Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Michael Ryan Pritchard, known professionally as Mike Dirnt, is an American musician best known for being the co-founder, bassist, backing and occasional lead vocalist of the American punk rock band Green Day. He has also played in several other bands, including The Frustrators. His stage name was originally a nickname from his friends at grade school, as he would constantly play "air bass" and make a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings...
ProfessionBassist
Date of Birth4 May 1972
CityBerkeley, CA
being-yourself
Be yourself. Unless you have the option to be Batman, then always be Batman.
religious stars war
All my religious beliefs are based on Star Wars.
destination roads-traveled traveled
Happiness is a road traveled, not a destination.
bass doe reason
I started playing bass for the same reason everyone else does – I’m a lousy guitarist.
opinion simile
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one.
turtles doe bowls
A turtle does come in it's own bowl
magic closest
Music's awesome, it's the closest thing we have to magic.
song smell rats
When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.
rocks world proud
It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now.
balls
Grab life by the balls and squeeze.
world said ramones
I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone
world command audience
There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.
counselor difficult marriage men people questions serious
We had a lot of serious discussions about who we wanted to be as a band, where we wanted to be and who we wanted to be as individuals and where we wanted to be as men and as people, ... Those are difficult questions to ask. Most people need a counselor to do that. And this is a marriage really.
band best green
We were up to the challenge. We're probably the best Green Day-type band there is out there.