Green Day @ PVHS video # 8: 'Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?'

[100mrcooley]

oh, okey I did not know that thanks :)

[100mrcooley]

oh i just spotted mike.. heh but still where's tre?

[IHateThumbsUpGuys]

@100mrcooley back to the beginning time the drummer was Al Sobrante

[100mrcooley]

hey where's tré and mike? :'(



[100MFJOSH]

Wow, Pinole Valley looks so much different there. The way the school is now is like crap. I wish I lived in those days.

[bulletproof6277]

@100MFJOSH you go to that school?! =0 you live there?! you're so damn lucky!!

[RichieWilliams97]

To think, less than four years later, those three guys people were looking at like they were retards would win a Grammy.

[gtrst26]

this is so fucking legendary

[Tehdrumr4life14]

Boy, how little these people knew. A few short years later you realize you saw what became one of the biggest bands of all time

[metalheadofrock]

oh how i miss the 90's...

[AmericanJimmy94]

I think the beginning of this video is truly awesome, it should be on the start of a Green Day dvd or something haha

[Krutch24]

Bitch Flips You Off At 0:43.

[shadupp]

@Krutch24 hahahahah

[Starbuckfsd]

Fuck even back in the early days they were badass! Two of the biggest bands of the 80's and 90's played at fucking high schools....Go-Go's in '81 at Pales Verdes HS (video up here) and now Green Day here in Pinole....

[NirvanaConcerts]

Lucky kids, wish I grew up in the 90s.

[deivii666]

Tré cool :'(

[Spreewaldtopf]

I am so reminded of bill and ted. see the resemblance?

[JamesLikesJam]

"and who knows they may become famous in the future.."

"Yeah Right, these guys suck.."

Becky regretted those words ever since...

[GREEN12cena3456]

Green day

[canadianidiot1039]

who wrote holden caulfield with john, amazing :)

[138hyde]

@soldamerican so you knew them way back when thats pretty sweet dude

[deadendguitarist]

Must've been weird considering Billie had just dropped out of that school that February

[ddoneal123]

hahahaha all those kids are just standing around like "yeah whatever, just another california punk band, who gives a shit?" if i was there id look like an idiot cuz id be losing my fucking mind dancing and going nuts

[shelloz09]

this is just great. one of my favorite songs written by my favorite band about my favorite book. <3

[StringsBleedSound]

aw man, No tre during the day. (n)

[TheAnimatedFish]

billey have you done your book asignment?

Erm kinda...

[ZakkandtheJ]

@PaintedTeleportation AHAHHAAHHA Dude!! Great use of the novel!!!

[Alexgreenday2000]

Is that John Kiffmeyer

[Vidiosmokes]

@Alexgreenday2000 nope i think his name is aj i forget but john left in 89 this was filmed in 90

[SuperDouche85]

@Vidiosmokes What in the world are you talking about? Al (not AJ) Sobrante and John Kiffmeyer are the same person, and he left towards the end of 1990. So yes, Alexgreenday2000, there is a John Kiffmeyer in this video!

[Alexgreenday2000]

@SuperDouche85 thank you

[SomeRandomYoungster]

I guess cathcer in the rye is the only book bllie joe ever read

[ZakkandtheJ]

@SomeRandomYoungster It's the only book worth reading.

[SomeRandomYoungster]

@ZakkandtheJ totally agree thats a godass book

[lunakiitty]

@SomeRandomYoungster Hah!

[johnnyjaramone]

@SomeRandomYoungster I wonder what would happen if he read Kamasutra xD

[MrHatenoobs]

1:51 is billie using an strat pickup on the back?

[1990GreenDay2009]

@MrHatenoobs He got it modded with a Humbucker

[MrHatenoobs]

@1990GreenDay2009 i know but back then it looks like he has an strat pickup not an seymour duncan pup.

[oasisfanmatt]

@MrHatenoobs its a bill lawrence l500xl

[l7786]

who was the drummer before

[JesusNiettoTalkz]

@l7786 al sobrante

[Greendayfreak7]

God Bless you for uploading all of these videos.

