The Wombat Speaks

Reproduced courtesy of & with permission from the Wombat:


"The highlight of the concert for me was this - haven't seen anything like this
before, and was quite crazy!

In the middle, Billie Joe Armstrong (BJA) said, we're gonna create a band
right here right now. And asked people from the crowd, who can play the
drums, who can play bass and who can play the guitar. It was 3 simple
beats. People started going nuts. There were posters up in seconds saying I
play baas, I play the drums etc. etc. He then picked 3 people - after
making them swear to God that they knew how to play.....and they
did.....then said, get your ass up here. A young guy our age on the drums -
showed him the 3 beats and asked him to keep going. Then got a girl on the
bass - 3 simple chords. Andshe startedplaying along with the drummer
dude.......hesaid this is for all the females in the crowd........so
thechicks went mad. And then, for the lead guitar - they got a 12 yr old
kid. Before bringing him up, BJA asked - how old are you? kid says -
12.........next question - have you ever had sex with a woman before? kid -
doesn't know how to respond. BJA says, We are gonna have sex right here
tonight on stage. (he meant the music). so this kid knew the basics so he
joined in with the other two............and then they did a song, Billie
sang and these 3 played. It was bloody awesome. The drummer dude was very
good and gave the drums n cymbals quite a beating - mood mein tha. He then
asked the 12 yr old kid - what his name was and said, Steve - you get to
keep the guitar!!!!!!! made the drummer dude do a stage dive - so he'd come
running from the stage and jump into the crowd"