i record my stuff as well and billie's expression is so relatable here. Others are headbopping and air drumming to the music but he's just sitting there analysing every single sound and detail. Know that feeling all too well.
What I realize while watching this video is that Nimrod, sonically, is a fantastic sounding record. Very big and very full. All the guitars are right in the front. Billie's voice is mixed great and cuts great. Mike and Tre lay a beautiful rhythm section in the background and their fundamentals are locked in. Man. I do miss this Green Day cause they don't do anything for me and haven't for quite some time. But when they were on it...they were unmatched.
Songs featured: 00:18 ~ Last Ride In 17:05 ~ Platypus 22:07 ~ Hitchin' a Ride 25:31 "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" - Tré Cool 1997 28:53 ~ Scattered 36:50 ~ King for a Day 42:12 ~ Good Riddance (31:43) Billie: scattered is about my wife, 80 Mike: And I wrote it 😏
The first time when I heard "when I come around", it was around the time nimrod dropped. I was in a Sam's Goody one day and I remember you could hear an album in its entirety when they were new releases. I was going through the whole album trying to find that song, instead I got hooked to every song from beginning to end. I didn't know that the song was older. Anyways nimrod was my first album I ever bought and it's still one of the best albums of all time to me.
Man that look Billie has when they play the tracks, like he's super uncomfortable sharing them with someone outside the band for the first time. Good to know I'm not alone :P
@@hippiecheezburger5457 I think you misunderstood what they were saying. They weren't saying they think Nimrod is bad, they were saying they can understand why Billie would be nervous about showing it off for the first time, and that they took feel like that when they show people their work for the first time.
I remember getting Nimrod and a brand new big cd player with big speakers for Xmas that year. I set Nimrod to play at full blast on my morning alarm and almost gave my parents heart attacks...and myself too. Epic.
Nimrod was my entrance to Green Day. My classmate showed me some songs from Nimrod recorded on his Sony Minidisc Walkman in 1997. After that I recognized my brother owned the Basked Case Single on CD. Later I discovered Dookie and I was in love with this Band.
Purchased on release day as a 17 year old here in the UK. Played it that much it ended up jammed in my mum’s car CD player. Bought it again. It’s still my favourite album of all time and has inspired me as a musician, songwriter and producer more than any other record. Just awesome.
god bless you for saving this. just ran across the o.g. on here last week and now it's gone! i think i'm going to have to download this for safekeeping haha. such an important green day vid, especially for all us fans of the tremendous 'nimrod' era!
Wdym? I don't see them doing anything "shy" there, looks normal to me. Edit: Oh right, because they got a shot of the soundboard looking away from them, yeah I get it :P
Nimrod was my first Green Day record, after searching every store in my area for Dookie; I just grabbed it. Nice Guys Finish Last smashed me right in the face, became my anthem
its a very vulnerable thing to share your music in general, let alone when its incomplete. anxiety and insecurity is real even at the top. plus punk/pop punk isnt known for its amazing instrumentals hahaha its usually the energy and the vocals that carry it.
This was so cool thank you. Green Day has been my favorite band for the last 20 years, discovering them in 3rd grade when I stole my brothers Dookie CD from his room. I've seen just about everything there is to see on these guys but I've never seen this. What an awesome glimpse into where they were at mentally when they made this incredible album.
Mega Thanks For Uploading this , This Albums has added a lot energy into my life. I went to the Studio where this Album was recorded just because the Album Nimrod was Recorded there. Conway Recording Sudios 5100 Melrose Ave, L.A | Hollywood, CA 90038, I had a photo of me taken standing outside of this Studio just because of this Album. I should have done the same At Fantasy Recording Studio where Dookie was Recorded . Recording Studios are sacrated historical places where bands give birth to their Albums They all carry their own birth certificates containing details such as which surgeon and the nurses were involved to deliver the Recording of the album, taking care of all the details. . . Rob Cavallo , job well done !
