[img=staticnoise.png]This week on the GDA Podcast, Static Noise, we talk about Billie Joe being removed from a plane for his saggy pants, a new book by photographer Bob Gruen, and talk about what Green Day was up to "on this week" in years past, as well as cover the song of the week, "16".

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A couple of nights ago, Taylor Swift covered Green Day's "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" at her concert in San Jose, California. Check out her rendition of the Nimrod classic... Judging by the audience reaction, it seemed to go down ... read story
Thanks to @Whatsername1964 for finding this most appropriate photo. Here are some new stories related to the incident. Los Angeles Times, SF Gate, NME, US Magazine, CBS News, The AP and many more ... read story
[img=090211_billie_moon.jpg]Billie Joe finally posted a new update on Twitter yesterday, much to the excitement of fans everywhere. Unfortunately it was to let us know that he had been kicked off a Southwest flight because his pants were ... read story
Gibson has listed 20 Essential Facts about the J-180 and mention Billie Joe twice in the article, talking about his signature version of the guitar. 17. The Billie Joe Armstrong J-180 is the latest version of this legendary guitar. The ... read story
For all of the guitar-tech fanatics in GDA-land, we've just seen a great tour of Billie and Jason's guitar rigs during the first 21st Century Breakdown tour in 2009. The band's guitar techs give away a lot of great information about the ... read story
[img=082911_lookforlove.jpg]When Billie Joe was just five years old he used to go around to hospitals and nursing homes with his dad to sing to the patients in hopes of making him feel better. This soon led to Billie recording his first ... read story
On this week... (click the year to watch a related video) Last Year:[img=083111_green day homecoming.jpg] Green Day were at the tail end of the 2nd leg of their 21st Century Breakdown North American tour. The band stopped in Dallas, ... read story
A video has surfaced of the band performing "Words I Might Have Ate" in East Orange, NJ, way back in 1992. Apparently, Billie broke a guitar string right before this, leaving Green Day no choice but to improvise. The result was a unique ... read story
This week's Song of the Week is the timeless 16, off Green Day's first album,1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. 16 is Green Day at their beautifully simplistic best - it's a universally relatable song for any teenager approaching adulthood; ... read story
[img=082911_Lookout.gif]Continuing our current theme of taking a look back at Green Day's early history, fansite greenday.net posted an article from the East Bay Express from 2005, which talks about the rise and fall of Lookout! Records, ... read story
Once a week we want to highlight some cool Green Day items on eBay. If you guys come across anything rare, awesome, or interesting, send it over to me, andres@greendayauthority.com so we can post about it next week. To start us off we're ... read story
[img=082811_Larry Livermore.jpg]Lookout! Records co-founder Larry Livermore writes about the first time he met 'Sweet Children' - who of course went on to become Green Day, in part 8 of his Spy Rock Memories. In this installment of Larry's ... read story
Recently, we posted that Indonesia has been campaigning for Green Day to play in their country. Well, Big Daddy Polls has created a poll to see which American bands, TV shows, and movies the Indonesian people want played there. According ... read story
[img=082511_Rock Seen.jpg]Rolling Stone recently published a picture of a new book by Bob Gruen, called Rock Seen. The New York based photographer has taken pictures at many Green Day shows and events, as well as The Foxboro Hot Tubs. The ... read story
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