That dude filming with the camcorder (plus whoever recorded this video) are absolute heroes. Most of these kids probably thought this is some shitty local band that won’t go anywhere.
Exactly. Hindsight is 20/20 my friend. Anybody that had the foresight to film anything back then when it was a pain in the ass to lug around a giant ass camcorder was a hero and a visionary. One of my aunts filmed all kinds of family events like that in the late 80s and throughout the 90s and now everybody is grateful to her for it. Now, we have that capability in our pockets and everybody takes it for granted
I’m 41, I did all my growing up in the 90s and graduated in 2001. I like to think I was among the very last to enjoy a (mostly) analog childhood. I remember first reading/hearing about the internet when I was in 8th grade, because I used to subscribe to all these gaming magazines back then, and I was super into Mortal Kombat, and one issue of either Game Informer or Electronic Gaming Monthly, can’t remember which, the cover had an MK3 character and a title that read: “is the internet ruining the secrets of MK3??” Or something to that effect. And that was the very first time I ever heard about the internet. I distinctly remember thinking “what the fuck is the internet?” lol So, I was in a weird space of us transitioning from analog to digital and online, but I am grateful when I look back that smartphones didn’t take off until I was well into my mid twenties. I also remember the very first iPhone and how much of a big deal it was back then. I attended a BuzzFest concert festival in Houston TX with a friend in 2008 when the iPhone came out, and I remember being in line for the restroom, and some kid had one and he was very eager to show it off, he actually let me hold it and mess with it a little and back then that thing was revolutionary. I remember thinking “Jesus, this thing makes my RAZR seem dumb” lol
Even at this young age they were already writing songs this good, and had a great energy as live performers. Mike bopping his head along and Billy having a lot of energy as a front man. These are the intangibles that make the great bands great and stand out in the crowd.
I played in a band supporting them in the Basque region of Spain when they were unknown. Sat at a table and ate dinner with them before the gig. Lovely chaps.
@@mrpleasurehead tienes material de tu banda que fisgonear??? Tocaban esta versión edulcorada de punk o el mucho más salvaje, crudo, nihilista y amenazador estilo característico de la gran mayoría de bandas del rock radical vasco, verbigracia, RIP, Cicatriz y Eskorbuto?? De cualquier modo, qué chévere que hayas podido conocer a estos tipos: tiene que haber sido una experiencia inolvidable! Saludos.
@@hardlyworking_pretty sure they were mocking them. I've dealt with that a lot. If you play rock music around some people they immediately bang their head like a maniac then tell you to turn it off cause it sucks
Sorry to burst your bubble, but bands like Greenday were a dime a dozen back then, especially in the california scene. I was sick of all the bands that sounded like Screeching Weasel and NOFX in my city and touring through (circa 94). Made me want to vomit. Billy's voice at least gives the music a different flavor. Greenday aint bad at all and im quite happy for them, its just being a kid in the scene back then, they wouldnt have been much of a big deal.
I don't care what you listen to, it's pretty damn impressive Green Day was doing songs this well written in high school. I like 1,039 slappy hrs and kerplunk as my all time favorites from them
@@Nova-ne1il I hope that when you finally grow up, you and all your classmates from third grade remember the contraction for "you are." Yet, I'm quite sure I'll be disappointed.
Everything had an easier feeling back then. Everything feels a LOT more tense nowadays. Instant knowledge of everything bad going on in the WORLD has changed us, & now things do not feel as "loose" as they did back then. Somehow, the more tech we have, the more we seem to be at each others' throats. Compared to back then, we have become numb to everyday violence, almost "normalizing" it. For ALL our technology & "Intelligence", we are the most MESSED UP species on the planet - No Question about that!!
Saw a small local band perform at my college just like this and it made me come back to this video, crazy to think that nobody there knew how big green day would become
Dookie was one of the best albums i ever brought... and i got it $2 at a second hand record store back in the early 90s - back when Bob Marley & Wu Tang were a big part of my life
@@Freedom_Born I would say mid would be 4, 5 and 6. 5 would be half rather than mid. I would say nevermind was released in the early 90s , dookie mid 90s
This reminds me of every garage punk show i went to or played at back then....awesome, thanks for posting. I bet these guys will be big stars some day.