My favorite Green day album and Last Ride In is one of the reasons why it’s a completely different genre but still fits and feels like a Green Day song
I don't think they completely changed their sound, they are ambitious, but it's never not Green day, I mean you know it is when you hear it (and FOAMF does not count because they just wanted to release something to end the contract with reprise, but even in it you have songs like sugar youth)
This year’s the 25th anniversary of Nimrod. Here’s hoping that they release this version of Last Ride In and all of the many other unreleased tracks from the sessions.
John Norris is giving me “A&R guy visits the studio” vibes. I know he’s an MTV veejay, just saying it’s similar… they show up, bob their head for an hour and then go “cool guys, keep up the great work!” - the whole transaction is somewhat soulsucking. God bless all parties involved, and John certainly did a great job interviewing the band here, it’s just that the whole “studio visit” thing is a formula for awkward.
Should he have told them it was garbage? Should he have given them last minute advice so they could fix their album? What exactly is he supposed to do other than his job: Listen and ask questions? I'm also not sure why it's soulsucking for someone else to listen to something they invested months of hard work into. Were they not intending to release this album? Was it a private recording just for the band? All these people are simply at work in this video. It's about as awkward as making a deposit at the bank.
@@UncleRots Dude, what? I said John Norris did a great job, I'm saying the idea of ONE PERSON showing up and validating (or invalidating) what you just spent months pouring your heart and soul into is a TOUGH situation. That's all, buddy! Long live Green Day!
Billie Joe Armstrong (Oakland, California; 17 de febrero de 1972) es un cantante, compositor, músico, productor discográfico, y actor estadounidense. 52 AÑOS.
Michael Ryan Pritchard (Berkeley, California; 04 de mayo de 1972), más conocido como Mike Dirnt, es un músico estadounidense, reconocido por ser el bajista de la banda de punk rock Green Day. Su nombre artístico era originalmente un apodo de sus amigos en la escuela primaria, ya que era el sonido que producía al tocar el bajo; un «dirnt, dirnt, dirnt» mientras tocaba las cuerdas. 51 AÑOS. (52)
I love watching Green Day stuff while drinking some vodka and smoking some cigarettes after having a stressful day..... I've been having a lot of stressful days for the past 6 years
Interesting you can see some song titles on the wall behind Tre at 20:31 that never made the album: "Alfred E Normal", "19th Nervous", "Allison", "Slow", "Ugly Day ", "You Irritate Me", "Idiot", "Tony the Tiger", and of course "DUI" which we already know about.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Oakland, California; 17 de febrero de 1972) es un cantante, compositor, músico, productor discográfico, y actor estadounidense. Armstrong ha sido el vocalista principal, compositor principal y guitarrista principal de la banda de punk rock Green Day, co-fundada junto a Mike Dirnt. También es guitarrista y vocalista de la banda de punk rock Pinhead Gunpowder, y ha proporcionado la voz principal para los proyectos paralelos de Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot y The Coverups.
Nimrod es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de punk Green Day, publicado el 14 de octubre de 1997 a través del sello discográfico Reprise Records. El grupo empezó a trabajar en el álbum a raíz de la cancelación de una gira europea después del lanzamiento de Insomniac. Grabado en Conway Studios en Los Ángeles, el álbum fue escrito con la intención de crear canciones sólidas en lugar de un álbum coherente. Como resultado, Nimrod se caracteriza por su experimentación y diversidad musical, además contiene elementos de música folk, surf rock, y ska. Los temas líricos discutidos en el álbum incluyen la madurez, la reflexión personal y la paternidad.
Frank Edwin Wright III (Fráncfort, Alemania, 09 de diciembre de 1972) más conocido como Tré Cool, es el baterista de Green Day.[2] Reemplazó al baterista inicial Al Sobrante. También toca la guitarra y el acordeón en "Minority". 51 AÑOS. (52)
Nimrod is a good album, you could compare to the clash or like London calling, it has the basis of punk rock but just explores many different styles, it’s what makes the record pretty good
5:32 I like that Mike makes sure Tré isn't trying to set the studio equipment on fire.
i record my stuff as well and billie's expression is so relatable here. Others are headbopping and air drumming to the music but he's just sitting there analysing every single sound and detail. Know that feeling all too well.
literally fuckin thought the same thing
Yep. Know the same feeling.
