I was a senior in high school in Benicia in 92. Me and my friend Myk started putting on these shows and I got community service hours credits for it because the counsellor was awesome. A lot of great bands played there, shows were all ages and $3 to get in, which we paid out to the bands. I got the colored lights you see in there, and the PA if I remember right, from my boss at avalanche snowboards. Green Day shows were always packed even when they were an east bay punk band. This was one of our craziest shows ever. The floor was moving so much I thought it was going to collapse. Old days.

@mikewood8393

4 жыл бұрын

I was in elementary school I used to hang there everyday ping pong champ the counclers were so dope Monica and mark and thier boss I forget his name but MTV was good back then thanks for this Ben. Peace

@matthewkelley5275

4 жыл бұрын

It was a good show for sure. I remember that night well. Hi, Ben.

@Blastwaveactual

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ben, its Will. Been a long while but would love to catch up. Think about those days a lot with you and Jess and Mike. Good times!

@danny355

3 жыл бұрын

Epic. Loving hearing early GD stories. Thanks for putting on this show that I am now watching 28 years later :) And thanks to your counsellor!!

@jimv1983

2 жыл бұрын

That would have been so cool. I used to go there as a kid after going to the city pool next door. I didn't know Green Day played there. I remember back in 2005 or 2006 leaving the 7-11 in Benicia and seeing Tre Cool walking in to 7-11 as I was pulling out. He was wearing a black suit and red tie.

Bless the guy who filmed this entire show

@nuke2625

6 жыл бұрын

Metal Kid and also who uploaded it

@mayfieldgage

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@erikcasella4826

2 жыл бұрын

Green Day fans are the best! So many complete shows from this era , crazy

@Actually_A_Biscuit

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. And there are some of these types of shows that are fully recorded and one and a half hours. Sometimes longer.

@jeff7764

10 ай бұрын

Why?

To me this is the best era of greenday...

@miketexas4549

9 ай бұрын

Of music

It's interesting to see pre-internet underground bands who are huge in the internet era.

@KingBlonde

5 жыл бұрын

uhh. because the internet is just real life, all centralised in one place. if it exists on the internet, it exists in real life and vice versa. this ain't the early days anymore, everything is connected.

@emfraridades7261

3 жыл бұрын

@@KingBlonde Wow, you didn't understand a word of what he Said. And no, internet is not "real life".

@emfraridades7261

3 жыл бұрын

Green day actually got big before internet really took off.

@izzey0729

Жыл бұрын

@@KingBlonde the most gen z comment i’ve read

@joepermenter7228

Жыл бұрын

93 was such a huge year for Al Gore to invent the internet as a first year Vice President.

It’s incredible how tight Tré kept the whole band. His addition to the band was the missing piece they needed to become a worldwide famous band

Always crazy to see the humble beginnings of legendary bands like this. They were topping the charts with Dookie 2 years later.

@mattthemonster666

9 ай бұрын

Welcome to paradise is still one of their all time greats and they played it so damn well. Except for being recorded with a garbage mic it sounds studio perfect

@KenAwa969

7 ай бұрын

No wonder why this video is so great, old Green Day hits that were kind of eclipsed by dookie

Damn some people just have it. So much charisma and energy so young. It’s no wonder he/they blew up.

@robotjeans

Жыл бұрын

Its really true, you can just tell

@jsmith816

10 ай бұрын

* They

@cia5602

3 ай бұрын

* They/Them

I’m convinced the 90s are the best decade since whenever. Just an indescribable amount of angst and creativity. Where old and new met, and had a perfect baby. Any genre, any way. 2000s tried there best to pick up where they left off, but nothing could capture the purity , magic and rawness of the 90s . And I was born in 94’ ,fight me

I’m 48 years old and listened to Kerplunk today. Still a good record!

