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Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

South-By Superlatives: The Weirdest, Best, and Most Profane of SXSW 2013

Green Day Needs to Stop Releasing So Many Things at the Same Time

Hold onto your skinny jeans, everybody, because Green Day has not one, but two movies showing at this year's SXSW film festival in Austin next month. One is titled Broadway Idiot (a documentary about Billie Joe Armstrong's work on the American Idiot musical) and the other is called ¡Cuatro! (a docu ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

R.I.P. Sarah Kirsch, Admired Bay Area Punk Musician and Activist

Sarah Kirsch, a prolific Bay Area activist and punk musician in the groups Baader Brains, Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, and others, died on Wednesday, Dec. 5, after a lengthy battle with Fanconi Anemia. She was 42. Kirsch's struggle with Fanconi Anemia, a rare genetic disorder that often causes leukemia ... More >>

Billie Joe Armstrong Debuts on 'The Voice', Doesn't Say Much

You won't be seeing a lot of Billie Joe Armstrong in person these days -- the Green Day singer is currently in rehab working on some substance abuse issues. But the Oakland rocker's pretaped appearances on NBC singing competition the Voice began airing last night, giving us a first look at how the p ... More >>

Nor-Cal (Green Day) Lands at No. 2 on the Charts, Just Ahead of So-Cal (No Doubt)

There was a little bit of Nor-Cal vs. So-Cal rivalry on the charts this week, as Green Day and No Doubt, punk-y '90s outfits from opposite halves of the greatest state in the union, dropped their first new projects in a while. And whaddaya know? Nor-Cal won -- at least by the metric of album sales ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Sorry, Billie Joe, But Your Onstage Freak-Out Was Not Punk

[Editor's note: Former SF Weekly intern Matt Saincome fronts a killer straight-edge hardcore band called Zero Progress. Seeing as he, like Green Day, hails from the East Bay, we decided he should be the one to remind Billie Joe Armstrong why having a meltdown onstage and going to rehab for substance ... More >>

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong To Enter Rehab After Onstage Meltdown

Days before Green Day releases the first of an ambitious trio of new albums, singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong announced plans to enter rehab for substance abuse after he went on a profane tirade and stormed offstage at a Las Vegas concert on Friday. In the wake of Armstrong's troubles, Gre ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Billie Joe Armstrong to Become Mentor on 'The Voice'

Well, we certainly didn't see this coming: Rolling Stone reports today (via AP) that Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will be a mentor on the upcoming season of NBC's hit TV music competition The Voice, helping the members of Christina Aguilera's team sing their best. His primetime TV arriva ... More >>

Musical Review: Green Day's American Idiot Plants a Punk Rock Flag on Broadway

Green Day's American Idiot (The Musical) Wednesday, June 13, 2012 The Orpheum Theatre Better than: Bitching about people who are making something new. There are two kinds of people in the punk world: Those who think the members of Green Day were sellouts for turning their heart-shaped-hand-grenad ... More >>

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Performs at Mark Zuckerberg's Wedding

Yes, really: Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong performed over last weekend at Mark Zuckerberg's wedding. What this TMZ video would lead us to believe was later confirmed by People. And while we're usually not thrilled about the icky "Hey we're rich now, entertain us" aspect of the moneyed class payin ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

Green Day To Sing "About Fucking" on New Album

So what is Green Day up to in a world where Obama is president (for a little while, at least) and the U.S. is extricating itself from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan? Well, besides playing surprise shows in small venues like S.F.'s Mezzanine, and bringing the Broadway musical version of American Idiot ... More >>

Comparing M.I.A.'s Super Bowl Middle Finger to Music's Greatest Bird-Flippers

Juvenile, numbskulled, pointless, banal, outrageous -- M.I.A. flipping the bird at this year's Super Bowl halftime show might have been all or none of those things, depending on whom you ask, but it was one thing above all: A surefire plot to join the ranks of the middle-finger-flashing musical elit ... More >>

Welcome Blue Ivy Carter! The Top Six Weird Baby Names We Love

This week, the world oohed and aahed as news of the birth of Beyonce and Jay-Z's baby girl emerged (we bet Ms. Knowles managed to look radiant even during that heinous labor process). Then stories started emerging that the couple were calling their new offspring Blue Ivy. Hmpf. Blue and Ivy on their ... More >>

One Last Spin: A Look Back at the Year in Bay Area Music

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Expelled from Southwest Flight for Sagging His Pants

Christopher VictorioGreen Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, in better-belted times.​ Safe to say your Labor Day weekend is off to a better start than Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's: On Thursday night, Armstrong was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for sagging his pants.

