Flashback Friday - Lesser Known Green Day

Since they've got a new album out, I thought I'd flash back by looking at some "lesser" known songs from one of my favorite bands. In fact, I've seen this band live more than any other. So I thought I'd add to the end of the week fun by posting live video footage.

I've long been a Green Day fan. I'm one of those music snobs who can say that I actually liked the band before their break-out album, Dookie. So here's a little Green Day live action from their second album, Kerplunk...



While "Longview" and "Basket Case" were the big hits off Dookie, they weren't my personal favorites. I did like "When I Come Around", but that was fairly popular so I thought I'd dig a little deeper and see what else I could come up with today. After all, since I'm the one writing the blog, I should get to showcase my favorites, right? So, her you go...



And last, but no least, from 1995's Insomniac... (this one was hard, I wanted to post "Westbound Sign" which is my absolute favorite, but couldn't find anything suitable)here's "86".



And here's a fun extra...

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong took part in a little side-project called Pinhead Gunpowder. Here they are covering Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi". Click the link below to enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJizkfAjR0