Green Day: Sly Like A Foxboro?

It appears hot tubs can now be powered by green energy.

On Dec. 8, newbie garage rockers Foxboro Hot Tubs launched its website with the six-song EP Stop Drop and Roll available as a free download. It didn't take long for music junkies to realize this new band might not be so new after all.

"The internet is ablaze!!!!" proclaimed celeb blogger Perez Hilton last month. "A band called Foxboro Hot Tubs has released an EP of six songs that has people speculating that it's the Green Day boys experimenting with a new sound."

The songs were pulled a short time later and replaced with a clock that clicks through to the band's MySpace page, featuring three tracks: "Stop Drop and Roll," "Mother Mary" and "Ruby Room." (The other EP tracks—"Red Tide," "Highway 1" and "She's a Saint, Not a Celebrity"—are MIA.)

While the site features no group photos, and both Green Day and the Foxboro Hot Tubs aren't responding to media queries, the Internet buzz grew so deafening that the mainstream media had to react.

Despite no label backing, "Mother Mary" was added to so many radio stations in the past few weeks that the song actually cracked the Billboard Modern Rock chart. "Mother Mary" debuted at number 30 in the current listing and will jump to 21 in the Feb. 9 issue.

"We discovered the Foxboro Hot Tubs songs online and immediately recognized the voice and loved the catchy melodies," says Lisa Worden, music director of taste-making KROQ in Los Angeles.

"At a time when we don't have a current Green Day record, it's nice to have the Foxboro Hot Tubs! Already, 'Mother Mary' is one of the most requested songs on KROQ."

In fact, "Mother Mary" is currently the number one most requested song at the station. The track is having a similar reaction at other radio stations like 91X in San Diego, the End in Seattle and Live 105 in Green Day's hometown of San Francisco.

"It's not the first time Green Day doesn't want to be themselves—remember the Network?" says Live 105 deejay Jared, recalling the rockers' other "secret" side project. "The guys from Green Day didn't come clean on being the members of that band either, but they were the Network, along with guys from Devo."

Meanwhile, as Foxboro continues to pick up radio spins, Armstrong is putting in time with a different side project, Pinhead Gunpowder. The longtime group, which hasn't released new material in years, is performing two SoCal shows next week and possibly a third in the Bay Area.

As far as Green Day itself, the band continues to work on its as-yet untitled eighth studio album, which is expected out this year. The group's recent cover of John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" is up for a Grammy and appears on the 2008 Grammy Nominees album released last Tuesday.

And while Green Day still hasn't copped to the music, despite its success, a news blurb in the Jan. 24 Rolling Stone put it perfectly:

"Tunes like 'Stop Drop and Roll' rock hard enough that we'd dig this even if these guys turned out to be the Jonas Brothers."

Thanks for the info to Yahoo! News

Comments

[getts182]

Nice. Except that San Francisco isn't Green Day's hometown.

[belavista man]

It's gotta be them! I got the full Foxboro Hot Tubs EP, if anyone wants me to send it to them.

[Comeback Kiddd]

The internet is ablaze!!!!" proclaimed celeb blogger Perez Hilton

hehe. perez hilton. sounds familiar ehh..

[dancesisidance]

I'd laugh if all this came up and it wasnt even greenday

[Sid McCall]

getts182 wrote:

Nice. Except that San Francisco isn't Green Day's hometown.

Berkely is like two minutes away, it's close enough.

[Bellz06!]

yeah the songs are brill.. i downloaded em all as soon as i heard em they are really catchy.. cant wait til new Green Day album

[HeartRaz0r]

Bellz06! wrote:

yeah the songs are brill.. i downloaded em all as soon as i heard em they are really catchy.. cant wait til new Green Day album

downloader!!!! :O well greenday is nice, and to berkely is still close enough to sanfrancisco so you can say that sanfrancisco is their hometown^^

[elcapitan1800]

Outstanding EP. And I have no preference if its green day or not. If it is, kudos to them for making a great ep and keeping their mouths shut. If its not, then some band has a PR guy who needs a raise

[JS5150]

If it's not Green Day, Foxboro is getting some great publicity...

