@ZackTeibloom Green Day is the kind of show that skews the grading system. They did it all. I mean everything. The amount of artists who have that many moves in their pure entertainment repertoire is limited to The Flaming Lips and Girl Talk. That’s about it.

I’m choosing these words carefully on this next sentence, because this thought wouldn’t escape me throughout their two and a half hour set: Green Day is the most effective band at consistently pleasing a crowd I have ever seen. Were they the best musical act I’ve ever seen? Probably not in the top 25. They have a deep song catalog, and they know what they’re doing with it, but it was all in the performance. Read the rest of this entry »

Green Day did such a spectacular job of getting the crowd involved that this section needed its own post. I captured three of my favorite moments, but there were 5 crowd participation moments that you couldn’t help but love.

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@ZackTeibloom Monday Update:

Soundgarden – Green Day – Lady Gaga – Arcade Fire – The Strokes- Phoenix

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 @AndyShore One of my first experiences seeing live music, albeit on television, was during a sleep-over birthday party when I was in elementary school. It was late at night, and a couple of punks with green hair were running around the stage. It was equally parts exciting and terrifying. I have often discussed that Green Day’s Dookie was the first CD that I ever purchased. It’s less often talked about that I also bought Boyz II Men’s II that day (I’m not ashamed of either). “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)” was the song for my 8th grade graduation. Needless to say, Green Day was a big part of my early music education. Read the rest of this entry »