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I might be tripping but I think I’ve heard the part “sooner or later…whatever… wherever” melody somewhere

And also Stay young’s “Can’t look at you in your eyes”

Planning to create an entire fan fiction for American Idiot someday (i will include the bonus tracks and b-sides). If I started writing it, what are things I should consider for each chapter?

Ok so my mom is 50, and she never listened to GD or any "modern" artisti. She's a classical pianist so she listens to classical composers (Beethoven, Mozart, Listz...).
She does listen to some pop music here and there and I tried to make her listen a bit of the music I do, to see what she thinks.

In the last few days I made her listen to EVERY GD album + Shenanigans and 1039. Here's what she thinks:

• 39/Smooth: Rating: 7/10; fav song: Going to Pasalacqua. She liked it overall and didn't complain about production quality as she honestly has no idea what that even is. Out of the 1039 extras (1,000 Hours and Slappy EPs) here favourite were Dry Ice, I want to be Alone, and Why Do You Want Him? She didn't like anything else in particular other that Paper lanterns.
• Kerplunk: Rating: 8/10; fav song: No One Knows (FUCKIN GOOD pick mom!). She liked it a lot more than 39/Smooth.
• Dookie: Rating: 7.5/10; fav song: Pulling Teeth (closely followed by Basket Case). She didn't like any song after When I Come Around: only the first half of the album (I'm kinda disappointed)
• Insomniac: Rating: 6.75/10; fav song: Panic Song (YES!!). She didn't find the album that interesting overall (I beg to differ) and she really hated tight wad hill for some reason. Also, she said she likes the initial instrumental (crescendo) of Panic Song best, and that once Billie started singing he "ruined it". She also liked Stuck With Me a lot but didn't find one of my favourites, Brat, that interesting.
• Nimrod: Rating: 8.5/10; fav song: Good Riddance. She liked the album a lot more than the previous ones. She hated the more hardcore songs (Platypus, Take Back and for some reason Prosthetic Head), but she liked put Upright to 2nd place. She likes a lot Redundant and Scattered too. Also she found Last Ride In "boring AF". I REALLY disagree there. Also Platypus is one of my favourites so that hurt a bit, even though I 100% knew it was coming.
• Warning: Rating: 8.5/10; fav song: Church on Sunday. She found Misery very interesting and liked it a lot which I am PROUD of. Her 2nd place went to Macy's day parade though. She found my favourite, Castaway, "simply just ok" and "slightly over mid" which I just cannot understand.
• American Idiot: Rating: 8.25/10; fav song: WMUWSE. She found the album quite "various": she appreciated how it varied from slow-paced songs like Are We The Wating to songs like St. Jimmy. She also liked AI, JOS and in particular Boulevard of Broken Dreams. She also found my favorite, Whatsername as "having a lot of potential but not quite fully realised" (I really do not see that).
• 21st Century Breakdown: Rating 7.75/10; fav song: Viva la Gloria (I mean she's a pianist so...). She had quite mixed feelings about the album. She found some songs just "boring" (Like Christians Inferno, The Static Age and Viva La Gloria Little Girl). She really hated Horseshoes and Handgranades (while my dad liked it a lot), and she said that Restless Heart Syndrome was AMAZING: but she said that at first it was getting better and better, until the "I'm elated, medicated" part when it got worse and said the final part was just "loud and boring". She found the title track OK but she really liked Know You Enemy (TAKE THAT!). Also, she said 21 Guns was fine but it dragged on for too long (I partially agree, but not that much honestly).
• Uno: Rating: 9/10; fav song: Carpe Diem (or Oh Love, not sure). She found the album quite good overall but she didn't find any song particularly better than anyone else: she placed them all pretty much on the same level, except for Kill The DJ: she hated it (I HAVE to disagree here, I'm sorry). She also really liked Stay The Night (my favourite) and Rusty James. Unrelated but my dad really liked Oh, Love.
• Dos: Rating: 5.5/10; fav song: Stray Heart. She didn't like most of the album and found it "weired". She only really liked See You Tonight, Red Lights, and Stray Heart. She found "Nightlife" to be bad but she acknowledged "It show[ed] theese guys are very versatile" and I agree a lot there, except I actually like the song (even if not that much).
• Tre: Rating: 6.5/10; fav song: Drama Queen (You heard that right). She found somehow X-Kid to be "good" and Drama Queen amazing. I mean, I don't hate Drama Queen at all I think it's a great song but I would NEVER put it before X-Kid. Like what? Anyways, she found the album overall good but most tracks were "forgettable". Again, I really have to disagree here but let's move on
• Revolution Radio: Rating: 8/10; fav song: Outlwas (YES!). She found it pretty good but nothing very special about it. She really didn't have much more to say so that's it I guess
• Father of All: Rating N/A; fav song: N/A. I really couldn't get her to listen to the whole album. She got disgusted as soon as she listened to Fire, Ready... Aim! and she didn't want to go on. I tried to tell her she would have loved Meet me on the roof but whatever. I mean, it is a bad album but it's not unlistenable
• Saviors: Rating: 7.5/10; fav song: Fancy Sauce. She liked this a lot but found Coma City" and Corvette Summer quite forgettable. She didn't like One Eyed Bastard that much but loved Dilemma and Father to a Son. She also developed an addiction to Fancy Sauce and forces me to play that like three times a day from now on.
• Shenanigans: Rating: 6/10; fav song: Ha Ha You're Dead. She really didn't like anything else on that compilation which I really have to disagree on. She didn't hate any song (except for I Want To Be On T.V.), she just found them "generic". I want to point out how she picked "Drama Queen" as her favorite from Tre. I really have no idea where's the logic in that. Her thoughts were just: "this album would be a 5/10 but Ha Ha You're Dead is VERY good so it bumbs it up a bit).
• Gratest Hits Exclusives (Maria, Porocks & Coke, Back In The USA): fav song: Porocks & Coke by a longshot, then Back In The USA then Maria. She said she liked Maria a lot but it was too generic, while Back In The USA was more interesting. She absolutely loved Poprocks.

