Just in case some of you have still not read the AP article, here are the scans of the magazine which was released earlier this month. It's a great update on the progress of the new album.
We'll have a new editorial article up in a couple days. This one was written by Cheryl (*withoutadoubt* on the forum), and talks about the double meanings in Billie Joe's writing, and how it appeals to such a large diverse audience. We'll also have some info up once we post it for those of you interested in contributing to the editorial section.
I read the article, really good. I like how its going in depth into politics. It sounds like a really good sound too
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ash on December 29, 2008 2:17 am
It sounds like the albums gonna be really good!
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greenie on December 29, 2008 2:33 am
Aaah!!! Thank you very much for putting this up!!! Great!!!
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Caitlin on December 29, 2008 3:49 am
Blimmin NZ! I still have to wait three weeks to get that magazine. We are a month behind on AP magazine, and when it does come out the only magazine store in the whole of Hamilton only gets four copies, two of which go to the library. I have it on special order at a book store, I just hope they get it.
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DanniiDirnt on December 29, 2008 5:55 am
Have you seen in the pictures that billie joe and tré are not weariing eyeliner and tre has a new tatoo on hisleft wrist :O:O
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DanniiDirnt on December 29, 2008 5:56 am
Have you seen in the pictures that billie joe and tré are not weariing eyeliner and tre has a new tatoo on hisleft wrist :O:O
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wtf? on December 29, 2008 6:06 am
its pixelated.cant read it.... Heeeelp.
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Elimi on December 29, 2008 6:21 am
Oh f***, I don't understand any thig about the article! (I'm italian...).
So...do you look Tré new TATOO at the second picture?!?!?? Ah ah
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silvi@ on December 29, 2008 6:50 am
thank you for posting the article again =)
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Gaylord III on December 29, 2008 7:11 am
A good read, very very interesting..
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Roxxy on December 29, 2008 7:13 am
wow Tré has a new tatoo :D and he and Billie haven't any eyeliners .... hmm.Big choice.
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Whatsername. on December 29, 2008 8:02 am
Love it! It's just so much better then all the.. you know young-girl stuff and shit like that.
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dominated love slave on December 29, 2008 8:27 am
Cool tattoo, Tre. Sounds like a good album!
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I'm the Walking Contradiction on December 29, 2008 9:06 am
Yes, i read all of that ages ago, as i have a copy!! i don't think there's any complex with Billie's writing, he's very intelligent but he doesn't talk to you as if your stupid, he's just a regular guy but passionate about his music and wants to shout out his feelings, i love the fact that they are going to 'religion', because truefully it is a taboo. Would the world be a better place without it?...... who knows? B's just asking himself and for us fans, and doesn't care what shit he gets into, and that's beautiful and that's what a true punk does...... i'm proud to be a GD fan.
@DanniiDirnt With/without eyeliner, they still look the same and still pretty hot...... mid-thirties?! mid-twenties i think.... i wish..... xxx
and one last thing 'Good Riddance' was on the radio whilst i was working, what made me laugh... was afterwards the DJ said "What a beautiful song" no no no..... it's a joke, it's ironic but sung beautifully.
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KEEPMEINSANE on December 29, 2008 9:08 am
I need that magazine. Now.
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just_me on December 29, 2008 9:56 am
yeah, billie joe mentions in the article that he loves songs with double meanings.
billie rocks!
i love green day! lol
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St_Jimmbo_88 on December 29, 2008 10:22 am
Can't wait for the new album. And the editorial sounds cool.
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robbie on December 29, 2008 11:16 am
After reading the article, it seems to me that the new album is gonna be even greater!!! As I'm the Walking Contradiction wrote, I'm proud to be a Green Day fan!!! Happy holidays to everybody!
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sunny on December 29, 2008 11:20 am
I've read it some time ago at greenday.com But still thanks!!!!!!!!!!
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 29, 2008 12:02 pm
I love this article. Brings excitment to all of this build up!
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GermanIdiot on December 29, 2008 12:06 pm
so now you have the right to upload them? O.o
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archie on December 29, 2008 1:31 pm
sellouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuttttssssss
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Brain Stew on December 29, 2008 1:46 pm
I have the AP mag, and its awesome. I read it quite a bit so i can get even more pumped up for the new album!
