What the fuck are you doing here, Really?

IT HAPPENED. I’m still shaking. I’ve been waiting for this moment for almost 25 years, and I honestly don’t have the words to explain what it means to me.

Their music helped save my life during the most traumatic period of it. I spent what felt like an eternity practically living at Waukesha Memorial Hospital, watching my dad slowly die from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

I still remember waiting for him to go into surgery for a stent to be placed in his brain so he could receive more aggressive treatment. We were talking about how he was going to help me with my homework. Then everything changed. A surgical complication caused irreversible damage, and he went into a coma for almost a month.

Going from talking with my dad, to watching him wake up confused and barely able to speak or understand, to seeing him slip back into a coma and eventually die was the worst experience of my life. It felt like I lived in that hospital for years, but it was only about two months.

I was just a kid trying to make sense of something devastating. Green Day became my escape. Their music helped me survive days I didn’t know how I would get through. My family and best friends helped me, too—you know who you are. I will always be grateful for the people who stood beside me, reminded me that life was still worth living, and helped me keep going.

Green Day’s music and the people who loved me helped me survive a time I never thought I would get through.

For almost 25 years, meeting Green Day, telling them my story, and thanking them for helping save my life has been one of my biggest dreams. I’ve even joked that it was the one thing I needed to do before I could die.

I got to tell Billie Joe the story I’ve been rehearsing in my head since I was 15. I’ve imagined that moment so many times, wondering what I would say if I ever had the chance to explain what his music meant to me.

Billie Joe also lost his dad to cancer as a child, so knowing his story helped me feel less alone in mine. Being able to share my experience with someone whose music helped me survive my own loss is something I can’t fully put into words.

He genuinely listened. He thanked me, told me my story meant the world to him, and said he understood what I had been through.

I was shaking so badly that he told me to try to hold still so he could make the signature look nice. Haha.

Something about this moment feels like a chapter of my life has come full circle. I can’t change what happened to my dad, and I can’t undo the trauma or the pain. But I finally got to say the words I’ve carried since I was a kid.

Now, I feel like I can finally start healing in a different way.

I’m taking my damn life back.

This was never just about meeting a famous band. It was about thanking the music that helped me survive losing my dad. It was about sharing a story I’ve carried for almost 25 years. It was about finally telling the person behind that music how much it mattered to me.

Little scuffed near the end. Also tried to sing but ny phone was too close to the amp. Pls give tips if you have any.

HUGE shoutout to my little sister for helping me make this

This is a public service announcement, this is only a test
Fact-check your thoughts or get the algorithm’s protest
AI Armageddon’s coming, machines might take your job
Can’t quite tell if the warning’s real or just the latest mob

Keep yourself away from porn, it’s addictive, don’t you know
Paper straws will save the ocean, microplastics in the snow
Get your philosophy from a blue check and a bumper sticker

Warning: Live without warning I said, “Warning: Live without warning”
Without, alright

Better homes and safety-sealed communities
Did you remember to lock your identity?
Caution: Christofascist line, you better not cross
Is the christofascist or am I the one that’s really dangerous?

Schizos on the subway, ICE at the border wall
School shootings, marijuana psychosis, question everything
Or shut up and be a victim of the next authority

Warning: Live without warning! I said, “Warning: Live without warning!”
I said, “Warning: Live without warning!”
I said, “Warning: Live without warning!”
Without, alright

Better homes and safety-sealed communities
Did you remember to erase your digital footprint? Caution: Christofascist line, you better not cross
Is the christofascist or am I the one that’s really dangerous?

Schizos on the subway, ICE at the border wall
School shootings, marijuana psychosis, question everything
Or shut up and be a victim of the next authority

Warning: Live without warning! I said, “Warning: Live without warning!”

This is a public service announcement, this is only a test.

Awesome to see this at work last night

grabbed a used CD from a local shop and this card was in the lyric booklet— probably means I got a pretty old copy! Everything’s in great conditon too.

btw, checked the site, absolutely no ringtones for me. “always in stock” my ass! lol

I remember after Wembley some filmmaker (correct me if I'm wrong or vague) said the wembley show was fully filmed and he was making his way through editing it. Does anyone know if this is still happening to be released or if it's likely scrapped?

Awesome to see this at work last night

Would be a great opportunity for them to play some stadiums with one of the other best rock bands ever

The Irving Plaza show was phenomenal. Here are some of videos. Enjoy!

So, thinking about the MCR5 leak (The Paper Kingdom), it made me wonder if a C&V leak will ever happen. I know what Mike said in the WIRED Autocomplete interview ("we smoked all the cigarettes and burned all the valentiness"), but I think that's in reference to an official release. Unless I misinterpret it and he is talking about both cases.

I miss when Cinder Block made merchandise for the other bands from that time including Green Day. I hate how they went out of business..

A drawing I made 😋

I just wanna enjoy their music without any politics or commentary involved. Fans go to their concerts because they have fun music not being they wanna hear them say “fuck trump” but i’m glad they realized this and stopped doing it. I love green day, their music is my escape from the world. This is why people listen to them.

Apparently The Hives were heavily influenced by Green Day, and there's also their slogan "Your new favourite band" vs Green Day's "God's favourite band" - so it kind of feels like they're very derivative, not that original.

But that said, "Hate To Say I Told You So" is a BANGING track; absolutely love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uz1Jwyxd4tE

Pinhead Gunpowder West Side Highway live in New York. Playlist with more from the show including the full set: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMLPRY_SIXEw

Pinhead Gunpowder full set at Irving Plaza in New York. Playlist with a bunch of the songs as individual videos is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMLPRY_SIXEw