20 Books About Green Day
If you're in the market for reading about Green Day, GDA has rounded up 20 Green Day books, from biographies and East Bay punk history to fan stories and photo collections.
Watch two new episodes of Spotify's series, 'Green Day: The Early Years'
As we posted a few weeks back, Spotify has chosen Green Day as the focus of one of its Landmark video series. The four-part mini documentary is free for Spotify subscribers, and episodes two and three are now available for streaming. Chapter two, titled "The ...
Larry Livermore releasing book about Lookout! Records, "How To Ru(i)n A Record Label"
Larry Livermore, founder of Lookout! Records and most known to us as the-guy-who-signed-Green-Day, has written a new book about the record label and the bay area scene it was a part of. "How To Ru(i)n A Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records" is being ...
Larry Livermore: 'Green Day In The Hall Of Fame'
Lookout Records founder and music aficionado Larry Livermore has written a great recap of his weekend in Cleveland with Green Day as they were inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame in April. Larry, who originally signed the band and released their first ...
The Lookouts! material to be rereleased
Alternative Press have announced this morning that The Lookouts, who featured Tré Cool, Larry Livermore (Lookout Records founder), will be having some of their original songs rereleased for the first time in over 30 years. The compilation will contain all ...
Preorder Larry Livermore's "Spy Rock Memories"
Lookout Records founder, Larry Livermore, is just a few weeks away from releasing his first book Spy Rock Memories on June 4th. The book is a memoir of his time living in Northern California where Larry started his record label, started a band with Tre Cool ...
Rolling Stone releases information about Larry Livermore's upcoming book
Over the past few years we've posted quite a bit about Larry Livermore's web series, Spy Rock Memories, that has included stories from Green Day's beginnings and Larry's history with Tré Cool. What most don't know, though, is that over the past two years, ...
<i>The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore</i> is released today
The Adeline Records compilation The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore is officially available in stores and available for online purchase today. In late summer last year, Billie Joe asked Lookout Records founder, Larry Livermore, to put together a compilation ...
Billie Joe featured in the newly released punk rock documentary One Nine Nine Four
Originally set to be released in 2008, punk rock documentary One Nine Nine Four finally got an online release after years of setbacks. Narrated by Tony Hawk, the documentary explores the birth, growth and eventual tipping point of punk rock during the 90's. ...
Tickets for <i>The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore</i> release shows on sale today
In celebration of Adeline Records newest compilation The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore there are multiple release shows taking place on the East Coast with many bands from the compilation performing. Here are all of the shows that Adeline Records has ...
"The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore" from Adeline Records coming May 29th. Limited bundle pre-order now!
Adeline Records has announced that the upcoming compilation from Lookout! Records founder, Larry Livermore, will be out on May 29th. The compilation will features bands handpicked by Larry. Larry wrote on his blog last September about why he's doing the ...
GDA interviews Larry Livermore - Part 2
In part two of The Green Day Authority's interview with Larry Livermore which was recorded in London last December, Tony and Larry talk quite a bit more about the music, and debate the meaning of punk rock. Larry also fields some questions from GDC and other ...
GDA/GDC interview with Larry Livermore (Part 1)
After a long wait (sorry!), i'm delighted to present the 1st part of the GDA/GDC interview with Larry Livermore, which took place in London towards the end of last year. In this opening part, we mostly discuss Larry's upcoming book Spy Rock Memories - ...
Kerrang! speaks with Larry Livermore about Lookout Records closing and why he signed Green Day
In this weeks issue of Kerrang! Magazine, Larry Livermore - co-founder of Lookout Records, talks about Lookout closing and about why he signed Green Day. This issue of Kerrang! is available on newsstands and online now over on Kerrang.com and included with ...
Green Day's first home, Lookout Records, closes down
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. Larry left Lookout in 1997, but the label ...
Artwork for "The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore" Compilation with Adeline Records
Artwork for the upcoming "The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore" compilation was revealed this week. The artwork has been created by Larry Livermore's friend and bandmate from The Potatomen, Patrick Hynes. This is from Alternative Press: The comp, curated by ...
Part 11 of Larry Livermore's "Spy Rock Memories" include Green Day's early days touring in the 'Bookmobile'
Hot on the heels of part 10, part 11 of Larry Livermore's "Spy Rock Memories" is up on his blog. Again, Larry's left it tantalisingly "to be continued..." as the story continues to grow! Included in the post are Larry's recollections of Green Day's early ...
Part 10 of Larry Livermore's "Spy Rock Memories" include Tre Cool's first show with Green Day
Larry Livermore has posted part 10 of his Spy Rock Memories on his blog LarryLivermore.com. It was supposed to be the final part, but Larry has left it "to be continued...", to the delight of those who have been following the series. I'd recommend reading all ...
Larry Livermore reveals more details about his upcoming record with Adeline
As revealed earlier in the week, Larry Livermore is going to be putting out a record with Adeline Records. According to Larry's most recent blog post, it looks as though the title will be "The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore" - inspired by the name of a double ...
Larry Livermore has a Twitter secret (Update: he's working with Adeline Records)
It's time for some speculative news. Larry Livermore, long-friend of Green Day, has caused a bit of a stir on twitter along with on our forum when he tweeted this: Didn't think I'd ever get involved in putting out records again, but @BJAofficial just may have ...
Larry Livermore's latest "Spy Rock Memories" include the time that Sweet Children became Green Day
In part 9 of Spy Rock Memories, Larry Livermore writes about Sweet Children growing up, and remembers the moment they told him they were changing their name to Green Day - just before they were about to release their first EP, 1,000 Hours. From Spy Rock ...
Article - The rise and fall of the Lookout Records empire
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, the label that released Green Day's first 2 ...
Larry Livermore writes about the first time he met Sweet Children in 'Spy Rock Memories'
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 blog, he recollects his time living and working in ...
Insubordination Fest - Larry Livermore's The Potatomen and Emily's Army performing this weekend
Insubordination Fest, a yearly event showcasing dozens of independent bands, is taking place this Thursday through Saturday in Baltimore, Maryland. Lookout records co-founder Larry Livermore will be appearing with his band The Potatomen and Emily's Army will ...