1:15 - 2000 Light Years Away 4:38 - Only of You 8:05 - Welcome to Paradise 11:42 - At the Library 14:03 - Don't Leave Me 16:42 - Disappearing Boy/Sweet Home Alabama 21:05 - Christie Road 25:27 - 16 29:29 - Going to Pasalacqua 33:47 - Paper Lanterns 40:50 - The Judge's Daughter

I was at this...my wife and I took turns going to see them and standing downstairs outside. They came out and they all took turns holding my son, Ian. Loved Benicia, Bronzed Seal...1st street.. camel barn.... if you were there...

@gregmyatt9932

5 жыл бұрын

SLG52 wow thats commitment. You took your son to an early greenday concert. How old was he at the time? I had to wait till my kids were at least 16 my wife wouldnt let them go any younger, something to do with their hearing or something, but i couldnt hear what she was saying😅

@obliquesauce6741

4 жыл бұрын

@@gregmyatt9932 haha my dad is taking me to hella mega this year (or next year cause of covid lol) and I'm 11, but I'm the greenday fan not my dad he just knows the names of a few of the albums and he only knows like 3 songs that aren't singles

@jimmeridda

4 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, i miss the bronze seal all the time. I'm always telling my wife about how cool it was where people of all ages were friends and you always could find a friend there. I don't think the youth center is a youth center anymore. Starting in the late nineties the city looked at teenagers as outlaws by default. Dem were better days indeed...

Mike was always so tight and crucial. So much sound from a 3 piece. Saw them live many times and always thought the perfection was a product of decades, turns out they always had it

@eddietheguy12

10 ай бұрын

He's very underrated as a bassist even to this day.

@aquarius5264

9 ай бұрын

@@eddietheguy12 i mean his playing is pretty simple, wouldn't call his playing underrated as he gets plenty of recognition among fans of the pop punk genre.

@sirandrelefaedelinoge

8 ай бұрын

​@eddietheguy12 here it is, the ubiquitous _"underrated"_ comment which lives beneath every You Tube video - people have fuck all else to say...

@matthewsommerville88

8 ай бұрын

@@aquarius5264 His melodies and feel are not average by any means, few bassists in rock can write great melodic lines that fit right in the pocket. Maybe simple at times but he’s a really well rounded player.

Quelle fraicheur! Tellement rafraichissant! Merci pour la video

Man, watching things like this really gets my heart pumping.

@NotRealBrisa

10 жыл бұрын

Same

@joshuamulligan4155

5 жыл бұрын

A huge turn-on

I'm watching this exactly 22 years later. Wow, everything exciting happened before I was born😫

@mikejandrews

10 жыл бұрын

I have no idea how old you are, but there have been a shit ton of exciting things that have happened, even if you only look at the last 15 years.

@NotRealBrisa

10 жыл бұрын

I'm 14, but I meant the kind of stuff that happened before the 2000s

@mikejandrews

10 жыл бұрын

Brisa Macias Sure, but even the last 15 years has been a very exciting time for music. And shows like this still happen. Bands playing this kind of show now will be the Green Days of ten years from now. The only thing is whether you're going to be a part of their local music community or not. Very often it can be difficult to appreciate the value of something when it's right there in your face.... like the kids at this show. They would have had no idea they were seeing a band who would explode internationally, at an event many younger (or people form a different place) would envy them for....

@NotRealBrisa

10 жыл бұрын

Yeah I know that but before I was born, Dookie came out and everything!

@mikejandrews

10 жыл бұрын

Brisa Macias And before I was born there was the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix and the Sex Pistols. Every generation has its awesome stuff, you have yours too.

i think people in bands should watch this before their next show...