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Billieluver on December 29, 2008 2:20 pm
I own that magazine!! It's a really intresting read!!! I'm really glad I bought it.
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Beckie on December 29, 2008 2:26 pm
yep yep that's the one that I own ^_^ it's a really good read, so happy i own it!!
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jaystone on December 29, 2008 6:10 pm
i want that magazine!! and i cant wait for the new album
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leah on December 29, 2008 7:56 pm
i finally finished reading it (it took FOREVER..siblings...ugh), and it was really good. im glad they finally coming back. i misseded them. =) and Mike & Billie are lookin gooooood...im not too sure about Tre...but thats just Tre. im excited...i hope it comes out on my birthday...that would be nice. <3333333 Leah
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person on December 29, 2008 8:29 pm
cool.
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Dese07 on December 29, 2008 8:46 pm
oooo double entendre, thats always fun
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BJ=My Life!!!! on December 29, 2008 11:30 pm
Hah i didnt know that first picture with Billie on it was in the magazine because when i got it i went straight to the article and then i got on here just now and saw that and was like hey thats not even in the magazine is it so i went and looked at mine and saw it
thats a really smexii picture of Billie and to think i didnt even know it was there that whole time!
Im really looking forward to the new cd it sounds like its gonna be really reeeeeeeeeeeally good
if only it would be out for my birthday (2/12)
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Ramonesgirl70 on December 30, 2008 7:47 am
I like Billie Joe's shirt.
I read that a while ago, but decided to read it again. Very good :)
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FARGG on December 30, 2008 11:06 am
a buch of pretty boys posing for their pretty pictures
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St_Jimmbo_88 on December 30, 2008 11:08 am
@ archie: ur a faggottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt ttttttttttt
I'm so excited for the new album! and 2009 is almost here! :D OFF TOPIC: I think Billie should cut his hair how he did in the Nimrod era... :P I'm a retard.
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SparkInTheNight on December 30, 2008 12:14 pm
I bought this magazine a couple weeks ago, and even though I had to drive through TONS of snow to get it, I am still glad I did. I hope a new single comes out soon; that would be great. I got a GD poster for Christmas and LOVE it. I put it right above my bed :D
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 30, 2008 1:01 pm
Omg what a fucking dickhead you are archie!!!!
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Tunny12 on December 30, 2008 2:00 pm
lol. One of thosae pictures remindes me of when I was in fifth grade, I put it on my planner XD Sorry, useless random info........
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archie on December 30, 2008 3:35 pm
atleast i'm not an obsessed teenage girl who only likes green day for their looks...i'll take "dickhead" and "faggot" over that
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The.best.fembot.ever on December 30, 2008 3:53 pm
Good Article. And it's about freakin time they ditched that awful eyeliner!
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Aliceeee loves Tre Cool on December 30, 2008 4:44 pm
In the second picture has Tre Cool got a new tatt?? its aweesomee
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Aliceeee loves Tre Cool on December 30, 2008 4:44 pm
And the eyeliner wasnt awful lol!!
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Megan =] on December 30, 2008 5:06 pm
This is a really awesome magazine!
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Rage&Love on December 30, 2008 5:21 pm
yeah I 've read this article... I'm so excited!! *_* it's fantastic I can't wait the new album!! it will be f***ing good!! lol And the concert!!!!!!!!!!!! If I'll be lucky I'll have the pass for the backstage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope they'll come here in italy!! I Love Them! :(
VIVA LA GLORIA CHRISTIAN'S INFERNO
lol
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xHANNAHxJOExARMSTRONGx on December 30, 2008 5:23 pm
I got the magazine about, 5 days before it came out...... But that's only because I bugged my mom to get it, Haha. xD I love pre-ordering! xD I think they look better w/o the eyeliner. It's so wierd to hear the new song titles 'cause I'm so used to the old ones, but I think the new album will be a good one.
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SparkInTheNight on December 30, 2008 5:25 pm
@The.best.fembot.ever: I loved the eyeliner! It was amazing... also it was something to remember GD for. For example, I'll get into a conversation about music and GD will come up and people will say, "Oh, those guys with the eyeliner..." You don't see men wearing eyeliner every day and looking GOOD in it, so when people do see that, they remember. A lot of time it will spike curiosity too, so people check them out. That's how some friends of mine became fans of Green Day.
