jacksonentzulo
ABOUT ME
Member name:
Jackson
About Me:
-Mailordered all my favorite music--including Lookout Records and all the related East Bay Punk Rock.
-Toured With Bands in various incarnations for 20-plus years
-Work in education (as a teacher)
-Speak several languages
-Favorite Bands; Green Day, The Smiths
-Lived in: Tokyo, Berkeley, Oxford, Berlin, Ankara and more!
City:
Shinjuku
State:
Tokyo
Country:
Japan
Favorite Green Day Concert You've Been To?:
Too many. I've been multiple times for every tour since 1992; at my peak, I saw the "Nimrod" tour 47 times on three continents. My favorite show was probably not a tiny gig at a house party, but probably Adeline Records' showcase, week of 9/11, with Green Day being the surprise guests after The Influents played. My other favorite gig would be at Kesselhaus, Berlin, it was random and a gig for 21st Century Breakdown.
Twitter Name:
jacksonentzulo
East Bay Thrashers...I used to watch Green Day and Neurosis play gigs together--obviously Metallica are connecting the two in tradition.
I've been a fan for most of my life--since 1992, when I was 14 years old...Green Day has never* ever canceled a tour, except for this one, another leg of the Insomniac tour in Europe...they don't mess around and always built their lives around their music. I think the night of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992, they were playing with Jughead's Revenge, in LA, they* played that gig. I've lived in the US, UK, Germany, Japan and now live in Turkey, and seen them in all sorts of random places and venues. This cancellation shows that marketing plans, release dates and contracted tours will always start/stop with Billie, Mike and Tre: everybody else is simply living in Green Day World.
I've never been bored at a Green Day gig--even at my peak of fandom between Kerplunk and Warning, where they play the same set, have the same opening bands and schtick. Whether it's in a massive stadium, or at Gilman Street, I've never seen a band where everyone's genuinely excited to be there.
They've more or less shaped who I am, from being the DIY/East Bay punk rocker, to fledgling 20 something years and now into my mid-thirties. Pretty much soundtracked my entire life, them and all the things that fall into their orbit.