16 live at Pinole Valley High School

[kianakprkpb]

OMG! Thats funny how Mike does that little dance with his bass. i love it. 0:58- 1:00

[qreendayfreaak]

OMG look at Mike rocking out !

[NHLuongo]

SO EPIC !

[skakky]

sometimes i wish i could kiss tre cools legs

[BeatlesLvr11]

@skakky thats not tre cool.

[evillemonkey]

is that tre or was this before tre

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

@evillemonkey before

[msUsmarine]

@evillemonkey He's called All Sobrante guys !!!

[drpkick82]

Hard to believe that these are the same kids that helped shape popular music in to what it is today.

[gohanstrokes]

exactly what brand of guitar has ..?

[xxKYLExGxx]

@gohanstrokes fernandes stratocaster copy

[gohanstrokes]

amplifcador that mark is?

[musicjunkie1985]

wow billie is SO HOT here. probly cause he's my age in this vid. haha. "take a piece of salmon, and ram it up my ass!" lmfao

[GDscissorhandedgurl]

Look at Mike man!

[Element4078]

billie holds his gutiar so much lower now

[gohanstrokes]

@Element4078 exactly what brand of guitar has ..?

[Element4078]

@gohanstrokes fender standerd stratacaster light blue color and awsome stickers

[cheezydoodlez]

never heard this song befor but i like the bass line a lot

[gohanstrokes]

@cheezydoodlez amplifier that is exactly mark...?

[ZKShorts]

The ORIGINAL Blue!

[VivaLaSteven101]

kickass

[gohanstrokes]

@VivaLaSteven101 exactly what brand of guitar has ..?

[Druffmaul]

...and now I see I was not the first to point that out. =P

[Druffmaul]

I don't think they were still called Sweet Children when this was shot. But whatever.

[gohanstrokes]

^

^

^

hey

amplifcador that mark is?

[GreenDayInsane]

Love the way Mike bops his head haha =P

[matthewnobby]

omg is that green days old drummer... lol

[MissGreenDay7]

Billie's arms look naked without tattos.

[Shaman993]

was this wen they wernt big?

[pankakeman800]

why dont these guys have a guitar hero they need one

[NaddiiSpud]

they have a rock band :]

[anytkad]

punk is dead to anyone who didn't get it to began with

[blockit1414]

These guys are pretty good, they are going to be big some day. Just kidding... green day stones(better than rocks)!

[timbosite]

i read that and was just like wow idiot... till i read the end

[niekolas]

billie already knows how to put on a show and then think about the fact mike ordered him to sing cause billie only wanted to be a guitar player

[Haushinka98]

Ha Billie "Take a piece of save it and ram it up my ass"

[93Raxxe93]

He sounds like Adam Sandler when he says that. :D

[tbwannab]

i think its salmon

[grand1011]

its a piece of salmon

[echelontimy]

woow! billie... uhh... very funny and cute with blond hair! :P

[babykitty15]

OMG Billie is soooo hot here!!! hottest man alive baby

[DuckyGoosy]

And "Don't leave me" too XP

[niekolas]

16 and paper lanterns almost have the same intro and welcome to paradise and sweet children also look a like in the beginning

[TeMpLeOwLs9]

green day was cool

i was a fan in elementary school but i didnt like american idiot

so i lost interest

but now i just listen to the older songs, these guys had a killer set though in 2005

mike dirnt threw me his pick and i will always save it lol

[usrmancare]

how did you get this video..?

i love that bass line almost more than longview

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

I don't remember how or where, it was loooong ago... sorry

[usrmancare]

...:(

[skatertumen]

mike gave fun by his head))

[Dubman4]

i honestly prefer all the albums befor american idiot

[ent66]

I bet that all the people walking by are regretting it now!

[deadpunkrock]

they climb up the ladder to get there. they started out as nothing. soon as they become something.

[weirdalfreakmm]

lol me too

[jinxfink]

excuse me but...

to the people discussing the political aspects of american idiot, you do realize that the album itself is not a political statement, eh?

because it isn't. taken as a single, the song may very well be, but as part of a concept album, it is not.

[greendayandramones]

what riff is billie playing at 00:36?

[uugenslagen]

in the still of the night!

[thisisAB]

haha John is still here :)

[vanzvc]

hahah mike is hilarious, i love how he bangs his head around and his hair goes everywhere

[thisisAB]

yeah that's totally cool :D

[jeffey217]

i like mikes old peavey

[punkermuffins]

wasn't this his skool?