@Archie: I think ANYTHING is better then being an obsessed teen girl (or guy, I guess :P) in love with Green Day just because of looks. I hate it how some people are like, "Green Day? OOOHH THEY'RE SOOO HOT AND SEXY!!!!!" rather than, "Green Day? They're the best band in the world. I love their music. It's so inspiring and fun to listen to," or something along those lines. Though both statements may be true, bands are for music, not looks. I don't want GD to be like other suckish bands like Fall Out Boy or the Jonas Brothers.
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BJ=My Life!!!! on December 30, 2008 5:48 pm
Hell no the eyeliner just maes them sexier! BJ looks super hot in these (like always) but i love his eyeliner! He looks sexi without it but with it hes beyond that! Im really hoping they havent stopped wearing the eyeliner!!
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archie on December 30, 2008 7:00 pm
@sparkinthenight. I totally agree with you. music seems to be all about looks now days....it makes me sad.
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Moonbeam on December 30, 2008 7:08 pm
I really like that article. It really builds up the hype for the new album. I hope it's good. @archie: Grow up. I think it's equally as patheic to be someone who writes "sellouts" on a website to start arguments as it is to be someone who only likes a band for their looks. And about the eyeliner, it really doesn't bother me either way, it's not like it makes a difference to their music or who they are.
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Andres on December 30, 2008 7:20 pm
Well for whats it's worth, I'd choose archie over "BJ=My Life!!!!"
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Moonbeam on December 30, 2008 7:26 pm
@Andres: To me their on the smae level. But whatever, that's just my opinion.
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archie on December 30, 2008 8:01 pm
lol
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The.best.fembot.ever on December 30, 2008 8:19 pm
Are you kidding?The makeup was God Awful! To me it showed they lacked respect and greatfulness to what they truly stood for.Like cunt teenage girls wear so much makeup becuase of low self esteem and poor judgment. I swear the whole emo fashion shit is ruining everything...Thanks BJ=My Life.Thanks for your brutal ignorent and obnoxious honesty on why so many teenie boppers love Green Day.
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Morgan on December 30, 2008 9:38 pm
I'm really excited for the new album after reading the article and it sounds like it's going to be really good. I'm pretty indifferent about the makeup. I don't really care what they look like and it's not why I like the band.
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Whatsername~TGpooch on December 30, 2008 10:31 pm
@The.best.fembot.ever: How does wearing eye makeup show a lack of respect and gratefulness for what GD stood for? That makes NO sense. But they didn't wear it because of low self esteem, I'm sure. And GD is PUNK not EMO. How does "emo fashion" ruin everything anyway? I like Morgan's view on this.
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Kat on December 31, 2008 12:33 am
Yeah I saw the magazine pics on greenday.com a while back, but I enjoyed looking at them again. I seriously can't wait for the new album. ^w^
As for the whole "with or without eyeliner" debate, it doesn't really matter a whole lot to me, but I would have to say that I like them better w/o eyeliner.
They just look so grown up, and yet they look so young. Wow, they age really well! :)
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Caitlin on December 31, 2008 2:26 am
I really don't see how appearance matters when it comes to music. Music is about SOUND. It's just a bonus that they look good.
AND. Happy New Year to everyone =]
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Thedookmeister on December 31, 2008 5:41 am
I LIKE THEM WITH/WITHOUT EYELINER!SHUT THE FUCK UP!wots the big deal anyway the only wore the eyeliner for american idiot,never before!it like me saying "billie is soo hot when he wears a red tie omg!,but he is so not sexy without one!"its about the music not looks,getting pissed off with all of this teeny bob shit!p.s i thaught looks comments were getting deleted anyway.Oh happy new year to everyone who dont go on about eyeliner and those that do u dont need me to tell you where to stick your new year!
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 31, 2008 6:38 am
This topic comes up a lot. It's not about their looks for the last time! Get it into your thick heads! Or don't get it into your thick heads and just leave this website.
@archie And if they were called sellouts that's a long time ago. That's old news so build a bridge and get over it!
