After attending the California Music Awards, sponsored by BMI in NYC, Green day, from Berkley, CA, headed down to CB’s to see their old friend, Jesse Malin and his new band “Bellvue". Greenday performed crowd pleasers such as “She” “Longview “and who can forget The Eye Of The Tiger?
Gibby, from High Speed Chase, put the night together. Since he worked at SST sound, he also had the good fortune to get a good deal on a backline consisting of some Marshall amps and DW drums. The fact that no one had to reset up the gear, except for just a little tweaking, made the night run smoother, and not too late.
Coerced by all their friends in the audience, Greenday took the stage. It was after midnight, and they were a bit buzzed, which probably explains their abbreviated songs. When you check out the clip, it’s interesting to see people passing the stage and going to the toilets, totally unfazed by what is happening on stage. At first I thought, “jaded New Yorkers,” but then I realized that the band were just their friends and this was the norm.
In a recent interview Billy Joe said that he went to CBGB to see a band and ended up actually playing on stage, and found that was the ultimate way to experience CBGB.
