i alluded earlier to the fact that i've once spent a bit of time with GREEN DAY.........so i thought it might be cool to relate the whole story........and that's what imma do now......
time machine back to 1989.........i played in a sorta punk rock band called NEATO TORPEDO............we were forever playing all ages clubs.............there was one called THE WHITE HOUSE right across the street from our rehearsal space.........and as a matter of convenience, we ended up pretty much being the house band there........
GREEN DAY came through one weekend.........this was before they got the major label deal, so they weren't all that well known, but they were good as shit even back then.......so my band got to open the show for GREEN DAY...........it was really cool......they said later that we were the best band they'd shared the stage with the entire tour..............
after the show, we got to hang out for several hours.........the owner of the club had been raiding a nearby warehouse which housed prizes for the annual fair here.......and as a result, he just happened to have a huge box of wiffle balls in the green room..........so NEATO TORPEDO had a wiffle ball war with GREEN DAY(bet none of you can say that.........nan nanny boo boo)......my bass player Brian was on my team as well as Mike Dirnt from GD...........Brian ended up getting off a lucky shot on Billy Joe Armstrong resulting in one Hellacious nose bleed...........it was great great punk rock fun..........
it would be really neat to talk to Billy Joe about that sometime........i'm quite should he will never forget that particular show as long as he lives........
i remember seeing GREEN DAY-BEHIND THE MUSIC on VH-1 several years later........the flier we had put out for the show(it has a cobra on it) was shown in the beginning of the show..........perhaps the closest i'll ever get to being famous........
but seriously, that's pretty cool,right?.........
Rock it like you're trying to commit murder........
Stak
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