June 2012

Hello! Here we are again for another installment of 'The Stuff That Didn't Quite Make It.' This week, we've got quite a bit of stuff about the new trilogy of albums, the "Oh Love" single, and some other various stories and news. So let's get down to it. ...

Green Day has now publicly released the album art along with a trailer for ¡Tré! after releasing it exclusively to Idiot Club members earlier today. As we expected, after seeing Billie's tweet the other day, the ¡Tré! cover features Tré on the front, in ...

Moments ago, the Idiot Club posted the trailer and artwork for ¡Tré!, the final piece of Green Day's three-album masterpiece. ¡Tré! is due out January 15th of next year. Right now, the trailer and artwork are exclusive to Idiot Club members (sign up by ...

Spin magazine recently got in on the latest whirlwind of Green Day related news with a short article about the upcoming song 99 Revolutions. The article is based on Billie Joe's recent interview with Rolling Stone. As most people have probably surmised by now ...

The Idiot Club has just posted the track list for ¡Uno!. The album is also available for pre-order right now from Amazon. The album comes out September 25th! 1) Nuclear Family 2) Stay The Night 3) Carpe Diem 4) Let Yourself Go 5) Kill The DJ 6) Fell For You 7 ...

Moments ago Billie Joe tweeted simply saying "UNO! DOS! TRE! Finished!!" along with a picture of the band holding up the trilogy of albums. This is the first time that we have seen the album artwork for ¡Tre!. As many of our forum members predicted, the album ...

69: It's Fuck Time! We talk about the preview for ¡Dos! and the new Rolling Stone articles that describe more of what we can expect form the upcoming trilogy. Listen to the show Or you can right click this link to save the file directly. iTunes You can also ...

The Idiot Club has just announced that the first single from ¡Uno! will be the song "Oh Love" which will be released July 16th. That means we're only 3 weeks away now from the first single. We first heard "Oh Love" back in November at a surprise Green Day ...

This past December we posted about a new "old" release called Green Day: On The Radio. After the initial January release of the live album, it is now coming out on green vinyl and is limited to 1000 copies. This album is a recording of a broadcast done on WFMU ...

Oh behalf of the entire GDA team I would like to take a moment to wish our webmaster, Andres, a very happy 26th birthday today! Without having Andres around, GDA would not be the successful site that it is today with constant updates and new features. Have a ...

We've had a busy week in the Green Day world and we've had a lot to post about too, but there are certainly things that should get some attention. So let's get right to it. Diablo: Green Day Stomping Grounds This is an interesting article from Diablo Magazine ...

Name: Kelsey M. Location: New Orleans, LA How long have you been a fan: 8 years Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): "The world is a sick machine, breeding a mass of shit. With such a desolate conclusion, fill the void with I don't care"- Panic Song Favourite ...

I, along with the rest of the fanbase, was alive with excitement when the album artwork for ¡Uno! was released on Wednesday along with a song sample from the album. I was also stricken with the complete divergence from any sound Green Day has ever had in the ...

Green Day has now publicly released the album art along with a trailer for ¡Dos! after releasing it exclusively to Idiot Club members earlier today. The cover of ¡Dos! follows the pattern that was set by ¡Uno! by having each of the band members on a ...

The Idiot Club has just released the second trailer for Green Day's upcoming trilogy, this time for the second album, ¡Dos!, which will be released November 13th. The video is exclusive for Idiot Club members right now (you can sign up at IdiotClub.com), but ...

We have a new poll for you guys to vote in! After you read the new Rolling Stone articles, we want to know what album in Green Day's upcoming trilogy are you most excited for? In the Rolling Stone article, Billie Joe spilled the beans on what each of the ...

Last week Billie Joe announced on twitter that the band would be playing a secret show in Los Angeles but they didn't give concrete info about where the show was or when it was taking place. The show was set to take place this week, but has now been cancelled ...

In addition to Rolling Stone's magazine article, their website has posted an exclusive interview with Billie Joe talking about the new albums and what we can expect to hear from them - both lyrically and musically. David Fricke, senior editor, sat down with ...

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The newest issue of Rolling Stone is out featuring an article on Green Day's upcoming new albums titled "Green Day Ditch Rock Operas for Raw Punk LPs". This is the first in-depth interview with Green Day about the new albums and what we can expect. Rolling ...

We're back with The Stuff That Didn't Quite Make It! Please, have a seat, get a cup of coffee or tea, and grab a bag of popcorn because the show is about to begin. Actually, I don't know if coffee/tea and popcorn would go well together. But for the sake of ...

68: A preview of ¡Uno! We're back once again, this time we break down the preview released for ¡Uno!. We talk about the music, the album artwork, our expectations, and how we feel about the direction Green Day appears to be headed. Listen to the show Or you ...

It happens every June, no matter how hard I try to avoid it. Inevitably my birthday rolls around and I begrudgingly turn another year older. And instead of celebrating that I somehow managed to survive another year (I may be a bit clumsy), I take a more ...

The San Francisco Chronical conducted an interview with Tom Kitt who revealed that he is working with Green Day on their upcoming trilogy of albums, ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!. Kitt says that the band liked his work on the American Idiot Musical and 21st Century ...

Green Day has just released the album artwork for the first album, ¡Uno!, from their upcoming trilogy. The artwork for the first album features Billie Joe, with his eyes crossed out similar to the Awesome As Fuck bunny on top of a green background. The album ...

