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1 hr ago | The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Green Day has no need of nostalgia

Second acts in rock 'n' roll are a rare thing, but Green Day pulled an Aerosmith in 2004, when they not only matched their initial rush of fame, they topped it.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Minnesota, Entertainment

6 hrs ago | Chicago Sun-Times

Punks keep fire burning

For a band named after time wasted in a cannabis fog, Green Day sure is lame at vegging out.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, Best of 2007, Family, Kids, Music, Entertainment

14 hrs ago | X-103

Audience Of One - Rise Against

Chicago's Rise Against began in 1999 when ex-88 Fingers Louie bassist Joe Principe tapped area vocalist Tim McIlrath for a new project rooted in the sound and social vision of traditionalist hardcore.

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Related Topix: Against, Hardcore, Rise Against, 88 Fingers Louie

20 hrs ago | Slam Sports

Live Review: Vans Warped Tour in Toronto

Halfway through their set Friday afternoon at the Vans Warped Tour at Toronto's Arrow Hall, Michigan hard rock band Chiodos encouraged the fans to split far apart into two different sides in front of the main stage.

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Related Topix: Underoath, Pop/Rock, Nofx, Bad Religion, The Last, Anti-Flag, Winter Sports, Curling

Fri Jul 10, 2009

The Village Voice

Johnny Blitz of the Dead Boys, Injured in a Knife Fight...

It's a cheerfully weird tour through some of our darker downtown denizens and, of course, contains semi-nude photos of Debbie Harry, as these things must .

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Related Topix: Dead Boys, New York Metro, Music, Entertainment

Sal Pizarro - Mercury News Arts & Ent...

Review: Rancid, Rise Against in Oakland

Rancid deserved a better homecoming than what it got at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

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Related Topix: Rancid, Against, Hardcore, Rise Against, San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA

Thu Jul 09, 2009

Mason Valley News

Review: Rancid 'lackluster,' Rise Against played it safe

Review: Rancid "lackluster," Rise Against played it safe By Mark Robison * Reno Gazette-Journal * July 9, 2009 Rise Against fulfilled its obligations Wednesday night to a less-than-half-full crowd at the Reno Events Center.

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Related Topix: Rancid, Against, Hardcore, Rise Against

Telegram & Gazette

Rancid sticks to the punk-rock basics

Craig S. Semon Tracks 'Let the Dominoes Fall' Rancid While Green Day has become too big for its britches, Rancid is content with being itself.

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Related Topix: Rancid, Green Day, Operation Ivy

Xbox 360 Fanboy

Unofficial: the complete Guitar Hero 5 track list

Under pressure , we toiled six days a week and pulled together previously announced artists and trusted sources to obtain the complete set of tracks, soon to be transformed into rapidly approaching note charts.

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Related Topix: 3 Doors Down, Pop/Rock, A Perfect Circle, Blink 182, Garbage, Iggy Pop, Nirvana, Grunge

Wed Jul 08, 2009

The StarPhoenix

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day

The band Green Day played Saskatoon, July 7, 2009 and lead singer of the rock punk band Billie Joe Armstrong had the 8000 strong fans going crazy.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong

Tue Jul 07, 2009

WPLA-FM Jacksonville

Miss Murder - Afi

Hardcore punk revivalists AFI originally formed in 1991 when their members -- vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Markus Stopholese, bassist Vick, and drummer Adam Carson -- were attending high school in Ukiah, CA.

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Related Topix: Dork

Free Press

Operation Green Day announcement

In late May, a crazy idea came up in the newsroom. A three-part mission, if you will.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Mankato, MN, St. Peter, MN

Mon Jul 06, 2009

The Georgia Straight

Green Day bazillionaires show Vancouver they haven't lost punkish charm

Some five songs into its exhausting set at the Garage on Saturday night, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong asked the all-ages crowd, "Do you guys remember the Nappy Dugout?" No response.

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Related Topix: Green Day

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Salina Journal

Think before you shoot

At 77, Merlin Stephens says he's a little old to shoot off fireworks himself this year.

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Related Topix: Salina, KS, Saline County, KS, Fire, Fireworks, Lindsborg, KS

Free Press

Green Day frontman's wife remembers Mankato

Adrienne Nesser, living in Mankato in her early 20s, had a long-distance friendship and flirtation with a guy so interested in her, he and his band planned tours around Minnesota just so he could see her.

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Related Topix: Mankato, MN, Green Day, Minneapolis, MN

Sat Jul 04, 2009

The Boston Globe

Russia scolds OSCE for equating Hitler and Stalin

Russian lawmakers threatened the OSCE with "harsh" consequences on Saturday after the European security body's parliamentary arm condemned both Stalinism and fascism for starting World War Two.

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Related Topix: The Stalin

Houston Chronicle

Punk grows up

Punk rock summer camp was in session Friday as the Vans Warped Tour bought its traveling circus of music and skate culture to the Sam Houston Racepark parking lot.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Bad Religion, Anti-Flag

Ottawa Citizen

Green Day heads for a 21st Century Breakdown

You're a member of one of the top bands in the world. Your last album sold millions, won two Grammys, and was hailed as a punk-opera masterpiece about love, strife, and the decay of the American empire.

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Related Topix: Green Day, Costa Mesa, CA

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Modesto Bee

The Beat: Los Punks Del Norte

PLAYERS: Miguel Jimenez, vocals; Mario Ramos, guitar/vocals; Javier Jauregui, bass; Jorge Ramos, drums/vocals SOUNDS LIKE: Punk rock.

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Related Topix: Dead Kennedys, Rancid

Asbury Park Press Online

Spreading the Disease

As New Jersey laments the passing of a sopped and sunless June, we set our hopes high for the coming of Independence Day weekend, when the fire in the sky can't compare to what sears on the stage.

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Related Topix: The Lodger, Horror Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Life, 4th of July, Holidays, Asbury Park, NJ, Bums, Germs, What We Do Is Secret

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