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Green Day

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Springsteen Says Rockers Are Thieves: Five Songs You May Not Know Were Stolen

    ​Last Thursday, Bruce Springsteen made the keynote speech at South By Southwest. He was funny, he was heartfelt, he was informative and -- dang, Boss! -- he was ridiculously honest. So honest in fact, that he picked up a guitar, played the opening riff from The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of this P ... More >>

  • Music

    March 7, 2012

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

    ​Last Thursday, Bruce Springsteen made the keynote speech at South By Southwest. He was funny, he was heartfelt, he was informative and -- dang, Boss! -- he was ridiculously honest. So honest in fact, that he picked up a guitar, played the opening riff from The Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of this P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Goodbye, Lookout! Records: A Tribute in 10 Songs

    You may have heard over the last few days that Berkeley's Lookout! Records -- one of the world's most treasured punk rock labels, and the place that Green Day got its start -- is closing for good, back catalog and all. If you were a punk rocker in the '90s, this news feels a little bit like losing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    February 16, 2011

    The Frustrators Fire Up

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

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Chali 2na on How To Travel in Poor Man's First Class, and Getting Pelted with Bottles by Green Day Fans

    Chali 2na​At six-foot five-inches tall, traveling the touring circuit can be far from comfortable for the rapper and ex-Jurassic 5 member Chali 2na -- not least when it comes to squeezing himself into airplane seats intended for those of a markedly smaller stature. So as he prepares to kick off a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    The Car Cassette Player Is Dead; Long Live the Car Cassette Player

    We'll miss that narrow, noisy slot.​Word broke recently that audio cassette players in cars are no more. The format, which reached its peak in the '80s, made its final appearance in 2010 Lexus models. Considering that CDs themselves are increasingly viewed as obsolete, this news regarding tape dec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Watch a Video Tease for Green Day's Subtly Named New Live Album, 'Awesome As Fuck'

    Christopher VictorioWonder if this dude will make the film?​Well, strike one up for subtlety. The Gilman street snots turned Broadway rocking arena kings known as Green Day have plans for new a live album titled -- yes, really -- Awesome As Fuck.As crude a moniker as this may be, it's also not wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    The Top 10 Best Big Concerts I Saw in 2010, with Gaga, Green Day, Sir Paul, Pavement, and LCD Soundsystem

    It just didn't seem right to lump in Oracle Arena and HP Pavilion fare with the cozy goings-on at S.F. dens like Bottom of the Hill and even Great American Music Hall. So, in search of an even comparison, I'm breaking it up: Today, here are the best concerts I saw with more than 5,000 of my fellow h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Kaiken 2009 Malbec Mendoza

    ​Tuesday night we went to Boulevard and blew the rent. After two Woodford Reserve Manhattans, the sommelier John helped us pick out an astounding Barolo from Piedmont that set us back $165. Good thing the foie gras was amazing and the northern halibut was as close to the empyrean as one gets w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Green Day's Secret for Awesome Live Shows: Booze, Booze, Booze

    "I am so wasted right now!"​Oakland punkers Green Day put on one hell of a live show. At the homecoming of their U.S. tour at Shoreline in September, Billy Joe Armstrong and Co. dragged a bunch of fans onstage -- including one girl who required a lot of effort to get up there -- nearly made out wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Summer Reading: 10 Key Bay Area Music Books

    ​A summer reading list should be about more than Steven King and Jackie Collins. The Bay Area's growing canon of local music history books takes many twists and turns beyond straight-up non-fiction narratives, including even poetry and cookbooks. Not only is this collection of titles a wide-rangin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Video of the Day: Green Day Cover the Stones on Jimmy Fallon

    Local boys Green Day went on Jimmy Fallon last night and tore through a cover of the Stones' "Rip This Joint," punking the Exile on Main Street song up with manic pacing and Billie Joe's signature guyliner. Follow us @SFAllShookDown.

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Berkeley Rep Continues Broadway-Bound Streak with American Idiot

    Image Courtesy of: Courtesy of mellopix.comJohnny (John Gallagher Jr.) and St. Jimmy (Tony Vincent) in American Idiot. ​I wasn't crazy about Berkeley Rep's latest offering, but there's no denying that the company is a leading developer of nationally significant plays. Sarah Jones's Bridge & Tu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    The Thrashers: Local Fourth Graders Rock Past Curfew

    ​ One problem faces The Thrashers at the band's CD release party on Friday, Feb. 26, at Broadway Studios. "The show starts at 8 and we go on at 9:45," says keyboardist Brandon Lurie, "and that's past our bedtimes." "Not on Fridays," counters rhythm guitarist Charley Rutledge. Not many bands ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2009