That person in the hoodie rocking out has the right to feel like the coolest person ever for having the guts to rock that hard out in such a judgmental public space, high school in the 90s, no less, to a band that basically no one knew beyond them being a random high school band out of hundreds of thousands of high school bands that have come and gone over the past century. That is a genuinely cool human being.
That's so cool, they are so good already here! I was slightly younger than them when I started playing their songs in bands 12 years later. Interestingly, it has likewise been that long since the video was uploaded here.
I used to pay 5 dollars to see them play at my local skatepark in Machesney Pk Illinois and still own there 1st 2 CDs i bought from them for 10 bucks a piece!
Imagine just walking to school one day and then 4 years later seeing these guys who were probably thought of as "weird" being on the front cover of every major magazine and billboard of the 90s.
Great example of how you can be great and people will try to make you believe that you aren’t. Some people didnt even clap at the end. If you are an artist (which you are because you are a human being) let this video be a reminder yo never give up and relentlessly pursue what you were placed on this earth to pursue. All love 🫶🏾
Shit like this depresses me. The school kids in this video will be in their 50s today. And people haven't changed that much - you could totally imagine a kid in this video having a conversation with a kid today, and there being no awkwardness at all. But the kid from 1990 only exists in a video. It's kinda almost metaphysical - that people can exist in two different states, at two different times. A digital state and a real state
i have a friend who was there and he said that Billie Joe got on the mic and singled out a girl in the quad who was wasnt paying attention and he told her to " start paying attention or get the fuck out of the quad!" making pig noises at her. He ended up apologizing because he didnt know she was deaf.
He was not fired He is still mates with them and played years later as sweet children He went to college and without him GD would never have gotten booked at gillman st.
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The fact that four years later they'd be playing this to a giant mud fight at Woodstock is amazing.
KafeisKid ya
And with the same guitar!! What a trip
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@@blankpool Yeah dude
@@blankpool he has had that thing for his whole life
That dude filming with the camcorder (plus whoever recorded this video) are absolute heroes.
Most of these kids probably thought this is some shitty local band that won’t go anywhere.
Agreed!! 100% HEROS!!
I mean they weren’t shitty
Exactly. Hindsight is 20/20 my friend. Anybody that had the foresight to film anything back then when it was a pain in the ass to lug around a giant ass camcorder was a hero and a visionary. One of my aunts filmed all kinds of family events like that in the late 80s and throughout the 90s and now everybody is grateful to her for it. Now, we have that capability in our pockets and everybody takes it for granted
Not a cellphone in sight. Beautiful
Wait a second, how did they record this then??
@@neckbone3943 People had actual camcorders that they filmed with back in the 90s lol
Damn - I remember buying one in 2001!!@@UhtredOfBamburgh
If this was 2020, there would be a trash boat phone recording.
The 90s were a pretty great time to be a young person
I’m 41, I did all my growing up in the 90s and graduated in 2001. I like to think I was among the very last to enjoy a (mostly) analog childhood. I remember first reading/hearing about the internet when I was in 8th grade, because I used to subscribe to all these gaming magazines back then, and I was super into Mortal Kombat, and one issue of either Game Informer or Electronic Gaming Monthly, can’t remember which, the cover had an MK3 character and a title that read: “is the internet ruining the secrets of MK3??” Or something to that effect. And that was the very first time I ever heard about the internet. I distinctly remember thinking “what the fuck is the internet?” lol So, I was in a weird space of us transitioning from analog to digital and online, but I am grateful when I look back that smartphones didn’t take off until I was well into my mid twenties. I also remember the very first iPhone and how much of a big deal it was back then. I attended a BuzzFest concert festival in Houston TX with a friend in 2008 when the iPhone came out, and I remember being in line for the restroom, and some kid had one and he was very eager to show it off, he actually let me hold it and mess with it a little and back then that thing was revolutionary. I remember thinking “Jesus, this thing makes my RAZR seem dumb” lol
Too bad I was born in 2012 😭
Even at this young age they were already writing songs this good, and had a great energy as live performers. Mike bopping his head along and Billy having a lot of energy as a front man. These are the intangibles that make the great bands great and stand out in the crowd.
