I started listening to punk rock 10 years. I started with bands like Blink 182, Offspring, and 14 years, with Green Day's first album I heard was American Idiot. I received at Christmas from my father. I remember how I met Green Day with American Idiot: looking at the advertising of the album on MTV. After listening to it a few times, I memorized a few songs: American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dre...

I'll never forget May 19th, 1998 at the Orbit Room in Grand Rapids Mich. I was the kid that was lucky enough to get called up to play 'knowledge' with the band.  2 friends of mine propped me up on their shoulders, Billie spotted me and called me up.  He grabbed my face with both hands, and planted a kiss right on my lips.  ha!  Very surprising!  I still have the newspaper ...