If Green Day had a phone number that you could call "Last Ride In" would be the music that was played while you were on hold.
It should be in the Sims games tbh
This is hilarious
@@ras6794 literally thought this just before I read your comment. I feel like I'm building a house
Touché
Yeah
Being a Green Day fan for 20 years, finding this is great. What a gem
What I realize while watching this video is that Nimrod, sonically, is a fantastic sounding record. Very big and very full. All the guitars are right in the front. Billie's voice is mixed great and cuts great. Mike and Tre lay a beautiful rhythm section in the background and their fundamentals are locked in.
Man. I do miss this Green Day cause they don't do anything for me and haven't for quite some time. But when they were on it...they were unmatched.
This was a great sounding album. It was recorded and mixed so well.
Fully agreed.
Unmatched?? Lmao plz they never were the best and never will be
@@bmark7951 I don’t think anyone said they were the best.
Lol this is probably exactly what people said when this record came out and they were comparing it to kerplunk/dookie
Songs featured:
00:18 ~ Last Ride In
17:05 ~ Platypus
22:07 ~ Hitchin' a Ride
25:31 "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING" - Tré Cool 1997
28:53 ~ Scattered
36:50 ~ King for a Day
42:12 ~ Good Riddance
(31:43)
Billie: scattered is about my wife, 80
Mike: And I wrote it 😏
Rare footage of the days prior to Chris Lord Alge discovering black t-shirts.
😂
This is quite possibly the most personal feeling green day video.
Listening back at your recordings for the first time can be excruciating. I know Billie’s feels here
When Malcolm, Reese and Dewey decided to make an punk rock album 😂😂😂
🤘🎸
Oh...my...lord...thats exactly who they looked like in this 90's era
REALLLLLL 😭😭😭
This is filmed in the most 90s way ever. Lots of whip pans and fast zooms, shaky camera, John Norris everywhere lol
@@JGK-mt7io LOL yes!!
Nothing screams 90’s like John Norris.
@@kilo-watt nothing screams John Norris like the 90s
I think they all just realize how great this album was gonna be
The first time when I heard "when I come around", it was around the time nimrod dropped. I was in a Sam's Goody one day and I remember you could hear an album in its entirety when they were new releases. I was going through the whole album trying to find that song, instead I got hooked to every song from beginning to end. I didn't know that the song was older. Anyways nimrod was my first album I ever bought and it's still one of the best albums of all time to me.
Bass flute solo on “Last Ride in”?
Wild, man.
They should have kept it.
SOOO many more layers of instruments in these versions! the ones released have like half the amount lmao
12:33 That made that moment so much better
Also I would not have known Last Ride In was so intricate without this video
Tre is always on to something 😂
Man that look Billie has when they play the tracks, like he's super uncomfortable sharing them with someone outside the band for the first time. Good to know I'm not alone :P
I understand but nimrod is a good album, lots of different kinds of songs it was a step up from 1995 insomniac
@@hippiecheezburger5457 I think you misunderstood what they were saying. They weren't saying they think Nimrod is bad, they were saying they can understand why Billie would be nervous about showing it off for the first time, and that they took feel like that when they show people their work for the first time.
It will never be as good as Dookie.
I think he was jst meticulously listening more than anything
@@JimmyKushShreds yeah I think this is the case too, gotta make sure it’s exactly the way you want it in the final stages
44:56 is one of the main reasons they are so fucking good
yup!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember getting Nimrod and a brand new big cd player with big speakers for Xmas that year. I set Nimrod to play at full blast on my morning alarm and almost gave my parents heart attacks...and myself too. Epic.
JN In response to Good Riddance: “are the kids gonna get it?”
BJ: “you know what? I really don’t give a sh!#, I get it.”
Nimrod was my entrance to Green Day.
