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,
band best green
We were up to the challenge. We're probably the best Green Day-type band there is out there.
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.
world command audience
There isn't an audience in the world that Billie Joe can't command.
coffee needs sometimes
Sometimes you need coffee, and sometimes you need a Bloody Mary.
sex green damn
Green Day is like sex, when were good, were really good, when were bad . . . were still pretty damn good.
world said ramones
I always said that the world is a better place because of Joey Ramone
balls
Grab life by the balls and squeeze.
mother daughter giving
I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.
rocks world proud
It makes me extremely proud to make punk rock the biggest music in the world right now.
thinking next-week silence
Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.
song smell rats
When I listen to songs, I can smell a rat. I like songs that speak to me with some deeper truth.