@ryanringer9982

5 жыл бұрын

My band has a show coming up soon and I am constantly watching their old early 90's performances just to kinda see where a band a big as them came from. Also to see you dont have to have a perfect show to have a great show

Going to Pasalacqua came on i was like Awwwwwww yeeaaaah

@joshuamulligan4155

5 жыл бұрын

Yesss

@joshuamulligan4155

5 жыл бұрын

My 3rd fav green day song

@sylvestercrowley8909

5 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah🤘🤘

@randoss6213

5 ай бұрын

Bro besst fucking green day songg

Goosebumps soon as they started 2000. They’ve come so far but always been so good

The Thing I Love About This Video Is That With The Camera Audio It Makes The Drum Sounds Way More Satisfying

Goddamn, looking back you can tell they were going to be something special

2000 Light Years Away 1:20 Only of You 4:24 Welcome to Paradise 8:06 At the Library 11:43 Don't Leave Me 14:05 Disappearing Boy/Sweet Home Alabama 16:43 Christie Road 21:07 16 25:29 Going to Pasalacqua 29:59 Paper Lanterns 33:47 The Judge's Daughter 40:52

@tukychannel5316

7 жыл бұрын

MusicLover9379 thank you!!!

@RyanTheHuman-tr1ol

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks👍🏻🤘🏻😁

@Michael-tg4hr

6 жыл бұрын

Thanksgiving

@marianoghiglione3330

9 ай бұрын

They seem to move in fast motion, very talented,

@TheRealTestTube_II

7 ай бұрын

Wait, they made Welcome To Paradise in 92!?

This is 1 month before i was born. And 31 years later they are still a light in my life.

I love old videos of bands like this. Just before they get their big break and blow up. You know they had no clue they would be together 30+ years later, members of the rock and roll hall of fame, inspiring new generations of musicians...simply bad ass.

I love how they knocked over the microphone, and then Billie just methodically switched over to Mike's side.

@matthewkinnard500

3 жыл бұрын

Time stamp?

@gavinwalch6534

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewkinnard500 20:41

I removed a few comments. For the first time on KZread, there will be one Green Day video with no negativity! No name calling, no bickering, just enjoy the music! :D

@hfg23thewest

9 жыл бұрын

hey FUCK YOU man

@hfg23thewest

9 жыл бұрын

just kidding i love the old green day stuff

@danrunion13

8 жыл бұрын

you are a god dude

@2ears1mouth12

8 жыл бұрын

Hackie sack in the mall by the jock box between periods , great to see these sweet boys still rocking out!!!

@thiccbasscovers

3 жыл бұрын

Totally awesome choice man! Keep hate away from Green Day lol

Good film quality for 92.

Gold footage 🤩

Awesome. Takes me back to being a teen in the 90's going crazy at house parties, all ages shows, and youth centers like this.

Id love to go back in time and show this band what they are in 2024

the videos on my search were listed in this order "community center 1992" "woodstock 1994" lol. geez

@mikejandrews

10 жыл бұрын

How quickly things can change in the world of popular rock music, hey?

Welcome to paradise is so established here. Incredible.

look how far they have come.

Going To Pasalacqua is just too great I swear

@HolyCanoley

2 жыл бұрын

But the real question is...did that poor kid get his wallet back?

@alexzandereisman6602

10 ай бұрын

@@HolyCanoleyI believe that’s a member of monsula

i just love greenday so much, they maybe saved my life. i tried to take my own life, while i was in the hospital, i see basketcase music video for the first time and it gave me purpose. Today, greenday music still has deep meaning in it in the songs, for everything My father recently passed and guess what..... wake me up when september ends for me changes to wake me up when december ends. Beautiful, simply beautiful.

These fucking guys went from this to playing sold out auditoriums and arenas WITH THE SAME FUCKING ENERGY!!! Fucking legends, rock on

That's probably only a 60 person crowd. But for a punk show, that's fucking huge!!

@UAVED

8 жыл бұрын

Back in the day yea

@Maodjrodnd

6 жыл бұрын

No

@kayceeyou

10 ай бұрын

And just a couple years later, they're playing in front of thousands. Crazy how life works out.

love it, this is what a call a real music, look how big energy, emotions they put in all these songs, I love it!!!

Love watching these old videos of Green Day I love the rawness of it all!!

God this is the Green Day I really wanna see

I love searching for their old stuff.

During Christie Road, Billie and Mike are completely in unison with their bodies; they step back and sway forward in perfect time with each other.

@MrReuno

10 ай бұрын

they're just singing during the same parts...

Damn. I was 22 in ‘92. Saw them play at a bar in Pittsburgh a couple years after this. I’m having a really hard time accepting that this was 3 decades ago. Holy hell.

@PeppercornBingBong

8 ай бұрын

It’s ok, you’re just very very old

From youth center to Woodstock in 23 months 🤯

They were already dressed for success, great gig! Any producer or manager who would be in the audience by chance, would certainly be amazed by the fact that they were not playing big gigs and recording an album then.

@scottshipp2980

9 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerplunk_(album)

@Littlewing1977

8 ай бұрын

They actually had two studio albums out by inde label Lookout Records at this time but yes they were not with a huge label yet

The energy in don’t leave me is amazing

I can smell that room.

oh man I just JIZZD IN MY PANTS ! best greenday. ever.so sweet.

thanks for uploading!! It's funny that Billie Joe originally didn't want to be singer/frontman and yet he's so comfortable doing it. They've rocked since day 1

When they play Sweet Home Alabama it sounds like Somewhere Now, especially around 18:51.

@chaaaake

5 жыл бұрын

Tristan Gorman I’m pretty sure somewhere now is supposed to be a throwback to disappearing boy

He mentioned the trout dance!!!!! Only the truest of Green Day fans get that

@punkcichlid

9 жыл бұрын

sewer trout!

@punkcichlid

9 жыл бұрын

me? i have not. but i do read cometbus, MMR and UGZ back in the days. i'm just familiar with the east bay scene, which GD was a part of because i lived there. Used to frequent 924 Gilman as a youngin' and still do once in a blue moon. for me it's just a bay area pride thing. most folks are proud of them.

@Chris_Tinacan

9 жыл бұрын

Not you dude sorry, I was addressing the OP.

@punkcichlid

9 жыл бұрын

no prob! fans can get overzealous at times.

@TheMrBenny123

9 жыл бұрын

Jewish Milkman I know you! You're from around Fermanagh, old school Green Day fan too, eh?

Awesome stage presence, great performers.

I love their old footage. Thanks for sharing

2000 light years away is probably my favorite greenday song

You can see that their style has carried on throughout their albums

Why won’t KZread let me like this more than once

Thank You for Thiszz 😁👍👍 year. 2023

My fucking god the audio of this band in a small venue in the early days. Glad I got to see it three times at least.

I love that the drums are super fucking loud in this video! It really shows how amazing of a drummer Tré is. Anyways, thanks for the upload!

If only I was alive back then );

@UAVED

8 жыл бұрын

(Btw ive lived in Benicia my entire life, never knew they ever were here!)

green day is cool and inspired my improv music.

I played a concert in September of 1992 at Norwood School, the same bands music. If you look in the back it's a Norwood tree. They used the same tree for the cover of STP core. A Norwood. I'm well aware that's me in the video. I'm the ghostwriter for most of todays mainstream. I work every fourteen years on music. I grind my gears to find a need. You can find more recent photos of me @ San Holo Golden Vessel Vestal Ave and Grandson Overdose lyrics video on youtube. I haven't made a single cent on my music. 1,039 is the distance between the cities Green Bay and Jacksonville fla. I was watching a show on when I worked on it. Nirvana, and the original name for 1039 was On A Plain, Green Day - On A Plain. The tv show made me think about info, and how it never changes. A personal note to myself.

@lindaragsdale1656

2 жыл бұрын

😔

That was really good 👍👍👍👍👍😜

Thanks for this! We all appreciate you

thankkkk you for recordinng!!! this band become legendaryyyy

I saw the American Idiot tour and folks it was three plus hours of brilliance, energy and showmanship...

No matter what part of the video you skip to it’s like they’re always playing the same song

@karma1511

10 ай бұрын

great isnt it

Thank you for uploading this! I love GD's early stuff! I never thought id be able to see footage of them performing my fav songs!

