Parading around the stage in a crown, Billy Joe captivates the crow, cat calling yet again with a thunderous response. Included is a trumpeter and a saxophonist, introduced with the rest of the band prior to the song. King For a Day/ Shout is one of Billy’s concert favorites, and for good reason. The energy in Basket Case in phenomenal, with moshing everywhere you look. Basket Case is practically sung half by the crowd, but oh well. At the end, giant flames shoot up from the stage, showing off the great production skills. Brain Stew is heavily built up to, and it doesn’t disappoint. The Nimrod classic and my personal favorite, Hitchin’ a Ride explodes with typical Green Day energy, with another crowd cat call. A lot of cat calling to the crowd goes on in this song, but it doesn’t seem too over the top. The amazing bass line never ceases to amaze me with this song, and it has never let me down. Next is a quartet of some of their most popular songs, starting off with Longview. After a lingering pause at the end, Billy Joe screams “AND DON’T YOU F***ING WEAR IT OUT” at the top of his lungs. The truest song that calls back to their Oakland, CA punk roots, St. Jimmy follows, with Billy Joe singing his heart out while going crazy on stage. Are We the Waiting is my least favorite American Idiot track, and there is nothing significant about it during the concert. To start off Holiday, Billy Joe screams “THIS SONG IS NOT ANTI-AMERICAN, IT IS ANTI-WAR!!!!” Mikes bass skills really shine through in Holiday, especially during the bass interlude section, when Billy Joe commands full attention screaming “LIGHTS OUT!” while spotlighting the crowd. Jesus of Suburbia is complete with Billy Joe’s usually live passion, topped off with a crazy pyrotechnics display at the end of the song. The first section of the DVD is 5 songs off American Idiot – The Title track kicks off the concert with an amazing BANG! of smoke effects to really get the crowd going. If you had the luxury to catch them on tour this year, the DVD will stack up with that experience and then some. Also unlike other bands, Green Day actually sounds as good if not better in concert. Any band can put together a concert DVD, but Bullet in a Bible goes above and beyond showing candid interviews in documentary form in between the live set. 65,000 rabid Green Day fans fit into the vast field at the National Bowl for a once in a lifetime concert. Recorded in Milton Keynes, England at the National Bowl during Green Day’s 2005 tour, Bullet in a Bible packs as much punk rock as the flimsy disk can hold. Along with amazing fills and rolls, he makes drumming not just an instrument, but a way of life. You may come across one in a generation with as much style as Tre Cool. Tre Cool: Drums, Vocals: what a great drummer, and by far the drummer with the most style. Hands moving at the speed of light to produce bass sounds only he can produce. Mike Dirnt: Bass, Vocals: “THE BEST PUNK ROCK BASSIST IN THE WORLD” says Billy Joe on the DVD, and it’s hard to disagree. Deep, emotional lyrics combine with his take no prisioners style to produce one kick ass live show Green Day’s first DVD, Bullet in a Bible, takes you on a thrill ride through the eyes of the Jesus of Suburbia straight to the mosh pits of Minority.īilly Joe Armstrong: Guitar, Lead Vocals: Genius songwriter, amazing guitarist, and master of the live show. In the world of concert DVD’s, few match up to the real thing.
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