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
bands early friends-or-friendship influences listening punk rock
When I was a kid, my influences were just my early friends' punk rock bands and listening to the radio,
came connected ended grandiose heard hot humorous joke kept muppet musical playing sounds supposed theme
It started off as this little joke and ended very grandiose kind of like the theme from 'The Muppet Show,' kind of how that was humorous but it was supposed to be very grand at the same time, very operatic, ... When everyone came back, Billie heard it and he was like, 'Oh, my God. That sounds so fun. I want to do one.' So he did one. He connected it to mine. ... We just kept playing musical hot potato.
suggest time
It was pretty intense. I don't suggest it any time soon.
genre musical passion reflective statement
I think that statement is reflective of where he is in life, and an opinion. I don't think any musical genre will ever be dead, as long as someone has passion about what they're doing in it.
invested
It showed us he was emotionally invested in the record.
bean foot magic mean rub run vegetables
Now are any of these vegetables magic? I mean if I rub that bean on my foot will I run faster?
kid
If my kid didn't rebel, she wouldn't be my kid.
decide definitely love playing pull whenever
Definitely 'Jesus Of Suburbia' because it's pulverizing and I really love playing 'Homecoming' whenever we decide to pull that one out,
feels hear theatrical total
It's this total epic, theatrical number, so to hear it on the radio, it feels like you're doing something that's groundbreaking.
journey the-end-of-the-day ends
At the end of the day, if you follow the music, it'll take you on a really, really great journey
hard
We work super hard to not have to work
today next planning
If you start planning too far ahead, the next thing you know you forget you're living today
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.