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“I looked at the bass, Billie looked at me, and I picked it up. I thought, ‘Did I just become a bass player?’” Green Day’s Mike Dirnt looks back on his early bass days – as Epiphone launches signature version of his cult classic Grabber G-3

Dirnt has championed the oddball 1970s bass throughout his career. Now he's got his own signature Epiphone version

Guitar World

Oscar Isaac felt like a 'rock star' in ska band

Hollywood actor Oscar Isaac has confessed playing in ska bands made him feel like a "rock star" - admitting he had an "incredible time" during his short-lived music career.

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"It’s about an ex-girlfriend who'd moved to Ecuador. I tried to be level-headed about her leaving...I was completely ****ed off." How one cosy but spiteful ballad helped fast-track the rise of the world's biggest punk band

Many thought this song was written with warmth and goodwill towards its subject. They were wrong

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“This actual guitar has been on something like 10 number one records”: From Green Day to Eric Clapton, meet the Taylor acoustic guitar you didn't know was responsible for some of the biggest songs in the world

Rob Cavallo's Taylor was dubbed Excalibur by Billie Joe Armstrong and has been making hit songs for nearly 30 years

Guitar World

"THANK YOU for making my amazing kid's dream come true”: Green Day facilitate a mother and child reunion

Argyle Cantrell sang with the band on his 16th birthday

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I’ve been using and loving these headphones for nearly a year, and they aren’t Bose, Sony or JBL

I've been using these super cool headphones for nearly a year and they have never let me down when it has come to sound quality and comfort.

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"This film is our love letter to all of our favourite road trip movies, ’90s nostalgia, and chasing it all no matter how ridiculous it gets." Green Day's movie New Year's Rev will premiere next month

"We made a movie!"

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Fred Durst swats down a drone during Limp Bizkit's Istanbul gig

Fred Durst's set was briefly interrupted by the appearance of a drone - before he took matters into his own hands.

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The ten best songs under one minute long

Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it’s important to use it wisely. You could, for example, invest a spare ten minutes listening to King Gizzard The Lizard Wizard’s song Crumbling Castle (2017) or Taylor Swift’s All Too Well (Taylor’s Version) (2021).

The Conversation

Green Day's bizarre trading card artwork is a retro reminder of the worst movie ever made

Weird Garbage Pail Kids collab is a peak '80s nostalgia.

Creative Bloq

“The company's performance has deteriorated due to the rise of the secondhand market and intensifying competition”: Iconic Japanese guitar firm Fernandes Guitars files for bankruptcy again – but there's still hope for fans of the brand

The company – which has been championed by Kirk Hammett, Billie Joe Armstrong, Keanu Reeves and Robert Trujillo – had previously filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations in July 2024

Guitar World

"Best song of the night." Liam Gallagher reacts to footage of Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong kicking a fan offstage for playing Oasis anthem Wonderwall instead of Green Day's Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

Green Day got trolled by a fan in Luxembourg: Liam Gallagher approves

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Billie Joe Armstrong throws Green Day fan off stage for playing Oasis hit

‘Nice try,’ frontman told crowd member

The Independent UK

“You told me you could play this song!” Green Day invite fan on stage to play Good Riddance – but he trolls them with Wonderwall instead

One young fan has taken the “Anyway, here’s Wonderwall” meme to extreme measures

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Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong join forces with Frank Carter and the Sex Pistols to perform Anarchy In The UK

Three generations of punk icons share a stage at Norwegian festival for one-off collaboration

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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Stuns Crowd By Confronting Rude Fan During Live Show

"He handled it like a pro."

The Independent UK

Music history is littered with projects planned, anticipated, even completed — and then scrapped

Bruce Springsteen isn't the only musician to complete or launch anticipated album projects, then to see it never see the light of day

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Whether John Lydon likes it or not, Sex Pistols' Download set proves the true spirit of punk still lives large

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter shake off a rocky start to bring some proper punk rock to Download

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"Ladies and gentlemen, we are slipping into fascism. It’s up to us to fight back!” Green Day mark their long-awaited Download debut by calling out Trump and Musk and playing all the bangers

Green Day finally made it to Download, and boy did they make up for lost time

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Green Day made Blink-182 a better band, says Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus has revealed how Green Day made Blink-182 "a better band".

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"They are bigger than the Ramones. Their influence is greater, their reach is greater, and certainly their success is greater." Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan on the punk band he believes has eclipsed the Ramones

Billy Corgan shares his respect and admiration for some old friends

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"We were hoping to get as big as Fugazi. So it was really exciting and really frightening." Billie Joe Armstrong looks back on Green Day's "out of control" rocket ride to success, as his band celebrate getting star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

"It was a really scary time because it was definitely do or die."

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Blink-182, Weezer, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Knocked Loose, The Beach Boys and more to play Riot Fest 2025

Jack White, Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, The Pogues and more also set for Chicago weekender

Guitar World

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong tackles one of Randy Rhoads’ most iconic solos – tapping and all – in live cover of Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train

Playing with the Coverups in California, the Green Day frontman has exhibited his lesser-spotted shred chops

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“We were arguing a lot and we were miserable”: How Green Day exceeded expectations with their most ambitious song

The sprawling 2004 epic reflected Billie Joe Armstrong’s own lived experiences - and was the cornerstone of American Idiot

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