May 2006

Green Day made it into Kerrang!’s Top 25 Bands of Our Lifetime. They came in at number 5, behind AC DC, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, and Iron Maiden. They were given the sub-title "The biggest punk band of all time". But number 5 of all the bands in the world? ...

Billie Joe was on the cover of Total Guitar last week. They talk to him about American Idiot, his early taste in music, his top 5 albums and there is also a page about Billie's guitars. Thanks to Hannah for scanning these for us. Cover | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page ...

Today is Memorial Day here in the United States. 2,464 of our troops have died in Iraq, and there are still over 130,000 troops over there and thousands more in Afghanistan. Each has their own story, their own friends, and their own family members who worry ...

Green Day won Best Album for the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards on May 25th.They also landed on Australia's top 100 Video Hits this week with Minority (#87), Boulevard of Broken Dreams (#25), Wake me up (#21), Holiday (#18), and American Idiot at #5.An article ...

Congratulations to Tino - the winner of the Whatsername contest. You can listen to his entry as well as the runner up still on the contest page.

Green Day is mentioned briefly in the newest issue of TIME magazine. Above the pages talking about the Dixie Chicks, there are small snippits of musicians who have put out anti-war albums where Green Day is mentioned. Read HereToday is the last day to vote for ...

There is an interview in the newest issue of Blender Magazine with Billie Joe. It's basically just some random questions they asked him about everything from his parenting to the bands change in music and style. I am really proud of our past, but to become an ...

Look who has blonde hair now... The photo on the left is from yesterday at the ASCAP Award Honors where Green Day and Annie Lennox where honored (article). Green Day got honored with the Creative Voice Award as well as for Song of the Year, Boulevard of Broken ...

There are a couple new online articles that mention the update from the band about starting to work on "cool new projects". The first article from Virgin.net you can read here. The second article comes from MTV and below is a snippit:...a spokesperson for the ...

After what seemed like an impossible task of choosing the best 5 choices from the Whatsername Contest, we have chosen a top 5. Your job now, is to go here and listen to the 5 top entries, then vote on your favorite version. To save you the trouble of ...

Green Day has been nominated for Favourite International Group for the 2006 Much Music Video Awards. Thats a "Peoples Choice" award so you guys need to vote for them. Billie Joe and Mike were at the 15th Annual Music Videos Production awards last Thursday. ...

If you entered our contest between May 7 - May 10 we didn't get your entry. The links expired before I had a chance to save them. If you did send in your entry between those days, you should have already gotten an email asking to re-submit them. I have posted ...

Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've been on a much needed break from this place since last week. As Tyke mentioned a few days ago, the contest did end the 12th. In the next couple days we're going to pick the top 5 entries, then post them ...

As you guys all know by now, today is the last day you have to show off your skills. If you havent already, make sure to listen to what people have entered already, or enter here.An unofficial DVD has been released in which you answer questions on a Green Day ...

For those of you that still haven't seen a couple of Fuse TV shows featuring Green Day, you can catch the re-runs today. Influenc'd at 11:30am and 'Loaded' at 12:30am. You can also catch a re-run of MadTV with Green Day next Tuesday (5/16) at 4pm. Check your ...

Green Day won one of two awards they were up for at this years MTV Asia Awards. They won 'Favorite Rock Act' but lost the Favorite Video award to Korn's video for "Twisted Transistor".There's a couple places you guys need to vote for Green Day on Rolling Stone ...

As we mentioned back in March, Billie Joe will be in Atlantic City, NJ on May 19th to preform a few songs with Elvis Costello. The Idiot Club is giving away two tickets to the event. Visit the official site for more info. Green Day will be honored at the 23rd ...

HAPPY 34TH BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST BASSIST IN PUNK ROCK, MIKE DIRNT!!Seven more contest entries have been posted. If you are intrested in entering the contest, be sure to start working on your entries. You only have seven more days to enter.

Green Day has answered 25 new questions for the Idiot Club Q&A. There are quite a few decent questions, and the guys gave some decent answers. So check them out (you have to be a member of the Idiot Club). Billie Joe and Adrienne were at the Metropolitan ...

We have re-organized the album reviews section and have also posted three new reviews: Rancid, Weezer and the Sex Pistols. Today is the last day to answer our poll. As for an update on the contest, another five entries have been posted. Thats twenty entries ...

Hey everyone, happy May! Over the past 4 months people have been sending in emails to inform us of any errors in our lyrics. All of these small errors have been fixed (and there were many), so check out the lyrics section and continue to inform us of any ...