[img=011512_16.jpg]...and a son of a bitch!
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My favourite part...
Look at my friends and see what they've done
Ask myself why they've had to change
I like them better when they were young
There's something about this song that I've ... read story
[img=011312_lookout.jpg]It's kind of a sad day in Green Day history as Alterntive Press writes that Lookout Records - the label founded by Larry Livermore and gave Green Day their first record deal in the late 80's - officially closes down ... read story
Seeing as it's back-to-school time for many a Green Day fan, this week's Song of the Week is the classroom-inspired 409 In Your Coffee Maker, originally released in 1990 on the Slappy EP, but better known these days as track 13 off 1039/ ... read story
[img=010812_mikecafe.jpg]When Green Day was first starting out, before they made it big, the band held other day jobs to rise money for touring and other band related expenses. Mike Dirnt worked in a restaurant as a short-order cook and ... read story
[img=010612_GTP.jpg]Going To Pasalacqua
My favourite part...
I'm in for nasty weather
But I'll take whatever you can
give that comes my way
One of the best tracks on the album for me and a pure Green Day classic, there's a live version ... read story
American clothing designer, John Varvatos and Green Day have teamed up for Varvatos' latest clothing collection. Varvatos is famous for collaborating with different bands and coming up with some unique clothing collections. The band and ... read story
[img=010512_009.jpg]A very good friend of ours, Lori Champion, was lucky enough to catch The Big Cats show that took place in Little Rock, Arkansas, just before Christmas. Lori was kind enough to share her experience with the 'awesome ... read story
To join in with the partying mood of New Year's Eve/New Year's Day, this week's Song of the Week is the dance-inducing Stop Drop and Roll by Green Day's side-band the Foxboro Hot Tubs. Stop Drop and Roll is the first track off the album of ... read story
Artist Mitch Clem writes about being asked to draw a flyer for Green Day's secret show last November
[img=123111_mitch-1.jpg]Artist Mitch Clem writes about getting a phone call last November asking to draw a flyer for Green Day's secret show in Austin.
Woke up one day to my friend Max calling me. There was a secret show afoot in Austin, ... read story
[img=122911_GD.jpg] Green Day
My favourite part...
You're standing so damn close
My body begins to swell
What sort of band could be so egotistical that it has the same name in both song and band? The greatest Goddamn band on the ... read story
Earlier this year, GDA visitor Charlotte Bailey sent us these photos of her amazing quilt she made with over 13,000 small pieces. She worked on it earlier this year and debuted it at the Birmingham Festival of Quilts in the United Kingdom. ... read story
In the spirit of the holidays, we've decided to highlight a few of Green Day's takes on classic Christmas songs. Even though they've never released an official Christmas album nor an original Christmas song, they have on several occasions ... read story
[img=122211_DP.jpg] Disappearing Boy
My favourite part...
When I walk in crowded rooms
I feel as if it is my doom
I know that I don't belong
Isolation, it's the first word that popped into my head. Listening to this song and what I want ... read story
Boo! It's "The Boo"!
One of our GDC'ers was lucky enough to get the very last copy of "The Boo" Xmas Record that Billie Joe (we think) dropped off at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records yesterday in Oakland, to be given away on a first come first serve ... read story
Song of the Week this week is the pulsating You Lied, originally a b-side to the Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) single released in 1997, but better known as track 3 off the b-side compilation album, Shenanigans, released in 2002.
You ... read story