Very impressive pointing out things that are intangible. Is that you jesus?
Throughout history most successful artists were together in highschool. To be honest, if you haven't made it by 23-25 its often too late.
And none of these kids knew exactly how lucky they were to be watching this set at the time.
Donald Couch I wis I was a teen in the 90s and went to this school, I probably would of started a mosh pit lol
Donald Couch exactly
Amazing
Lol I did. I was the kid dancing in the parka
@@blankpool cool story, too bad it's not true
I played in a band supporting them in the Basque region of Spain when they were unknown. Sat at a table and ate dinner with them before the gig. Lovely chaps.
and then you started a crazy conspiracy theory ridden media freight train!
Just kidding Alex!
What was the name of your band when you played with Green Day in Spain?
@@roryo7700 Hello mate. It was called "Suck on This" lol. Needless to say we didnt really take off 😂
@@mrpleasurehead tienes material de tu banda que fisgonear??? Tocaban esta versión edulcorada de punk o el mucho más salvaje, crudo, nihilista y amenazador estilo característico de la gran mayoría de bandas del rock radical vasco, verbigracia, RIP, Cicatriz y Eskorbuto?? De cualquier modo, qué chévere que hayas podido conocer a estos tipos: tiene que haber sido una experiencia inolvidable! Saludos.
0:41 How to dance fabulously
thats pro dancing
the first Green Day superfan
@@hardlyworking_pretty sure they were mocking them. I've dealt with that a lot. If you play rock music around some people they immediately bang their head like a maniac then tell you to turn it off cause it sucks
that is tre cool
@@rayamat01 Well yeah because what you're playing sucks
I love the kids just, scurrying off to class, oblivious to the fact that they were witnessing the birth of one of the best bands of the decade.
Of all time
@@Tylerprado06 Hi Joss, never knew you were a fan.
Nobody would have ever known, not even you.
0:41 That person is fully aware of the greatness they are witnessing
Sorry to burst your bubble, but bands like Greenday were a dime a dozen back then, especially in the california scene. I was sick of all the bands that sounded like Screeching Weasel and NOFX in my city and touring through (circa 94). Made me want to vomit. Billy's voice at least gives the music a different flavor. Greenday aint bad at all and im quite happy for them, its just being a kid in the scene back then, they wouldnt have been much of a big deal.
I don't care what you listen to, it's pretty damn impressive Green Day was doing songs this well written in high school. I like 1,039 slappy hrs and kerplunk as my all time favorites from them
That bass sounds so good😫
I literally saw them in 1993 right before it all for 5 bucks and 1039 was the sound of my teenage life
Wow, it's a good thing you used "literally" to show us all that you were at the forefront of that ridiculously pointless trend of idiocy.
Your my hero buddy I hope when grow up im as cool s you😂😂😂😂
@@gavinvalentino1313 wow, you’re literally a clown🤡
@@Nova-ne1il I hope that when you finally grow up, you and all your classmates from third grade remember the contraction for "you are."
Yet, I'm quite sure I'll be disappointed.
What's your problem Gavin. Shut up
What a solid and amazing band, even in high school. 😮
They had left high school by this point
@@chriskennedy2298 good to know.
@@chriskennedy2298billie had, he said he was waiting for Mike to graduate
No phones. No need to do anything but live in the moment and enjoy the goddamn music. Miss this shit
25 Years Later in Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
35 actually
@@tarahuebel5594 ummmm nope. This video from 1990. Inducted in 2015. 25***** years not 35 actually 🤦🏻♂️
@@tarahuebel5594 don't skip math classes m8 pls
@@tarahuebel5594 dude you really did the 🤓 and said the wrong thing
dude made one mistake and got cooked
And to think 4 years later, I'd be having a mud fight with them at Woodstock 94.
Thats badass!!!
indyracingnut wow look who's read the comment above yours
Man that was such a better time to be alive.
Everything had an easier feeling back then. Everything feels a LOT more tense nowadays. Instant knowledge of everything bad going on in the WORLD has changed us, & now things do not feel as "loose" as they did back then. Somehow, the more tech we have, the more we seem to be at each others' throats. Compared to back then, we have become numb to everyday violence, almost "normalizing" it. For ALL our technology & "Intelligence", we are the most MESSED UP species on the planet - No Question about that!!
