[img=010812_mikecafe.jpg]When Green Day was first starting out, before they made it big, the band held other day jobs to rise money for touring and other band related expenses. Mike Dirnt worked in a restaurant as a short-order cook and the restaurant bug never seemed to leave him and in 2002 Mike opened Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe. Mike now owns two cafe's under the same name in the Oakland California area.

Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe has been included in a new list compiled by Rolling Stone and has been named one of their top "Rocker Restaurants".

Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt opened the original Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Emeryville, California in 2002. The restaurant, named after a classic Clash song, serves up classic American diner fare with fresh, mostly locally sourced ingredients.


You can see the full list of musically-owned restaurant that includes Jon Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Justin Timberlake, and more over on RollingStone.com by clicking here.

Thanks to Karen for posting this on our forum.
[img=010812_autographedguitar.jpg]Green Day has teamed up with CharityBuzz.com to place a Green Day autographed Epiphone guitar up for auction with the proceeds benefiting the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles. The guitar is a ... read story
[img=010712_lighting.jpg]During Green Day's 21st Century Breakdown tour, the band pulled out an impressive new stage setup, the screen projections, pyrotechnics, the city-scape screens behind the band, lighting, and new and original artwork ... read story
[img=010712_Fox.jpg]Tony Anastasi (Moi?!) will be appearing on his good friend and fellow Spread Eagle FC player, Luke Cousins, "Saturday Night Rock" show on Phoenix FM today in the greater London area, to talk about all things Green Day ... read story
[img=010612_GTP.jpg]Going To Pasalacqua My favourite part... I'm in for nasty weather But I'll take whatever you can give that comes my way One of the best tracks on the album for me and a pure Green Day classic, there's a live version ... read story
American clothing designer, John Varvatos and Green Day have teamed up for Varvatos' latest clothing collection. Varvatos is famous for collaborating with different bands and coming up with some unique clothing collections. The band and ... read story
[img=010512_009.jpg]A very good friend of ours, Lori Champion, was lucky enough to catch The Big Cats show that took place in Little Rock, Arkansas, just before Christmas. Lori was kind enough to share her experience with the 'awesome ... read story
Green Day has been included in this weeks issue of Kerrang Magazine as apart of their "massive" poster special. Other bands that are included in the poster special include Avenged Sevenfold, Paramore, 30 Seconds To Mars, Young Guns, and ... read story
To join in with the partying mood of New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, this week's Song of the Week is the dance-inducing Stop Drop and Roll by Green Day's side-band the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Stop Drop and Roll is the first track off the album of ... read story
Here's a video of the brand new cast of American Idiot The Musical On Tour performing a medley of Green Day hits from the Dan Capps stage production on New Years Eve 2011 (remember that year?) in Toronto, Canada. I thought it was highly ... read story
Looking for inspiration? This ain't that brand new, however still relevant and should do the trick! This interview was done for 'Doritos Soundbites'- Artist of the Month (2004). Anyone know which month??? mmm... Doritos! ;) Thanks to ... read story
[img=123111_mitch-1.jpg]Artist Mitch Clem writes about getting a phone call last November asking to draw a flyer for Green Day's secret show in Austin. Woke up one day to my friend Max calling me. There was a secret show afoot in Austin, ... read story
Below is a full concert video of Green Day playing at Edgefest in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. Enjoy! Thanks to Luke Price for sending this video ... read story
2011 was an incredible year for GDA and Green Day fans around the world. We've got in place a wonderful team here and on the forum, each working to make GDA better each week. We've introduced new regular features (Scattered Memories, Song ... read story
[img=123111_normal_wait13.jpg]For me, 2011 has been a whirlwind year filled with plenty of ups and downs and a lot of time floating in-between extreme peaks and valleys. Green Day's song "Waiting" represents my year incredibly well - it ... read story
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