• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Nope. There’s no way this album is that old. There’s definitely no way that I’m old enough that I remember buying it on the day it came out. Nope. No sir.

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    10 months ago

    I saw Green Day in concert around 2013. I’m fortunate to have seen a fair number of big-name acts, back when paper tickets were still a thing - and GD stood out. The clock struck 8:00 pm and Green Day started rocking. The clock struck 11:00 pm and they walked off after their second encore, done for the night. They were so precise. All the while making things look and feel chaotic and just straight up rock’n’roll on stage. It was impressive. Cool. It was an event. One of my most memorable rock concerts for sure

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    10 months ago

    I remember when this album was new and I’d switch between it and Kerplunk. It surprises me looking at the discography that i am not really aware of 2-3 albums that came soon after in the 90s.

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    10 months ago

    And 30,000,000 young people* picked up a guitar and said, “I can play that!”

    (* including me)

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    10 months ago

    There are going to be so many of these posts this year: Smash, Punk in Drublic, Let’s Go, Stranger Than Fiction…

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    10 months ago

    I remember buying this when it was released from a local new and used music store, The Record Exchange, in NC. Nostalgia indeed.

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    10 months ago

    I had no interest in music, until I happened to find a CD on the side of the road. This one, specifically. Traded some stuff to a kid for a CD player to play this. Didn’t even skip that much. But now I have to go, because I’m pretty sure I can hear my bones breaking.

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      Found media was how we discovered music back then (and porn). The radio certainly didn’t play anything good unless you happened to live in a major city. Although this introduction to Green Day I think came to me from Columbia House.

      My memorable discoveries:

      AC/DC - clear cassette in the park. Only marked with the band name ‘DC’ as it has rained and washed away most of the handwritten ink.

      Marilyn Manson - white cassette labeled Spooky Kids with a sharpie, didn’t realize it was early Manson until years later

      Tool - CD had just a pig and a fork, everything else was worn off

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      10 months ago

      Yes, but Dookie was a bajillion times more successful. They probably sold more copies of Kerplunk after Dookie came out than before.

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    10 months ago

    Did I buy this at Sam the Record Man or Sunrise? Oh wait, I never bought it at all because GREEN DAY SUCKS.

    Now, if you need me I’ll be in ‘S’ for Soundgarden.

    😛