[thisisAB]

yea

[ronniechoke]

They weren't sweet children then. They were Green Day.

[DoomedMediators]

ahah that realy *awesomre

[Oblivion0606]

what's the name of this song? is really good

[Linne74]

its called 16

[80greenday]

no mattter what anyone says, Green Day always has and always will kick fucking ass. Smoothed out slappy hours rocked, but so did American Idiot. all you wannabe fans do is bitch about "how sucky they are now." American Idiot draws awareness to the direction America is headed in, as well as being great music. Dookie Brought about the entire punk movement, as well as being greatmusic. both albums have done much good, so shut the fuck up! GREEN DAY KICKS ASS!!!!

[roastedlampost000]

So true!!! Maybe no-one's ever actually listened to american idiot or something...

[robotboy293]

green day created a "new" punk...and the best ever!!!...but the punk movement started in the 70s =\

[80greenday]

true. still, new punk is da best!

[ZackBlinkDay]

i completely agree.

[80greenday]

:) thank you!

[waaghman69]

then listen to some older Misfits album like Walk Among Us or the Ramones or some other old school punk, thats where Green Day got their influence so without them there'd be no "new-punk."

[80greenday]

i know. believe me, green days my favorite band, but it's not like i think they were the first punk band ever. they're my favorite kind of punk, and i love their entire history, from when they were just obnoxious teenagers with a bookmobile to now, but i know who they're influences are. :) are you a green day fan?

[waaghman69]

yea there one of my favorite bands, i was born in 1990 so i grew up listenin to 'em. and i normally dont randomly force my opinion about music like that so i apologize.

[80greenday]

no, it's cool, as long as you have good taste in music. i wasn't born soon enough to become a fan really early, and i only started liking them a few years ado, but i am very proud that my first CD was NOT AMERICAN IDIOT. it was dookie :) besides, like the loser i am, i've memorized their history as a band anyway

[niekolas]

they must make there own style not copy something and i think all there albums kick ass but I also prefer the older albums

[10truefreak01]

Amen brother

[thisisAB]

YEAH!!!

[IdleWind7130]

Did anyone else catch that whitesnake-still of the night in the beginning?

[12345635]

i think its funny how there are people walking around like it was nothing, i bet all the people that paid them no attention now are thinkin about how they went to one of the first green day concerts

[trimags]

dosen't matter

The Dookie record brought the whole Punk movement in the 90s

what has American Idiot done...

nothing

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

Actually American Idiot has brought a whole new punk movement, that is able to make a huge variety of people understanding the antibush politics through its melodies.

[trimags]

American Idiot antibush politics really are just random rants. The band Green Day doesn't really know much politically. If you want to listen to polictial stuff listen to the Sex Pistols or Pearl Jam. Those artist's know what they are writing about.

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

Thing is I like Green Day because of their music as a whole, I do not care if you don't like it or do like it, it's all a matter of taste.. And I'm not really into Sex Pistols, I'm just tired of them.

[sidekickjack]

The Sex Pistols?!! Dont make me laugh!! hahaha

Green Day are simply the best at what they do - write incredibly great music with thoughtful lyrics about all sorts of matters.

If you want some informed political punk rock - listen to The Clash. They made the punk movement meaningfull, instead of it just being a pathetic safety pin and a sneer...

[gibsonsg91921]

pearl jam are sellouts

[trimags]

I loled

[BrittSquit]

me too! lol

[Schmiiedy]

Yeah.. THAT'S green day... i'm missing THAT guys today..

Awesome video! =)

[BlackImperium]

Christ i thought this was the real 16. Not that ridiculous band that put out that dookie album and got all of the mall kids into "punk".

i mean really.. this is just bad.

i miss 1989....

[AlysonMichalkaandDan]

actually this is when they were GREEN DAY....they just changed their name...

[XxXLetterbombXxX]

i dont care what green day does. they are and will always be the best fucking band around. grow up and appreciate what they do. all of their material is great, INCLUDING american idiot. shut your mouth, asshole.

[BillieJoeLovernr1]

they sounds exactly like in the cd! they r so fucking gr8!

