Explain.
Can someone tell me what this is about and if they are really doing it?
shareAccording to the the Green Day Authority Site, it is a documentary that was filmed during the recording process of American Idiot.
shareHow come it took so long to come out and do you reckon it will have the (cigarettes and valentines i think thats what it was called) stolen album issue or just all about American idiot ?
sharebased on the title, im gussing 100% american idiot
green day doesnt talk much about their stolen master tapes album
stolen master tapes album?
whats that?
I'm pretty sure there were never any "stolen master tapes". Chances are Green Day weren't happy with Ciggarettes and Valentines and just deleted it and started again. I remember back when AI came out, there was a lot of talk of the band getting together to discuss if it was even worth making a new album, because what they were coming out with wasn't challenging them, and AI is what came out of it after that. if there were master tapes that were "stolen" thenthey'd have surfaced by now. the reason it took them so long to release AI is probably because they worked on The Network album the year before.
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shareOn March 31, 2005 I had the opportunity to attend the Premiere of Live Freaky! Die Freaky! at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles. I had an awesome experience as I spoke with Mike Dirnt for about twenty minutes or so before [and after] the film. We spoke about several different topics such as the movie, music, personal likes, hobbies, and some things we had in common. He mentioned that they had just gotten back from Japan and filmed the music video for Wake Me Up When September Ends. Anyway, he mentioned American Idiot and the recording process (as well as John filming the making of the album). He mentioned Cigarettes and Valentines and what had happened.
Apparently it was somebody that worked for the studio. Somebody just decided that they wanted it for themselves. It will never be released as it was never mixed and mastered. It was not a finished album, but rather, several different tracks. Guitar tracks, Bass tracks, Drum tracks, vocal tracks. They were separate tapes that will probably never ever be mixed together. Even if they are mixed and mastered...it will definitely not be what the final/finished product would have been had Green Day been involved.
Mike also mentioned that they still had digital copies of the master tapes, and were going to rerecord them or simply use the copies, but felt violated by whoever it was that stole their material. They were also afraid that their music had been compromised and that if they did start working on the album again, that whoever stole it would just mix and master it and attempt to leak it. They didn't want that...and I fully agree.
Maybe one day we'll hear whatever it was that they had created. Maybe we never will. Right now though...it doesn't matter. Green Day is doing what they do best...making great music. It is as simple as that.
Thanks,
Tom