Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong has a Tantrum

[Hockey Guy]

Absolutely priceless & I don't blame him one bit.

http://eatthis.inmusic.ca/2012/09/gr...adio-fest.html

[lewfather]

lol @ im not fuckin' justin bieber, hof

I don't even like Green Day atleast not since like 5th grade but I have to say I agree with him. Cut the act that deep for fucking Usher? I would have shit too!

[Hockey Guy]

There's more to the story. It seems they weren't cut short & he's entered rehab:

http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2012/09/23...enn-story.html

[lewfather]

yea uh welcome to pr recovery mode, do you really think those jews who pay both bieber and billie ray cyrus really want to deal with this? lol @ thinking all of a sudden this d00d needs help 20+ years deep into his rock and rolla career, COME THE FUCK ON BRAJ

I cant believe I just knocked over my pellegrino limonata laughing at this shit

[Dan Druff]

Here is a quote from him in 1995:

I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing.

This is what I call "heterophobia".

While most gay/bisexual people don't feel this way, there is a small portion of the community that feels heterosexuality doesn't really exist, and is just a result of societal repression.

Statements like the above are just as bigoted and insensitive as the ones from certain straight people that homosexuality is a choice or a phase.

I have always felt that Billie Joe Armstrong was an arrogant douche.

[lewfather]

I thought all females were born bisexual?

[HEX]

Here is a quote from him in 1995:

I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing.

This is what I call "heterophobia".

While most gay/bisexual people don't feel this way, there is a small portion of the community that feels heterosexuality doesn't really exist, and is just a result of societal repression.

Statements like the above are just as bigoted and insensitive as the ones from certain straight people that homosexuality is a choice or a phase.

I have always felt that Billie Joe Armstrong was an arrogant douche.

If you think that quote is "heterophobic" (lol), you must be a homophobe/Republican.

[DRK Star]

I guess I dont understand the point of that article.

The promoters are claiming that they werent cutting him short, HOWEVER, it clearly shows in the video that his time was up.


The promoters needed to clarify things much further with a thorough explanation. They stated nothing of value.

[Steve-O]

Here is a quote from him in 1995:

I think I've always been bisexual. I mean, it's something that I've always been interested in. I think people are born bisexual, and it's just that our parents and society kind of veer us off into this feeling of 'Oh, I can't.' They say it's taboo. It's ingrained in our heads that it's bad, when it's not bad at all. It's a very beautiful thing.

This is what I call "heterophobia".

While most gay/bisexual people don't feel this way, there is a small portion of the community that feels heterosexuality doesn't really exist, and is just a result of societal repression.

Statements like the above are just as bigoted and insensitive as the ones from certain straight people that homosexuality is a choice or a phase.

I have always felt that Billie Joe Armstrong was an arrogant douche.

#1 -- What does a quote from 15-20 years ago have to do with his tantrum? Were you holding onto that quote for the last 15 years waiting for a Billy Joe Armstrong thread to pop-up?

#2 -- It's absurd to listen a drugged-out frontman's views on human sexuality and actually take the time to respond to them as if it's coming from academia and warrants a rebuttal. Billy Joe Armstrong's thoughts on the human brain and what is "learned" behavior should be taken with the same grain of salt as a my take on String Theory.

#3 -- I wasn't aware that you coined the term "heterophobia"

[Steve-O]

I guess I dont understand the point of that article.

The promoters are claiming that they werent cutting him short, HOWEVER, it clearly shows in the video that his time was up.


The promoters needed to clarify things much further with a thorough explanation. They stated nothing of value.

I'm not sure if this is what happened, but generally "warm-up" acts are given a set amount of time to perform. In most locales there are noise statutes that prevent you from having concerts after certain times without having to pay serious fines (I think it can be like $1,000 minute or more). So who knows how "over" the show already was or what the curfew laws are in the area. If the show was running on time they probably don't care, but if they were already behind... well, fuck Green Day. Just a guess on my part though.

His rant should have been, "I've been performing for over 20 years, and we still don't have our shit together well enough to do a 1-hour set!"

[DRK Star]

Im aware of noise statutes, being someone who has attended well over 1000 concerts in my life, however I believe this was in Vegas, so I doubt that venue had a time limit ordinance. Its possible, but highly unlikely.

What I would like to know is how did everything play out for this event? Were the performers given a strict timeline/schedule to adhere to, and Usher went over his by 25 minutes, thus cutting 25 minutes off from the final acts performance, in this case, Green Day?

I havent heard any thorough explanation of the entire nights events, only Billy Joe's video, and IMO, his comment about Justin Bieber actually makes no sense to me, as the producers/organizers of the event would likely give a higher degree of special treatment to Bieber than Green Day.

[LLL]

Don't play stupid corporate events like this I Heart Radio event.

Problem solved.

[DRK Star]

its easy money though, and their record company probably needed them to do it.

[LLL]

its easy money though, and their record company probably needed them to do it.

Then take the money and behave like the corporate monkey that you are.

[Jasep]

Why is Usher and Greenday on the same show?

[DRK Star]

its easy money though, and their record company probably needed them to do it.

Then take the money and behave like the corporate monkey that you are.

Its probably hard to tell "certain musicians" to 100% behave like a corporate monkey. I would put Green Day up in the top 20 of that list.

[BetCheckBet]

Figured for sure this was some sort o publicity stunt. Rehab seems to scratch this theory but I'm still not totally convinced.

[unchainedghost]

its easy money though, and their record company probably needed them to do it.

Then take the money and behave like the corporate monkey that you are.

Boom.

He's a total asshat. They are the same thing as j to the biebs

Dookie was solid in 1994. Great stuff for 13 year olds across the country.

I was always more of a weezer blue album guy at that time and that album still fucking holds up to anything in the last 20 years.

[DRK Star]

Also, keep in mind, that this could just be a PR ruse in a way.


maybe he needed rehab anyway
they launch their 1st CD very soon, with two more CDs being released in the next 4 months. 3 altogether.

[BetCheckBet]