News Archives - August 2007

Green Day Plant, Documentary

Apr. 4, 2007 / Comments

A botanist from Switzerland emailed the NRDC to let them know of a plant he and his students discovered and named after Green Day. The plant, named Macrocarpaea dies-viridis (dies-viridis is Latin for Green Day), was found in February 2006 in Ecuador. You can read more about this on the Green Day + NRDC Blog.

Green Day will be alongside other bands like Blink 182, Bad Religion, Rancid, Offspring and others in the upcoming documentary about the punk scene in the 1990's. The film, titled "One Nine Nine Four", is being made by an Australian independent production company, and is expected to be released in 2008. Read full article.

Random tidbits of information

Apr. 3, 2007 · 0 Comments

Our wonderful visitors have been emailing us some pretty random stuff to help fill the seemingly large void in Green Day news. We expected an update from the band last month, but it never came through. Don't know why, but we're still ... read story

Surf's Up, Kerrang Poster

Mar. 30, 2007 · 0 Comments

Welcome to Paradise is being used in the trailer for the new animated movie 'Surfs Up' coming out June 8th. Click here to watch the trailer.There is a small Green Day poster in this weeks issue of Kerrang! Magazine. Here's a scan. The new ... read story

New NRDC Video, GD Bike Auction

Mar. 26, 2007 · 0 Comments

The new Green Day + NRDC video featuring Adrienne has finally been posted. The video includes the 100 photos sent in by fans, and has Adrienne talking about Green Day, why she supports the NRDC, and the simple things people can do to help ... read story

Spring Break

Mar. 24, 2007 · 0 Comments

I've been up at my parents for Spring Break this past week. There will be an update next Monday with everything I've missed thus far. Sorry for the lack of updates, with school and other things going on it's been tough to update the site. ... read story

Small Local Stuff

Mar. 14, 2007 · 0 Comments

Green Day + NRDC is putting the final touches on the new video featuring Adrienne and 100 photos of Green Day + NRDC activists. They sent out emails to the folks who got selected, and sent emails to the folks who didn't get selected, ... read story

Green Day to cover Lennon song

Mar. 12, 2007 · 0 Comments

Green Day will be recording the John Lennon song "Working Class Hero" (original: lyrics | video) for the upcoming CD 'Instant Karma'. A video for the song is also expected. The album is being produced to benefit Amnesty International ... read story

100 Rock Icons, Video Player, Ideas

Mar. 8, 2007 · 0 Comments

Billie Joe landed at #3 on this list of the top 100 Rock Icons from Kerrang. The 1st and 2nd places went to Angus Young and Dave Grohl, but Billie beat out Tommy Lee, Sid Vicious, Steven Tyler, Alice Cooper and many many more old men. ... read story

Band Update coming soon

Mar. 7, 2007 · 0 Comments

Sometime this week we'll be getting an update about whats going on with the band. So be sure to check back later this week.Until then, be sure to vote in the poll and the video contest ... read story

Video Contest, Downloads

Mar. 5, 2007 · 0 Comments

The final round in the video contest starts today. The 5 finalists were voted on last week, so be sure to go to the contest page and vote for your favorite of these 5. The winner will get a Green Day autograph and runner-up will get $50 ... read story

Lullabies?, MTV Australia, Article

Mar. 2, 2007 · 0 Comments

Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of updates. School's been kicking my ass the past few weeks, but I'm back to do some work here. So, I changed a few things around, and put up a new poll. I'll be working on other stuff throughout the ... read story

"Saints" awarded for graphics

Feb. 24, 2007 · 0 Comments

The visual artists who worked on "The Saints Are Coming" were given the award for 'outstanding visual effects in a music video' on Feb. 11th by the Visual Effects Society . These guys were responsible for taking actual news footage from ... read story

Green Day in Simpsons movie?

Feb. 20, 2007 · 0 Comments

In this new preview for the upcoming Simpsons movie (coming out in July), there's a really short scene with a band sinking on a ship. The band happens to look a whole lot like Green Day. Check out the screenshots below (thanks to Susie M. ... read story

Video Contest Voting begins today

Feb. 19, 2007 · 0 Comments

Voting has begun for the video contest. To makes things easier for you guys, there will be 5 different voting groups (with 20 videos in each group) that will be given two days to be voted on. The 5 winners of each group will move on to a ... read story

Happy Birthday Billie Joe, Adeline

Feb. 17, 2007 · 0 Comments

Happy 35th birthday to Billie Joe Armstrong- Billie Joe PhotosThe Adeline Army street team is having a huge giveaway contest for it's members. They are giving away quite a bit of Green Day merch (including an autographed photo, posters, cd' ... read story

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