If you wanted a word to sum up modern day Green Day it would be ‘happy’. The band currently exudes a contentment in their live shows which has, since the release of Revolution Radio, kicked everything up a couple of gears. As a fan it ... read story

[pic=Close-up of Billie Joe's writing on the heel of the "Blue" neck]122812_rsz_blue_copy_heel-1.jpg[/pic][note]Editor's note: The post below was written by Lee Taylor (GetMyRocksOff on our forum, GDC). This is Lee's story of how he came to ... read story

[caption=Fan Of The Week: Cristhyne S]083012_chris.jpeg[/caption]Name: Cristhyne Location: 5th or 4th most dangerous city in the world. No kidding. (Or Caracas) How long have you been a fan: 7 years Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner ... read story

Editors Note: The below post was written by a member of our community, justcause, on our forum. We asked her permission to cross-post it here. In the post below she's responding to the question "What do you think of Oh Love?" Our thanks to ... read story

[caption=Green Day at the Reading Festival in 2001]061712_gdreadingfest.jpg[/caption]It happens every June, no matter how hard I try to avoid it. Inevitably my birthday rolls around and I begrudgingly turn another year older. And instead of ... read story

[img=043012_bjamd2001.jpg]Ten years ago, in July 2002, I saw Green Day for the first time. There's an impression amongst certain Green Day fans, some of whom perhaps weren't around to see it, that the years leading up to American Idiot saw ... read story

[img=042212_oldbillieandmike.jpg]Life as a kid in small town America can be restricting. It's not a bad life by any means, but often it's a limited one. When you're a kid in a small town a trip to the next biggest city is a big deal, a trip ... read story

[img=021112_Rest.jpg]Rest My favourite part... Hello. Or is this Goodbye? This is a tough one for me as I'll openly admit it's not very high on the Green Day back catalogue of numbers that I'll seek out, as a result I find it pretty ... read story

[img=020712_WMUWSE.jpg]5 a.m. calls are rarely a good thing. That was the case when the phone rang one cold December morning in 2005. A friend was calling to tell me my sister was looking for me because my mother had gone into cardiac ... read story

This week's song of the week was written by John., a moderator on our forum. You can view the topic for this song on the forum. ------ This week, our song of the week is Before The Lobotomy, the 21st Century Breakdown hit about whiskey ... read story