[nathia333]

thats great!!!!

i mean....

they at high school!!

they look so diferent

but the music sounds

just as great as in the albums

well...

not in american idiot...

that was kinda dissapointing

at least 4 me

[trimags]

ya after their dookie album they sucked

[greendayluv4eva]

yo wut the hell??? omg i ttly loved american idiot and dookie :(((( o well u guys just arent TRUE green day fans ....ha ha take that lolol na jk......not really......dont u evrrr diss green day!!!!

[trimags]

what are you 12 when you grow up you can start explaining music because I doubt you know absolutely ANYTHING about the music industry past and present and btw the Dookie record sold 14 million American Idiot sold about 4-5 Million hmmmm which is better by better I mean sold more records oh what its Dookie and also the songs in Dookie weren't about random "Political" rants that dont even make sense and yes im not a true greed day fan if i was i think i would kill myself

[trimags]

what are you 12 when you grow up you can start explaining music because I doubt you know absolutely ANYTHING about the music industry past and present and btw the Dookie record sold 14 million American Idiot sold about 4-5 Million hmmmm which is better by better I mean sold more records oh what its Dookie and also the songs in Dookie weren't about random "Political" rants that dont even make sense and yes im not a true greed day fan if i was i think i would kill myself

[waaghman69]

no way bro insomniac, shenanigans, nimrod, warning... all kick ass albums after Dookie. even American Idiot wasn't terrible

[Tinkerbellshomey]

Yep- the band went to school here.

[weirdalfreakmm]

congratulations suicidecommando this is my 102nd favriote on my count to 1000 favriotes

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

haha thanks :]

[POISONHOUR]

ur fuckin sick! if im thinkin you think this songs sucks?

[greenday3847]

did they go to that school?

[lazrpo1nt3r]

Yes they did.

[iwannabeahomosexual]

glorious

[Haushinka1000Hours]

It looks like they're playing in the middle of a school day, the school would let them play then?

[billiejoe99]

the first thing billie plays reminds me of panama

[trimags]

ya its harmonics that are in the song panama

[Tinkerbellshomey]

awsome! i love this song!

[NinakuChan]

I go to this high school xDD I feel special

[billiejoe99]

billie joe went to this school too

[tommykincaid]

this is fuckin sick

[Tider56]

why isn´t anyone at there school listening to them, haha :D

[shonfromkz]

What I like about GD is that their main aim is not money or fame, but just Music. GREEN DAY ROX!!!!!!!!!!!

[gibsonsg91921]

i like how he mumbles

[zomgitsdrea]

It's hard to comapre Al to Tre' because their styles are drumming,

but yeah.

Awesome song.

[ViDeOsRuLe23]

is this sweet children there old band

[LoveShiaGDSN]

No I think they were Green Day by then because they didn't record anything with the name Sweet Children. But that was Al Sobrante so it was before Kerplunk!

[tippy02]

What memories at Pinole Valley high school. I'm so glad I can Honestly say I was there Class of 1990! I don't remember the whole preformance, just some of it!

[scabby25]

was that drummer al sobrante?...

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

yeah, thats al sobrante :]

[scabby25]

kl...but i rekan its bestest with tre....he completes the trio better!...& his drums stand out more

[SUICIDEC0MMANDO]

yeah, well, tre is one of the greatest drummers in the world.. al sobrante's style is much more old school than tre's though

[scabby25]

i neva reli thrt bout it tht way......

[nirvanafreakman15]

I confess that i didn't know who green day was until american idiot came out. I did research on the band and found out that they were a band long before i was born. I got interested in there old stuff. now i own 1039, kerplunk, dookie, international superhits, american idiot, and bullet in a bible. I like ther old stuff better because i'm 15 and i can relate better to the old stuff.

[HayatoFernandes]

DUDE i'm exactly same as u !!!!! only i'm 17 . haha and i like the 1039 era the best it's so green day

[stupido92]

HEY ME TOO!!!!!

[FergusonFan]

love that song ^^

Mike is so Funny bouncing all over the place like he does

[redxder]

Oh :D

Dindn't know that...

[GreendaySaintJimmy]

MAN I FUCKING MISS THESE DAYS!!! WHEN YOU JUST PLAYED SHOWS FOR FUN AND NOT THINKING ABOUT FAME!! damn. they wrote the best fucking albums before they got HUGE. green day is the BEST FUCKING BAND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LoveShiaGDSN]

they don't write albums just for fame. Never have never will. They write what they want to write and it would only be natural that their music grew and changed as they did. Its been 15 freaking years since Kerplunk! came out. If they did write their music just for money it would still sound the same as Dookie.

