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Green Day has posted another brief studio video as they work on the follow-up to 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. Check it out below.

Green Day recently entered the studio to begin recording a new album. Fans can check out the band's first studio update below. Let us know what you think!

Green Day has entered the studio today to begin work on a new album. Check out a tweet from frontman Billie Joe Armstrong below:   Happy Valantine's day! Officially started recording the new record today. It's FUCK TIME!!!! — Billie Joe Armstrong (@BJAofficial) February 14, 2012   The final sentence of the tweet is a […]

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Lookout Records owner/president Chris Appelgren released a lengthy statement over the weekend regarding the official closure of the seminal punk label. Read the full statement below. “I'm not sure exactly where exactly to start but I guess it's best to get the hard part out of the way. To put it simply, what was mentioned […]

Seminal punk label Lookout Records has officially closed its doors, according to label alumnus Ted Leo. Over the years, Lookout! had released material from Green Day, Screeching Weasel, Operation Ivy and others, but ceased issuing new records in 2006. The label had kept its back catalogue in print from that point until December 2011, according […]

Green Day filmed a version of Misfits' “Hybrid Moments” in honor of fellow Bay Area band Metallica's 30th birthday. Check that out below! Green Day have also been playing “Hybrid Moments” during the recent low-profile live shows they've been doing around the U.S.

You voted, the results are (finally) counted, and now Altpress.com is pleased to bring you a premiere of Silverstein's cover of “The Ballad Of Wilhelm Fink,” originally by Green Day. Not only that but we have a brand new Silverstein original, “Sin And Redemption,” also streaming. Check them out below! Both tracks will appear on […]

Emily’s Army Don’t Be A Dick   If there’s ever a band who needed to be prepared to catch major shit upon their proclamation to the punk world, it’s Emily’s Army. Produced and released by Billie Joe Armstrong (yeah, him), and featuring four teenagers ranging from 15 to 17 years old—one of which just happens […]

Check out this exclusive stream of “Asslete” from Emily's Army's new, Billie Joe Armstrong-produced album, Don't Be A Dick, out June 14 on Adeline.

The Frustrators Griller EP   When he’s not playing bass for one of the biggest bands in the world, Green Day’s Mike Dirnt lends his stylings to the Frustrators, a sporadically active side project comprising a bunch of longtime friends who have a refreshing, back-to-basics feel not unlike the side project of his Green Day […]

Punk icons Green Day have announced that they will premiere the video for their new single, "21 Guns," at midnight on June 21st on MySpace Music. The video was directed by Marc Webb (My Chemical Romance, Weezer). "21 Guns" is the second single from 21st Century Breakdown, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard […]

Paramore have revealed that producer Rob Cavallo (My Chemical Romance, Green Day) will helm the band’s upcoming full-length. Paramore recently worked with Cavallo on the song “Decode,” that appeared on the Twilight soundtrack.

This past August, the music world lost one of its most talented and innovative rock producers in Jerry Finn, who suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and was hospitalized for more than a month before being taken off life support. Finn’s list of production credits is extensive, to say the least, and he had a hand […]

Green Day‘s fan site is reporting that the band have selected producer Butch Vig (Against Me!, Nirvana, Sonic Youth) to helm the recording of their next full-length. Not including the band themselves (2000’s Warning), Vig is the first producer other than Rob Cavallo the band will have worked with since 1992’s Kerplunk!, which was recorded […]