I’ve started listening to the American Idiot album again in it’s entirety for the first time in a long time after some stuff happened to my friend at school. After doing this it’s like nothing seems the same. I see everything that wasn’t fake to me before as meaningless. I don’t really mind it either.

I don’t think I can properly describe what Green Day means to me. I first discovered them when I was about 9 when American Idiot was first exploding on the scene & to say Green Day changed my taste in music in an understatement, going from the likes of delta goodrem & Nikki webster is a giant leap. I just remember getting the boulevard of broken dreams single & listening to it in the parking lot. & I remember ring instantly curious about this band & it stuck almost 9 years later & I’m still infatuated. They are my everything, the pull me through the darkest days & they ride we me through the happy ones. It’s like they’ve gotten under my skin. Green Day is a virus that for me has a cure, but I don’t want one. Sometimes I even worry that I’m not living my life up to their moral & ethical standards & that scares me. I don’t know how I’ll ever get to thank them. I wouldn’t know where to begin. To say Green Day is the reason I am here today is like saying water is the reason fish survive, it’s obvious. They are my life <3 

My sister has a thriving social life yet hates every one of her “friends”. I find myself sitting at home on weekends, planning the next time I can jet off on some ridiculous quest to see Mike or Billie or (someday) Tre or any combination of the three. I love my Green Day-freak friends to death, even though they live hundreds of miles away from me in every direction.

I still think that, out of the two of us, I got a much better deal. 

Songs like having a blast, chump, and minority are the reason I love green day.

I first discovered Green Day thanks to a boy that I had a major crush on in the 6th grade. We once had to do a project in classs on the most influential people in our lives. He and his 3 friends dressed as Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. As I heard each of thier essays on them I thought “Wow, these guys sound pretty cool.” So I decided to check them out when I got home. I went to YouTube and looked up Green Day. The 1st music video I saw was Wake Me Up When September Ends (this was in 2006 so it was most popular). After seeing that video, I fell in love. Literally. I don’t know why or how but I just did. Their lyrics were so amazing and meaningful unlike many other bands out there. As the day progressed, I had seen so many music videos and interviews that I just didn’t want to stop. Over the next week I was literally stuck on my mom’s computer. I spent endless hours on the internet collecting as many photos and lyrics as I could. I read up on Billie, Mike, and Tre’s life stories and memorized them as best as I could. I guess you could say I was one of those obsessed little fan girls. But I wasn’t the kind that only loved them because of their amazingly good looks, though it helped. I loved who they were and I felt like I could really relate to them. They weren’t afraid to convey a message and that’s what I really admired about them. They were actually the first rock band I listened to too. I was never much into music besides the “Top 40” songs that would play on the radio over and over and it was always the hip/hop or pop station that i’d listen to. I guess you could say that I found real music when I found Green day. Green Day means the world to me. I’m so glad that I found out about them even though I only wanted to know a few songs just so that I can talk about something with that guy I liked. I mean, it worked, I got to be great friends with him but I found a true love in Green Day and that’s something that can NEVER be taken away from me. No matter what ever happens to them, I will always love them and I will always stick by thier side as a true and loyal fan. That I am sure of. <3 

Post-gig depression was an asshole motherfucker this year, and I put on Bullet In A Bible the other day because I was feeling particularly melancholy, but you know what?

I could not watch it. I couldn’t watch it, because it wasn’t mine, I wasn’t there and it was some one else’s memories and I wish more than anything a live DVD could be made out of the show I went to. It would be the best gift in the world, to be able to watch the best three hours of my life whenever I wanted.

(anon please, thank you!)

have heard of Green Day since I was a child but I didn’t realise how much there music meant to me until I was 14. I was getting bullied in high school, I had no friends and my life was a living hell. I resorted to self harm and even considered killing myself, but that changed when I heard Boulevard of Broken Dreams for the first time in 2004. The lyrics literally said how I exactly felt “My shadow is the only thing that walks beside me” to express that I had no friends, I was alone  “Sometimes  I wish someone out there will find me” for someone to  come talk to me, to help me out of this mess. “Till then I walk alone” Until somebody helps me I will be on my own!  But the truth was, after I heard some more Green Day, I didn’t feel alone anymore, it was like they became my only friends. They made me realise harming myself and sucidal thoughts were just pointless to think of! I then got more into there music and went back to listen to there old albums (I have heard of Green Day music before I was 14 but I was musically ignorant) and realised it was really good music and found more songs which fitted how I felt. The more I heard, the more I fell in love with them, and the more I fell in love with them, the more I started to feel better about myself.

