7 - Paradise
San Francisco, December 1991
Two years after the westward migration, I settle on San Fran, and Green Day lays down the welcome mat (even though the song's inspiration is West Oakland):
For some strange reason it's now feelin like my home
& I'm never never gonna go
Pay attention to the cracked streets & the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I wanna take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to paradise
-Billie Joe Armstrong
Early Green Day ride the MUNI. ( lost photo credit)
Coming Up in Act 2: Writing in North Beach and meeting the Godfather maestro