[Draken]

Green Day and it's possibly side projects are still some of the best and most prolific musicians around.

[steve45]

what? hahaha.. that was nice to know

[-XM-]

"If its not, then some band has a PR guy who needs a raise"

lmao.

[Lotz222]

Bellz06! wrote:

yeah the songs are brill.. i downloaded em all as soon as i heard em they are really catchy.. cant wait til new Green Day album

HeartRaz0r wrote:

Bellz06! wrote:

yeah the songs are brill.. i downloaded em all as soon as i heard em they are really catchy.. cant wait til new Green Day album downloader!!!! :O well greenday is nice, and to berkely is still close enough to sanfrancisco so you can say that sanfrancisco is their hometown^^

The downloads are free

checked.

[wickbone73]

this is sweet. green day are very very good. simple and poppy, yeah maybe some of it, but theyre stil good, and im sick of people bashing them just because they can or want to.

[TJ1991]

Could this news be any older? We were told at the time it's Green Day, there's no dispute whatsoever between anyone who has ears that it is them.

I like the Foxboro suff anyway, it's a change from Green Day but still good. Maybe not quite as good as The Network but it works.

[raymanbaracuda]

What if it's really Barry Manilow?

[Mr. Altoid]

If it is them, then this shows that they can still write catchy punk songs and not American Idiot-esque stuff. Haters stand down.

[the.spine.surfs]

I like it. I think it would be nifty if they released it as Green Day, just to **** with our heads...but oh well. Good tracks.

[MadGoat]

I really like this music. Something different.

[americnidiot]

i DL'd the whole EP when they posted a story here on UG a while back... i enjoy, and the vocals are undoubtedly billie joe

[Mcrfan1992]

ugh it seems like the new green day album is going to be another chinese democracy

[guitartiger]

GREEN DAY IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER!! GO BILLIE JOE!!!

[bathroom_gnome]

i'm definitely down with green day's versatility, but i really just wish they'd come out with their new album more controversy and guyliner! hurrah!

[Saintanger20]

guitartiger wrote:
GREEN DAY IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER!! GO BILLIE JOE!!!

As to which I say, YEAH RIGHT!!!

[cloudy_skies]

Kind of old news...but hey, the tunes are great and bear more than a passing resemblance to Green Day songs. It's kinda funny that Mother Mary is all over the radio even though there is no label backing.

raymanbaracuda wrote:

What if it's really Barry Manilow?

What if it's really Will Smith?

[daytripper75]

i like the Foxboro songs. im pretty sure its Green Day as well. its hard to mistake Billy Joe Armstrong's voice.

[demonhunter2]

its green day

[raymanbaracuda]

What if it's really Will Smith?

Possibly because he doesn't have to cuss in his rap to sell records.

[LysolIsTasty]

It's green day.

I like how they approach side projects...

[proguitarist11]

"Tunes like 'Stop Drop and Roll' rock hard enough that we'd dig this even if these guys turned out to be the Jonas Brothers."

LOL! Jonas Brothers got owned soo hard by Rolling Stone.

[reizig]

This is so far the cleanest Green Day related thread EVER.

PS. Foxboro Hot Tubs rule. I, for one, appreciate a kickass rock song that you can actually learn completely in less time than it takes to listen to the song.

[FLNagle]

awesome.

i already downloaded the EP (glad i did!), assuming that it was a Green Day side project after hearing nothing about it xD

[zapatista89]

im sure this was announced earlier

re-cycling news isnt good

[Yeathatwasme]

Mcrfan1992 wrote:

ugh it seems like the new green day album is going to be another chinese democracy

Chinese Democracyis just a myth ment to keep people under control theres somthing bigger!

[Chris.Rock.Art]

They do better music when they are Foxboro HotTubs

[di4gram]

I love Foxboro Hot Tubs, but this isn't news. They've been around for two months now.

[shyalicia]

ahhhhh

[MusicalMinority]

Mcrfan1992 wrote:

ugh it seems like the new green day album is going to be another chinese democracy

There are some things you just don't joke about...

