Mike Dirnt (musician)
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Musical Ladder: Mike Dirnt to Bessie Smith
Mike would pretend to play ‘air bass’, saying “dirnt dirnt dirnt” while plucking his imaginary strings, hence his nickname (Mike was actually born Michael Ryan Pritchard). Besides writing the bass lines on all of Green Day’s eight studio albums, he has also from ZME Music Read more »
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Guns N' Roses inducted to Rock and Roll Hall
15, 2012, in Cleveland. Tony Dejak AP Photo - Green Day's Tre Cool, right, Billy Joe Armstrong, second from right, and Mike Dirnt introduce Guns N' Roses for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Cleveland. Tony Dejak AP from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »
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Green Day Recording Three Album Trilogy, ‘¡UNO!, ¡DOS!, AND ¡TRÉ!’
return to their fast paced punk rock Dookie, another American Idiot rock opera, or neither? As it turns out, Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are hard at work creating a three album trilogy titled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! “What a way to start off the decade, from KROQ Radio Read more »
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Green Day To Induct Guns N’ Roses Into Rock Hall
Hall spokesman Todd Mesek said Monday that Green Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool will induct Guns N’ Roses at Saturday’s ceremony at Cleveland’s Public Hall. Mesek says it’s not yet known if the original Guns N’ Roses lineup will from Pollstar Venue Listings Read more »
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Guns N' Roses: Hard-rock legends with an appetite for dysfunction (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2012)
of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The Rock Hall announced last week that singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool of Green Day will serve as presenters for GN'R at the ceremony. "I don't know about a performance," McKagan from Cleveland.com Read more »