News Archives - August 2011

Tre Cool wins "Best Punk Drummer" in the 2011 Drummies

Jul. 7, 2011 / Comments

[turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/Picture_Vault/displayimage.php?pid=26277][img=070711_tre.jpg][/turl] Tre Cool was nominated and won as "Best Punk Drummer" in DRUM! Magazines 2011 Drummies, which recognizes some of the best drummers across music genres.

He was nominated alongside notable drummers such as Jonathan Diener (from The Swellers), who tweeted "I am RUNNER-UP Punk Drummer of the Year in Drum! Magazine's DRUMMIES AWARDS! RIGHT UNDER TRE COOL!", Brandon Barnes (from Rise Against), Brooks Wackerman (from Bad Religion), and Pat Thetic (from Anti-Flag).

Congrats to Tre! I think he should get any awards simply for that awesome photo :)

You can check out the full list of nominees and winners for each category on this page.

Vote for Green Day in a Fuse's "Battle of the Fans" polls

By Matt · Jul. 6, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070611_fuse.jpg]Fuse.com currently has a bunch of polls up for people to vote in for their "Battle of the Fans" contest. One of the polls is "Which band deserves to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame some day?" and Green ... read story

Green Day Fan Collab Video - Be a part of it!

By Tony · Jul. 6, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070611_Screen shot 2011-07-06 at 12.53.04.png]Our good friend, Katie McPansy (Rebel07 on GDC), is putting together a new fan collaboration video, this time to the song 'American Eulogy' You can be a part of it by submitting a ... read story

Last day to pre-order Flukezine #9 - Just $2!

By Tony · Jul. 5, 2011 · 0 Comments

[turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/merch/item/48/][/turl] As we posted last week, we're taking pre-orders for Flukezine #9, which contains an in depth interview with Green Day guitarist Jason White. Pre-orders are closing today, so if ... read story

Green Day included in Billboard and MTV 4th of July lists

By Jimmy · Jul. 4, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070311_4thofjuly.png]Here in the USA it is the 4th of July, which means that it is independence day! In celebration, Green Day has made many independence day list's on the internet. The first list that Green Day is included in is ... read story

Jul. 3, 2011 · 0 Comments

Welcome to the weekly recap of popular topics on our forum, [turl=http://www.greendaycommunity.org]The Green Day Community[/turl]. This week we'll also be including the top 5 news posts of the past week. Popular Forum Topics [turl= ... read story

Lady Gaga talks in-depth about why she loves Green Day

By Jimmy · Jul. 3, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070211_ladygaga.jpg]In many interviews Lady Gaga has talked about how the first album she ever bought with her own money was Green Day's Dookie, but she never really went in-depth before on why she loved the album so much. Now, in a ... read story

Shenanigans was released 9 years ago today

By Jimmy · Jul. 2, 2011 · 0 Comments

Besides being Billie Joe and Adrienne's 17th anniversary today, Green Day's album Shenanigans also celebrates it's anniversary today. Shenanigans is a compilation album of B-Sides to previous Green Day singles that were not easily ... read story

Watch and download an interview with Billie Joe and Michael Mayer at the 92nd Street Y

By Jimmy · Jul. 2, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070211_2168136main.jpg]Back in September of last year Billie Joe and Michael Mayor took part in the "Broadway Talks" series that was being held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Up until now only short video clips from the event ... read story

Happy 17th Anniversary Billie Joe and Adrienne!

By Jimmy · Jul. 2, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070111_bjawedding.jpg]On behalf of everyone here at the Green Day Authority I would like to wish Billie Joe and Adrienne a happy 17 year wedding anniversary. Billie Joe first met Adrienne on Green Day's first tour in Minnesota. ... read story

A message to Green Day fans from Kyle Rodas and his family

Jul. 1, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=070111_kyle.jpg] Earlier this month [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/2367/]we learned of Kyle Rodas[/turl], a young teenager diagnosed with brain cancer whose last wish was to talk with members of his favorites bands: Green ... read story

1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours celebrates it's 20th anniversary

By Jimmy · Jul. 1, 2011 · 0 Comments

On this date twenty years ago, Green Day released their first full length album, 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, on Lookout! Records. Originally this album was released in 1990 as 39 Smooth, but then it was released again in 1991 as a ... read story

Teen Nick airing two songs from Green Day's performance at Lollapalooza

By Jimmy · Jul. 1, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=063011_teennick.jpg]The television network, Teen Nick will be airing two songs from Green Day's 2010 performance at Lollapalooza as a part of "Teen Nick's Teens Rock Out". From the advertisement that can be viewed on the Teen Nick ... read story

Green Day rated as the 20th best live band by Music Radar

By Jimmy · Jun. 30, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=063011_gdnumber20.jpg]Green Day came in at number 20 out of the 30 best live bands according to MusicRadar.com's list "The 30 Greatest Live Acts in the World Today." Live, Green Day instil the kind of wild, devil-horn wielding crowd ... read story

Q&A with Mike Dirnt about "Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe" which is listed as "Best of the East Bay"

Jun. 30, 2011 · 0 Comments

[img=063011_mike.jpg] Diablo Magazine has a short Q&A with Mike Dirnt about his involvement with "Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe." The magazine picked the resturant as editors choice and one of the "Best of the East Bay". Here's Mike's reply ... read story

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