News Archives - December 2014

Chance to win a signed Billie Joe signature model guitar from zZsounds.com

By Jack /Aug. 24, 2014 / Comments

zZounds, an online musical instrument retailer, is giving away one of Billie Joe's new signature Gibson ES-137 guitars that will also be hand-signed by the man himself. The guitar normally retails for $3,299.

The contest is open to residents of the U.S. (sorry, international folks) who are 21 or older, and requires only a valid email address for entry. A winner will be chosen at random on September 12. You can enter once on zZounds' contest page. Good luck!

Watch a video of Green Day's iconic performance at Woodstock 20 years ago

Aug. 23, 2014 · 0 Comments

August 14th marked 20 years since Green Day's iconic performance at the 1994 Woodstock festival. Their performance and resulting mud fight helped launch their success as they toured the world for their major label debut album Dookie. [ ... read story

Riddles Contest 2.0 Winners and Answers

By BeachBum · Aug. 20, 2014 · 0 Comments

Congratulations to our winner 9876gwen who will have a choice of a $50 gift certificate to the Official Green Day Store or clear Demolicious vinyl and Danny for winning the wristbands by completing the riddles first! Riddle 1: First ... read story

'F**k Cancer' t-shirt giveaway

Aug. 19, 2014 · 0 Comments

We're giving away one of the new F**k Cancer shirts which are being sold to raise money for charity. To enter you have to go Like and comment on this post on Facebook, or retweet this tweet on Twitter. Or do both for two chances to win ... read story

New F**K Cancer shirts. 100% of profits to benefit charity

Aug. 18, 2014 · 0 Comments

Today we're really excited to start selling these 'F**K Cancer' shirts with 100% of the profits going to the Avon Walk for breast cancer research and patient care. The shirts, black with pink font and ribbon, are stylized like the "Awesome ... read story

Riddles Contest 2: Win a $50 Gift Certificate or 'Demolicious' vinyl

By Lone · Aug. 15, 2014 · 0 Comments

It's time for another riddle contest. This time Green Day has run away and their manager has entrusted GDA to round up the members. Help us find everyone before the show! If you notice anything unusual along the way, you should ... read story

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue cover "Brain Stew" at Lollapalooza

Aug. 11, 2014 · 0 Comments

[youtubeTime=US7CGeDpV4I,395] For those on mobile, skip to 6:35. They also covered the song back in January at a concert in Los Angeles (looks like that video has been removed). The band also joined Green Day and U2 for their ... read story

Green Day's "Coming Clean" listed as one of 8 Great LGBT Songs

Aug. 10, 2014 · 0 Comments

Green Day's "Coming Clean" off Dookie has been included in Music Times.com's list of 8 Great LGBT Themed Songs. Green Day is listed first, other artists on the list include Lou Reed, Frank Ocean and The Smiths. Though there appears to ... read story

5SOS includes Green Day songs in their favorite pop-punk songs

By Matt · Aug. 8, 2014 · 0 Comments

To go along with their placement on the cover, 5 Seconds to Summer has been interviewed by Alt Press who wanted to know the band's favorite pop-punk songs. Members of the band mentioned two Green Day songs: "21st Century Breakdown" and " ... read story

Interview with sound engineer Chris Dugan: A lost Green Day Christmas album, & working with the band

By Jack · Aug. 7, 2014 · 0 Comments

Chris Dugan, an audio engineer, photographer, and producer (among other things), has worked on every Green Day project since 2002's Shenanigans. He has also done work on their side projects and films, taken tour and promotional photos, and ... read story

Featured eBay Item: 2001 "International SuperActionFigures" lunch box

By Jack · Aug. 4, 2014 · 0 Comments

Today, we have for you a rare lunch box that was originally for sale in 2001, in tandem with the International SuperAcitonFigures toys (show below). The items were all produced to promote the release of International Superhits!. The ... read story

10 years ago today: we heard "American Idiot" for the first time

Aug. 3, 2014 · 0 Comments

Exactly 10 years today we heard the "American Idiot" single for the first time. I remember driving to work that Tuesday morning patiently waiting for the premiere on a local radio station. It came on shortly before 8am just as I was getting ... read story

Billie Joe and his Gibson guitars

Aug. 2, 2014 · 0 Comments

Gibson has written an article taking a look at the various Gibson guitars used by Billie Joe over the last decade. From his Les Paul Jr. to his most recent collaboration with them, the Billie Joe Armstong ES-137. Here's a preview from ... read story

Static Noise 96: "Green Day is going full EDM" - We talk about Billie Joe collaborating with Avicii

Jul. 31, 2014 · 0 Comments

This week we talk about Billie Joe collaborating with Avicii, Heart Like A Hand Grenade, and Mike's tour comments on Instagram. Listen here (42 mins): [podcast=ep96] Visit staticnoise.com for show notes and everything else related to ... read story

Preview of Avicii's "No Pleasing a Woman" featuring Billie Joe Armstrong

By Matt · Jul. 28, 2014 · 0 Comments

A song claiming to be "No Pleasing a Woman" has been uploaded to the "Team Avicii" SoundCloud channel. "No Pleasing a Woman" is the title of a new Avicii song that features Billie Joe Armstrong on vocals. The Swedish EDM artist ... read story

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