A brand spankin' new trailer and an album cover for ¡Uno! have now been posted on Idiot Club for members to view. At 1:00pm EST, when it goes public, we will be able to post the video and artwork for you guys to see. An instrumental version of a song is ...

Late this afternoon at 6pm EST, Google will present a special live presentation with the cast of the American Idiot musical. The presentation will be aired via YouTube and the cast will perform "21 Guns" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." After the performance ...

Green Day is going to be playing a secret "sex party show" in Los Angeles very soon according to Billie Joe, who just tweeted several times (for the first time in over a month): Green day Surprise rock n roll sex party show meaning "secret show" coming soon in ...

An interview with Butch Vig, the legendary drummer and producer, is featured in this month's issue of Rhythm Magazine. Vig only produced one Green Day album: 21st Century Breakdown, released in 2009. The rest of Green Day's major label releases have all been ...

First off, I would just like to apologize for the lack of updates regarding Green Day's upcoming trilogy over the past month, but I'm sure we are just around the bend from huge announcements. Kinda like the old saying goes, "When it rains, it pours." Before I ...

The June issue of Alternative Press magazine includes a feature entitled "The Songs You've Never Heard" and included is article on Green Day's lost album Cigarettes and Valentines. Green Day intended to follow up 2000's Warning by recording 20 or so speedy, 1- ...

This past weekend Billie Joe attended an auction for the Firehouse Art Collective "Art For Schools" fundraiser. At the event Billie auctioned off an autographed Les Paul Jr. along with some other smaller items including a copy of photographer Bob Gruen's new ...

67: Andres and Billie are basically best friends This week we have a guest on the show, Kenn Edwards (from So Let's Get To the Point), and we talk more about when we think a single might come out and we wonder when Green Day is going to tour the US. Listen to ...

Name: Paul Location: Ireland How long have you been a fan: Since 2001 Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): To live and not to breathe, is to die in tragedy. Favourite music video: 21st Century Breakdown Funniest Green Day moment: I always laugh at the ...

Green Day at Wembley Stadium on the 19th June 2010 was one of those epic shows that almost everyone who was there wishes they could relive time and again. Well unfortunately that's impossible, but over on GDC one member (Tre_Gina) thought it would be a good ...

After a little break, The Stuff That Didn't Quite Make It is back for your reading pleasure. So let's get right to it! My Suburban Life: My top favorite albums that help shape our lives Alex Kunkle of GateHouse News Service writes this article of his top five ...

Here's a video of Mike Dirnt talking about his collaboration with Fender and the new Bassman amplifiers. You can get more info on the new amps on Fender.com. The amps are listed on Musicians Friend.com for $1800. Most exciting line "I'm ecstatic that I going ...

To celebrate the end of the school year, Rolling Stone asked its readers to rank their ten favorite graduation songs of all time. A wide variety of great artists were included in the list, such as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Queen, and our boys, Green ...

We've decided to go ahead and make our 'WTF Article' it's own feature. Some of you will remember it showing up in our weekly round-up posts we started recently, but we decided that maybe these wtf articles should be out on their own. So here's the biggest wtf ...

This morning, Tré Cool posted on his official Facebook page regarding the band's progress on the new trilogy, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. Here's his update: MIXING UNO DOS AND TRE!! Sounds fucking amazing! I cant wait until all three records are out!!! I'm ...

This past week Gibson.com has taken a break from guitarists to recognize how great bass players can make or break a band. The article includes some of Mike Dirnt's words of wisdom which you can read below. I try not to overplay, basically. I'm always leery of ...

Name: Ana Location: Castellon, Spain How long have you been a fan: 8 years Favourite lyric or quote (one-liner): Trust is such a dirty word that comes from such a liar, but respect is something I will earn... Favourite music video: Holiday Funniest Green Day ...

Pandora and Sony have teamed up to give one lucky fan and a guest the VIP experience on Green Day's upcoming tour supporting their trilogy ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!. The grand prize winner will receive plane and show tickets for two, two-night hotel ...

Warner Brothers and Reprise have set up a new web page titled "Green Day Pre-Order Advance Notice" where visitors can sign up for an "advance notice" when Green Day's new trio of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré!, are available for pre-order. At this time, we ...

The American Idiot musical, currently on its last two USA stops, wrapped up their week long stint performing at the Segerstrom Center in Costa Mesa, CA. For their final performance on June 3rd, Billie Joe Armstrong showed up to give his support to the cast. He ...

On April 14th, Green Day attended the 2012 Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The band inducted Guns n' Roses into the Hall, and also opened the ceremony with a live performance of "Letterbomb." (If you didn't catch our original post, you can watch ...

66: A sometimes weekly podcast On this weeks' podcast we talk about the recent news (or lack thereof) and talk about whether Green Day is done recording Uno. We also wonder how the singles will work for the trilogy and how soon we'll get one. Listen to the ...

Rolling Stone has complied a list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, after asking a panel of music industry big wigs, band members and music experts for their opinions. Billie Joe and Tre were both part of the panel. Green Day clock up two albums of the ...

Mike Dirnt and pro-skater Corey Duffel both recently purchased new Triumph motorcycles, and photographer Sean Cope documented the two picking the bikes up. Head on over to Sean's website to check out all the photos. It seems the guys have been into motorcycles ...