{"id":29862,"date":"2019-02-02T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T13:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpleplan.cz\/en\/?p=29862"},"modified":"2019-02-02T20:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T19:09:15","slug":"david-pays-respect-green-day-celebration-25-years-since-dookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpleplan.cz\/en\/index.php\/david-pays-respect-green-day-celebration-25-years-since-dookie\/","title":{"rendered":"David pays respect to Green Day in celebration of 25 years since ‘Dookie’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On February 1st 2019, many music fans turned to social media to pay their homage to one of the most important punk rock albums: Green Day’s ‘Dookie’<\/b>, which was released exactly 25 years ago that day. <\/p>\n

Not long after his last Instagram post, David Desrosiers reappeared on social media yesterday again, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of his favorite albums with a very heartfelt post<\/b>, in which he explained his history with Green Day and how much they have managed to change his life and help his realize his true calling.<\/p>\n

Check out what David wrote below:<\/p>\n

“25 years ago today this record was about to change my life (and lots of other people\u2019s) and made me realize that all I wanted to do was to play music and sing. Billie Joe Armstrong is the reason why I started singing in my bedroom when I was 13\/14 years old. <\/i><\/p>\n

At that time I was playing guitar and singing in a band that used to cover Green Day\u2019s songs with my high school buddies playing a few shows during lunch break and stuff. I eventually joined Reset and then did a few weeks on the vans warped tour and guess who was one of the headliners on that tour in 2000. <\/i><\/p>\n

Getting to see them play every day was a dream come true. And then after the first SP record was released we jumped on the Pop Disaster tour as the opening act for a couple weeks. Again it was unreal to be able to see them kill it every night. And I even got to hang with Billie and I straight up told him he was the reason why I sing today and he was such a gentleman. Fast forward a few years later and we were the support band on their Australian American Idiot tour. It was insane and just another dream coming true for me and I felt like was 14 all over again.<\/i> <\/p>\n

Music can keep you young that\u2019s for sure! Of course I had to listen to it earlier today! And so did my neighbours…;-) thank you Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong for being so inspiring for many generations and still counting 25 years later!”<\/i><\/div>\n

– David Desrosiers –<\/b><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n