June 10, 2023
From fan site to official: The evolution of GreenDay.com
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 for the better part of 20 years before entering its current incarnation as a glorified link to…
May 1, 2023
Green Day’s Project Graveyard
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…
February 9, 2021
George Cole reflects on teaching Green Day & his old 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…
August 18, 2020
What if Napster never happened?
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…
December 16, 2019
Panicland: Behind the ‘Magnum Opus’ 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…
November 18, 2019
Remaking Kerplunk’s “unfinished” artwork
Chris Appelgren created a lot of album art in his 20 plus years working for (and in the end owning) Lookout! Records. He was still in high school when he started at the label and worked with Green Day for the first time, contributing artwork for their first studio album,…
December 5, 2018
Green Day’s Bookmobile finds new life
This guest feature was written by Kat Hildebrand who purchased Green Day’s former Bookmobile from Wheels For Wishes after it was restored by West Coast Customs and placed on display at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Billie Joe Armstrong always asks his fans a question at their live shows: “How…
November 12, 2018
An inside look at Green Day’s early years
Interview with Lookout! Records owner Lawrence Livermore Note: I originally did this interview around 2001. With the relaunch of this site and the lack of any Green Day news lately, I’m reposting it. I think it has some interesting information that fans would enjoy. Can you tell us more about…