May 2011

A couple weeks ago we started selling some GDA guitar picks and to our surprise we sold out within the first day. We just got more in stock and they're ready to go out. If you've ordered in the last week when they were backordered, your order will be sent this ...

Billie Joe has posted a little bit more on Twitter about the new music Green Day has been working on: Ok here's the scoop. GD has been jamming new songs everyday. There's a ton of new songs. The direction is fresh and hi energy. Feels great I don't want to ...

Hot Topic has posted a few "new" Green Day items up for sale. For starters, they now have an Awesome As Fuck Girl's t-shirt available, plus you can purchase the AAF vinyl. There's also a "web exclusive" shirt I haven't seen before, also a girl's size. Click ...

Adeline Records has just released Green Day's Minority EP on clear vinyl through the Adeline Records online store. This is a very limited pressing of the EP with only 300 copies made and only 200 copies available through Adeline. The EP includes four songs, " ...

This Saturday, May 28th, the 'Green Day Across The World' event will be taking place. This is an event set up by Green Day fans to honor the band, as we work together in our respective cities around the world to do something positive for the environment. The ...

We have updated our Featured Download page with a new download of the song "Know Your Enemy" being played live at the Uptown Club in Oakland, California in April of 2009. This concert was professionally filmed to be used for promotional use for Green Day's ...

Zesterdaily.com interviewed Green Day's tour cooks, Sean Stone and Steve Jenkins at Green Day's recent show in Irving, California about how they prepare the band's food on the road. The article is an interesting read and at the end they even include a recipe ...

Emily's Army - a bay area band which includes Billie Joe's son, Joey, on drums - is getting some press about their upcoming album 'Don't Be A Dick' which was produced by Billie Joe and being released on Adeline Records. The band was recently featured on MTV's ...

Since yesterday marked the 2 year anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown's release, we thought we'd spend this whole week celebrating Green Day's most recent studio album. First off, we're going to focus on our current song of the week over at our GDC Forum, ...

Last night Broadway.com held a ceremony to announce the winners of their 2011 Audience Choice awards in New York City. Billie Joe won the "Favorite Replacement" award where he was nominated for his run as St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical. Billie Joe ...

The American Idiot musical is auctioning off items from the Broadway show that will go to benefit the charity Broadway Cares (which we've written about here). They have a number of really cool items up like some props from the show, and even programs and ...

Two years ago today, Green Day's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released on Reprise Records. The album was produced by Butch Vig, marking the first time Rob Cavallo wasn't a part of a major Green Day album release. The album reached #1 on the ...

We've designed some new shirts that we're pretty excited to make available for our visitors. The design is similar to the stickers we started selling back in April (which are still available). Basically a play on the censored words from the "Awesome As F**k" ...

Last month we posted about Green Day being featured in Goldmine magazine. Now Goldmine has made the article available online. It's a very in-depth look through Green Day's career, covering everything from "Dookie" to "Awesome as Fuck." They talk about the ...

Last night on Twitter [twitter=bjaofficial]Billie Joe sent out[/twitter] the following tweet: Chris dugans birthday today! Authority needs to give him his own page! Best engineer on the planet!! We're at his party in Oakland First off, a belated Happy Birthday ...

Tony Vincent, who played St. Jimmy in the American Idiot musical, is auctioning off the boots he used during the production of American Idiot for charity. Money raised will go to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids non-profit charity. Green Day and the ...

Harper Collins Catalogs have the release of the first "official" Green Day book listed on their site, set to go on sale from October 25th, 2011. It's described as "the first official book about the band, by the band." The dynamic first book from the popular ...

Billie Joe has been nominated in 2011 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. The awards are held annually, and give fans a chance to vote for their favorites across Broadway. Billie Joe was nominated for 'Favorite Replacement' for his run as St. Jimmy during the ...

Just a quick poll to see what our visitors would like us to spend time on. Feel free to add your own option if the item you most want isn't on the list. And feel free to leave a comment below if you feel like explaining your vote a bit.

A few days ago Tre hosted the 5th annual MuST Golf Tournament at the Sequoyah Country Club in the Oakland Hills. Mike also attended the event along with Green Day's producer Butch Vig. Each year the event is held to raise money for the Music Integrated ...

Today, Mike Dirnt is celebrating his 39th birthday. On behalf of the entire GDA team, I'd like to wish him a very happy birthday with many more to come! Happy Birthday, Mike! Picture Gallery for Mike Dirnt

Recap from New York City In this weeks episode of the GDA podcast, "Static Noise", we talk about the final performance of the American Idiot musical and Green Day playing afterward. We talk about the future of "American Idiot" as a tour and a movie, and our ...

Our congratulations to Karley R. for winning a copy of "Seize the Green Day" from GDA. We'll be announcing another contest very soon to win another copy of the book. If you're interested, you can purchase a copy directly from Amazon, and you can read this post ...

We'll be recording the podcast today at 3pm EST (1:30pm CST, 7:30pm GMT). You guys should stop by on Justin.tv to watch it and chat with us while we record. This is our first podcast for quite awhile so we will have a lot to talk about concerning American ...