Check out this interview with Mike Dirnt, from a recent NBC news report. He gives a mini tour around the newly opened Rudy's Cafe.
"What’s happening in downtown Oakland is, we want to be part of it,” says Rudy’s co-owner Jeffrey Bischoff. “And the Fox Theater of course is kind of the cornerstone for what’s happening here in Uptown.”
"For big-name musical groups, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll don't cut it anymore. Healthy, freshly prepared meals are the order of the day. On show night, a 14-hour day is typical for the catering crew. When they're moving from town to town, after the concert, instead of heading to a motel, the crew loads into the bus. Before Irvine, the last concert was in Arizona. "We drove all night and slept on the bus," Stone said. "When we arrived at 10 a.m. in Irvine, we went shopping at Whole Foods and H Mart, a Korean-Chinese supermarket. Then we started cooking.""
"They were like: “Do it. We need to take a break. Get away from us for a while.” They’re totally into it."
"I have an apartment and I do demos during the day, just writing songs and stuff, and I have this night thing. I like the fact that I can be on stage at night and be physical and in front of people, while I go home and write at the same time. It’s not like doing it in a tour bus."
"Right now, I’m at a stage where it’s just for fun. I’m not sure yet. When I get home in March, I’ll just hang out with my band mates, and we’ll pick through the piles. But I’m always writing for the next Green Day record, for sure."
In your head, you’re always thinking, how can I improve? What can I do differently? That’s their craft. I was making this analogy, that if you master one form of kung-fu and you want to learn a different technique, that’s almost what it feels like. But I don’t know, I’m not a kung-fu master. [laughs]You can read the full interview on the NYT site.
On January 9th, Billie Joe will be in New York for an interview about the American Idiot musical. Michael Mayer and John Gallagher Jr will be joining Billie in the interview which conducted by PATRICK HEALYThe vocalist/guitarist of Green Day and the director who co-wrote the TonyAward-winning Broadway musical “American Idiot” with him are joined by the show’s Tony Award-winning star, singer-songwriter John Gallagher Jr.The interview will take place January 9th at 8PM at The TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10018.
Q Magazine's cover story for their latest issue is for the 70th birthday of John Lennon. Billie Joe did a short interview with Q answering a few questions about John's life."Q Mag: When did you first become aware of John Lennon?
Billie Joe: I heard The Beatles when I was six years old or something. I remember when he died there was a moment of silence on the radio while my sisters were getting ready for school, feathering their hair back like Farrah Fawcett.
Q Mag: Without John Lennon, I wouldn't have...
Billie Joe: ...known what true honesty in music is.
Q Mag: Sum up John Lennon in one sentence...
Billie Joe: He covered every aspect of love"
Mike Dirnt did an interview with Radio W discussing Green Day's upcoming show on October 10th in Bogota, Colombia Mike also mentions about the upcoming live album and that there will "most likely" be a DVD that will be released."We are always working on songs, when its time and when the music is right we will put it out. I like to think that we have enough material right now to put out a great record, but we want to go back home and make sure that it's perfect for everybody before we put it out."
"I remember seeing those planes smashing into the World Trade Center live. Right there," Armstrong said during his appearance on the Broadway stage Friday night with "American Idiot" director Michael Mayer for a talkback session dubbed "Idiot University."
"I don't think we ever really, as a society, we had never seen anything that implicit. It was just chaos. I was so confused. I felt paralyzed. So the song 'American Idiot' was the first thing that came to mind."
“With me, Mike (Dirnt) and Tre (Cool), we are the three pieces, and it’s like we’re fighting,” Armstrong said. “And that’s been the main argument with the band is us fighting to hear ourselves. [In] the show (on Broadway) the music is pulled back and the vocals up front, it adds a whole new dimension to it – a whole new dynamic.”
[Full article at NBC New York]He added, "A lot of them sound better than I do. ... They’re just beautiful singers all around. They could sing the freakin’ dictionary. It’s amazing.”
Broadway will be interviewed Billie Joe and Michael Mayer (American Idiot producer Musical) tonight at 7:30 pm local time."When we do the talk back on sunday, everyone should hold up signs that say Awesome as Fuck. That be.. Uh.. awesome as fuck?"Source : Green Day Authority
We finally get a chance to hear directly from Tre Cool story when he was locked in the elevator / lift. Tre get a chance to tell how the incident could have happened when he was in an interview by Matt and Leslie on 101.9 RXP. As we know, Billie Joe told us on Twitter: when Tre is locked for an hour when the 4 Seasons who was in Chicago (After Lollapalooza).'Tre stuck in elevator for an hour at 4 seasons in chicago!!!'
'I was jumping in the elevator, then it just dropped a bit then I fell on my ass and then we were stuck'
Source : Green Day Authority'Mike Dirnt's parents are 'very supportive of what we do - but they've got their own lives, too,' says the bassist, 38. 'I'll ask them to come out and see something, and it'll be, 'I'm not getting on a plane!''
Before Green Day was set to play yesterday at the Jammin Festival in Venice, Italy (concert was canceled due to weather) Green Day drummer Tre Cool did a short two and a half minute interview with Virgin Radio. 
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