Green Day Induct Guns 'N' Roses into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame

So this has been the second time in the space of a couple of years that Green Day have attended the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame now. This time it was for Guns 'N' Roses.

The boys took to the stage for their performance of Letterbomb (it has been said on the Green Day Community forum that they sound checked with a brand new song) and they completely rocked the house.

(Billie Joe and Tre Cool during their performance)

It was then their time to introduce the band. Billie Joe performed a 12 minute speech which talked about them individually - even sticking up for the absent Axl Rose, earning a massive boo from the crowd. He also spoke with passion about the albums such as Appetite For Destruction and Use Your Illusion pt 1 and 2.

If you want to read the full speech you can follow the link below:
http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=172651

(Green Day with Guns and Roses during the acceptance speech)

After the induction, Billie Joe took to the stage with 'the Roses' to perform backing vocals for their song Mr Brownstone, and then joined GNR, Red Hot Chili Peppers and others for the finale.

(Billie Joe and Flea during the final performance)

On a personal note, I cannot wait until Green Day are eligible to be inducted. They deserve it - they have been around for 23 years, won countless awards, sold out arenas all over the world and they even have a musical dedicated to one of their most influential albums which Billie has had a starring role in.

I wait with baited breath for their time to come...

Why Green Day mean so much to me

This is a personal post...i apologise if i bore you...

So, people who know me know that my favourite band is Green Day. They have been a part of my life for over ten years and they have gotten me through some bad times.

When i was in school i would get bullied for my weight: I have never really been bothered about the way i look but these people in my class really made my self esteem plummet to a very low level. Everyday after school i would come home and listen to Green Day and they would instantly make me feel better and ready to face another day. 

My parents and grandparents just think it's a phase, that i am obsessed with them...and they are probably right. The only person in my family that never thought that was my uncle David. He loved them too, along with a lot of other music. We watched Bullet in A Bible together and i could see that he was just as amazed by their live presence as i always have been. The day 21st Century Breakdown was released I heard him playing it loud from his bedroom so i ran upstairs and listened to it with him. It was an amazing moment. I remember telling him about going to see them for the first time, and where everyone else wasn't interested, he seemed to hang on my every word and was excited for me - telling me that he was jealous that i had got to see them before him.

The day he died was one of the worst days of my life, the pain still hasn't gone away. At his funeral, the lyrics for Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) were running through my head: 'It's something unpredictable but in the end it's right, i hope you had the time of your life' - i have no idea why. To this day i cannot listen to that song without feeling a sad an sick feeling in my stomach, but it makes me happy in the sense that i remember all of the times i spent with him talking about music. I still have the picture he drew for me of the Heart hand grenade in pride of place on my wall.

Seeing Green Day live is an amazing experience. It is like no other concert experience you will ever have, and i have people back me up on that! I have been able to see them twice (hoping to see them again on their next tour - hopefully next summer). Throughout the show they make you feel included, they show you how much you mean to them and they play their hearts out every night. 16/06/10 was the best night of my life...it is going to be a very hard night to top!

Billie Joe Armstrong is my hero, his lyrics really stick with me. He has taught me how to be an individual and he has shown me that as long as i am happy i shouldn't have to give a damn what anyone else thinks.

The fact that they are bringing three albums out has made me the most excited i have been for a long time. Without being too cheesy, if anything were to happen and they were to split or whatever, i really don't know what i would do. People reading this will just think i am a crazy fan but they just mean so much to me and they have been with me for so long. I would just feel so lost without them.

There aren't enough words to describe how much i wanna thank them for just existing!

The day where the Green Day fandom explodes!

There has been all kinds of speculation about the new Green Day album ever since Billie tweeted on that fateful valentines day. They have been teasing us with little studio updates, giving the fans a taste of what they can expect for the new Green Day sound.


On April 11th, the Green Day family exploded with excitement as Billie Joe announced plans for the new albums...did i say album(S)? yes i did! Here's the tweet:


@BJAOfficial: "Ok. Here's the deal. We're making a 3 album trilogy. Not 1. Not 2. But 3 albums. Called iUNO! iDOS! iTRE! Coming September November January"

This tweet alone sent Green Day fans (myself included) into a frenzy, however they released another studio video to accompany it, explaining that they want to give us an idea of what they are up to (video link above). 


So they have once again done what no one expected. Why they have decided to do three albums? Nobody knows, will it be their last hoorah? Maybe? Whatever happens, it seems we are in for some amazing music as per. Bring it on!

iUno! is released on 25th September 2012, iDos! is released 13th November 2012 and iTre! is released on 15th January 2013. The boys are also playing various festivals around Europe this summer. Check it out!