News Archives - August 2008

GDA Audio Contest, Green Day gets EMA mention

Aug. 28, 2008 / Comments

We're starting an audio contest today that will run for the next two weeks. We want to hear you guys record songs by Green Day's side bands, any song of your choice from the Foxboro Hot Tubs or The Network. All the details are on the contest page.

* Entries need to be mp3's
* Must be uploaded through MegaUpload
* Submissions must be in by September 10th.

Record, then fill out the submission form on the contest page to be entered.

Green Day has been listed at the MTV Europe Music Awards for 'Best Act Ever'. Thanks to Yvonne for the news

You can click here to vote for them (Select that category, select their name, then press 'Vote'). The artists that get the most votes are considered for nomination. Or something stupid like that.

Pinhead Gunpowder preview

Aug. 26, 2008 · 0 Comments

For those of you that still haven't bought the new Pinhead Gunpowder songs, but would like to hear what the new stuff sounds like, we've created a nearly 3 minute preview of the album. Click here to listen.(right click and select "Save ... read story

Server downtime

Aug. 24, 2008 · 0 Comments

Sorry everyone for the downtime we've had this weekend. Had some unexpected problems with the servers, but thanks to the good people at Ubiquity Hosting, we're back. Updates will be back to normal by tomorrow. Update 08/25/2008 11:12AM: We ... read story

Download the new Pinhead music

Aug. 20, 2008 · 0 Comments

You can now purchase the new Pinhead Gunpowder songs from the Amazon.com MP3 store, click here to purchase.The EP is only $3.95 and comes with a fourth song, which is an alternate version of 'One The Ave.'. 1. West Side Highway 2:092. ... read story

Pinhead Album coming as digital download real soon

Aug. 20, 2008 · 0 Comments

Sorry fo the slow updates, it's been a pretty crazy busy week for me with work and getting ready for another semester of school.Good news is that we got word yesterday that the Pinhead Gunpowder album will be up on iTunes, Amazon, and ... read story

NRDC Contest, Foxboro on Mexican rock mag

Aug. 14, 2008 · 0 Comments

Green Day + NRDC is having a contest and giving away some pretty nice Green Day merch in return. Send them a photo of yourself "taking action to help the environment" and the winner will recieve an autographed Green Day photo and some ... read story

Good Riddance in Top 10 Most Downloaded, PG album update

Aug. 12, 2008 · 0 Comments

Yahoo! Music places 'Good Riddance' at #7 in the "Top 10 Most Downloaded Golden Oldies". Let's avoid the fact that they consider the 90's part of the "golden oldies", and that they mistakenly posted that Good Riddance was never released as ... read story

Pinhead Gunpowder Vinyl available now

Aug. 9, 2008 · 0 Comments

Recess Records has made the Pinhead Gunpowder vinyl available for purchase online. They have both blue and green vinyls, photo of them to the right. Click here to visit the order page. Track Listing:1. West Side Highway2. Anniversary Song3 ... read story

Help GDA with a donation

Aug. 6, 2008 · 0 Comments

As we've mentioned before, when we don't make enough money from advertisements to cover the costs of the site, we ask for your help so that I don't have to end up paying the bills alone. We do offer all our content for free (pictures/ ... read story

Rob Cavallo working with David Cook, Contest for Foxboro shirts

Aug. 5, 2008 · 0 Comments

Green Day's longtime producer, Rob Cavallo, is working with American Idol winner David Cook. This article [EW.com] quotes Cook as saying "I think he's a great producer with the kind of sound that I want... And in talking to him, he's just a ... read story

Pinhead Album out August 12

Aug. 3, 2008 · 0 Comments

The Pinhead Gunpowder album, which we've been talking about for a while, will be out August 12. Well, that's at least according to Interpunk.com which has the 7" vinyl listed on sale for that day. We got word that the EP will be available ... read story

Pinhead Gunpowder 7 Inch Cover Art

By Delfina · Jul. 31, 2008 · 0 Comments

Vinyl Collective posted the cover art for the upcoming Pinhead Gunpowder 7 inch vinyl record, pictured on the right. You can see a larger version by clicking here.The record will contain the three new songs debuted by Pinhead Gunpowder at ... read story

New Shirts from Cinderblock

Jul. 30, 2008 · 0 Comments

The official online store by Cinderblock has a few new Green Day shirts (not the ones we mentioned would be released from Hot Topic). A couple of shirts feel like they were designed in 1980, not sure if that's good or bad...I don't really ... read story

Big Cheese Article on Dookie

Jul. 29, 2008 · 0 Comments

As mentioned a couple days ago, Green Day is part of Big Cheese magazines "Punk's Not Dead" issue. GDA visitor, Tobi, sent in some photos of the article, and you can read their in-depth review of Dookie. Since they are just pictures, it's ... read story

Vote for Basket Case in the 100 Greatest Hard Rock songs

Jul. 28, 2008 · 0 Comments

Happy Monday! Hope everyone is having a good start to another week.I'm a little confused about the decision from VH1 to include Basket Case in a list of songs available to vote for in their 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. Who decided Basket ... read story

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