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George Cole reflects on teaching Green Day & his old Blue guitar

George Cole on teaching Green Day and that famous Blue guitar

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 …

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Panicland: Behind the ‘Magnum Opus’ prank

Green Day Magnum Opus Of The Inglorious Kind - Panicland prank

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 …

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