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†he sain† on December 31, 2008 8:21 am
Hey guys, where the hell can I get a copy of AP? The goddmaned news stands don't sell it here. :) You guys have a Happy New Year!!
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 31, 2008 8:35 am
Hey Andres could you change the comments back to oldest to newest? It was better that way! plz x
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LuciGD!! on December 31, 2008 10:05 am
Mother Mary number 19 in the charts of rock songs of the year 2008 on virgin radio!!
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I'm the Walking Contradiction on December 31, 2008 10:14 am
(Takes a deep breath) Why is everyone bitching?..... again. God i thought the news was about GD's writing and the recent AP mag. So what about eyeliner, for 15 years they never wore it, why should it make a difference if they don't wear it now! thay might do again, you lot need to be more patient, remember 2009 starts tomorrow, meaning their new album soon...... 'Hello?!'
Besides as soon as they wore make-up, nearly every other band copied them......it did my head in that my style was becoming everybody elses. But i have stayed the same, and luckily i have noticed something, alot of people are like sheep, they follow 'fads' now it seems to be an 80's thing going, i think it's cool, but it's not me.... i will always wear black, converse, in-your-face make-up and be smart aswell. It's important to me to individual, it's up to GD what they wear and look, they did earn it........ Anyway i'm off for a long couple of days of work later, Happy MMIX to you over the lake. xxx
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I'm the Walking Contradiction on December 31, 2008 10:17 am
Sorry. must have been typing too quickly..... it's important to me to be an individual, oops!
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GreendogoO on December 31, 2008 10:39 am
Who cares about their looks? It's the music that counts! I'm sure their new album will be really great!! and thanks for the scans of the magazine
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blue on December 31, 2008 10:49 am
I hope Green Day will lose some fangirls 'cuz they don't wear eyeliner anymore.
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newton on December 31, 2008 11:06 am
@i'm the walking contradiction. but everybody wears those colors and has that style! your not "being an individual" your just following the fashion craze. ....sorry to burst your bubble....
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Helen on December 31, 2008 11:35 am
I like them just the way they are! ^______^ And I won't stop being a fan of Green Day cause they don't wear eyeliner any more! Green Day is THE BEST BAND IN THE PLANET!
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Gemma on December 31, 2008 11:43 am
I am loving Tres new tattoo!! Why does anyone give a fuck if they wear guyliner or not? It's the music that matters!
Happy new year everyone!
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SparkInTheNight on December 31, 2008 12:17 pm
I don't REALLY care if they wear eyeliner or not. It's totally their choice, and having eye makeup won't effect their music. But it bugs me when people get mad because they wore eyeliner or because they don't. Screw the eyeliner, pay attention to their music! THERE.
But anyway, great AP article. And as always, looking forward VERY MUCH to the new album.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ('s eve) EVERYONE!!!
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Steph on December 31, 2008 1:42 pm
i havent bin able to get that magazine which is a bummer. But can any1 that has got the mag tell me if mayb billie is going to play saxophone on the new record. I have just remembered that he started learnin to play dint he and just thinkin that he wud give us a little. But i really want that magazine it looks really full with information and i am dyin to know the ins and outs of the new album. 2009 is just goin to b a year where i am most lookin forward to green day blowin all the other bands in the water and overtaking the awards shows and all that happened in 2005.
I LOVE GREEN DAY!!
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 31, 2008 1:49 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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etta on December 31, 2008 4:16 pm
Looking good:) Hey,Happy new year to ya all, Im from Finland so it´s 43 min. to the new year 2009:)
Bye Bye!<33
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greendaygalore (that my GDC username :D ) on December 31, 2008 4:45 pm
@newton well it's still the minority. anyway... will everyone stop going on about eyeliner/guyliner, clothes, ect. it gets old >:/ PS. i got the mag for xmas. yay me!
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nikki on December 31, 2008 4:56 pm
the new editorial's ready...
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KDawg on December 31, 2008 5:52 pm
@ Steph Here are some stores that sell the magazine!!! And yes, these stores DO sell it: Hot Topic, Hollister, Barnes and Nobles, and Boarders. There are more places that sell the mag, but these are the places that i've actually seen it at!!!
