Green Day

I have been a fan of Green Day ever since I discovered punk rock music in 1997. Nimrod was the first punk rock album I've ever bought. I felt free after listening to that album. I've discovered something that changed my life forever. The anger, love, lust and forgiving story are all combined into that one powerful CD.

Then I went on to dig their old stuff such as 39/Smooth, Kerplunk, Dookie and Insomniac. It was the times that I was rebellious. It was the reason that I wanted to learn to play the guitar. To be as cool as Bllie and have a great band mates like Mike and Tre. I was the only guy that listen to their songs extensively while others were listening to Korn and Limp Bizkit (though I was listening to them too) but I was the only one that knows all the lyrics to all of Green Day songs. Their first two albums spoke to me as if telling me, "Hey man, don't worry everything is gonna be fine. You're not the only one in the world that is going through this." It was the times of my high school lovely dovey days about girls and stuff. Some songs still connects to me even until now.

I was in a band and we would play When I Come Around lots of times in the studio. They were the reason we made a band at the first place. I would watch many of their concerts through youtube and buy bootleg CDs and cassettes to hear them live and feel the energy. I would strap on my Strat guitar in my room put on the head phones play Basket Case and rock my socks out jamming to their tunes and imagining I was jamming with them in front of tens of thousands of screaming crowd.

Tonight was a blast, a dream come true. for more than 12 to 13 years of my life listening to their songs I finally got a chance to see them live. It was exhausting, exciting, entertaining, emotional, sentimental, powerful and enlightening experience for me. It's like I feel as if my life has been fulfilled. I have been to dozens of concerts and gigs for more than 14 years of my life and this is by far the best of them all. They were strong, funny and mind blowing. May be it's just me. But hell, I saw the crown at my back, everyone was getting their ass up and rocking their socks off as well.

I want to thank you Green Day for giving me The Best Time of my music life. There's nothing that could ever change that. I will still listen to your songs even when I turn grey and wrinkled and pass along your songs to the next generation. Again thank you for this and for making the music that has been there for me. Thank You.