My classmate showed me some songs from Nimrod recorded on his Sony Minidisc Walkman in 1997.
After that I recognized my brother owned the Basked Case Single on CD.
Later I discovered Dookie and I was in love with this Band.
Purchased on release day as a 17 year old here in the UK. Played it that much it ended up jammed in my mum’s car CD player. Bought it again. It’s still my favourite album of all time and has inspired me as a musician, songwriter and producer more than any other record.
Just awesome.
god bless you for saving this. just ran across the o.g. on here last week and now it's gone! i think i'm going to have to download this for safekeeping haha. such an important green day vid, especially for all us fans of the tremendous 'nimrod' era!
I think the same guy who uploaded this also uploaded the uncut Jaded in Chicago performance, and luckily that one was also saved.
Can you share
@@chileanexperiment look up 'Green Day Jaded in Chicago uncut'
31:42
Billie: "its a song about my wife"
Mike: "and I wrote it"
That caught me off-guard lmao
LOL THE WAY TRÈ WAS LIGHTING UP THE CIGARETTE FOR THE PARROT HAHAHAHAHAHAHA 5:35
Billie: This song is about my wife, Adrienne
Mike: And I wrote it
😂😂😂
It’s the bowling shirts that do it for me.
Hitchin a ride sounds amazing even through the camera mic.
18:43 the camera man acts like a shy school girl my God lmfao
Wdym? I don't see them doing anything "shy" there, looks normal to me.
Edit: Oh right, because they got a shot of the soundboard looking away from them, yeah I get it :P
That's called reading way too much into things. Jesus Christ lol
Nimrod was my first Green Day record, after searching every store in my area for Dookie; I just grabbed it. Nice Guys Finish Last smashed me right in the face, became my anthem
its a very vulnerable thing to share your music in general, let alone when its incomplete. anxiety and insecurity is real even at the top. plus punk/pop punk isnt known for its amazing instrumentals hahaha its usually the energy and the vocals that carry it.
Lol Tre is hilarious and thank you this is the first Green Day album my dad got me
Why would your dad buy you a rebellious vulgar rock and roll album?
@@tylurmackinnon6217 because my dad is awesome. Do you have daddy issues or something?
LMAO "I PLAYED THE OCEAN" LOL
The strings in Last Ride In is so beautiful and the instrumental. Especially the strings wow!!!.
wonder if he knew he would be playing good riddance at the end of every show for the rest of his life lol
wild that last ride in had even more layering xx really cool to hear a pre release version
thanks for uploading. prime Green Day!
Thank you for posting this. First CD I ever bought, and a huge influence on me as a musician. Such an eclectic album.
CLA's shirt is painfully 90's
*awesomely 90’s
The interviewer was excellent. It’s great to see this footage. Thank you for uploading 🙏
This was so cool thank you. Green Day has been my favorite band for the last 20 years, discovering them in 3rd grade when I stole my brothers Dookie CD from his room. I've seen just about everything there is to see on these guys but I've never seen this. What an awesome glimpse into where they were at mentally when they made this incredible album.
Mega Thanks For Uploading this , This Albums has added a lot energy into my life. I went to the Studio where this Album was recorded just because the Album Nimrod was Recorded there.
Conway Recording Sudios 5100 Melrose Ave, L.A | Hollywood, CA 90038, I had a photo of me taken standing outside of this Studio just because of this Album. I should have done the same At Fantasy Recording Studio where Dookie was Recorded .
Recording Studios are sacrated historical places where bands give birth to their Albums They all carry their own birth certificates containing details such as which surgeon and the nurses were involved to deliver the Recording of the album, taking care of all the details. . . Rob Cavallo , job well done !
I love how Tre is playing the rhythm of the drums with the cigarette in his mouth.
