News Archives - June 2012

Static Noise 65: Glee's cover of "Good Riddance" is out and thankfully it's OK

By Matt /May. 14, 2012 / Comments

[img=podcast.jpg]65: Thoughts on Glee, "American Idiot," Mike Dirnt, and various Idiot Club promotions

On this week's "Static Noise" we take a listen to Glee's cover of "Good Riddance" and reflect on other covers of the track. We also talk about Mike Dirnt's Idiot Club Q&A and other various Idiot Club promotions.

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To Ballad Or Not To Ballad?

By Bryony · May. 12, 2012 · 0 Comments

[img=050212_billiepowerballads.jpg]"I fucking hate power ballads" - words straight from the horses mouth. Billie Joe uttered this phrase only a few weeks ago at the induction of Guns and Roses into the Rock and Roll hall of fame. Slightly ... read story

Small Update.

By Courtney · May. 12, 2012 · 0 Comments

Hey everyone, I'm gonna make this fast because I hurt my finger and it kinda hurts to type. Word is out that the new b-side album will be releasd in mid-July (just in the time for my birthday), and is tentatively named "Shenanigans". As ... read story

Vote for your favorite entry in our cover song contest

By Matt · May. 11, 2012 · 0 Comments

As we posted about a couple weeks ago, we wanted you all to send in the best Green Day cover you could possibly make of a song from 21st Century Breakdown. We accepted entries until late last night and we've barely managed to narrow it down ... read story

"American Idiot" featured in Kerrang Magazine's "Secrets Behind The Songs" article

By Jimmy · May. 10, 2012 · 0 Comments

[url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/articles/160/1/][/url]In this weeks issue of [url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/newissue/]Kerrang Magazine[/url] there is a segment called the "Secrets Behind The Songs" where "American Idiot" is featured ... read story

The Idiot Club is taking your questions for Mike Dirnt and giving away a copy of The Boo

By Jimmy · May. 9, 2012 · 0 Comments

[img=050912_mikeqa.jpg]The [url=http://idiotclub.com]Idiot Club[/url] has just announced that after the recent success with their fan Q&A with Billie Joe's wife, Adrienne, they have decided to conduct another question and answer session, ... read story

Enter to win a Mike Dirnt signature bass from Fender

By Jimmy · May. 9, 2012 · 0 Comments

[img=050912_mikedirntbass.jpg]Currently Fender is running a contest where you can enter to win one of twelve signature models, one being a Mike Dirnt Squier Precision signature bass. Other signature models in the giveaway include John 5 ... read story

Listen to Glee's version of "Good Riddance" set to air on May 22nd

By Jimmy · May. 8, 2012 · 0 Comments

When we first [url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3193/]announced[/url] that Glee was going to be covering Green Day's "Good Riddance" last month, many of you were concerned that the television show wouldn't do the song justice. We ... read story

Song Of The Week: "Last Night On Earth"

By Aska · May. 7, 2012 · 0 Comments

Song of the Week for this week is the "unapologetic love song" Last Night On Earth, track 7 from Green Day's 8th studio album, 2009's [url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/music/21cb/]21st Century Breakdown[/url]. The song is also featured ... read story

Static Noise 64: Listener thoughts about ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre!

May. 7, 2012 · 0 Comments

[img=podcast.jpg]64: Listener thoughts about the trilogy On this week's "Static Noise" we take a look at the latest studio updates, listen to some opinions from Green Day fans about the upcoming trilogy, and talk about Green Day ... read story

Reminder: Enter our cover song contest to win some awesome prizes

By Matt · May. 7, 2012 · 0 Comments

Earlier last week, we started a cover song contest here on GDA in which you guys can win some awesome prizes such as a copy of the Warning vinyl in white, a year Idiot Club membership, and some Idiot Club exclusive Green Day postcards. All ... read story

Video of Green Day performing "Letterbomb" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

By Jimmy · May. 6, 2012 · 0 Comments

As we posted [url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3211/]yesterday[/url], HBO premiered this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony last night. Green Day opened the show with "Letterbomb" and then later in the night ... read story

Green Day's performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony to air on HBO tonight

By Jimmy · May. 5, 2012 · 0 Comments

[img=050312_rockhall.jpg]Tonight at 9pm EST HBO will be airing the premiere of this years Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The actual induction ceremony was on April 14th in Cleveland, Ohio. Green Day opened the show with ... read story

Happy 40th Birthday Mike!

By Bryony · May. 4, 2012 · 0 Comments

Our favourite bassist turns 40 today! Many Happy Returns to one of the best bassists in the business, or as Billie Joe likes to call him "the best fucking bassist in the history of punk-rock!" [youtube=iQKC2ynd9v8] Update: Mike Tweeted at ... read story

Studio Update #15 - Billie Joe tracking vocals for ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tre!

By Jimmy · May. 2, 2012 · 0 Comments

Moments ago, Green Day uploaded another studio update to their YouTube channel. In this video we see Billie Joe in the vocal booth joking around with producer Rob Cavallo and engineer Chris Dugan. This video is one of the more exciting ... read story

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