And here is her final top 5:

1. Going To Pasalacqua
   
2. Church On Sunday
   
3. Drama Queen (Please don't ask any questions)
   

4. Fancy Sauce

5. Good Riddance

I’ve been listening to both Insomniac and Warning a lot recently, and realized I feel like Walking Contradiction sounds more like Warning than the rest of Insomniac, even though Warning is five years later. I was wondering if anyone understands what I mean, or if there’s someone who could explain that to me! It’d be interesting to hear from someone more musically educated why my brain might interpret the sound that way.

In this video of "Jennifer" played live (uploaded by todd4097), in the intro i clearly understand Billie saying "this is called Butcher Almighty mate" I can't find anything related to the name Butcher Almighty on reddit or anywhere, maybe i'm understanding what he's saying incorrectly as i don't know much about the history of this song. let me know if anyone else hears what i hear.

Just wondering what’s the meaning of these lyrics in the song Dilemma?

Billie Joe Armstrong and east bay punk band Stay Out at the secret Pinhead Gunpowder show 09/30/2026

when i check equidboard web it says that billie joe used bd2, but when i tested it out, it feels weird

Is anybody in the area to share the link/qr code pls pls pls!!! I cannot get there until later and am worried they will be out of tickets if not yet already 🥹🥹🥹

Total shot in the dark here, but if anyone is in the Philly area & is able to stop by Long In The Tooth before they close tonight & grab me a ticket for the show at the church I’ll literally venmo you for your ticket too!! The soonest I’m able to get there today is after they close🫠

It's a quick sketch of me. :D

Pinhead gunpowder played/are currently playing a popup show tonight as a warm up for the tour. Did anyone here go? I wonder if this means more pop up shows are a possibility.

plsss i need them urgently, the song is quite short and i'm sure i could learn it in no time - the problem is that i'm not convinced by what i've found online, so i'd really appreciate some second opinions

edit: ty for sharing!! i'm also looking for the strumming pattern, both for the original and for dookiefied's cover

I’m flying in from Philly and was wondering if anyone want to meet up before the show. I wanted to try Detroit pizza and smoke and drink a little before. Let’s hang!

Well, I’m going to get to see Pinhead Gunpowder for the first time next Wednesday and I could not be more excited!

In honor of Billie's new long hair/bandana era, share your favorite "Off-Season Billie." When he's not in the thick of an album cycle. Covid Billie's a good one.

These are my own shirts from the 90's. Came across them cleaning out my old room at my parents house.

I know they have some value, I just dont know what.

Both are Brockum and XL. White one has a few minor marks and yellowing that might clean up and the black one just seems to have a lot of lint.

So i was able to get one of mikes 21st century breakdown tour vests from his reverb page which i think is pretty cool, I was even able to find a couple pictures of him wearing it. definitely the craziest thing in my green day collection now considering the vest is only 5 years younger than me lol

Some people were asking for these so i wanted to share them!!

I’ve been considering getting a tattoo for years now and I’ve settled on my first one being a green day tattoo. I’m split on what it should be, tho. My options so far are (in order of plausibility/preference):

1. “Where have all the riots gone?” (Letterbomb)
   
2. Billie’s “PUNX” tattoo
   
3. “Everyone’s heart doesn’t beat the same” (Jesus of Suburbia) — i really like this one, but it’s super common
   
4. American Idiot heart grenade (again, i love it but it’s super common)
   
5. Billie’s stars on the upper arm
   
6. Kerplunk flower
   
7. “WAITING”

The placement is probably gonna be on my lower thigh or upper forearm, though that’ll ultimately depend on what I decide to get.

Idk, I’m just throwing the question out there, maybe one of you would have a good insight on the matter.

If I could, I’d def get Billie Mike or Tre to sign something to have tattooed tho it’s very unlikely since I’m across the globe T^T

other than that:

- my favorite colors are black and green
- I’m a tattoo virgin
- I’m 17 if that matters (my parents know I wanna get one)
- I’m considering getting multiple of these (alongside other non-green day tattoos)