"I did it all for the Dookie"
Aug 25 '00 (Updated Sep 02 '00)
Punk died in the eighties and Green Day brought it back to us and made it cool once again. Refreshing as grunge was, it was getting old and overplayed by bands that shouldn't have been called grunge at all.
I went to the concert here in Anchorage, Alaska about two years ago, Green Day's Nimrod Tour to be exact. It was a nice sunny summers day void of snow, making the oh so long wait worth the while. The crowd was peaceful but longing to escape the late afternoon heat, many people who were destined for the mosh pit ended up sneaking into the stands and those who wanted a nice family type atmosphere ended up in a sweaty armpit fest brouhaha.
Despite being frisked for weapons, the atmosphere was rather peaceful and calm, well that was until the concert started....
But as always, I get nose bleed seats, trapped in a mosh island surrounded by little kids chanting Ozzy and giving the pinkie and index finger "Headbanger's" signal. Dumb little juveniles, you don't know what true metal is! Rock on!
Besides being choked by teen spirit or lack of it mind you, the concert was well organized, drunks on the right and families and conservatives on the left. And guess who was in the middle, well not me! I didn't quite feel up to having my face squashed into someone’s armpit or between some big girls breasts! Oh that is an idea!
The Sullivan Arena here in Anchorage isn't all that big, so sound wise it was very audible and clear. Billy Joe started the concert by telling the crowd that there would be a six pack in every refrigerator, and that free sex would be made legal. Aaaaah, tame but heart warming! Then he had the crowd throw obscenities at one another for a few minutes to build up that punkiness in us all!
Mike was on base/guitar keeping to himself for most of the concert, I guess he just isn't into Dookie-ing it out with the crowd.
Midway through the show Billy Joe called up someone from the audience to play his guitar telling him, "Don't worry we can only play three chords anyway!"
So as he played on Billy Joe ripped off his pants to expose Tiger striped briefs which he immediately soaked with bottled water. And to top it all off, he decided to give himself a greatly needed spanking. So much fun that S&M is!
Green Day played through most of their most notable songs pausing here and there to bring on trumpet and sax players dressed in a variety of fruit costumes.
As the concert drew to a finish, Tre fell over his kit almost dislocating an arm, then out of pure anger he climbed the huge speaker throwing parts of the kit about the stage. And to top it all off, he got some lighter fluid and burned his beautiful set of Yamaha drums to a crisp.
Fun night, nice concert and if you ever have the craving, bring marshmallows, burning drums sure do produce an intense flame!
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