I saw them at a house party around this time. Thought we’re ok, bought the record the next day and liked it.
I'm so fucking happy these recordings exist. It's like stepping into a time machine and getting to feel what Green Day was like in the early years.
It’s pretty great
Saw a small local band perform at my college just like this and it made me come back to this video, crazy to think that nobody there knew how big green day would become
Imagine being like 46 and seeing your teenage self in the crowd 😆🤯✨
The Seniors turning 50 this year.
The Seniors would be 52 and the Freshman 48 this year.
Dookie was one of the best albums i ever brought... and i got it $2 at a second hand record store back in the early 90s - back when Bob Marley & Wu Tang were a big part of my life
How would you have got an album that was released in mid 90s on the early 90s in a 2nd hand store.
That's impressive timevtravelling
@@chriskennedy2298
Lmfao semantics mate. It was released in 94 buddy. That's a little before "mid" don't you think ?!!
That's impressive deduction.
@@Freedom_Born I would say mid would be 4, 5 and 6. 5 would be half rather than mid.
I would say nevermind was released in the early 90s , dookie mid 90s
@@chriskennedy2298
Man you think half and mid are different ??!
Mid literally stands for "middle" - man take your pedantic ass tfoh
The 90s were my teenage years. I’m very grateful for that 💫
My favorite song from my favorite performance ever is 30 years old today. I wish I had a time machine.
Those kids have no idea how lucky they were to witness this! Shout out to the cameramen! Who im sure they will cherish this footage forever!
Crazy they went from this to selling out stadiums all over the world!!
2023 and Paper Lanterns still kicks ass!
Wow, these guys had it from the jump. The spectators in this video were lucky to witness this history.
Man this is awesome. I hope these guys make it big one day.
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What a day! It made me want to be there!
This was just a normal day in high school and no one ever thought these kids would go big. Pretty cool if you think about it
This reminds me of every garage punk show i went to or played at back then....awesome, thanks for posting. I bet these guys will be big stars some day.
That person in the hoodie rocking out has the right to feel like the coolest person ever for having the guts to rock that hard out in such a judgmental public space, high school in the 90s, no less, to a band that basically no one knew beyond them being a random high school band out of hundreds of thousands of high school bands that have come and gone over the past century. That is a genuinely cool human being.
That's so cool, they are so good already here!
I was slightly younger than them when I started playing their songs in bands 12 years later.
Interestingly, it has likewise been that long since the video was uploaded here.
Their pre Dookie albums are still some of my favorite’s to listen to. Always reminds me of being a teenager.
List?
@@Generationrhino 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. Kerplunk!
Especially the first one! I rank the first three like 1-3-2
And in only 4 years they were playing Woodstock, fucking legendary
and getting mud thrown at them and getting booed off stage
@@LAFC. that was hardly because of the quality of the music, any band would have happened the same or worse
@@leob4403 but it didnt happen the same or worse to other bands just to green day.
@@LAFC. whats your point though? Green day were a very popular band in 1994 after dookie. Woodstock was completely random
@@leob4403 not sure what part of my comment you find confusing its very straightforward.
Little do this highschoolers know these beautiful men will be part of the best band alive
Best band alive lul not by a long shot
@@ThePainkiller9995 it’s a personal opinion of his. just do you bro
the drummer isn’t tré cool in this one :)
@@newt2784 yeah that’s his brother, Les Cool
@@brianfergus839awesome shit.😂
So pure!
These kids need to keep up with this, they could go somewhere in the future.
Yeah i saw them for a couple of quid on the kerplunk tour in southampton uk..awesome stuff.. years later ruling the world
Wow born to be a rockstar how cool to have this footage
1990 what a time to be alive and not this shit times
Covid is over, so we started killing at least 1,000 people/day worldwide. Things are not looking any better 3 yrs later!! Ahhhh...... Humanity!!
And I wasn’t even alive back then.
Wow! They are sooooo good!!! This is truly a treasure! Thanks for sharing!❤
I used to pay 5 dollars to see them play at my local skatepark in Machesney Pk Illinois and still own there 1st 2 CDs i bought from them for 10 bucks a piece!
