Last month, we posted about a video interview with Green Day's manager, Pat Magnerella, where he talked about the planning and releasing of the trilogy.

Recently, another part of that interview with Pat was released, and he talks a little more about Green Day. The main subject of the interview is how the band grabbed his attention and how he got involved with them.

[quoteFull][Green Day were] one of those bands that you just watched. Everything they did just got bigger and bigger and bigger. They got themselves to Europe on their own and spent three months touring in a station wagon... and they booked that all themselves.[/quoteFull]

[pic=Cover of the new book "The Ultimate Unauthorized History"]012913_ultimate.jpg[/pic]A new book was released last month titled "Green Day: The Ultimate Unauthorized History", written by Alan di Perna (contributor to magazines like Guitar ... read story
[pic=Billie Joe signing the guitar at the Bowery Electric]012813_rsz_detail.jpg[/pic]Today, instead of the usual featured eBay item, we wanted to give you guys an opportunity to bid on an awesome Green Day-related item, and support a good ... read story
Green Day's documentary ¡Cuatro! made it's premiere last night at the X-Games in Aspen, CO. Mike and Tre were around alongside director Tim Wheeler and producer Tim Lynch. Check out the preview from the Q&A below. Updated January 28th ... read story
[pic=Green Day performing at the X Games in 2002]012713_xgames.jpg[/pic]With little to no details surfacing from ¡Cuatro!'s premiere last night at the X Games in Aspen, we've decided to give you guys the next best thing for this week's ... read story
[pic=Part 3 of our Green Day biography now available]012613_band.jpg[/pic]We got part 3 of our biography up and ready for your eyeballs to consume. This part covers Green Day's career from American Idiot through the release of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos ... read story
Green Day's documentary ¡Cuatro!, the making of the trilogy, makes its full debut tonight in Aspen, CO at the X-Games. It will be shown at the Wheeler Opera house, starting at 8pm (Mountain Time), and will be followed with a Q&A with Green ... read story
[pic=Static Noise]012113_sn-gda.jpg[/pic]This week on Static Noise, it's a special episode! Matt, Jimmy and Jack talk about their thoughts, opinions and everything in between about the trilogy of albums. We discuss some controversial topics ... read story
For this week's [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/tags/Throwback-Thursday/]#ThrowbackThursday[/turl], we're bringing you back to the sound check of Green Day's infamous 1994 "Jaded In Chicago" gig. The Jaded In Chicago show ... read story
ESPN has released a trailer for Green Day's upcoming documentary, ¡Cuatro! (formally ¡Quatro!, but the title sequence at the end of the trailer is now spelled with a 'c'). The trailer is being released before its full premiere at the X- ... read story
[pic=Static Noise]012113_sn-gda.jpg[/pic]Static Noise is finally back! In this episode, Matt is joined by Jimmy and Jack of the GDA news team to discuss some of the biggest happenings from the last couple months in the Green Day World. The ... read story
[pic=Mike during the recording of the trilogy]012213_mike.jpg[/pic]ESPN has a great interview up with Mike Dirnt talking about the upcoming premiere of their documentary ¡Cuatro!. They cover a lot of ground, and it's the first 'in-depth' ... read story
[pic=Billie Joe performing at the Summersonic Festival]012013_bjasummer.jpg[/pic]Last summer, before ¡Uno! ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! were released Green Day went on a short world tour to promote their upcoming releases with one of their shows ... read story
[pic=Green Day live in 2012]011913_billielive.jpg[/pic]Loudwire has included Green Day in their list of 'Must See Rock Concerts' of 2013. After Billie Joe Armstrong‘s rehab stint, Green Day finally get a chance to promote their album ... read story
[pic=Part of one of the lyric sheets]011813_rsz_bkngz.jpg[/pic]A couple months ago, after some frame-by-frame snooping in the version of ¡Cuatro! shown on VH1, I was able to come up with 48 images of the handwritten lyric sheets that ... read story
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