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Hear a Green Day ‘American Idiot’ classic remixed as a Sega Genesis tune

If you’ve ever wondered what Green Day would sound like soundtracking an old-school video game, you’re in luck as a creative fan has put together a remix of “Give Me Novacaine” in the style of a Sega Genesis game. Reddit user u/DilanGaming has been turning Green Day tracks into 16-bit video game sounding songs and is sharing his […]

Hear Billie Joe Armstrong cover "Kids in America" for Mike Dirnt's birthday

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has been covering songs for a series he’s calling “No Fun Mondays” and his latest is doubling as a tribute to Mike Dirnt on his birthday. The punk rock legend covered Kim Wilde’s iconic track “Kids In America” while wishing his bandmate a happy birthday tagged with a fun illustration of Dirnt as a […]

Here are the Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer dates being postponed

Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer just postponed a number of their upcoming European shows on the Hella Mega Tour.  The news comes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that is absolutely decimating the music industry and everything else. The pandemic was the reason the trio of bands had to postpone the first […]

Billie Joe Armstrong hid a classic Green Day nod in his Global Citizen gig

Global Citizen’s “One World: Together At Home” livestream event occurred last night, April 19. The nearly 8-hour program gave us stunning performances from Green Day‘s Billie Joe Armstrong, Billie Eilish and FINNEAS, the Killers, the Rolling Stones and so many more.  Lady Gaga curated the virtual special which was hosted by Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel […]

Past Green Day songs get a modified sound with a freshly mixed EP

Green Day dropped a special little surprise on us this glorious Friday. The trio of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool released an EP of sorts containing new mixes of songs from their 2012 albums ¡UNO! and ¡DOS!. The EP is lovingly called the Otis Big Guitar Mix.  The three songs on the record […]

Billie Joe Armstrong covers "I Think We're Alone Now" because we are

Green Day guitarist/frontman Billie Joe Armstrong is coloring our coronavirus isolation in the best way. Armstrong recorded a version of “I Think We’re Alone Now,” the 1967 hit by Tommy James And The Shondells, in his bedroom and decided to share it with the world. “Dear friends,” he wrote on YouTube. “While we’ve all been […]

Green Day song by song ranking of band’s studio album tracks

Green Day have been around since 1987 and huge since 1994. That’s not an understatement or exaggeration. Since the band just put out their 13th studio release last month, we found it fitting to rank all 170 album tracks with Green Day super-fan Tom Kunzman of the band 18th & Addison. You’re welcome. A few […]