray painted flat white over the original finish. Body was fully disassembled and original finish was lightly sanded / scuffed up prior to painting (based on close inspection).
  • Iconic black/red star painted on front face near bridge, initially by stencil then detailed by free-hand.*        
  • Large ‘hand grenade’ stencil logo spray painted on the back of the body in glossy white.**
  • Pickguard face was spray painted flat black (originally white plastic - I found this exciting, as I’d always assumed it was a proper black plastic pickguard he swapped in)
  • Outer edges of pickguard and pickup covers were painted red by hand. Pickups also have a white paint layer under the red.
  • Neck plate interestingly does NOT have the star engraving that his standard production signature models have. (Either it was swapped when re-assembled, or Fender made this bass before they got the engraved neck plates.)
  • Top tuner (G string) was replaced with an off-the-shelf Schaller tuner at some point (has Schaller logo engraved, while stock tuners have Fender logo)
  • Strap pegs replaced with Schaller-style pegs for quick-release strap locks. Both pegs have partially ‘collapsed’ into the body on one side. Nickel plating on top peg is almost entirely worn through where the strap half of the assembly radially contacts the peg. All to say this thing was thrown around!
  • Electronics appear to be all original.
  • Has Fender Super 7250 .045–.105 strings installed, consistent with what Mike used in the American Idiot era. Strings are ‘old stock’ with brass ball ends and black silk (matching Fender Supers produced before ~2011, prior to D'Addario taking over Fender string production), so they could be strings left on from ~2005.
  • LOTS of dirt/grime baked into the white finish all around the bass. In the electronics cavity photos, you can see the difference between the untouched white under the metal cover vs. the exposed white surrounding.
  • Significant patches worn through to the stock finish where Mike regularly rests his arm band on the face contour, and on the back around hip level (belt buckle rash).
  • A handful of dings in the neck and headstock, and many dings and paint chips all around body (some going down to the bare wood)
  • One interesting concentration of many small dents/dings on the back of the neck around the 9th fret, all the same size and shape. I'm guessing this is from the neck hitting Mike's belt and/or belt buckle every time he does that animated 'pull the bass back and away suddenly' thing during stop/start sections like the American Idiot verses.
  • One large crack on the back of the body from the neck joint on the ‘shorter horn’ side, and a small crack from the neck joint on the 'longer horn' side. May be what led to this bass being decommissioned.

\Close inspection of the black/red star on the front reveals the initial black star was painted using a stencil, then a red ‘inner star’ was added likely by hand with a straight edge + paint brush or paint marker, then an additional black outline was painted with a brush free-hand. My guess is Mike painted the inner red features, then decided it looked uneven and added the final black outline to compensate. Some large sections of that outer outline look to have worn away quickly, leading to the ‘uneven points’ shape seen in most live appearances. The red paint is thin and sits on top of the black, so it barely shows in most photos.*

\*The ‘hand grenade’ logo on the back appears to have been painted in black originally, then painted over with glossy white. The white layer’s stencil was slightly misaligned, so the black peeks through the edges in a few places. I'm guessing Mike went with black initially, then changed his mind.*


r/greenday • • 2d ago

Discussion Ci serve un altro tour mondiale

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Cazzo io non ce la faccio più, Ascolta i Green Day giorno e notte H24 però non c'è la stessa emozione rispetto a vedere un live. Già Non capisco perché hanno reso pubblico online il film soltanto in America, poi continuano a fare live sempre in America ( cosa che non capisco visto questo che io sarei già scappato dall'America con Trump btw). Adesso basta rivogliamo un tour mondiale o no?


r/greenday • • 2d ago

Tickets Buy/Sell Tickets question

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Sorry if wrong place to ask but idk where else. I'm trying to get tickets for pinhead but it says this on seatgeek. Anyone know what this means or if it's safe to buy??


r/greenday • • 4d ago

Article Billie Joe Armstrong calls this tiny East Bay bar his favorite place to play

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r/greenday • • 3d ago

Discussion j.a.r history?

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I was putting outakes and b sides with there albums to make a full sense of the recording session but im confused on j.a.r. is it a dookie outtake or insomniac outtake? Is there 2 different versions?


r/greenday • • 4d ago

Image if Green Day were a series

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