News Archives - September 2023

Green Day nominated for Alternative Press Music Award

By SecondFavouriteSon /Apr. 25, 2017 / Comments

The nominees for the 2017 Alternative Press Music Awards were announced earlier today, and Green Day have been nominated for 'Artist of the Year'. You're now able to vote for your favourite artists in all the awards categories, with online voting set to close on June 30th.

The band are up against some tough competition for the award, which last year was taken home by Twenty One Pilots. The full list of nominees is below:

Artist Of The Year Presented By Monster Energy:

A DAY TO REMEMBER
BLINK-182
FALL OUT BOY
GOOD CHARLOTTE
GREEN DAY
MACHINE GUN KELLY
PANIC! AT THE DISCO
PIERCE THE VEIL
SUM 41
THE PRETTY RECKLESS

The awards show will take place on July 17th at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, and will be presented by Andy Biersack. Many well-known artists are set to perform, including Against Me!, Korn and All Time Low. Tickets and more information are available at www.altpress.com/apmas.

"Revolution Radio" officially releases as a single on May 16

By Matt · Apr. 25, 2017 · 0 Comments

According to All Access Music Group, which is affiliated with Mediabase, the next single from Revolution Radio is the album's title track and is available for airplay on May 16th. The song is set to impact/go for "adds" on Alternative ... read story

Green Day members announced as BottleRock Napa Valley 2017 culinary stage participants

By SecondFavouriteSon · Apr. 24, 2017 · 0 Comments

Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool have been announced as culinary stage artists for BottleRock Napa Valley 2017. During the festival, which will take place on May 26-28, the duo will take to the Williams Sonoma Culinary Stage to assist a star chef ... read story

All Time Low releases a cover of "Longview" for Spotify Landmark series

By Matt · Apr. 24, 2017 · 0 Comments

This past Friday, All Time Low released a cover of "Longview" for the Spotify Landmark series, Green Day: The Early Days. Take a listen to the song below (or over on Spotify) and let us know your thoughts! I think they did a pretty good ... read story

Early '90s instrumental Green Day song surfaces online

By Matt · Apr. 20, 2017 · 0 Comments

A Green Day fan has gotten ahold of a tape titled Life Without Spot - A Food Not Bombs Benefit Compilation that is a compilation of songs from the early '90s. One of the songs on the album, titled "Rox Yer Ass", is an instrumental from ' ... read story

Pierce the Veil release a cover of Green Day's "Coming Clean"

By Matt · Apr. 18, 2017 · 0 Comments

On Monday, Pierce the Veil unveiled a newly recorded cover of a Green Day song for Spotify Landmarks' series Green Day: The Early Years, which wrapped up last week. The rock band has recorded a cover of Green Day's "Coming Clean" off of ... read story

Fans combine to help Spotify create the ultimate "Basket Case" cover

By SecondFavouriteSon · Apr. 18, 2017 · 0 Comments

Recently, Spotify asked Green Day fans to submit their covers of "Basket Case" to help them with 'something awesome'. They've now released a video combining these covers into one to create what may well be the ultimate "Basket Case" cover ... read story

Guitar virtuoso Steve Vai compliments Billie Joe Armstrong

Apr. 17, 2017 · 0 Comments

In a new String Theory episode from Ernie Ball they sat down with guitar legend Steve Vai. In the video he briefly talks about how much he likes Billie Joe's guitar playing, and describes his sound as a giant orchestra. People say ... read story

Listen To Three Newly Unearthed Dookie Demos!

By Liam · Apr. 16, 2017 · 0 Comments

I'm sure many of you have heard the three original Dookie demo tapes floating around, well now here's a forth demo tape containing three completely unheard demos! The demo tape contains three early versions of the "J.A.R", "Having A ... read story

Year of RevRad, Part 3: "Revolution Radio"

By Lone · Apr. 16, 2017 · 0 Comments

"Revolution Radio", the title-track and one of the first songs written for the new album, is the the focus of our Year of RevRad this month. The song was inspired by protests that Billie Joe came across while in New York in 2014. He said he ... read story

Buy our new "Still Breathing" shirt from shirt contest winner Savannah!

By Liam · Apr. 15, 2017 · 0 Comments

Congratulations to Savannah W. who won our "Revolution Radio" shirt contest! For those who want to get themselves the shirt, it is now available to buy through Spreadshirt. The shirt is available in any color you would like and shipping ... read story

Chapter Four of 'Green Day: The Early Years' now on Spotify, includes new covers by Neck Deep, others

By Matt · Apr. 15, 2017 · 0 Comments

The fourth chapter of Green Day: The Early Years is now available for subscribers to watch on Spotify. This final chapter of the four-part series touches on the band's time at 924 Gilman, the release of Dookie, whether the band is "punk", ... read story

Watch two new episodes of Spotify's series, 'Green Day: The Early Years'

By Jack · Apr. 11, 2017 · 0 Comments

As we posted a few weeks back, Spotify has chosen Green Day as the focus of one of its Landmark video series. The four-part mini documentary is free for Spotify subscribers, and episodes two and three are now available for streaming. ... read story

Jeff Matika Show now on YouTube

Apr. 9, 2017 · 0 Comments

In 2013 Idiot Nation debuted "The Jeff Matika Show" where Jeff Matika (known for his boyish good looks and standing close to the flames during Green Day concerts) interviews various people on tour. Episodes 1 and 4 - interviews with Billie ... read story

Shazam "Still Breathing" for a chance to win an autographed 'Revolution Radio' vinyl

Apr. 9, 2017 · 0 Comments

Green Day and Shazam have teamed up to giveaway an autographed Revolution Radio vinyl and a pair of Audeze professional headphones. For those that don't know, Shazam is an app that lets you identify songs with your phone as they're playing ... read story

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