Anyways, it's great that Green Day's getting their head back in the game. Not that American Idiot was actually all that bad... It had a few good songs. Personally, I'd love to hear them get back to a Dookie-ish sound. Definitely their magnum opus in my opinion. Not too much of an immature sound, like Kerplunk, and not so much of a nimrod. alternative sound.

Just my opinion anyways.

[E_squared]

di4gram wrote:

I love Foxboro Hot Tubs, but this isn't news. They've been around for two months now.

Two months ain't exactly a long time, bro....

[tands]

JS5150 wrote:

If it's not Green Day, Foxboro is getting some great publicity...

lmao so true!

i love how there getting radio play, i wish stuff like this would happen with other myspace bands

thats the world I one day want to live in...

[Noah1982]

Billie Joe's voice is in there. He's said to sound like, "an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman." Also...do you hear those snare drum fills? That's SO Tre Cool. Don't get me wrong! I LIKE it! Its like when a literary person can recognize Shakespeare from phrases. FHT could be Green Day.

checked

[nklax]

"Tunes like 'Stop Drop and Roll' rock hard enough that we'd dig this even if these guys turned out to be the Jonas Brothers."

LOL

[mister bass guy]

ha leave it to green day to get really really popular while staying hidden.

[ericonline15]

jonas brothers... haha.. it's just not fair, man, why you gotta diss them like that there's just nothing they can do about it lol

i used to like green day a lot, idk now i just don't listen to them... and i very much agree that this is definitely the cleanest thread i have ever seen that so much as bears mention to the name "green day"....

i am so bored man, it's friday and i'm on UG reading this and people's comments lol

bring me my sword, ho!

[6Metal6Maniac6]

where is a good site 4 me 2 get a taste of these boys new tunes. i used to be a big GDay fan untill the went all eyeliner. but im up 4 new sounds. can any one hook me up with a site

[rockstarsean]

I love the EP, in my opinion much better than Green Day's recent work

[>>Max<<]

This news is older than Oldy McOldstein at his oldest day on the old farm.

[tompunk18]

yep...very old. foxboro IS green day...i heard a hole cd and it´s obvious the singer is billie joe.

ciao

[Cloned Insanity]

yeah

[jonnyrotten45]

its just a publicity stunt from greenday, changing their sound and their name and not telling anyone, SPECULATION GALORE!!!!

[jane_says]

guitartiger wrote:

GREEN DAY IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER!! GO BILLIE JOE!!!

ummmm, i know this an opinionated statement, but, no, they really are not, not at all actually

[misirlou]

it's been common knowledge for a pretty long time now that foxboro hot tubs are green day.

[ThEgUiTaRh33ro]

dancesisidance wrote:

I'd laugh if all this came up and it wasnt even greenday

lol

[Telecaster7]

yeah i got it all too its definately green day an its awesome

[S2S]

ericman93 wrote:

what your all forgetting is that green day is a bunch of faggots.

This man knows.

[RNRSoldier]

I hate new Green Day but even I'll admit I like Foxboro. Good for them for getting more likable?

[captainperoxide]

S2S wrote:

ericman93 wrote:

what your all forgetting is that green day is a bunch of faggots.

This man knows.

Man, why'd you guys have to ruin it right at the end? =P
Seriously though, this is an excellent EP. It's a real shift away from Green Day's American Idiot sound, and I have to say I like the change. I wouldn't complain at all if a few songs in this same vein turned up on their new album. It would be nice if it gravitated more to this kind of sound.

[TheDarkestNights]

Will I listen to Foxboro ... ?

No.

To Nile, away!

[fts666]

sounds like the killers or some emo junk to tell the truth ... the warning sound was more original then foxwhatever...

[flea878]

Ergh, im sick of 'news' about these whiny pop-punk guys. I thought american idiot was the worst song of the last 200 years. Foxboro annoy me just as much. I hate the fact people think they're really cool because they're anti-bush. Who isn't?

Checked.