Wow. Just wow. Amazing. Whoever you are Sir or Ma,'am - thank you for filming this. Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable ❣🇮🇪♨️🎸🎤🥁

Wow, nostalgia for that amazing first album. Also for playing / moshing in venue's like that back in the day. How awesome. Thanks for uploading and brining back epic memories!!!

Cheers to the guy who filmed this!

So good, even then. Tight. Just saw them in Vegas. Legends.

Ahhhhh, Beniciaaaaaaaaaa! Remember that billboard? The crazy thing is, 3 months before this, I was only 23 and getting married to my 1st wife in the Bay Area. It seems like a lifetime ago. I think about all the changes I've gone through in my life, and yet the boys have been together ever since. They are a rock!

Thanks for posting this!

This is my new reason to live

And two years later they played woodstock! Crazy to think about. I have the seen the video of them playing a show during high school lunch in 1990 and that was cool as well.

Beautiful... Simply beautiful.

1:20 2000 light years away 4:40 Only of you 8:06 Welcome to paradise 11:43 At the library 14:04 Don't leave me 16:43 Disappearing boy/Sweet home alabama 21:06 Christie road 25:28 16 29:57 Going to pasalacqua 33:48 Paper lanterns 40:52 The judge's daughter

@michaeldalia409

5 жыл бұрын

tommyheavy2715 finally!

@Muerte2715

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaeldalia409 I'm the fuckin savior people

29.35 "Pasalacqua's right here in town" confirming that the song is about love in a funeral home

At the library is crazy good

God I love their earlier stuff and especially love it live rock like that just sounds better with the live sound

Damn... They could have been huge! They have some really catchy songs.

I fucking love it when the drums are too loud

There's always gotta be some kinda shenanigans when Paper Lanterns gets played live

This is absolutely amazing to watch!!!!!

very,very nice..... tanks green day

Smooth and kerplunk 💚💚

It's amazing how good they were even in the early years. Kerplunk is a great pop punk record. And 2000 Light years away just shows Billie's ability to write catchy songs

I swear Billie always looked like a teenager in the 90s. I cannot believe he is 20 in this

@emfraridades7261

3 жыл бұрын

Genetics. He still look younger. I also looked like a teen at 20. I still do but now I'm balding

@joepermenter7228

Жыл бұрын

Believing in yourself and what you're doing with life DeAges you.

witnessing greatness

Just wonderful

Never huge into these guys but I can say I've always saw them go at it hard.

Great camera work. Even zoomed in on the guitar when Billie did the intro for At The Library. :)

Welcome to paradise sounds amazing

Dude You just made my life

Literally celebrating my first birthday on this day!

They're awesome.

This is very similar to when I saw them on the Dookie tour in 94. About 50 people wedged into a tiny shithole club at the University of Alberta. The following year they came back on the insomniac tour and played a packed stadium to 16000 people. This is my favourite Green Day era, and I was really glad I got to experience it before they kinda shied away from the snotty pop punk that made them famous. I know that things change, but I'd sure love to see them on a tour playing the first two albums in their entirety as well as the new stuff.

@eensley95

7 жыл бұрын

Their Cleveland House of Blues show after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was kind of like that. They played a bunch of old stuff with John then new stuff with Tre. I wish I had gone but I have no GD fan friends :(

@robotjeans

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Hideous yeah I had same experience saw them just as Dookie came out in Pittsburgh. Arenas ever since

@yeahbronah6319

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Hideous same

@FelcSE

7 жыл бұрын

I'm so sad that I wasn't born and missed all this... instead I'm born and grown up with autotune and fake artists... :( thank God green day released a new album last year

@rddsknk89

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Hideous The closest that they'll ever get to doing that is when they did their theater shows in late 2016. A few thousand people, so still way bigger than this, but small for them now, anyways. I was lucky enough to see one of them, and it was super rad. I would kill to time travel and see something like this though. However, at the small show I saw, they played Private Ale, which was pretty awesome.

Green Day is always good live! They know how to do it!

The "take one" at the end legendary!

this is great