I wonder what they`d say if they saw this today.... do they remember this??
I say definitely
Yeah some footage of it was put into a mini documentary they made
More of this set, please! This is amazing. 🤘🥃
There are a few playlists floating around if you search
@@xorphana awesome thanks! Time to search. 🤘🥃
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Never seen a Ride Cymbal positioned like that!
Because John was Left-handed .
please take me back to the 90s….
Even for a WEEK!! It would be the best week EVER!!
não tem melhor época que essa.
that guy dancing is awesome
If they're willing to put in the work, I see a bright future for these boys.
Yeah...they are "close"...
Generic comment.
Imagine just walking to school one day and then 4 years later seeing these guys who were probably thought of as "weird" being on the front cover of every major magazine and billboard of the 90s.
撮影してくれた人、ほんまありがとう
Can I go back there to that moment please
They were always great
it must've been such a trip seeing them play on 10 foot tall stages with huge crowds 4 years later
0:43 me when Green Day comes on the radio
Not here anyway, they only play one Green Day song, boulevard of broken dreams, people and radio are bloody obsessed with that song for some reason
Perfect sound
I wish I went to this high school
Is it just me or is this one of Billie’s best dressed performances? He looks so good in that outfit
Agreedddd 🫶
i was one year old when they played this lol this is gold
What a lovely world it was back then
"Tudo o que hoje é grande, um dia já foi pequeno" 🙂
Amazing 😊
Woooow young Mike Dirnt playing a Peavey Patriot with the mahogany wood body. I owned one of those exact basses. That’s wild to see.
this is so COOL🤩
This is a treasure I just love the kid in the Z Cavarichis (sp) patrolling the pit in his shades. Future California State Trooper!
2024 and the best band still being the best!
These guys are good! I hope they sell a few records one day.
Real
Great example of how you can be great and people will try to make you believe that you aren’t. Some people didnt even clap at the end. If you are an artist (which you are because you are a human being) let this video be a reminder yo never give up and relentlessly pursue what you were placed on this earth to pursue. All love 🫶🏾
I saw them play in Lake Elsinore CA at pool hall before they took off peace
Hearing that performance only get a couple of casual claps is WILD
Shit like this depresses me. The school kids in this video will be in their 50s today. And people haven't changed that much - you could totally imagine a kid in this video having a conversation with a kid today, and there being no awkwardness at all. But the kid from 1990 only exists in a video. It's kinda almost metaphysical - that people can exist in two different states, at two different times. A digital state and a real state
Its cool to see John Kiffmeyer playing with them live. He didn't have too many shows before Tré took over
Amazing talent even then.
We love you, Coat Guy
Little did they know, they are going to have mud thrown at them during this song.
Pretty amazing
Did you guys see that girl at 1:00 in the red hair a shaking her head? Wonder what that was about!
It kinda just looks like shes bopping her head to the music but sideways
i have a friend who was there and he said that Billie Joe got on the mic and singled out a girl in the quad who was wasnt paying attention and he told her to " start paying attention or get the fuck out of the quad!" making pig noises at her. He ended up apologizing because he didnt know she was deaf.
The full video is online.
This never happened
The first performance tells it all. Legends
"Thanks"
It’s crazy that they went to my high school
Story of my life.
😢
Whoa, cool.
A golden era
They had no clue they were getting such a great show
Good times
My Dad said back then you would see alot of people with huge cameras walking around. They were THAT big back then
Absolutely insane this was 33 years ago.
Yeahh
That bass is hella clean!
Wow.
Wow! These kids are really good! They might make it big someday and become famous even
had me dead when he said "thanks" at the end then someone said "youre welcome ☺"
@2:46 it was that moment the drummer knew he was fired!! Tre' came in shortly after....
He was not fired
He is still mates with them and played years later as sweet children
He went to college and without him GD would never have gotten booked at gillman st.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Oakland, California; 17 de febrero de 1972) es un cantante, compositor, músico, productor discográfico, y actor estadounidense.
52 AÑOS
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This is awesome!
Ohhh ahhh haut.🎉
Dope
All white, it was nice back then. Really nice.
You sound scared bro