Anyone else noticed Tré mimicing the drum pattern with his cigarette at @2:35? Great stuff! :D
FRICKIN AWESOME THANKS!!!! ❤❤❤XXXXXXXX
Tre always got to be playing with fire!! 🔥 😂
It’s so cool that Last ride in Demo version originally had mariachi’s originally included in the Trumpet solo section of it
Iconic and Legendary Band of the 90s
I love Billie’s answers to the Good Riddance questions. It wasn’t a simple “fuck them, this is my music.” At the same time, it also was one.
Their best album!!! Back when Green Day were still great!!! 1997 was an excellent year!!!
This is such a rare and great Green Day upload
12:34 tre swearing is so cute
Tres energy is unmatched lmao
thanks for the upload ... i love shit like this even if i dont even kow the band
Dang this was a cool interview and long too was great I never knew this existed
Tre got that serious ADD lol
The mix in the record was great, shame they couldn’t get it anywhere close for this doc 👀
My favorite Green day album and Last Ride In is one of the reasons why it’s a completely different genre but still fits and feels like a Green Day song
The interviewer is John Norris from MTV, the engineer is Tom Lord Alge and the dude with the glasses is the producer Rob Cavallo.
Engineer is Chris Lord Alge, Tom’s older brother. Rob starts the video off by asking Chris and Billie what the song is about.
Or I mean the interviewer, the dude in the white shirt, asks them.
@@bryantwilson6580 this is very confusing can you please reiterate what the heck you're talking about?!
@@dogpetdog the engineer isn’t Tom. It’s Chris.
Chris "The Sound of Hits" Lorde Alge. What a guy.
Masterpiece
26:13 “I’ve always hated bands that completely change”
Well that’s ironic
(No hate btw they are still pretty good)
Not anymore they're not.
I don't think they completely changed their sound, they are ambitious, but it's never not Green day, I mean you know it is when you hear it (and FOAMF does not count because they just wanted to release something to end the contract with reprise, but even in it you have songs like sugar youth)
speaking of bands that always changed- *red hot chili peppers*
I miss these guys
The fucking CLA DAMMIT, awesome job as always
The best album!
My favourite Green Day album is Nimrod.
This year’s the 25th anniversary of Nimrod. Here’s hoping that they release this version of Last Ride In and all of the many other unreleased tracks from the sessions.
They reissues it last year so I doubt they'll do it again this year.
You might be in luck. . .
2:27 Tre trying to beat the drum part with his cigarette.....lol that man is a treasure :D
John Norris is giving me “A&R guy visits the studio” vibes. I know he’s an MTV veejay, just saying it’s similar… they show up, bob their head for an hour and then go “cool guys, keep up the great work!” - the whole transaction is somewhat soulsucking. God bless all parties involved, and John certainly did a great job interviewing the band here, it’s just that the whole “studio visit” thing is a formula for awkward.
Should he have told them it was garbage? Should he have given them last minute advice so they could fix their album? What exactly is he supposed to do other than his job: Listen and ask questions? I'm also not sure why it's soulsucking for someone else to listen to something they invested months of hard work into. Were they not intending to release this album? Was it a private recording just for the band? All these people are simply at work in this video. It's about as awkward as making a deposit at the bank.
He reminds me of that guy from waynes world haha
I disagree with everything you’re saying. Just wow, talk about reading things wrong. They’re doing their jobs.
@Tylur Mackinnon And that's.... OKAY!
@@UncleRots Dude, what? I said John Norris did a great job, I'm saying the idea of ONE PERSON showing up and validating (or invalidating) what you just spent months pouring your heart and soul into is a TOUGH situation. That's all, buddy! Long live Green Day!
Tre pencil-ing out King for a day was awesome.
Good thing it's mixed a little better than the audio at the beginning of the clip
31:42
we'll put out a live record when we're dead" LMAOOOOOOOO
Billie Joe Armstrong (Oakland, California; 17 de febrero de 1972) es un cantante, compositor, músico, productor discográfico, y actor estadounidense.
52 AÑOS.
Michael Ryan Pritchard (Berkeley, California; 04 de mayo de 1972), más conocido como Mike Dirnt, es un músico estadounidense, reconocido por ser el bajista de la banda de punk rock Green Day. Su nombre artístico era originalmente un apodo de sus amigos en la escuela primaria, ya que era el sonido que producía al tocar el bajo; un «dirnt, dirnt, dirnt» mientras tocaba las cuerdas.
