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Green Day recording new album today!

  • 14-02-2012 7:46pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭


    Just saw on twitter:
    Billie Joe Armstrong @BJAofficial
    Happy Valantine's day! Officially started recording the new record today. It's **** TIME!!!!

    Anyone else jumping around the place?

    What do we think the chances of a summer release/tour is?


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,656 ✭✭✭cgpg5


    Never listened to Green Day since they went all mainstream in the mid noughties, loved their nineties stuff. Used to hate people saying that they were Green Day's biggest fan when American Idiot came out, despite having never heard of them before!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭mallachyrivers


    Who cares?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    cgpg5 wrote: »
    Never listened to Green Day since they went all mainstream in the mid noughties, loved their nineties stuff.

    Yeah, all their stuff in the 90s was so niche and independent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    cgpg5 wrote: »
    Never listened to Green Day since they went all mainstream in the mid noughties, loved their nineties stuff. Used to hate people saying that they were Green Day's biggest fan when American Idiot came out, despite having never heard of them before!

    I think that says more about the "fans" at the time than Green Day themselves.

    The band never intended for American Idiot to be as big as it was, it just became an unprecedented success.

    I enjoyed the last two albums, they had some memorable tunes with songs like Restless Heart Syndrome, Last of The American Girls, Are We The Waiting, Viva la Gloria etc.

    I reckon the new record should be good, not really sure about the chances of a tour in the summer. I could see them do a return to the O2 in the winter and then some outdoor gig next year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,854 ✭✭✭Sinfonia


    Who cares?

    Green Day fans, I'd expect. Nice post though.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭StaticAge11


    Sorry to bump the old thread but article about this trilogy of new albums in Rolling Stone. 36 songs confirmed and are said to go back to the crunchy feel of Dookie! (I realise how dirty that sounds.)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Completely forgot about this thread! Can't wait for this now! I really liked the feel of the old songs, so it's so exciting to hear that! Any chance you could post a link to that article?


  • Site Banned Posts: 236 ✭✭vader65


    I don't really care for much of their newer stuff, but will be interested to hear this album when it is released.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭bluugirl


    This is the article if anyones interested
    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-billie-joe-armstrong-on-green-days-raw-punk-albums-20120620#ixzz1yLbORA61

    It says theres a full interview in the magazine that hits "newsstands Friday" Ive never bought it before but would be interested in it just for this but is there a different version for here and US and will it be out the same time does anyone know?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭bluugirl


    Just found this its a video someone made of 13 partial covers of new green day material they heard at one of their secret shows,sounds a bit like their work as foxboro hot tubs

    http://youtu.be/PAQH5LqFIpI


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭SilverScreen


    cgpg5 wrote: »
    Never listened to Green Day since they went all mainstream in the mid noughties, loved their nineties stuff. Used to hate people saying that they were Green Day's biggest fan when American Idiot came out, despite having never heard of them before!
    Green Day went mainstream when they released Dookie in 1994. They were as big then as they were when they released American Idiot. Dookie wasn't bad but it was still 'punk' repackaged for the charts, ripping off the likes of Husker Du, Stiff Little Fingers and The Clash. The only thing that has changed since then is that their songs got progressively worse.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    Zero1986 wrote: »
    Green Day went mainstream when they released Dookie in 1994. They were as big then as they were when they released American Idiot. Dookie wasn't bad but it was still 'punk' repackaged for the charts, ripping off the likes of Husker Du, Stiff Little Fingers and The Clash. The only thing that has changed since then is that their songs got progressively worse.

    Not strictly true because although Dookie was a huge commercial success, it didn't have as much media support as American Idiot, and it didn't have vast airplay on pop radio like AI.

    And Green Day didn't go on to play stadiums until AI, which they would have if Dookie made them as big as they were in 2004/5.

    There is nothing punk about Green Day, they are pop rock the same as Blink, MCR, All-American Rejects et al.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    It really gets to me when people go on and on and on about them going mainstream and not being punk etc. I'd agree with karaokeman in that it says more about the fans than the band. Bands change, their style evolves, it's only natural. I think the same people who complain about them changing would complain if all their songs were the same. If you don't like it then fair enough but there's no need for such a huge debate over it IMO. /rant

    Anyway, yeah, there are three albums due for release. Uno, Dos and Tre in September, November and January respectively.

    If anyone wants to see here are the trailers for Uno and Dos. The preview for Tre hasn't been released yet.





    Hopefully these albums will bring them back over here soon!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,220 ✭✭✭bren2001


    New song released today.

    http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/64939

    It's pretty poor. For this to be the leading single is quit disappointing. I've lowered my expectations of the album.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭bluugirl


    bren2001 wrote: »
    New song released today.

    http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/64939

    It's pretty poor. For this to be the leading single is quit disappointing. I've lowered my expectations of the album.

    I know right? dunno why this is the first release from the album its last on the tracklisting and the worst imo.People have put up recordings of some of the other songs on youtube from the "secret" shows.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    Seems I'm the only one that likes the song. :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Really? I think it's great that they seem to be taking on a new sound!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,401 ✭✭✭✭x Purple Pawprints x


    nimrod86 wrote: »
    Really? I think it's great that they seem to be taking on a new sound!

    Me too, I like the song a lot. Really looking forward to the albums. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,220 ✭✭✭bren2001


    I really enjoyed 21st Century Breakdown and the shift away from American Idiot. I just find the song a bit too bland. I find myself waiting for the song to get going, it builds up to the chorus each time and then just mellows out again. I'll be disappointed if the album is like this, can't predict the album off one song though.