    Weekly Ink: Got Tattooed With Green Day

    Vital Statistics: Christy Colcord, video store co-owner. Spotted: At her store, Lost Weekend, on Valencia in the Mission. Tattoo: The logo for a music venue she really dug in northern Holland. When/Where: "I got it in 1990. I was living in London at the time, booking European tours for ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    American Idiot the musical fails to give Green Day’s anthems narrative arc

    Vital Statistics: Christy Colcord, video store co-owner. Spotted: At her store, Lost Weekend, on Valencia in the Mission. Tattoo: The logo for a music venue she really dug in northern Holland. When/Where: "I got it in 1990. I was living in London at the time, booking European tours for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 13, 2009

    Green Day's 21st-century political opera

      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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Green Day Featured in New York Times

    Jim Wilson/New York TimesIn the(ir) DNA: Green Day We've still got a few days to go before Green Day's new album, 21st Century Breakdown, drops (on May 15, if you're wondering). And Bay Area audiences might be sick of the pop-punk superstars already, after a recent frenzy of live shows at mostly sm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Photos: Green Day's Wednesday Set at the Uptown

    Green Day stepped across Telegraph Avenue to Oakland's Uptown Wednesday night for yet another somewhat-secret show -- reeling in what could be the largest audience in the venue's history. Photos by Richard Haick.

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Another Day, Another Green Day Show Annoucement: Uptown Tonight

    Get ready to cram into the Uptown tonight, Green Day fans. The punk trio continues its guerrilla tour of the Bay Area this week with a stop at the Oakland nightclub. Tickets are $20 a pop, show starts at 8 p.m. Our clubs editor, John Graham, confides that he hopes Green Day plays at the Hemlock next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Green Day Reissues Their Entire Catalog - On Vinyl

    Green Day: In Yer FaceThere's nothing quite like crispy, shrink-wrapped vinyl LPs, is there? In anticipation of Green Day's  upcoming new release, 21st Century Breakdown, Reprise Records has announced it will be reissuing the Berkeley pop-punx entire catalog on audiophile 12-inch vinyl throug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Green Day Announces Release Date for New Album

    It won't be out until May, but it's hardly a stretch to call Green Day's upcoming release, titled 21st-Century Breakdown --their first since 2004's American Idiot, which won the Best Rock Album Grammy--one of the most "highly-anticipated rock albums of 2009." Do we sound like film critic Peter Trave ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 19, 2007

    The Question of Our Time

    It won't be out until May, but it's hardly a stretch to call Green Day's upcoming release, titled 21st-Century Breakdown --their first since 2004's American Idiot, which won the Best Rock Album Grammy--one of the most "highly-anticipated rock albums of 2009." Do we sound like film critic Peter Trave ... More >>

  • Music

    September 14, 2005

    Hockey Night

    Keep Guessin'

  • Music

    December 15, 2004

    OK Then, 2004!

    A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

  • Year End

    December 15, 2004

    OK Then, 2004!

    A dark year for America resulted in a great year for music

  • News

    December 8, 2004

    Letters to the Editor

    Week of Wednesday, December12, 2004

  • Music

    November 24, 2004

    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

    September 15, 2004

    Pop-Punk Confessional

    We've all thought about it, but one man finally went and confessed his love of pop-punk

  • Music

    August 11, 2004

    The Frenchmen

    Sorry We Ruined Your Party

  • Music

    September 3, 2003

    OK Then

    Why Pansy Division still matters -- and not just to suburban kids

  • Music

    July 23, 2003

    In the Board Room

    Lookout! Records has come a long way from its bedroom-label beginnings. And maybe that's not such a bad thing.

  • News

    August 15, 2001

    Boys' Band

    Pansy Division's all-gay punk was a shocking first. Will fans let the group escape its pioneering role and just make music?

  • Music

    October 4, 2000

    Sweet Adeline

    A determinedly small Oakland label proves that punk is still a viable sound

  • Film

    July 1, 1998

    Good Riddance

    A determinedly small Oakland label proves that punk is still a viable sound

  • Music

    July 24, 1996

    Samples

    A determinedly small Oakland label proves that punk is still a viable sound

  • News

    December 27, 1995

    Heavy Rotation

    Mark Kohr, S.F.'s leading music video maker, hasn't had a free moment all year

  • Music

    May 31, 1995

    Samples

    Mark Kohr, S.F.'s leading music video maker, hasn't had a free moment all year

  • News

    May 17, 1995

    So You Wanna Be a Rock 'n' Roll Lawyer?

    Meet Green Day's Legal Team of Cahn, Saltzman and Hearn

  • Music

    May 17, 1995

    Signed, Sealed and Misdelivered

    The Rise and Fall of Bay Area Bands

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