Green Day are one of the few punk bands to achieve and maintain mainstream success for decades. Because of this, it’s almost a guarantee that…
Music News: Courtney Love recently appeared onstage with Billie Joe Armstrong in London, and KERRANG managed to get it on video. The Coverups, Billie Joe’s…
We’ve all survived another January ripe with unfulfilled resolutions and horrifyingly sober weekends during semi-successful attempts at making the month ‘dry.’ Now it’s February. Winter…
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has always been a polarising figure amongst punk fans, but it’s his moniker as a “bisexual icon” that he…
NEW YORK — Local entertainment ticketing conglomerate Ticketmaster was inexplicably able to charge a $7.99 service fee for each MTA rider who saw Green Day…
NEW YORK — Local Donald Trump supporter Joel Grainston wished Green Day would keep politics out of their song “American Idiot” after singer Billie Joe…
LAS VEGAS — Increasing demand for Ibuprofen following When We Were Young 2, a festival targeting millennials who desperately want to relive their best years,…
Since its inception, music has been as integral a part of Saturday Night Live as comedy is apparently supposed to be. My Dad was in…
For many Bay Area punks Lookout! Records was the catalyst that helped foment the local scene into a much larger entity. Plagued by the numerous…
We sadly know that the full-length LP is dead in the water during the year of our lord known as 2023 (and all years moving…
If you’re of a certain age and mindset, you will freely acknowledge that Green Day is the band that got you into punk. Unless you’re…
Back before MTV really hit its stride with “Teen Mom,” “Pimp My Ride,” and the consistently hilarious “Ridiculousness” they were just a small cable channel…
It’s a question as old as time, and one we get frequently here at the Hard Times: “How do I listen to Green Day without…
Each week The Hard Times travels back to review a classic album of the past. Sometimes it’s even a good one. This week we’re taking…