[arsletirott]

awesome uploads friend. ive only seen this gig from another angle. this is far more amazing. damn upclose and all! THANKS

[mikeyddinsmore]

1990 black girl 0:02

[stfacku]

girl at 0:43 said fuck! xD

[thegrouchpunk]

this guys were gonna be big...

[MG21749]

the people that are right beside them are prob kicking themselves in the balls that they weren't going crazy and getting pics and shit with them xD

[BILLIEsGIRLgd80]

all those people around them are so lucky, I wonder if anyone imagined that would become famous

[mfnstudioschannel]

Take me back to the 90s!!!!!! Those were the best days of my life! :,)

[oasisfanmatt]

@mfnstudioschannel i know i wish i was a teenager in 1990 to bad i was born that year :( i love the clothes people wore back then :D

[Junkpunker21]

Look at all those kids. They're either jealous or are in awe of the band.

I didn't know 'Who Wrote Holden Caulfield' was written with Al. It always seemed to fit Tre (the studio version at least).

[lipagd]

give me a fuckin time machine! 

[SaintRegis90]

@lipagd yes please



[TripleThreat63]

AL SOBROTE! This was before tré!

[GDookie16]

@TripleThreat63 Al SOBRANTE x)

[billie5461]

can someone explain me why is Billie there? I mean, he was expelled from his school 1 day before his birthday (which is on Feb 17th) and this vid was filmed on May..

[1990GreenDay2009]

@billie5461 He wasn't expelled. He dropped out but Mike was still there and stayed until they graduated and John (Al) was a year ahead of them so he already graduated

[billie5461]

@1990GreenDay2009 oh thanks ;)

[billie5461]

what does Billie has on the neck?? OMG!!!!!!

[lapearson1]

holy shit long live green day

[Unfortunatecubfan92]

Check out the guy in the black trench coat at 2:12

[1990GreenDay2009]

@Unfortunatecubfan92 It's Keanu Reeves, duh!

[SuperMegabar]

i love how her at 0:49 through all the songs is like "fuck these guys are AMAZING!!"

[Dmagnetic17]

Look at how much hair Mike had...

[SuperMegabar]

@Dmagnetic17 You think thats alot... Look at some of the first concerts from like 1989/1988 he had WAAAAY longer hair...

[breakingfame]

is mike useing a Yamaha RBX 270? or a relitive

[breakingfame]

@SuperMegabar o well i have a friend with one and it looks similar

[breakingfame]

@SuperMegabar but i do see the ibenez in it (i probley spelled thta rong)

[SuperMegabar]

@breakingfame Oops accidentally deleted my comment haha! Yeah actually i not sure, you may be right though it might be a relitive of the RBX?

[breakingfame]

@SuperMegabar kinda looks like it idk i just thinks it looks awesome

[oasisfanmatt]

@breakingfame i heard its a peavey patriot :)

[breakingfame]

@oasisfanmatt is it? i am really wantng to know the exact model and stuff

[timofcent1]

wow they got way more fame! here every one is just looking at them thinking about rainbows, and today you can barley here them live because everybodys screeming

[timofcent1]

0:42.... what was that for? haha

[thelegion69]

i wonder if any of these kids got the feeling that these guys were gonna be big? lol

[Geforce2187]

oh cool, this song is on the second album (the rest are all on the first)

[breakingfame]

@Geforce2187 i thought so i was like wait this is on kerplunk

[shelloz09]

amazing

[shelloz09]

wonder what John's doing right now...

[rodri77farias]

para el archivo,que grandes que son estos tipos!

[PaudinsDrawings]

I love how raw these videos are.

[Brigister]

0:43 that girl. She tells us to go fuck ourselves D:

[DPunkyMonkeys]

I'm in love with this song. I'm in love with every Green Day song. I'm in love with Green Day <3

[fckyeah90s]

I have a crush on the girl that flips off the camera in the beginning. shes hot.

[fckyeah90s]

@ 0:40 who are you? i love you.

[monkeyroxmysox]

i love how there was no applause. if they did that today, people would be going nuts!

this is awesome by the way! one of my all time favorite songs! <3333

[Stopreadingthis1235]

The best time of any band is right before they become famous. I love old Nirvana vids of them in 1990 and Green Day ones from 1990 - 1993.