    The song has grown on my a little throughout the day. Still think its poor especially for the leading single. I've questioned how they could release 3 albums in such a short space. I think I'd prefer one 10 song album with 10 good songs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    I quite like the new song, I'd probably disagree its unlike anything Green Day have ever done before but listening to it, just seems they have finally accepted they're not a punk band.

    Its power pop, and there is a laid back aspect to it so you can tell they're not trying too hard, which was the case with much of 21st Century Breakdown.

    I'll make up my mind where they're at when I hear the album, so for now this will do:).


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  • Site Banned Posts: 152 ✭✭CUPimus


    To be honest, I didn't realise that Greenday had albums before American Idiot, their old stuff its sooooooo much better!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74,320 ✭✭✭✭Welsh Megaman


    The cynic in me thinks that releasing three albums at the same time is the work of a greedy record company who want three times the profit, following disappointing sales of the previous album (disappointing when compared to 'American Idiot').


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭Prettyblack


    The cynic in me thinks that releasing three albums at the same time is the work of a greedy record company who want three times the profit, following disappointing sales of the previous album (disappointing when compared to 'American Idiot').

    Or its a sign of the label indulging their artist, allowing them put out THREE albums in one year...

    Any label worth its salt would rather they released one a year, or at least one now, one in spring and one next Christmas.

    But because Green Day have sold a lot of records, they have a lot of power.

    I was expecting it to me more punky, given the cover art and so on, but its not.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    Really enjoying the album so far


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Temaz wrote: »
    Really enjoying the album so far

    Yeah, me too! So good, and unusual that a big band like Green Day is putting the album all over the internet to stream for free! Seems so strange in the modern greedy society! Although I'll still be buying the CD to support my favourite band! :D

    nim


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    Picked up my copy earlier!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Temaz wrote: »
    Picked up my copy earlier!

    As in an actual cd???? WHERE!!!! I MUST KNOW!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Anyone see Billie Joe running out of ****s to give in Las Vegas the other night?



    Pretty class stuff. G'wan the lads.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 167 ✭✭bluugirl


    rcaz wrote: »
    Anyone see Billie Joe running out of ****s to give in Las Vegas the other night?



    Pretty class stuff. G'wan the lads.

    he was right to give out like that, why should they have to cut their set short just because usher's went on 25 minutes longer than it should have? legend :)


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    rcaz wrote: »
    Anyone see Billie Joe running out of ****s to give in Las Vegas the other night?



    Pretty class stuff. G'wan the lads.
    Haha that's gas :D Just wait til all the Justin Beiber fangirls rain on that video saying good music should be banned


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,169 ✭✭✭rednik




  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    rednik wrote: »
    Ohh sssssshhhhhugar..
    What about Dos! due in November?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Just wait til all the Justin Beiber fangirls rain on that video saying good music should be banned

    Yes, that is exactly their agenda...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭rcaz




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Ohh sssssshhhhhugar..
    What about Dos! due in November?

    Hopefully iDos! will be out okay, it should be all recorded and probably being burned and shipped either now or soon! Can't see this affecting the release dates really (hopefully!)

    also, if anyone wants to keep up to date on Billie, Green Day Authority is updated a few times daily with information on everything to do with the band;

    http://greendayauthority.com


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,403 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    nimrod86 wrote: »
    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Ohh sssssshhhhhugar..
    What about Dos! due in November?

    Hopefully iDos! will be out okay, it should be all recorded and probably being burned and shipped either now or soon! Can't see this affecting the release dates really (hopefully!)

    also, if anyone wants to keep up to date on Billie, Green Day Authority is updated a few times daily with information on everything to do with the band;

    http://greendayauthority.com
    Thanks yeah, it should be recorded by now. When was the third one due? January or something?
    Nice name btw :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,905 ✭✭✭✭Handsome Bob


    bluugirl wrote: »
    he was right to give out like that, why should they have to cut their set short just because usher's went on 25 minutes longer than it should have? legend :)

    If true, don't blame him going off on one like that. Glad he's in rehab anyway.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Nimrod 7 wrote: »
    Thanks yeah, it should be recorded by now. When was the third one due? January or something?
    Nice name btw :p

    yeah, January 15th, and thanks! NIMRODS UNITE!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭Temaz


    Listening to DOS! and it's a huge improvement on UNO.


  • Site Banned Posts: 152 ✭✭CUPimus


    From what I've heard, it doesn't sound good.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    Just heard Tre! is streaming tomorrow.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 863 ✭✭✭GastroBoy


    karaokeman wrote: »
    Just heard Tre! is streaming tomorrow.

    Here it is!!

    http://entertainment.ie/music/news/IRISH-EXCLUSIVE-Listen-to-Green-Days-TRE-right-now/154484.htm

    Better then Dos! by far imo, and could be the better of the trilogy.
    They are all pretty weak though I reckon, they sound more like their side project, Foxboro Hot Tubs, than Green Day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭nimrod86


    Bought Tre! today, I like it but Dos! is definitely my favourite. Although, I'm a tad obsessive and like every song they've ever put out!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,919 ✭✭✭✭Xavi6


    Three absolutely terrible albums. Even if they took the 'best' tracks from each one they wouldn't make a decent record.

    Time to call it a day.


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