Watch Fall Out Boy cover Green Day's 'Basket Case' in 2007 ahead of both bands' joint tour with Weezer next year
for the first time. “The thing that struck me right off the bat was how musical it was,” he said. “It was all the things that you’d expect from punk rock: It was angry, it was loud, it was fast, but there were these subtle hints of an awareness of music theory and music history that was wise beyond its years. Now, other kids had Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana, and I fell in love with those a little later, but 1994, none of that was for me. This one, I was like, ‘This is mine.
Fall Out Boy have never been a band to break out many covers in their live show, but in 2007 they played thetour. Here’s video of them playing it in the Philippines on September 21st, 2007. This is slightly before the era of the videophone, so the quality is less than fantastic. They haven’t done a Green Day cover of any sort since that tour, but it’s quite easy to imagine that at some point next summer they’ll be called onto Green Day’s stage so they can finally jam with their heroes.
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