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LuciGD!! on December 31, 2008 6:06 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ITALY!!!!!!!! Here it's 2009!!!! 2009 the year of Green Day return!!!!
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Linda on December 31, 2008 6:31 pm
Happy New Year 2009 to everybody from France!! I hope that all your wish will come true!!!!!!
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Olga on December 31, 2008 6:33 pm
Happy New Year from Polaaaand!! :)))
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xxxpoprocksandcokexxx on December 31, 2008 7:43 pm
Happy New Year from the UK!
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Melissa on December 31, 2008 7:56 pm
Happy New Year!
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sumdude on December 31, 2008 8:33 pm
im fat and ugly, (GREEN DAY IS COOL
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Whatsername~TGpooch on December 31, 2008 9:06 pm
Happy New Year from Chicago (Illinois)!!!! Say goodbye to 2008 and hello to 2009. Although it's not technically the new year yet here, (still have about four hours left of '08) everyone have a GREAT New Year. And once again, don't drink too much or party yourself out! lol
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SparkInTheNight on December 31, 2008 10:07 pm
I think it' so cool to see how many fans Green Day has, and how diverse they are. Green Day is an American band, yet they have people from Poland, France, Italy etc. on their fan site wishing people a Happy New Year! I think that's so cool... Three hours left of 2008! Everyone have a great time!
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Poprocks on December 31, 2008 10:48 pm
Happy New Year.Green Day you rock!!!!!!!!!!!Happy New year to Green Day,and everyone who loves Green Day.HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE
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sumdude on January 1, 2009 1:08 pm
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! now lets get wasted. :-)
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Whatsername on February 14, 2009 12:45 pm
You can pre-order the CD from Amazon (If you are a member) I have XD Can't wait
Just in case some of you have still not read the AP article, here are the scans of the magazine which was released earlier this month. It's a great update on the progress of the new album.
We'll have a new editorial article up in a couple days. This one was written by Cheryl (*withoutadoubt* on the forum), and talks about the double meanings in Billie Joe's writing, and how it appeals to such a large diverse audience. We'll also have some info up once we post it for those of you interested in contributing to the editorial section.
Sorry I hadn't mentioned this earlier, but J'net has updated the Other Crew page. I'm pretty excited to see this section continue to grow a bit, and hope you guys enjoy it as well. She has up some mini bio's and info up for people Green Day has worked with such as Butch Vig, Jerry Fin, Rob Cavallo, Timmy Chunks, Bill Schneider and the musicians who tour with them. J'net continues to update it, so comments and more information are welcome.
Salt Lake Magazine did a review of Stop Drop and Roll!! as one of the top albums of 2008. I can't believe it's already been a year since we first found out about Foxboro. Where the hell has this year flown to?
mmm perfect segue...
I'm working on our 2008 recap right now, which will go up shortly after the New Year. Most likely on the 1st. If it's not up by then, send me hate mail.
Warner Bro's decided to back out of an agreement with YouTube to allow their artists music/videos on the popular video sharing site. As a result, tons of videos have been removed or disabled because the site no longer has the rights to allow the copyrighted material. Green Day's official channel no longer has any videos, even the Working Class Hero video, which was posted by SaveDarfur has been removed. Read AP Story about the deal
We've also heard that a few users who had used Green Day songs in the background of the videos got notices that their videos were being taken down.
Warner's response was that they were still interested in working with YouTube to come up with a deal, but "We simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide". And by "fairly compensate" I'm sure they mean give the labels 100% of the income so they can "fairily distribute" 2% of it to the artists.
The record industry isn't failing because a million people go online to watch some official Green Day videos, it's also not failing because someone decided to use Green Day in the background of a tribute video to a friend. None-the-less, Warner insists on being just a little bit more greedy and saying "fuck you" to the fans of these artists. These companies are failing because they don't think of their clients as artists, they think of them as money bags.
Hearing our playlist on the radio last night was pretty amazing. If you didn't get a chance to hear it, stop by the forum for links to download the file.
My thanks to Absolute Radio, Ben Jones (DJ who played the list), and the thousands of you that voted for our list and helped us win. It was great to hear that the radio station was getting such positive feedback during the show as well. Definitely one of our highlights of the year.
