Billie Joe Armstrong: "Armatage Shanks" was first recorded at the BBC in 1994. We were doing a BBC session and I went to the bathroom and noticed the toilet brand."

Mita Adhikari: "I remember it was very much an old school session. We recorded the songs live, followed by a few overdubs., hardly anything, and it was done. Although they were a very three-way unit, Billie Joe was definitely the unspoken leader. Tre liked to clown about and Mike was the guy who was sort of serious, but everyone took notice of him when he spoke because he had a very dry acid wit."

Steve Lamacq: "As soon as they were finished, they loaded their gear back in the van and went off to play London's prestigious Astoria 2 later the same night."

Steve Lamacq: "Is it true that you recorded a song and then got the engineer to throw it away?"

Billie Joe: "Yeah, he erased everything. But I found the title for the song here... I went to the bathroom and saw the words 'Armitage Shanks' and that's what we called it."