{"id":80261,"date":"2023-12-07T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=80261"},"modified":"2023-12-07T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T23:54:21","slug":"alexs-bar-is-a-star-in-green-days-new-dilemma-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/alexs-bar-is-a-star-in-green-days-new-dilemma-music-video","title":{"rendered":"Alex&#8217;s Bar is a star in Green Day&#8217;s new &#8216;Dilemma&#8217; music video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Beachers with a keen eye might notice that Green Day&#8217;s latest music video, released Thursday, was filmed inside a local venue and popular Zaferia bar.<\/p>\n<p>The alcohol- (and cocaine) fueled video for the band&#8217;s single, &#8220;Dilemma,&#8221; was filmed inside Alex&#8217;s Bar. The iconic local watering hole is no stranger to the limelight, having served as a filming location for &#8220;Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny&#8221; and HBO&#8217;s &#8220;True Blood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Green Day - Dilemma (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qAmulKjcHoo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was such a blast,&#8221; owner Alex Hernandez said Thursday, adding the the video was shot Tuesday, Nov. 28.<\/p>\n<p>The music video&#8217;s director, Ryan Baxley, is friends with the venue&#8217;s talent buyer Nick Aguilar, Hernandez said, explaining how the shoot came to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you get that call, you kind of stop everything and are like, &#8216;Holy sh&#8211;,&#8221; Hernandez said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80266\" style=\"width: 3584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80266\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3584\" height=\"2240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM.png 3584w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-173x108.png 173w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-2048x1280.png 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-1200x750.png 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-1568x980.png 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143319\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.14.19-PM-400x250.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3584px) 100vw, 3584px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green Day play on the Alex&#8217;s Bar stage during its &#8220;Dilemma&#8221; music video. Screenshot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video is one big party, with the band playing backdropped by the venue&#8217;s red velvet wall hangings with a sea of lights hanging over the crowd. Other tell-tale signs of Alex&#8217;s can be seen throughout the video, including its iconic wall art, a sign in the men&#8217;s room that reads &#8220;please don&#8217;t do cocaine in the bathroom&#8221; \u2014 which is, of course, ignored in the video.<\/p>\n<p>And, of course, no proper night spent at Alex&#8217;s Bar would be complete without visiting the photobooth, which the band steps into for their souvenir photo-strip, donning the bar&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80264\" style=\"width: 3584px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80264\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3584\" height=\"2240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM.png 3584w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-173x108.png 173w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-2048x1280.png 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-1200x750.png 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-1568x980.png 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143156\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.03.28-PM-400x250.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3584px) 100vw, 3584px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The band Green Day used the Alex&#8217;s Bar photobooth during its newest music video. Screenshot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This was not Green Day&#8217;s first visit to Alex&#8217;s Bar. The band played a secret show in 2007 following the release of an album from Foxboro Hot Tubs, the group&#8217;s side project, Hernandez said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That show was one of the craziest things we&#8217;ve ever put on,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It was like a high school party that everyone found out about and fu&#8212;&#8211; got super out of control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80265\" style=\"width: 3578px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80265\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3578\" height=\"2238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM.png 3578w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-1024x641.png 1024w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-173x108.png 173w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-1536x961.png 1536w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-2048x1281.png 2048w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-1200x751.png 1200w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-1568x981.png 1568w, https:\/\/img.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/07143236\/Screen-Shot-2023-12-07-at-2.09.19-PM-400x250.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3578px) 100vw, 3578px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign hanging in the Alex&#8217;s Bar bathroom as soon in the latest Green Day music video. Screenshot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This story has been updated with comments from Alex Hernandez, owner of Alex&#8217;s Bar.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Day just dropped its latest music video on Thursday, Dec. 7 and it was filmed at a popular venue in the Zaferia District. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":268,"featured_media":80263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1176,32278],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[25820],"class_list":["post-80261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-alexs-bar","tag-green-day","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80261"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80285,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80261\/revisions\/80285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80261"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=80261"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=80261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}