www.greenday.net www.greenday.net www.greenday.net www.greenday.net www.greenday.net Live Chat with Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool www.twec.com 10/18/00 7:03:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time ------------------------------------------ MODERATOR: TWEC would like to welcome GREEN DAY to the chat tonight, is there anything you'd like to say to your fans online before we get started? Band: It's noon here.. in Australia.. Band: good'aye Alicia: Tre this question is for you! Why are you so damn sexy? Tre: I guess its all the pushups, prayers, and vitamins.. Tre: Hulkimania vitamins. What happened to the cover you recorded of "Allison" by Elvis Costello and "19th nervous breakdown" by the stones? Are those going to ever be released? Band: they're in a box under our beds Band: We'll probably put it out someday How did you guys choose that you wanted to play the instruments you wanted to play? Band: This one time at band camp.. (Laughing) Mike: I like bass cause im lazy (laughing) Mike: it's only like 4 strings.. Tre play drums cause I can only count to 4 What is your favorite tour memory? Band: ::laughing:: I forget.. Band: If I had any tour memories I'd probably find them all pleasant (laughing) Band: The hard part of touring is dragging the giant cock around. What is the craziest thing that a fan has done to see you? Band: Oh God! There was a guy who went jogging on the freeway completely naked! It doesn't happen a lot, most people know how boring we really are You used to play live naked, whatever happened to that? Band: we got hairy, back when we were hairless wonders We kept bonking the security guards in the head with our dicks Band: we were turning people off really (Question from greenday.net) If you guys could do it all over, would you change anything? Mike: my underwear Band: I'd probably make the same stupid mistakes again (Question from greenday.net) Any word on an opening band for the new tour? Band: lemme see who can we have open for us.. The Beatles are dead.. Band: Eminem wanted to open for us. I think we are gonna tour with ya know that really good band, what are they called again? If you were a crayon what color would u be and hwy? and would you eat yourself? Band: Hanson's parents wont let them tour with us Band: FLESH Mike: I would be purple because the first book I read was Harold and the purple crayon and no I wouldn't eat myself. How old is everyone in the band? Band: 27 and 22 Do you guys ever miss the Lookout! days? Band: sometimes, not today. Where was the minority video filmed? Tre: San Diego, gas lamp district. on Broadway. We needed a town with nothing going on downtown, you could hear the crickets Band: most of the extras were drunk. What is the meaning behind 200 light years away and who wrote holden caufield? Mike: me and Tre didn't write that song, as for 2000 light years away, Billie wrote it about a girl he ended up marrying Band: all the fans out there, write fans to your girl, or guy or whatever, or your sheep. Is warning going to be your guys last record or are you planning another one? Mike: it's definitely going to be our last one. A stupid question deserves a stupid answer. What is the next single going to be? Mike: the other one that's really good, u know #1-11 Mike: it could be one of a lot of songs, we don't know.. Tre: why wait for the singles, when you could just buy the whole album.. We let the fans and the radio decide the singles If you were the victim of radioactive fallout would you rather have a huge cranium, an ear on your neck, or chicken feet? Mike: an ear on the neck, I'd take that. Tre: you can never go wrong with extra ears, surround sound baby Are you guys pro napster? Tre: I am pro everything. Mike: you know what I probably would be, but I can't even get on to use the fucking thing You can get nasty viruses and everything on there How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood Mike: a cord of wood Are b-sides to warning ever going to be released? Tre: we are going to put warning backwards so u can hear the devil messages Ever visit fan websites? Mike: I've been on a couple here and there. Tre: we visit our fans its called tour. I try to stay off the computer Are you thinking of recording more things with side projects like pinhead gunpowder and the Frustrators (Tre did drums for samiam on one record) Mike: No. We don't really think about those things when we are going to do it Who are you going to vote for? Band: George bush is a nazi. Anything we can do to keep him out of office is good. Keep him out of Washington I was wondering what green day is like at home Tre: its like all cool and stuff, we are usually asleep Mike: I have a Velcro wall, so I jump onto it with my Velcro suit, and stick ya know Tre: that's not true, he's really hairy, he doesn't have a Velcro suit What music are you guys listening to right now? Mike: The influents album is really good; it's being put out soon. Tre:I've got a CD of old Viking tunes, and rowing songs. Mike: I have pretenders CD Tre: offspring, rancid and that's all I listen to Tre what was the inspiration for Dookie's secret song all by myself? Tre: that would be whacking off like whacking off in someone else's room all by myself How much time do you think you put into warning? Mike: a solid like 20 minutes.. What do you guys think of collaboration with shanaia twain? Band: that would be cool Tre: I'll collaborate a baby with her Anything else you'd like to say? Eat a square well balanced, nutritious meal, brush, em if u got em, and if u don't how how to play an instrument learn, its only 3 chords. www.greenday.net www.greenday.net www.greenday.net The Official Green Day Fan Site www.greenday.net www.greenday.net www.greenday.net