[KenMasters]

It's them, for sure. The voice... the music that, although it may be different sounds so familiar... what if they haven't released a decent album since Dookie? this one's good. But, one moment! the cover of working class hero goes for a major prize? yeah... i'll take my guitar, turn on the overdrive ans cover Let it be! sure success. Are they kidding us? Dear john Lennon, walk from your grave...

[Saintanger20]

jane_says wrote:

guitartiger wrote:

GREEN DAY IS THE GREATEST BAND EVER!! GO BILLIE JOE!!!


ummmm, i know this an opinionated statement, but, no, they really are not, not at all actually

Right on jane_says. Green Day, in my opinion, is by far the worst band out there.

[SmileOfHavok]

flea878 wrote:

Ergh, im sick of 'news' about these whiny pop-punk guys. I thought american idiot was the worst song of the last 200 years. Foxboro annoy me just as much. I hate the fact people think they're really cool because they're anti-bush. Who isn't?

blah blah blah. If you thought American Idiot was the worst song in recent history, you should crawl out from under your rock and meet Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance.

Anyways, most of AI was pretty good...worthy of Green Day's discography, I'll have to give Foxboro a try.

[Soadfan8]

i dont think green day will ever be a sbad as fall out boy, but theyre getting close. ill be sure not to download those foxboro hot tub songs.

[DiveRightIn63]

Boy, the title to this article sure is clever!

[barangatang]

downloader!!!! :O well greenday is nice, and to berkely is still close enough to sanfrancisco so you can say that sanfrancisco is their hometown^^

Berkely is actually spelled Berkeley. And yes, this is true, I always tell people that I'm from San Fran.

[atomic69er]

billie joe needs to re think his approach to writing songs...3 power chords cannot make a good album ...lyrically not so bad, but musically? please, its horrible...at least fallout boy and MCR, both of which I am most certainly not a fan, put some actual thought into arranging and writing songs, and at times can create some catchy hooks. Green Day hasn't done that since dookie. Now i'm going to listen to Amon Amarth, and wash pop punk from my mind...Metal up bitches \,,/

[Minicabbae]

STFU Atimic

i Fucking love greenday and they wouldnt be greenday if not for the guitars and singing

[Supernaut82]

Hey, you know how it feels when a friend tells you a joke, and it's not funny at all, even though they think it's the greatest thing ever? Now imagine, almost everyone you know repeats this joke to you once a day, for some 15 or 20 years. This is the essence of Green Day. We can all thank them for bands like Fall Out Boy, Blink 182, etc. Thank you Green Day, for setting such great standards for this generation's music. Count me the **** out.

[@BKG@]

-XM- wrote:

"If its not, then some band has a PR guy who needs a raise"

lmao.

[@BKG@]

Yeah

Soadfan8 wrote:

i dont think green day will ever be a sbad as fall out boy, but theyre getting close. ill be sure not to download those foxboro hot tub songs.

I don't really like Green Day, but I do like these songs. You should give them a chance if you haven't already.

Checked.

[P-Bass Pirate]

cloudy_skies wrote:

raymanbaracuda wrote:

What if it's really Barry Manilow?

What if it's really Will Smith?

then i love him.

[boxcarblink94]

raymanbaracuda wrote:

What if it's really Will Smith?

Possibly because he doesn't have to cuss in his rap to sell records.

well i do...

[boxcarblink94]

atomic69er wrote:

billie joe needs to re think his approach to writing songs...3 power chords cannot make a good album ...lyrically not so bad, but musically? please, its horrible...at least fallout boy and MCR, both of which I am most certainly not a fan, put some actual thought into arranging and writing songs, and at times can create some catchy hooks. Green Day hasn't done that since dookie. Now i'm going to listen to Amon Amarth, and wash pop punk from my mind...Metal up bitches \,,/

if you really think green day is completely just 3 chords, you've obviously shown that you haven't listened to one of their records.

and if you think it "cannot" create a good song then you have millions and millions of people disagreeing with you.

[dfresh91]

foxboro is the name of the town i live in!!!!

