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Recent, Kerrang a publicat 2 pagini cu citate, adunate din interviurile luate lui Billie Joe.

American Idiot (The Original Broadway Cast) a castigat premiul Grammy pt cel mai bun musical album.

Broadway.com a scris:
Billie Joe Armstrong Wins Grammy for American Idiot Broadway Cast Album
"Green Day frontman has picked up another Grammy Award, this time in the category of Best Musical Show Album. The original cast recording of American Idiot, produced by Armstrong, took home the trophy at the Los Angeles award ceremony on February 13, beating out recordings of A Little Night Music, Fela!, Promises, Promises and Sondheim on Sondheim."

Green Day - Cigarettes and Valentines (Lyric Video)

Billie Joe a scris:However, cigarettes and valentines is about my Adrienne.♥

Some of Billie Joe's most recent tweets:

One regret? Insomniac was going to be called "jesus christ supermarket". JCSM is a much better title. Oh well.. 12:35 PM Feb 6th

First punk show I was supposed to go to was Circle Jerks at the Mab in SF when I was 14. But I was grounded and couldn't go. Ugh.. 12:15 PM Feb 7th

John used to name some of our songs. Like 409 in your coffee maker. Some girl in a library would always say "wabba se waska" at him. Hence 9:08 AM Feb 8th

The first song Tre ever named was Private Ale. Android was named after Andy Ernst. 9:14 AM Feb 8th

Android was about a homeless man walking down college ave. I was drinking coffee with Tre. 9:44 AM Feb 8th

I snuck in a Dickies show in 89 @ berkeley square. Licked a hand stamp and rubbed it on my hand. Great gig! Thanks eggplant!

Jerry Finn came up with the title "Ban's Uvula who" RIP Jerry. The title is from an old SNL skit.

Pasalacqua= funeral home in Benicia Ca. We used to play at Desba's house and the Camel barns. We had great shows there w Monsula

"She" is about a girl named Amanda. So is Sasafrats roots(title by Mike) and so is "whatsername".. Ooh.. That's a good factoid

Our first show w John was oct 88. We opened for Nasal sex, Sewer trout, and Crimpshrine in Davis Ca at a Vets hall

Our friend/roadie Kaz Hope, suggested we call our song Longview because the 1st time we played was in Longview Washington in spring 1992

I wrote "having a blast" in cleveland in 1992. Had a great show at Euclid tavern but the rest of the night w miserable

Lansat pe 1 Februarie 1994, astazi se implinesc 17 ani de la lansarea albumului Dookie.
Albumul a fost lansat prin intermediul Reprise Records, fiind si prima colaborare cu Rob Cavallo.
Albumul a fost vandut in peste 16 milioane de exemplare si a avut 5 single-uri: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around si She.

Albumul a ajuns pe locul 2 in U.S. Billboard 200.
In 1995 a castigat premiul Grammy la categoria "Best Alternative Music Album".
In 2003, Rolling Stone a clasat albumul pe locul 193 topul "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Albumul si-a facut aparitia si in "The Kerrang! 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die", in anul 1998.

Piesa 'Emenius Sleepus' a fost scrisa de Mike Dirnt iar piesa 'All by Myself' de domnul Tré.
Albumul a fost cea mai puternica sursa de inspiratie pt foarte multe trupe, avand subiecte ca plictiseala, orientarea sexuala, anxietate, masturbarea, atacuri de panica si foste prietene... cu alte cuvinte, albumul descrie o parte din problemele adolescentilor.

Din cauza ca s-au rasfatat cu multa mancare in timpul turneelor, cei 3 muschetari aveau destul de des diaree, fapt ce i-a inspirat in alegerea numelui pt album. Initial au vrut sa-l numeasca "Liquid Dookie", dar au ramas la numele de Dookie.

Coperta albumului a fost realizata de Richie Bucher.

Billie Joe Armstrong a scris:I wanted the art work to look really different. I wanted it to represent the East Bay and where we come from, because there's a lot of artists in the East Bay scene that are just as important as the music. So we talked to Richie Bucher. He did a 7-inch cover for this band called Raooul that I really liked. He's also been playing in bands in the East Bay for years. There's pieces of us buried on the album cover. There's one guy with his camera up in the air taking a picture with a beard. He took pictures of bands every weekend at Gilman's. The robed character that looks like the Mona Lisa is the woman on the cover of the first Black Sabbath album. Angus Young is in there somewhere too. The graffiti reading "Twisted Dog Sisters" refers to these two girls from Berkeley. I think the guy saying "The fritter, fat boy" was a reference to a local cop.

Daca tot il iubiti asa mult pe Billie Joe, acum il puteti vota in categoria "Hottest Man".

The winners will be announced at London's O2 Academy Brixton on February 23, 2011. You can vote for Billie over on NME.com by clicking here.

Mike Dirnt a urcat si el pe scena alaturi de Billie Joe si cast-ul American Idiot, la sfarsitul spectacolului, pt a canta Time Of Your Life:

Billie Joe (de pe twitter) a scris:great show last night. mr. dirnt was in the casa! very special moment. now i just want to get ina van and tour again!!"

