GreenDay.com has changed immensely since its launch in the mid-90s, growing from a fan passion project in its earliest years to an official fan hub (along with their Idiot fan club) for the better part of the following 20 years before entering its current incarnation as a glorified link to their online store. The reason …
From fan site to official: The evolution of GreenDay.com Read More »
If you’ve been following Green Day long enough, you have no doubt been left eagerly waiting for an upcoming project they’ve mentioned in interviews or elsewhere only to wait years with nothing to show for it and no further mention from the band. Of course, unforeseen circumstances can lead to changes in plans and it …
George Cole doesn’t do Green Day interviews, he makes that clear from the start. Although he taught a young Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt guitar, he’s wary of appearing to take credit for any of their success. An accomplished musician himself, Cole is immensely proud of the achievements of his former students which will …
George Cole reflects on teaching Green Day & his old Blue guitar Read More »
On the morning of October 14, 1997, I sat in a mall food court across from Music World, one of the many music store chains at the time, waiting for the store to open up so I could purchase a copy of Green Day’s latest album Nimrod. I never would have guessed it then, but …
Before every Green Day album, fan-created “leaks” pop up everywhere – Reddit, 4chan, Instagram, etc – but this one was different. Most often fans debate the reasons a leak can’t be real, but in the case of the Magnum Opus Of The Inglorious Kind leak, fans wouldn’t stop believing it because they wanted it to be real. A Canadian …