The drummer told the epic story in a recent podcast interview.
Green Day drummer Tré Cool has revealed the one concert that changed the band’s lives.
Tré was being interviewed on the Member Guest podcast when he told the story of the band’s legendary performance at the 1994 Woodstock Festival:
“94 Woodstock was a complete shit show. It was a Pepsi-sponsored thing, it was, like, worldwide televised pay-per-view and all that stuff, and every band of significance was there. It was crazy. And of course people start going around the fence and sneaking in, and it kind of became mayhem. And then bad weather came and it was raining like crazy and the whole place became a mud pit. It was pretty chaotic, and set up really well for Green Day to take the stage and make all hell break loose.”
But, despite the adverse conditions, Tré still thinks of the show as a real turning point for him and the band:
“It was a crazy set – a set that changed our whole lives, really. After that day, tons of people were showing up at our shows. That was kind of the pivot moment – that was the green jacket moment for this band.”
Green Day’s set from Woodstock 1994 was recently released on limited edition vinyl as part of Record Store Day and, according to Billboard, was the third biggest seller on the day itself.
Check out footage from the legendary show below: