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Rabea Massaad and Matt Hornby attempt to sound like Green Day Billie Joe using only equipment from Anderton's Music Co. They explain the guitars, amps, and pedals purchased within a budget. Bits of Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Good Riddance, Holiday, Basket ...

Just a reminder that today is election day in the US. More than ever people need to get out there and vote. Voting is not about finding the perfect candidate every election, it's about making a decision about what the country will look like for the next 4 ...

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Long-time California punk band, Jawbreaker, are currently filming and producing a documentary about the history of their band. On their Facebook page, the band has posted a photo of Billie Joe and Jason White, posing with a member of the band after the ...

The official Green Day website, GreenDay.com, has just received a fresh coat of paint through a small design and graphics update. Doing away with the Trilogy color scheme, the site has shifted to a simple red, black, and white scheme, while still retaining the ...

"A Tribute to Dookie" recorded by Bay Area bands to help 924 Gilman is now available for purchase from Bandcamp.com. In November 2015, over 100 artists walked through the doors of the legendary Fantasy Studios and spent over 22 days recording and mixing 14 ...

A YouTuber has created a pretty clever and neat video that pieces together dialog clips from over 100 popular films (109 to be exact) to form the lyrics to Green Day's "Basket Case." The clips are placed over an instrumental version of the track and aligned to ...

Students at Enfield High School in Connecticut were planning on putting on a production of the 'American Idiot' musical at their school until staff decided against it out of concern from some parents. In a message to NBC Connecticut, school officials said: ...

Billie Joe and Jason White brought in 2016 with friends and family in New York City last night, performing some songs with Jesse Malin and Stephen Van Zandt at a bar called Berlin in the East Village. They played some songs by various bands (The Replacements, ...

Does anyone still own a cassette tape player? If you do, you're in luck. A limited number of special Dookie tapes will be released Oct. 17 for the third annual Cassette Store Day in North America. The cassette will feature updated cover art by original artist ...

It's finally happening! "Heart Like A Hand Grenade" - the documentary that followed Green Day for 9 months while recording 'American Idiot' is finally being released. A promotional poster was just posted on the official Green Day twitter confirming the news, ...

As we previously reported, tonight in Oakland, the Oakland A's are once again presenting Green Day Fireworks Night. To celebrate the band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Major League Baseball team will shoot off fireworks set to Green Day's ...

The Oakland A's will once again be hosting "Green Day Fireworks Night" at the Coliseum in Oakland. To celebrate the band's induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Major League Baseball team will shoot off fireworks set to Green Day's music at the ...

Mike Dirnt featured in upcoming documentary "Who Is Billy Bones?" Check out the trailer:

Last year Billie Joe wrote eight songs for a new stage production titled "These Paper Bullets". The play follows a Beatles-esque band called "The Quartos", and their rise to fame. The show originally debuted for three shows in March and April of 2014 at the ...

Activision has announced that another Green Day song will be included in the upcoming Guitar Hero Live video game. "American Idiot" will be included in the game, along with the previously announced "Nuclear Family." Also released today by Activision is a new ...

Through an exclusive with Rolling Stone, Activision, makers of Guitar Hero, have announced an initial in-game setlist for the upcoming Guitar Hero Live video game. As we previously noted, Green Day's music is going to be included in the game, but outside of " ...

Later this year will mark the return of the extremely popular music video game franchises Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Harmonix announced Rock Band's return last month, and just today, Activision has announced Guitar Hero's return. According to the Guitar Hero ...

Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe (@RudyCantFailCaf) 13th anniversary posters signed by Mike Dirnt for sale now

During last week's SNL 40th Anniversary special, Green Day got a tiny little mention while they were showing audition tapes from cast members. Current cast member Pete Davidson mentioned them saying, 20 year olds have sex like Green Day, it's basically the ...

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The high school Billie and Mike attended, Pinole Valley High School, has congratulated the boys on their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance with a little message. Photos by Vaughn Myovich.