Today Absolute Radio will play our playlist from the Rockoff contest; 12 songs that we chose, 6 Green Day songs, 6 non Green Day songs. They've been mentioning the site on the radio all day and we're pretty excited about winning. We purposely chose 12 songs that aren't often heard on the radio, we stayed away from picking the Green Day songs everyone already knows, so we hope to get a few more people to listen to some of the material that hasn't been released as singles.
You can listen to our playlist at 9pm GMT, 4pm EST. If you don't live in the UK and want to listen, you can do so online via the link below. http://www.absoluteradio.co.uk/listen/.
Thanks to everyone's work in getting out the vote we've won Absolute Radio's Rockoff contest. They will be playing our playlist tomorrow at 9pm GMT, 4pm EST.
We went through 4 rounds of voting against the Kaiser Cheifs, The Strokes, Coldplay and Pink Floyd, and we made through all of them because you guys reached out to everyone possible (though the Coldplay one was pretty close). Thanks again to all of you who participated. Lets get wasted now.
Today is the final day to vote for Green Day against Pink Floyd. Everyone needs to click here, vote for Green Day, then pass the link on to your friends. If we win, Absolute Radio dedicated December 22nd to Green Day, and we get our own show to play the 12 songs we choose. Vote now, and I promise this will be the last time I bug you guys about it.
The Official Green Day Street Team is back!
Head over to www.teamgreenday.com to sign up for the Official Street Team for Green Day and start spreading the word. They just posted new "Green Day Coming 2009" banners that you can post everywhere online. They will also have contests coming up soon! www.teamgreenday.com. Sign up now.
Voting has now started in the final round of the Rock off. Green Day vs. Pink Floyd. We need everyone's help in voting and sharing the link. Pass it around to all your friends and tell them to vote for Green Day. Vote now!
Mr. Mike Dirnt showed up at an the opening of the Good Samaritan's Art Exhibit at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA on Saturday. The photo to the right (Click for larger version) was taken of Mike with the Gallery's owner, Greg Escalante, in front of some art by artist Nathan Spoor. The picture comes via Juxtapoz.com.
Update: We won!! Green Day won with 50.2% of the vote, only 45 votes. That was the closest contest so far, and we made it with our final push of votes. Thanks again to all of you. We vote again tomorrow for the final round.
Billie Joe has posted up a quick note over at the NRDC MySpace blog asking people to read a message from actor Robert Redford, then act by sending off a letter of opposition to the Bush administrations plans to sell off 160,000 acres of wilderness to oil and gas people.
If only we could get Billie Joe to post a blog telling people to vote for us.
Today we're up against Coldplay in the Absolute Radio Rockoff, we're one of the final 4 sites to have made it to the semi finals! The Coldplay forum is very large, so we need all of you to go here and vote for "Green Day", then pass the link to all your friends online and tell them to vote. We have 23 hours to get as many people to vote for us as we can. Help us win!
I came across this really nice 2004 Green Day Tour shirt at Amazon, and thought I'd pass it along for those of you looking for some new shirts. It's $24, and they ship internationally. I don't remember seeing this one, but this also reminded me that I really need to work on a new merchandise section (added to my to-do list).
Our affiliate, Green Day Online is having a Green Day comic contest. They're looking for people to submit their Green Day comics for a chance to win some free Green Day stuff and gift certificates to Interpunk and SmartPunk.com. Be sure to visit their site for the details.
The new Green Day "Pop Art" shirts we first mentioned back in July are now available on HotTopic.com.
Big Cheese magazine has poll up on their site asking which band will rule in 2009. Clearly with the next album coming next year, we know who that will be. You can vote for Green Day here amongst other 11 bands. [Thanks to bikini_kill for the info]
Just wanted to make a quick note about something we get emails about. A few people have asked (bitched) about why we delete some comments. The two main rules for our comments is that they should be related to whatever topic is covered in the news post and should not include links to your email/myspace and definitely not your phone number (thats just common sense). But one thing we ask that your posts are at least thoughtful and coherent. - Avoid excessive exclamation marks and using caps lock. - Make your comments readable, otherwise it's just kind of annoying for the people who do try to read through them. Just type like a normal person, it's really not hard.
