Spy Rock Road (And Other Stories...)

Contains 11 songs.Personnel: Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Tre Cool (drums).Audio Remasterer: Carl Saff.Liner Note Author: Larry Livermore.Recording information: Art Of Ears, San Francisco (1985-1990); Dancing Dog, Emeryville (1985-1990); School Of Modern Music, Willis (1985-1990); Sergay's Recording Emporium, Berkeley (1985-1990); Sound And Vision, San Francisco (1985-1990).Illustrators: Marissa Paternoster; Lauren Denitzio.Photographer: Murray Bowles.Say what you will about Larry Livermore, but the man clearly knows talent when he sees it. How many other guys would fast-talk a 12-year-old kid into playing drums in his band and end up with a guy who would later be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Livermore not only drafted a preteen Tre Cool to keep the beat in his first band, the Lookouts, he ended up introducing Cool to Billie Joe Armstrong, making possible the Green Day lineup that would make pop-punk a lucrative occupation for hundreds of young people in th