[trimags]

which is good

because after dookie they started to suck

so i would not mind all there songs sounding like the ones on kookie

[trimags]

what are you 12 when you grow up you can start explaining music because I doubt you know absolutely ANYTHING about the music industry past and present and btw the Dookie record sold 14 million American Idiot sold about 4-5 Million hmmmm which is better by better I mean sold more records oh what its Dookie and also the songs in Dookie weren't about random "Political" rants that dont even make sense and yes im not a true greed day fan if i was i think i would kill myself

[adiamondhole]

when dookie was sold there wasn't such huge internet download network...

[sublimeyoung]

haha this school is right down my street

[ShortSweetAndSimple]

this is amazing, i love them! why cant they go back to this. bj's voice is so great!

[seobjxever]

juzt it'z! awesome !

[jailbird924]

this is great...the billie joe's voice when he was eighteen is wonderfoul...crazy teenagers

[stephaniecrazykid]

Billie's vocals are so good in this entire show

[stephaniecrazykid]

where do people get the good quality version of the Pinole show? there's a version like this where it's really good and crisp, and then there's a version that looks like someone filmed their computer screen while it was playing, which is the full version on Green Day Authority. I wish I could find a full version of the good quality one.

[redxder]

This was after they (billie and mike) quit school, right?

They didn't play there during highschool?

[18nimrod]

redxder, Mike graduated from high school. And he also went to two years of community college.

[joshuabradleyhunt]

yes this was during highschool.

[5thAmericanIdiot]

Awesome live vid! This vids a classic!

[Moebelpolitur]

i´m glad that someone filmed it !!!

[Duffy01]

Oh why can't you just talk about something else for one day?

Oh why oh why, why, why do I care

And why do I dare

All you do is make me mad

But when you're sad I'm not so glad

Why is this I'll never know?

Why won't you please just go?

[JEUBEDA]

2006 graduate from that High school.

[jayz112590]

So does it mean that they went to this school? Omigod that's unbelievable...I graduated to this school and there are a lot of people who goes here got talent like Angel (2007), Jurasikh (Justin, and Rasikh 2006) and Armont (2006)... What the hell? Pinole Valley High School is located between San Pablo and Hercules...

For more info, Richmond -> San Pablo -> Pinole -> Hercules -> Vallejo...

[JohnHinckley]

Billy and Mike went to Pinole High (Actually Mike started at Salesian High in Richmond, then transferred). John Kiffmeyer (Al Sobrante) went to De Anza High in El Sobrante (a mile or two away). Not sure where Tre went, but it was probably up north in Willits, where he was from.

[StarObssesion]

BillIE ((no y)) And I Heard Somewhere That Tre Was Homeschooled Cause His House Was So Secluded And Shtuff

[JohnHinckley]

Fair enough. "BillIE" is an unusual spelling, and I've rarely thought about it, to be honest. "KifTmeyer" is, however, a common misunderstanding about the spelling of John/Al Sobrante's name, so you can see why I'd want to correct it. I think you might be right about Tre's homeschooling - Willits is a very granola town, and homeschooling is also pretty granola.

[CutsAndDaggers]

I go to that High School right now.

[Ville666lvr]

aww. look at his hair. hes soo cute! heh heh.

[1972greenday]

where was that in rodeo? oakland?i now it's in pinole valley but where is that school?

[JohnHinckley]

It's Pinole Valley High School in Pinole, CA.

[hiei93]

HybridMoon is crazy... Greenday? Gerard?

Fuck you!

[hiei93]

it's 1990 can't you see Al Sobrante?(to lslphoto)

[lslphoto]

So what year is this? 1992?

[Stripper28]

I think it actually took place in 91

[beastyboy1990]

may 1990

[Rokipop]

Wow. All these people walked pass them without even glancing. You think that some of these people know that this band is making millions now?

[thurlestonbeast1990]

wow watching this isn't it amazing how much they have changed!

[HybridMoon]

Wow, aweing facts about Greenday:

1. The school is a frikkin' chicken coup.

2. Gerard was hideous during highschool. :P

3. The place they are occupying on the vid is now overrun with hoochies who like to blare rap across the mall.

Ah. How times have changed. *sigh* xD

[RedundantRedundant14]

Who the fuck is Gerard?

[StarObssesion]

What The Fuck Are You Talking About.?