Green Day celebrate 39/Smooth anniversary with never-before-seen video from 1990
Green Day have celebrated the 33rd anniversary of their debut album 39/Smooth with some awesome throwback pics and a never-before-seen video. The trio – then Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and original drummer John Kiffmeyer – dropped the record on April 13, 1990, and marked the occasion yesterday by unveiling a must-watch video of a performance of Paper Lanterns in a backyard in their home city of Oakland, California, a couple of weeks before release. Say the band: “39/Smooth. Released on this day April 13th, 1990. Green Day’s 10 song debut studio album on Lookout! Records. It was later reissued in 1991 under the title 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, which included their earlier EPs 1,000 Hours and Slappy. Features original drummer John Kiffmeyer a.k.a (A...
