Out.com posted the article about Billie Joe that's featured in the April 2010 issue of Out magazine. It's a very good read that focuses partly on the musical, with interviews with both Billie Joe and director Michael Mayer - and also talks about Green Day's role and influences from the LGBT scene growing up.
'"There were a lot of people who didn't accept it, who were homophobic." (Fans still fill message board threads with fights about just how gay Armstrong actually is.) "The fact that it's an issue is kind of phobic within itself. At some point, you gotta think, this should be something that's just accepted."
After almost 16 years of monogamous marriage to the same woman -- a minor rock 'n' roll miracle itself -- he says he's not sure if he'd still call himself bisexual. "But I'd never say that I'm not," he quickly adds. "I don't really classify myself as anything. And when it comes to sex, there are parts of me that are very shy and conservative. I want to respect my wife."'
The whole piece is very well written, and it's nice to see an interview with something different that the same stuff we see over and over. So, visit Out.com and read it.
The magazine will be hitting newsstands very soon, it might already be out in your area. Pick up a copy if you can.
There's also a handful of new photos from a photoshoot with Billie Joe, which you can check out here.
You guys know we usually don't promote many other bands - so hopefully me doing this at all will be some encouragement to take it seriously. An up and coming band out of England, The Razorbax, are releasing their debut album today titled "Something To Believe In" - and it's damned good. Seriously. You can get it from Amazon (Amazon US - $6.99 or Amazon UK - £4.99). The front man is an active member on our forum, and a huge Green Day fan, so you know their inspiration comes from a good source. Here are some more details about the band, and a preview of the title song, "Something To Believe In"
This snippet comes from nova-caine.com, a site dedicated to helping promote unsigned bands:
'Their self-funded debut album 'Something To Believe In' is a 12 track journey into their hearts and minds, they leave nothing hidden. The songs range from melodic epics (Don't, Couldn't Wait) to 2 minute rage filled snarls (Wake Up! Wake Up!, Stupid Boy!) and an incredibly radio friendly acoustic ballad (Better Place). The album maintains a refreshing original feel that could easily sit alongside your CD collection of Green Day, The Who, The Jam and even The Clash and not look out of place.
The album bucks the trend for manufactured and 'image over content' based music and delivers honest to god rock n roll, a sound track to fix Broken Britain or a rare social commentary to speak to the disaffected and isolated. '
These guys didn't ask me to help promote the album, I'm doing it because I really want to support this band. I seriously can't get enough of the song "Couldn't Wait".
I encourage you all to help support quality independent music and go purchase 'Something To Believe In' now. And help spread the word about these guys. You can purchase a download of the album from Amazon, Napster, Play, HMV, and Spotify. You can also purchase a CD from the bands official site, and from nova-caine.com.
Billie Joe is gracing the cover of the April 2010 issue of 'Out' magazine.
The scans originally showed up on eBay. The title reads "Idiot Savant - Billie Joe Armstrong's Unlikely Second Act". 'Out' is a popular gay fashion/entertainment/lifestyle magazine - maybe he's that fashionable? Based on the title, my guess is he's talking about the musical.
We're still waiting for the details from Out magazine, and we'll pass along info (when it goes on sales, what it contains) when we get it.
The official site just announced that Green Day's 2010 US tour will kick off August 3 at Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. AFI will be opening up for this tour.
A full list of dates and cities, as well as ticket information will be announce soon.
We'll be adding all shows and ticket information on the tour page.
At the Games Developer Conference, some Harmonix employees were showing off Green Day : Rock Band and played Brain Stew / Jaded. They failed once the song kicked into 'Jaded'. Still entertaining and the game looks pretty awesome.
RockBand.com posted a press release this morning announcing a June 8, 2010 release date for Green Day Rock Band. The cover-art was also released.
The game will have 47 Green Day songs, and includes over "100 collectible images, and more than 40 minutes of rare and unreleased video from interviews, outtakes and performances. "
It will be released for the PS3 ($59), Xbox 360 ($59), and the Wii ($49). There's also a special "Plus" version ($69) that will be released for the Xbox 360/PS3 in Canada that includes "special packaging, export and six Green Day DLC tracks". You can pre-order the game from GameStop or from Amazon
Green Day's site for the American Idiot Musical, AmericanIdiotonBroadway.com has released a new video entitled 'The Story Behind American Idiot'. The video features an interview with Billie Joe, Michael Mayer, and a few members of the cast discussing different aspects of the musical. New video footage of the upcoming musical is also shown.
As promised, the director of the upcoming documentary ONE NINE NINE FOUR posted a clip of his interview with Billie Joe once they reached 5,000 fans on Facebook. More details about the documentary can be found on their site.
Ultimate-Guitar.com is having a contest right now to giveaway the full collection of Green Day tab books.
The collections consists of tabs for every album, including Bullet in a Bible, and an extra "GREEN DAY: ULTIMATE GUITAR PLAY-ALONG". The full collection values over $200.
Scroll down to the bottom of the contest page to view the entry form. Part of the promotion allows 1,000 free downloads (1,000 total, not for each person) of Green Day sheet music from TotalSheetMusic.com, so check that out as well.
Green Day took the award for Best International Rock/Alternative/Heavy Metal Act in Germany's "Echo" awards. I'll assume they were nominated as the Heavy Metal Act.
They were nominated alongside Billy Talent, Kings of Leon, Mando Diao and Placebo for the award, which was handed out in in a ceremony (the guys weren't present) March 4 in Berlin, Germany. The full list of winners can be read on the Echo website.
Thanks to Marcel, Charlotte, and SusifromGermany for the links and news
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