[MegaBassHero1994]

Didn't know they did this song before the Kerplunk! album.

[webshow19]

Whatever, Tre is better.

[iplaythedrumsalot]

wow this is before tre. but didnt tre record kerpluk

[Stopreadingthis1235]

@iplaythedrumsalot this was after of before (Idk) they recorded their first album "1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours". 

[cheeseedonut]

why the fuck did no one applaud at the end?

[cenation2810]

@cheeseedonut Because applause was too mainstream for Green Day at the time

[IsaacMartinMusic]

I wonder what people were thinking about them... a few guys that smoke weed and play in a band... and now.. THEY ARE FUCKING GREEN DAY!!! AWESOME AS FUCKK!!

[slateflash]

haha that purple headed bitch at 0:42

[911ThisGuyy]

this makes me want to start a band......btw 1:55 is fucking epic!!!!!!!!!!!!

[captnesti]

I like Mike's old look.

[13StarRox]

what year is the from ?

[theplotsucks]

@13StarRox 1990.

[CommenterMonkey]

i think that chick knew there was going to be an internet, and a youtube.

i bet she knows what's going to happen in 2010 O__O

WE. MUST. FIND. HER.

[CommenterMonkey]

@CommenterMonkey *2012

[hooliuh]

billie joe's hickey at 0:55

[napoleon503]

Lol I just got flicked off

[aPandorasboxofmusic]

There seems to be a problem with your bass...I can hear it...like, ALOT.

[knester21]

Green Day has came a long way!

[imabasketcase88]

man these people went school with the biggest band on the planet... awesome

[wheresdylsan]

Wouldnt it be wierd to be someone in the audience and to look back at the video and see yourself 20 years ago.

[lil1spence]

Haha to that red head girl giving the middle finger at 0:42....

[Whenicomaroundiscool]

Wi do i live in the 21st cenutry?! x(

[DPunkyMonkeys]

@Whenicomaroundiscool Im asking myself that question every day.. :(

[1990GreenDay2009]

@Whenicomaroundiscool Because you touch yourself at night

[Whenicomaroundiscool]

@1990GreenDay2009 I don´t touch myself at night. o.O

[extremehockeyfan]

@Whenicomaroundiscool im having a 21st century breakdown right now x(

[Whenicomaroundiscool]

@extremehockeyfan me too...me too... :[

[SpoiledBreakfast]

John doesn't really seem that bad of a drummer....but he's not nearly as great as Tre. :D

[KyoKyofan]

this is REALLY amazing

not only can I see one of the awesomest band ever

i can just see people like ... real people ... idk how to explain it but seeing this video makes me really wish i was in high school in the 90s

i think i would have fit in a bit :D

[LieutenantWanker]

2:12 Trenchcoat Mafia O.o

[shadupp]

@LieutenantWanker Dylan Klebold's brother

[jiritlusty11]

@shadupp asshole

[MmaNcovers]

o man little did they know

[RPvideoss]

i dnt liek thare old drumer.in this video he dosent look happy in the bad,,im so happy tre is in the band.

[FinksEntourage]

FUCKING AWESOME!! And I love this song, one of my faves.

[THEMETALHEAD6581]

I love old school Green Day.

[MrHatenoobs]

@THEMETALHEAD6581 at their ols school XP

[misterbasketcase]

I thought this song was written somewhere in 1991 :D my bad I guess :)

This song was written for Holden Caulfield, as most of you know he's the main character in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', which is Billie's favourite book/mine too, actually, it's a book that really changed my life/.

[niekolas]

@misterbasketcase most songs from the first albums are quite old billie wrote most of them when they were still sweet children

[misterbasketcase]

@niekolas and that is nice :)

[Boringcunt1994]

This is by far the best quality early Green Day gig I have ever seen! I had an audio of this show on cassette back in 96! to see it on video like this makes me V.happy!

[ShittyJippy]

very bueno.

[TheExpertsInc]

Songs called, 'Who Wrote Holden Caufield?'

[R0ckation]

@TheExpertsInc Exactly!