A video has surfaced of the band performing "Words I Might Have Ate" in East Orange, NJ, way back in 1992. Apparently, Billie broke a guitar string right before this, leaving Green Day no choice but to improvise. The result was a unique version of the song, that relied more on the vocal harmonies between Billie and Mike than the instrumentation. Honestly, I hadn't heard this song played live before the 21st Century Breakdown tour. Please enjoy.



Thanks for the updates in the comments, this recording is taken from the bootleg record, Radio Daze.

Thanks to Cav9mm for sending this news.
This week's Song of the Week is the timeless 16, off Green Day's first album,1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. 16 is Green Day at their beautifully simplistic best - it's a universally relatable song for any teenager approaching adulthood; ... read story
[img=082911_Lookout.gif]Continuing our current theme of taking a look back at Green Day's early history, fansite greenday.net posted an article from the East Bay Express from 2005, which talks about the rise and fall of Lookout! Records, ... read story
Once a week we want to highlight some cool Green Day items on eBay. If you guys come across anything rare, awesome, or interesting, send it over to me, andres@greendayauthority.com so we can post about it next week. To start us off we're ... read story
[img=082811_Larry Livermore.jpg]Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore writes about the first time he met 'Sweet Children' - who of course went on to become Green Day, in part 8 of his Spy Rock Memories. In this installment of Larry's ... read story
Recently, we posted that Indonesia has been campaigning for Green Day to play in their country. Well, Big Daddy Polls has created a poll to see which American bands, TV shows, and movies the Indonesian people want played there. According ... read story
[img=082511_Rock Seen.jpg]Rolling Stone recently published a picture of a new book by Bob Gruen, called Rock Seen. The New York based photographer has taken pictures at many Green Day shows and events, as well as The Foxboro Hot Tubs. The ... read story
[img=082511_mtv_21cb.png]Green Day are featured in MTV's 18 more perplexing band names explained... According to internet lore, the name Green Day was simply borne of the band's fondness for marijuana. And now they're Broadway stars ... read story
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Hey guys, we have to some new stickers available from GDA. Actually it's a bit of a redesign of some stickers we were selling before and some older ones that are now back in stock. Merch sales go to help pay for GDA's expenses. Check ... read story
Here's a cool video sent to us by the fans of Indonesia, who are calling for Green Day to play in Indonesia. The band haven't played there since 1996, maybe they will again on the next tour? It looks from the video that there are plenty of ... read story
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