Side Projects

There's a new documentary coming out July 29th about 924 Gilman St, as described on the films MySpace will tell "the history, inner workings, and impact of the club are revealed through interviews with the workers and musicians that have supported the club ...

As mentioned back on May 27th, Big Cheese magazine has a review of Stop Drop & Roll, and also has an article about all of Green Day's side projects (Frustrators, The Network, Pinhead Gunpowder, Adeline Records, Rudy Cant Fail Cafe). You can read the scans ...

There were some rumors going around a few months ago that Green Day might be appearing at the Reading/Leeds Festival this year, but it's not true. We got this confirmed from someone associated with the band, and the festival's official site announced the line- ...

The new issue of Spin magazine has a two-page photo of Pinhead Gunpowder, along with a short blurb and a quote by Jason White. The photo is by Shanty Cheryl. You can look at the scans here and here.Mike and Tre are in a video encouraging us to support ...

The new issue of Guitar World has a picture of Billie Joe on the cover along with several other artists, for its 300th issue, but there is no article or any mention of Green Day inside the magazine.The Foxboro Hot Tubs vinyl single of Mother Mary and She's a ...

A new blog post up from the SF Bay Guardian mentions that Pinhead Gunpowder wanted to donate some money to 924 Gilman St. to help the venue out. Instead, they asked for some new equipment, which the band bought for them. They bought them some "beautiful" new ...

An article in UCBerkeley's newspaper quotes John Lucasey, the owner of Studio 880, where Green Day wrote and recorded American Idiot, who tells a funny story about Tre:One time, it was a hot summer, our air conditioners broke down and Tre, the drummer, left me ...

The newest issue of Rolling Stone Magazine (March 6th issue) has an article called "Billie Joe's Punk Reunion" which talks about the recent Pinhead Gunpwoder shows. Thanks to KimVicious for the scan.Billie Joe is expected to be a part of a new ad campaign by ...

The new issue of Kerrang has an article about Pinhead Gunpowder's mini tour. A scan was posted on the Green Day Live Journal Community. A big thanks to them and to ebonylox for sharing it with us.Here is a nice review of Pinhead Gunpowder's Feb. 1 show in San ...

With Billie Joe returning to 924 Gilman St. with Pinhead Gunpowder last week, many of you remembered the story of Green Day being barred from the venue in the 90's (because of Gilman's rule against allowing signed bands). Well, a visitor of GDA reminded us ...

Pinhead Gunpowder played a not-so-secret "secret" show last night at 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, CA. The show had been talked about unofficially, and the venue had distributed flyers locally and posted them on their MySpace page, but it was not listed on the ...

Rolling Stone wrote, "Billie Joe Armstrong can still DIY when he wants to," in an article about Pinhead Gunpowder's mini tour: With a beanie pulled over his bleached hair, Armstrong strolled onto the stage like one of the roadies, a Red Stripe in one hand and ...

More pictures and videos are coming out of Pinhead Gunpowder's ongoing mini tour. The photo on the right is from Babe's Warehouse, Feb. 2, 2008. We've also added photos by Ben Goetting. 40+ pictures have been added to the Picture Vault. More photos and links ...

Pinhead Gunpowder played another show last night, this one at Babe's Warehouse in Long Beach, California. We got a pic in from DJRossstar with him and Billie Joe, and below are some videos from the show. Keep checking the Pic Vault for new photos. Videos: ...

Pinhead Gunpowder played their first show in seven years last night at La Conga Bar and Grill in San Pedro, CA. Longtime fan and visitor of GDA, DJ Rossstar, went to the show and posted a recap on the forum:I got the chance to talk to Jason and Bill and even ...

The 2008 Grammy Nominees CD is being released on January 29th and will include Green Day's cover of Working Class Hero. The CD will include 20 other songs from other artists including U2, Foo Fighters, Plain White T's and others. Check out the entire list here ...

As those of you who have been visiting the forum already know, there has been talk for some time now of a possible Pinhead Gunpowder mini tour happening in February. Two dates have now been confirmed, according to GreenDay.net: February 3 at Chain Reaction in ...

Green Day's awesome June 26 performance at Asbury Park, NJ will air on HBO's Reverb on August 15th. Look for me in the audience. :) That show was fucking awesome! I don't have HBO but hopefully someone will tape it for me. Just so you know, I fucked up that ...