I decided enough was enough so I spoke to my teacher, the only person I could trust and they helped me out, they councilled me, let me come talk to them when I needed it and that was thanks to Green Day, if it wasn’t for there music I wouldn’t of done that. I also kept myself a promise of “One day I will see Green Day Live and when I do it will be the best night of my life” and I basicly held onto that thought if I started feeling depressed and worthless, although I was started to recover I did have times where I did feel worthless but that was part of recovery. But I generally cured that by talking to my teacher or listening to Green Day and thinking about how amazing it would be to see them live.

 4 years later it all came true, I finally got to see Green Day live on the 26^thOctober 2009, It was the best night of my life, as soon as “Song of the Century” started playing I cried, I cried so much, knowing all the suffering in my life has paid off, knowing I kept strong for 4 years and this was my reward, knowing I am finally seeing and hearing the most inspirational strangers in my life live. I just wish I could have gone down and hugged Billie and cried into his arms and said “Thank you” I hope to do that one day. I just want to run up to him, hug him and cry and tell him EVERYTHING and how hes helped me. That’s my dream.

Anyway I saw them again this year – 16^th June 2010! Its true what they say, the second time is definitely better than the first. I got a wave from Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt from backstage during Joan Jett, I completely freaked out! It was the first time I actually felt true/full happiness since Green Day 2009! I will never forget that feeling, everytime I think back to that moment I still feel like I did when it happened. I also remember the feeling of going crazy when Billie started to play Geek Stink Breath! I love that so much especially when its live (Bullet in A Bible).

 I really want to relive both concerts over and over because those were the days I felt well and truly happy. I will be doing the full tour next time round, that includes UK (my home land), Some of Europe and a couple of the US with a couple of amazing mates I have met through Green Day. Infact I have met LOTS of amazing people through Green Day and I hope I stay friends with them for life.

Green Day have really helped me through the shit and given me loads of things to look forward to! I love them so much! They are my whole world and I wouldn’t know what life would be like if I didn’t hear Boulevard of Broken Dreams for the first time, I really don’t, but that song is so special to me and noone will realise that.

Im pretty young and I’ve only loved Green Day for about a year now, but these three men mean the entire world to me. I’d die for them. I’d choose them over my family. I’d do anything for them. My life is so complicated at such a young age, I have no one to talk to. I have no emotional connection with my parents at all, and I dont have a friend like most people do, that they go to and tell them their secrets and everything like that. But I do now and thats Green Day. I need to laugh, I look at their tweets and watch interviews and listen to their music, they make me feel so much better instantly. When I finally saw them live for the first time, i went crazy. That was the most happiest day of my life, probably the only day in my life when i truly felt happy, because they were there, close to me, the people that make my life worth living. There are how ever some people out there that dont take my love for them serious at all, because its only been a year…and that my love for them is a phase. I just wish they would ignore how long ive been listening to them and understand that i will for ever love them, no matter what.

It’s like having a fucking long term reletionship, yanno? And I can’t stand it, I wanna see every show. They’re just so important to me. I appreciate those men so much, and no one understand…and that’s even more irritating. I just wish my fellow green day fans on tumblr were my friends in real life, because I’m sure you can all relate.

I just can’t stand the “fans” who think they’re hot shit and are better than other fans. Everyone likes something different about Green Day. Why are people ridiculing each other like this? Ugh. I just pisses me off. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been a fan, how much you’ve spent on merch/cds, or which band member is the hottest… All that matters is that you just fucking ENJOY THE MUSIC. Just enjoy it.

I don’t even know if this counts as a legit secret. I just wanted to get it off my chest.