[HeartRaz0r]

dfresh91 wrote:

foxboro is the name of the town i live in!!!!

proud? LOL

[E V H 5150]

I thought this was some sort of Super-bowl reference, because the Patriots are in Foxboro.

As for GD being simple 3-chord stuff... they wouldn't be the first to use a 3-chord riff. A lot of classic rock is just 3-chords. I don't listen to them, though, so I wouldn't know if they used 3-chord progressions in all their songs.

[m_daly_123]

TJ1991 wrote:

I like the Foxboro suff anyway, it's a change from Green Day but still good. Maybe not quite as good as The Network but it works.

The Network rules! I'm gonna have to check out Foxboro for sure..

[paddypadman]

Aw man!
New material from Pinhead!? Excellent!!

[nomad911]

wow. i've never read an article like this where everyone didn just bash greenday. their stuff is fun to listen to, but i cant say their the best band out right now.

[emr_steelmech]

-XM- wrote:

"If its not, then some band has a PR guy who needs a raise"

lmao.

+1 that would be awesome

[Kaz3-6-0]

It would be nice if they tabbed these "posers" or green day on power-tab

[Kaz3-6-0]

i looked at their songs and it really sounds like Green Day; their 3-string power-chords and their sounds are really incorporated into the Highway 1 song, if it really is Green Day

[AngerIsAGift06]

it sounds like a poor arctic monkeys ripoff

[devin_g94]

green day is from oakland...not sanfran. anyways good songs. i like the quote about the jonas brothers lol.

[z3r0element07]

This is obviously Green Day. You can easily tell by the progression and simple chords. The vocals also makes it blatantly obvious. Great stuff nevertheless

[algemar]

" It appears hot tubs can now be powered by green energy."

haha..ha..ha...ugh..... who pays these writers?

[peaceonearth52]

green day

[MrOtter]

seriously, there is no interpretation needed here. I downloaded the album two months ago when it came AS GREEN DAY'S SIDE PROJECT! apparently they weren't getting enough publicity so they launched this hype campaign, but it is them, they admitted from the beginning! this isn't news in fact it is the falsifying of old news

[Just_a_picker]

Haven't heard any of the Foxboro stuff.

Dj at the local rock station was talking about it though, right after they played BoBD. I laughed a little. I'd defienately like to hear it if it's a more punkish sound than AI, as I didn;t like that album at all.

[boxcarblink94]

Sid McCall wrote:

getts182 wrote:

Nice. Except that San Francisco isn't Green Day's hometown. Berkely is like two minutes away, it's close enough.

actually they're from rodeo, you take 80 from SF to cummings skyway i believe. but where they are from is a minor detail, and san francisco does just fine

[ihaterap69]

E V H 5150 wrote:

I thought this was some sort of Super-bowl reference, because the Patriots are in Foxboro.

As for GD being simple 3-chord stuff... they wouldn't be the first to use a 3-chord riff. A lot of classic rock is just 3-chords. I don't listen to them, though, so I wouldn't know if they used 3-chord progressions in all their songs.

but they lost to the giants. YAY!!!

[Klix]

Yeah, I think it's Green Day, who are amazing!

[wildchild6660]

cloudy_skies wrote:

Kind of old news...but hey, the tunes are great and bear more than a passing resemblance to Green Day songs. It's kinda funny that Mother Mary is all over the radio even though there is no label backing.

raymanbaracuda wrote:

What if it's really Barry Manilow?

What if it's really Will Smith?

What if its 50 cent? He He.

[wildchild6660]

cloudy_skies wrote:

Kind of old news...but hey, the tunes are great and bear more than a passing resemblance to Green Day songs. It's kinda funny that Mother Mary is all over the radio even though there is no label backing.

raymanbaracuda wrote:

What if it's really Barry Manilow?

What if it's really Will Smith?

What if its 50 cent? He He.

Or what if its Weird Al?

[Ameyia Rowan]

Green Day All The WAY!!!!

[RUSTDOGG666]

"Tunes like 'Stop Drop and Roll' rock hard enough that we'd dig this even if these guys turned out to be the Jonas Brothers."

God lets hope not. I'm glad this is green day and not them.