Billie Joe are propriul cont pe Twitter. E official, au anuntat si pe site, iar primul sau tweet a fost trimis mai departe de @AdelineRecords.

Daca vreti sa-l urmariti: http://twitter.com/BJAofficial

Nu stiu cati dintre voi stiti, dar Mike Dirnt mai face parte intr-o trupa: The Frustrators.


Trupa va porni intr-un mini turneu la sfarsitul lunii februarie.
Puteti vizita pagina lor de Facebook, unde puteti asculta cateva piese.

GDA organizeaza un concurs: "Redesign the 'Awesome as Fuck' artwork and win a 2011 Green Day Calendar"

Concursul este dedicat fanilor din toata lumea.

Send your submissions to contest@greendayauthority.com before January 31st. We'll be picking the top 5 and putting them up on February 2nd. So, you have plenty of time to work on something really awesome.

Pt detalii, Click!

Pt bucuresteni:

Base Cafe isi propune ca in fiecare vineri sa aduca proiectii de concerte in locatie.
De aceasta data vineri, 14 ianuarie, va avea loc seara Green Day "Bullet In A Bible Live".


Programul este urmatorul:
20:00 - 20:30 Proiectie videoclipuri Green Day
20:30 - 22:30 Proiectie concert Green Day
22:30 Afterparty

Intrarea libera.

de aici

Un interviu recent cu Billie Joe si Michael Mayer.

Il puteti descarca de aici.

Iata ca avem si un trailer al albumului Awesome As fuck:
Pe Amazon, puteti face o precomanda a albumului, care costa $18.79. Albumul va fi lansat pe 15 martie.

Puteti descarca varianta full a melodiei Depression Times (by Green Day and Jesse Malin, cu proiectul "Rodeo Queens")

Download!

Gibson.com a inclus 'American Idiot' in "the top 10 concept albums of all time". Albumul este pe locul #5, printre formatii ca Pink Floyd, The Beatles, si The Who.


Si au spus:

"Punk rock and opera might seem like a contradiction in terms, but Green Day fused those concepts perfectly on this landmark disc. Released a few weeks prior to the 2004 presidential election, the album saw the veteran trio shed its sometimes-goofy image for more ambitious goals – such as inspiring listeners to become politically engaged. Playing his trusty Les Paul Junior, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong pushed at the boundaries of the band’s thrash aesthetic, while still unleashing enough buzz-saw riffs to keep longtime fans happy."

Aceasta fotografie (in care Billie Joe tine in mana un Les Paul Jr, denumit Floyd) a fost inclusa in cartea "Six-String Heroes: Photographs of Great Guitarists", scrisa de Neil Zlozower. Cartea a fost publicata in 2009, si pe fiecare pagina se gaseste cate o fotografie cu un alt chitarsit legendar.

Rolling Stone.com, au realizat un ''Top 500 Albums of All Time", iar Dookie se afla pe locul 193.



Si au spus cam asa:

"The California trio Green Day sold plenty of tickets and indie records on their own, but nothing they did before or since had the impact of their major-label debut. The skittish Dookie was recorded in little more than three weeks, and singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong blazed through all the vocals in two days. "Right from getting the drum sound, everything seemed to click," their A&R man Rob Cavallo marveled."

Micul Billie Joe... ne incanta cu cateva colinde. Probabil ati mai vazut aceste clipuri.




Partea a 2-a

Pe canalul de YouTube al trupei, a fost postat un mini banner pt noul album. Probabil coperta albumului va semana putin cu acest banner.

Pe site-ul Billboard.com a fost postat un slide show alcatuit din "cele mai bune 74 de fotografii ale anului 2010". Printre acestea, se gasesc si 2 cu Green Day:



"AUG. 6: Green Day rocked the Lollapalooza in Chicago with a 2.5 hour set. During "Longview," front man Billie Joe Armstrong handed over the vocals to a crowd member and even gave the kid his guitar. Clearly the the kid had the "time of his life."



"MARCH 15: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder rock the stage with inductee Iggy Pop at the 25h Annual Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria hotel."

Pe amazon a fost pus la vanzare noul album live... se pare ca se numeste "Awesome as Fuck", si va fi lansat in data de 15 Martie.
Albumul va include concerte din turneul 21st Century Breakdown, evident.

You can pre-order for $20 by clicking here!

Votati-l pe Billie Joe in:

Billie Joe VS Anthony Kiedis
(Red Hot Chili Peppers ) - pt cele mai bune tatuaje


The Hottest men in music 2010

Cel mai bun cantaret Rock "evăr"

Pe VH1 Classic, a fost difuzat un filmulet cu biografia trupei, intr-un nou episod din Behind the Music: Remastered. Inca nu am vizionat clipul dar se spune ca include si lucruri ceva mai recente cu formatia.

You can watch the video below. Once you click the red play button, a separate web page (ad) may pop-up. Just close it and press the green play button on the video and the show should start playing. It lasts about 45 minutes.




Sau il puteti descarca de aici. [click]

Basket Case a fost nominalizat la 2010 VGAs (Video Game Awards) pt cea mai buna melodie intr-un joc video.