51 AÑOS. (52)
CLA and RC working with this band - so good
Great album
We recorded an album at Hyde Street Studios back in July in the same room they did Insomniac!
🔥That mix engineers Dragon Mega Print tee tho🔥
I love watching Green Day stuff while drinking some vodka and smoking some cigarettes after having a stressful day..... I've been having a lot of stressful days for the past 6 years
тяжело…
Same
It’s actually nice to see they are a bunch of cute nerds at heart.
i imagine chris would have a field day if he saw what tre was doing in his studio lmao
15:27
It's definitely *orchestrical* instruments in there.
Yeah man, definitely.
He was close.
Crazy there just sitting there listening to time of your life not knowing it will be played at every graduation in the world
Interesting you can see some song titles on the wall behind Tre at 20:31 that never made the album: "Alfred E Normal", "19th Nervous", "Allison", "Slow", "Ugly Day ", "You Irritate Me", "Idiot", "Tony the Tiger", and of course "DUI" which we already know about.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Oakland, California; 17 de febrero de 1972) es un cantante, compositor, músico, productor discográfico, y actor estadounidense. Armstrong ha sido el vocalista principal, compositor principal y guitarrista principal de la banda de punk rock Green Day, co-fundada junto a Mike Dirnt. También es guitarrista y vocalista de la banda de punk rock Pinhead Gunpowder, y ha proporcionado la voz principal para los proyectos paralelos de Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Longshot y The Coverups.
Aww tre what a cutie pie
A young CLA!!!
hahaha
Man they took some stuff away from Last Ride In, that was awesome to hear a more full version.
Nimrod es el quinto álbum de estudio de la banda estadounidense de punk Green Day, publicado el 14 de octubre de 1997 a través del sello discográfico Reprise Records. El grupo empezó a trabajar en el álbum a raíz de la cancelación de una gira europea después del lanzamiento de Insomniac. Grabado en Conway Studios en Los Ángeles, el álbum fue escrito con la intención de crear canciones sólidas en lugar de un álbum coherente. Como resultado, Nimrod se caracteriza por su experimentación y diversidad musical, además contiene elementos de música folk, surf rock, y ska. Los temas líricos discutidos en el álbum incluyen la madurez, la reflexión personal y la paternidad.
Kurt loder....blast from the past
12:28 so cute
Frank Edwin Wright III (Fráncfort, Alemania, 09 de diciembre de 1972) más conocido como Tré Cool, es el baterista de Green Day.[2] Reemplazó al baterista inicial Al Sobrante. También toca la guitarra y el acordeón en "Minority".
51 AÑOS. (52)
im glad this video is back on youtube, again, why is Billie so unhappy ? Nimrod is amazing!
Nimrod is a good album, you could compare to the clash or like London calling, it has the basis of punk rock but just explores many different styles, it’s what makes the record pretty good
@@hippiecheezburger5457 I never heard London calling but im sure its good, although nothing pleases me more than GD :)
I don't think he's unhappy, I think he's just wildly uncomfortable sitting around showing his record like this
@@johnzackarias11 Yes although Tré clearly doesnt mind at all here xD
Whoa, did you guys hear that saxophone on Last Ride In? I have to think that they thought it sounded too cheesy so they took it out
Yeah the sax didn't sound great. Song was longer, too. Extra drum fills I've never heard before.
Surf music is better with sax!
lol at 4:10 Billie Joe says "the fuck is that?"
@@mackenziek8383 What is he sayin it to?
@@summerofsteroids I think he’s saying it in reference to the woodwind (flute?) sound you can hear start at 4:06 or so
37:00 he said this song is about singing about drag and I got so hyped
It has an early-Sixties easy listening feel.
The Ventures
holy hell ive never seen this cool shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
People don't have that look in their eyes anymore...
pre 2000 green day was elite