I know there are plenty of you out there who read the news and never comment, I'd like to invite more of you to participate in the comments so we can make them a more enjoyable part of the site, so long as you're willing to follow the things mentioned above.
As for Green Day news, nothing special but there is an interview posted over at the Idiot Club with an interview with Jimmy Frick, a guy from Albuquerque, New Mexico (wooot!) who got pulled up on stage to play with the band in 2005. Check it out[Thanks J'net for bringing to my attention]
There's also an article in Newsweek, which talks about American Idiot's place as art and part of our culture during the Bush administration. They call it "protest art" after Bush's reelection. It's also an interesting piece which you can read here. [Thanks Beth]
AP has posted up the second part of it's interview with Billie Joe Armstrong. This one focuses a lot more about music. They ask him how close the band is now, and then talk a lot about their music that inspires him and how he feels about their music making an impact. Another very good interview that all of you should definitely check out.
The band is plastered all over the AltPress homepage, promoting the current magazine which is now out for purchase.
Thanks for all the votes yesterday in the Rock Off contest. We won with 77% of the vote, which moves us up into the semi-finals. Next we're up against Coldplay next Tuesday. We will definitely need the help then, so come back! We're in the final 4 participating in the semi-finals of the 16 finalists chosen. Woo
Last week our Green Day playlist made it through the first round of voting in Absolute Radio's Rockoff. 16 different forums are up against eachother with playlists for their favorite bands, we created ours with 6 Green Day songs 6 non. Today we're up against The Strokes. We need to win to be carried on to the next round. Voting only takes place for 23 hours, so
Today Tre celebrates his 36th birthday. Happy Birthday from GDA!
Adeline Records is having a pretty nice sale now in time for the holidays. Any orders over $25 get 10% off, while orders over $50 get 25%. They have some new hoodies and tshirts. It's worth checking out just because of the name alone, "Never Nude Sale." Get your orders in before December 17th if you want them to be shipped before New Years.
We're restarting our Editorial section today that we never focused enough on. We have a few writers who will be writing articles focused on certain aspects of Green Day every week, and the first one up is called "Songs of Love and Hell" and is really great read. It focuses a lot on the bands decision to use the Foxboro Hot Tubs as a way to step back into the light, and talks a bit about the new material. We're still working on this section and invite your feedback.
The Daily Californian has a very interesting article about the relationship between Green Day and 924 Gilman in Berkeley. Most know that this is the place where Green Day got it's start, which ended up throwing the band out after they signed to a major label. The article talks a bit about the relationship between the two, and how people felt then and now. It's a good read.
Voting has begun for the Absolute Radio Rockoff, where they asked forums to come up with the ultimate playlist. Our playlist is currently up for vote against a Kaiser Cheifs forum, and voting will be held over the next 24 hours. We need to win to move on to the next round.
We need all of you to go here and vote for 'Green Day' right now!!
Help us win! We have till 4:15pm EST tomorrow to vote, but go do it right now.
Update: We won, 80% - 20%. Good job everyone, and thanks for the votes.
Our forum has been selected as a finalist in Absolute Radio's Rockoff contest. We're one of a handful of forums who created our "ultimate" playlist, 6 Green Day songs, 6 non-Green Day songs, and we were chosen as one of the final 16. We go up against another forum tomorrow, December 3rd, you can view the matches here and all the other playlists here. We'll put a link in the news tomorrow so everyone can vote to help us win this contest, because obviously we have the best playlist. The discussion about this on our forum can be found here.
Lots of other sites are talking about the AP interview we posted up last week, here's Spinner's take on it for those of you interested in reading the same thing over again. The second part of that interview is expected to be posted this Thursday. We'll post it up here as soon as it goes up.
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Andres on December 30, 2008 7:20 pm
Warner Bro's decided to back out of an agreement with YouTube to allow their artists music/videos on the popular video sharing site. As a result, tons of videos have been removed or disabled because the site no longer has the rights to allow the copyrighted material. Green Day's official channel no longer has any videos, even the Working Class Hero video, which was posted by SaveDarfur has been removed. 
Hearing our playlist on the radio last night was pretty amazing. If you didn't get a chance to hear it, stop 
Thanks to everyone's work in getting out the vote we've won 
Billie Joe has posted up a quick note over at the 
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