Billie Joe Armstrong, Movie Star: Green Day Singer to Act in American Idiot Film

Billie Joe Armstrong​First it was an album. Then it was a musical at Berkeley Rep. Then it was a Broadway musical. Soon, Green Day's American Idiot will be a film. And no one other than Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong -- Rodeo native, ex-snotty Berkeley punk, and ridiculously talented ... More >>

Music Links: Magik*Magik Orchestra on Playing with Rock Bands, Will.i.am Can't Remember Lyrics, and More

John Vanderslice and Magik*Magik's Minna Choi​ Magik*Magik Orchestra Artistic Director Minna Choi explains why she likes working with rock bands. [The Bay Bridged] Haha: Will.i.am can't remember his own crappy lyrics. [SF Gate]

Billie Joe Armstrong's Son Joey Is in a Pop-Punk Band

http://www.myspace.com/emilysarmy101Emily's Army​ Here's one way to get a recording contract: be the son of Billie Joe Armstrong. That being said, it can't be easy to be the son of the famous Green Day vocalist, especially in the 924 Gilman scene that thrives on such high punk rock orthodoxie ... More >>

Billie Joe Armstrong's New Signature Guitar Is an Attempt to Rewrite Green Day History

The offending axe.​Billie Joe, say it ain't so!​Other than the Les Paul -- an iconic six-string now far more famous than its namesake -- signature model guitars are generally an exercise in cynical maneuvering and kitschy accessories, put out by instrument companies aiming to capitalize on the l ... More >>

Watch Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and His Dog Perform 'Last Night on Earth'

​Welp, we just couldn't not show you this one, folks: Video proof that Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong isn't the only talented musician in his East Bay household. Meet Rocky, Billie Joe's Cockapoo (yes, that's a real -- and hilariously named -- kind of dog), and an amazing singing talent in his o ... More >>

Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know About Green Day Before Billie Joe Armstrong Got Twitter

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The Frustrators Fire Up

With Green Day on pause, Mike Dirnt's other band hits the punk dive circuit.

Green Day's Tour Homecoming Hits Shoreline Amphitheatre

Christopher Victorio​Green Day AFI Shoreline Amphitheatre September 4, 2010 (Far) better than: A skeptical old Green Day fan would expect. "HOME! HOME! I'M FUCKING HOME!" erupted Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Saturday, his first words after ... More >>

They Might Be Giants, Street Food Fest, Rock Make, Booty Bassment and More

They Might Be Giants play Stern Grove for free this Sunday​Celebrate San Francisco this weekend. We have awesome bands, awesome fests and awesome non-summer summers. Check out our list of top ten things to do for less than a cocktail costs at some fancy-pants L.A. club. Locals only: Alamo Square ... More >>

Love Doesn't Actually Kill

Five Real Venues That Would Rule in Rock Band

Just like Billie Joe Armstrong -- who says he "sucks" at playing Green Day's new Rock Band game -- we get pwned every time we try to tinker with fake plastic guitars or toy drum kits. But, watching this preview for the East Pay pop-punkers' name-brand video game, we kinda dug catching (albeit b ... More >>

Alice Waters Joins a Motley Crew for Tonight's Real Time with Bill Maher

eater.comWaters, Armstrong, Maher, Rock: This ain't the new Green Day lineup.​From Eater SF/Eater National comes an incredible composite photo and a crucial DVR alert for tonight, as Alice Waters pulls up to the discussion table on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. Admittedly, we probably woul ... More >>

In Store: 1-2-3-4-Go! Records Punks All Ages

​In Store spotlights the Bay Area's quirkiest, most beloved, weirdest, and/or otherwise-most-interesting record stores. Our region's unmistakable friskiness and cultural capital emanate from those dusty, creaky, hard-to-find, money-losing, insanely huge, hilariously small, and often-crowded (at le ... More >>

Green Day to Make Its Version of 'Rocky Horror'?

​Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong is taking his dreams of a rock opera-cum-theatrical musical one step further. American Idiot the hit CD is currently being transformed into a musical at Berkeley Rep, where it will run for one month starting September 4. Already it seems Armstrong has hopes that sp ... More >>

Green Day to Wal-Mart: Fuck Censorship

  Moral Crusaders? Green DayLooks like everyone who called Green Day sell-outs owes the band an apology. After releasing 21st Century Breakdown, their most ambitious album ever, the band followed up by doing the most punk thing they've ever done: refuse to sell a clean ve ... More >>

Green Day's 21st-century political opera

Last Night: Green Day's Last-Minute Show at the Independent

Phil MucciGreen Day April 7, 2009The IndependentReview by Ross DrakeBetter Than: Standing on the sidewalk in the rain, openly pining for Green Day tickets Arriving at the Independent quite unexpectedly for a surprise, sold-out show announced just hours beforehand, Green Day was everything you'd exp ... More >>

Green Day gets all "Mamma Mia!" at BRT

American Idiots: Green DayIf the soon-to-be-inescapable buzz around Green Day's upcoming album, 21st Century Breakdown wasn't loud enough, the East Bay boys jaded punx love to hate (and the music industry bows down to as one of its few remaining commercially-viable acts) have added yet more cultural ... More >>

Get "Fat," build your empire: Michael Burkett's punk legacy

Finntroll; Download Festival; Bill Callahan; Black Crowes; the Go-Gos

Sunrise on a Green Day

Green Day's latest proves that a punk band can be popular and relevant, even in the Bay Area

Music Awards Nominees

Riff Raff

2020 Vision, Housekeeping, and Scene, Heard

The Accidental Punk

Avengers frontwoman Penelope Houston tried to escape punk, but history pulled her back in

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Good Riddance

Baby, It's Him

How can Burt Bacharach make a comeback when he never went away?