New NME Interview

[jtdscape]

NME.com has posted a new interview with Green Day entitled, "What Rock'N'Roll Has Taught Us". In the band takes you through some of the recording of 21st Century Breakdown along with what life was like for the band as children. The interview covers a bunch of topics and it is a really great read. At the very bottom of the interview, NME has also included some interesting facts about the band, I am sure that all of you already know them though.

You need a good producer for when you feel like you’re losing it in the studio

Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar): When things were getting a little difficult during the recording of ‘21st Century Breakdown’, Butch [Vig] helped us a lot. He brought this great sense of calm, but was totally enthusiastic at the same time. Half the job of a producer is to be an adviser and say, ‘Look, I know you’ve heard this song 13,000 times in a row but it’s still as good as it was the first time you heard it’. There were times when we definitely needed that.

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Tré Cool (drums): Butch also wears a cape around the studio and has a podium. He’d call us in sometimes and do his rants – sometimes they’ll be in English or sometimes they’ll be in some kind of broken Scandinavian language. I can’t reveal too much about his working methods. It’s sort of like the Freemasons…

Mums are full of great advice...

Mike Dirnt (bass): I can’t imagine not being in Green Day. Everything in my life is based around this music and this band. Fortunately, I’m in a position where what I do best is what I do for a living. My mom always said, ‘Whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability and, if you’re lucky, it’ll be what you’re good at’. She’s a clever lady. One thing that both me and Billie can relate to is what happens if you are brought up in a house full of women. It opens your eyes real quick and shows you a sense of respect for the world.

…And dads can be pretty helpful too.

Cool: I must have been a nightmare kid. Me and my dad got a lot closer when I moved out at 17 – we started bonding big-time but before that I think he thought of me as the rug-rat. He was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. I definitely looked up to him but I was kind of scared too – y’know, knowing that he could kill me at any second. But he wasn’t authoritarian, he was the kind that would party with you.

He taught me a lot too, about physics, heavy weaponry, mass-produced feminine-hygiene products. It’s sad to see him now, though, in that state he’s in. He wears his army helmet and runs around in his underwear. He still thinks the war is on, and if he hears a helicopter he runs for the bushes. He’s a little quirky.

Read the full interview on NME.com here.

[HoneyDo666]

It's such a great interview! I love them so much!

[dreaming]

I like this one, especially the parts of Billie's writing songs and Tre's father

Tre's a good story-teller~

[The Disappearing Boy]

i like this

[RobyRoom]

I love the part about Billie Joe songwriting, and also when they say they don't care about critics opinion

And wow, for the first Mike and Tre have more space than Billie

[**kookai**]

well worth the read... great article, nice to see Tre and Mike speak about stuff.... Billie Joe didn't say much was was talked about alot ...

thanks for the post....

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

That was a really great interview, I very much enjoyed reading it, thanks for posting

[ANJI]

I loved the interview...lol Tre wanting to be frontman of ABBA but he's not blond/scandinavian and the rest of that paragraph Thanks for posting!

[depardu42]

That was a good read. I feel bad for Tre 's dad though. :/

[Johannamunter]

I really like this interview

[Hermione]

Tre is fucking hilarious

That was a good read. I feel bad for Tre 's dad though. :/

I'm pretty sure he was joking about that. His dad must share his interesting sense of humour

[parinaz]

I love the part about Billie Joe songwriting, and also when they say they don't care about critics opinion

And wow, for the first Mike and Tre have more space than Billie

this

[Alan86]

Good to hear from Mike and Tre

[Daughter.of.Rage.and.Love]

I'm pretty sure he was joking about that. His dad must share his interesting sense of humour

Hmm, I'm not sure, it's not really something one would joke about...

[Tiffx]

I love what mike has to say about the critics.

Thanks for posting.

[depardu42]

Hmm, I'm not sure, it's not really something one would joke about...

My thoughts exactly.

[Princess Consuela]

That was such a good read. Glad to see Tre and Mike speaking more

[Juliette]

^Yeah, definatly, I sometimes feel like Billie kinda hogs the limelight in interviews & stuff

Nice interview though, and Tre is hilarious as ever.

[Metanoia]

great one =) so billie grew up with only women around ? what about his dad and his brothers ? XD

[Punx89]

It's a good interview.I love Mike's ideas.I also like this part---We invite everyone but if someone else knows of another band who after 20 years is still putting out records and having fun, and they’re in love with their eighth or ninth record as much as they were with their first, then go and see THAT band.

[Guest Hayley]

That's great, thanks for sharing.

[Angela.]

Great interview.

[Smoothed Out]

Oh I read this in NME when it was printed, around June time. Good interview

[Nikki_Nimrod]

Love it! Good read

[Rae'n'shine]

Good article! Love what Mike says about growing up in a house full of women.