Imagine pissing it all away like he did. The only albums Lookout! sold past 1993 were the Green Day albums, and had he just paid them their royalties, he would've never lost the rights to distribute them. That would've been like Sub Pop losing the rights to Nirvana: Bleach because they refused to pay the band royalties, on the most successful album in their catalog. What an idiot.
My aunt used to work at Denny’s in Berkeley. She was 16 and they came in one night after a show. Young, normal, people striving for success and not knowing how big they were about to be. Punk rock will never die 🤘🏼
i was in a band in southern california in the late 80s early 90s and the scene here was the best it ever was. Green day came to town and we played a gig with them. there was a hardcore scene. a skinhead scene-not racist, ska scene, thrash punk scene. All ages gigs every weekend. was a good time to be into music. still friends and bandmates with a lot of the same folks
I had the same reaction. Like who asked James Corden his views on scenes he doesn't know anything about because he wasn't there? The downturn was pretty much a national situation around '86-'87 and not an exclusive SoCal/LA situation.
@@jamesa6080 Not all those in the skinhead subculture were/are racist. It's obviously common, but back then not so much. More so in the 90s it became a big thing.
@@cardbored_ he's not wrong in what he said bro....they took their original debut record called 39/smooth and combined it with a couple eps called slappy and 1000 hrs...lookout records released all 3 together on one album called 1039 smoothed out slappy hours.....he simply feels that release was his favorite...I have a hard time referring to it as a compilation as well....in my opinion, compilation albums have 1 track from a bunch of various bands.....I get that this green day record is 3 different records in 1, but it's all the same band. Really no different than guns n roses lies in a sense
Being 9 years old in suburban Detroit, I didn't know anything other than MTV and what was on the radio. Thank God for Green Day signing to a major label, otherwise I may never had heard of them. When I bought Dookie, they had another album in the rack..."Kerplunk". Naturally, I had to purchase it. Then I noted the "Lookout!" label. I sent in a for a catalog. I must have spent weeks worth of allowance and lawn cutting money on so many albums from Lookout! Got caught up on Green Day, Screeching Weasel, Op IV, The Queers, Avail, and when "Touch My Joe Camel" came in the mail, my folks weren't pleased. They were the catalysts of getting me more into punk. And that was already a big year for punk. All of it came together for me perfectly. I've loved punk ever since. And this is my prime period for Green Day and the golden era of Lookout!
The first two albums are pretty special to a lot of people, myself included. I'm 46 now and sometimes take out the CDs and look at them and get a little twinge of nostalgia, as long as I don't do it too often :) Listened to Kerplunk a while back as I was messing around with my stereo equipment, and I'm surprised that although it's a low-budget recording, it still sounds rather good. The songs are decidedly youth-oriented as early albums so often are, but yeah, they're really good and I'll probably always have a special place for them somewhere inside my old, decaying grey matter :)
1,039 is a classic album and dudes shouldn't be talking it down in this. It had some songs that were staples of Green Day live sets during the Dookie era too like Paper Lanterns and Passalacqua. And to me the 1,000 Hours tracks are classic love songs. Not every song has to be social commentary.
You don't have to be a hardcore fan since they aren't hardcore :) Green Day have tons of great stuff that people have loved for decades. If there's anything amazing about them, it's that it's 2023 now and you can still mention Dookie and even Kerplunk, and people will often recognize them and know the songs.
You chose a perfect font for those lower thirds. I used the hell out of that font in my zines in the 1990s. Perfectly era-appropriate and a good looking font!
this larry livermore fella seems like a total know it all. even for helping spawn the birth of green day. "you need a punk rock name, so you're gonna be tre cool."
Green day up until dookie is fucking amazing! Id forgotten how much I like them until a couple weeks ago and I've been listening to kerplunk mainly constantly when I'm driving.
After Dookie I immediately went out to find 1,039 Smoothed out slappy hours and Kerplunk. Seeing them at Woodstock on MTV was when I became a fan. 1994.
@@bradpittiful7288 there is an interview between Billie Joe and Larry Livermore where Billie says that John (GD first drummer) decided to quit the band and never told them. Some friends in common who already knew told them he was leaving to go to university. It was quite a shock to Billie and Mike, specially to BJ because he thought the band was over and he had no plan B. Then, Tré joined the band and the rest is history!
He's American. I'm Canadian and he sounds to me like he has pretty much no accent at all--he just talks normally. I think he's from Michigan, Americans that talk like Canadians are from Vermont. "Oh shore bud!" :)
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was first, in 91'. Kerplunk! followed in 92'. Dookie was their third album, released in 94'. It just was released on a big label, and had critical success.
Long time green day fan here, and like Father of all motherfuckers. Its different sounding not because its bad, but because they are trying new things musically. Most good bands who enjoy writing and performing are not going to rewrite the same album over and over to please fans, especially bands that are successfully secure and independent. They're going to experiment with new sounds and see how far they can push things. They are not making music for you. They are making music for themselves. If you happen to enjoy it that's a bonus. Personally i dont want another rendition of kerplunk, dookie, or American idiot. We already got those. I want to hear them do something new with each record and keep things fresh, and I'm happy to see that's what they are doing.
@@tmpardi77 trying new sounds are totally ok but bunch of 2mins short songs shows lack of sincerity and effort. many songs have no verse but chorus, i just dont believe they put their 100% effort on foam .
@@tmpardi77 they made a deal with the NHL to write their songs that’s why fire, ready, aim sound like that. Also why here comes the shock sounds like that I think they’ve sold out if they’re writing songs for the NHL
i think it shoud say written by (Armstrong/Pritchard/Wright) or (Armstrong/Pritchard/Kiffmeyer) only. Kiffmeyer and Wright at the same line look weird.
Gotta say I really enjoyed the early years of Green Day, but what the hell is up with all the English dude’s commentary??? Really !!!culture shock to cold climate WYF.. Lol
Which one? lol yeah they added nothing to the conversation. I guess one wrote a biography, but he might have mentioned it at the beginning, oh well not gonna check.
@@Jere. it’s a fake story where some girl kills her parents because they took her Green Day tickets and hangs out with the band and gets arrested she got out in 2019 ( also Green Day drinks a lot of milk)
how annoying is this dude, constantly talking about tre cool and how he actually played in his band first... dude! you missed out. tre cool did the right thing to dump ya!
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