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MTV= MTVixen, MTVOnstage, or MTVRock
B= Billie Joe Armstrong
M= Mike Dirnt
T= Tre Cool

MTVixen: Welcome to the MTV Arena for this chat with Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool of Green Day. Green Day hit the big time with their single "Longview" in 1994, a frenetic punk romp that catapulted these California kids into the center of the alternative music storm. Their album Dookie and follow-up effort Insomniac went on to sell a combined 14 million copies in the U.S. "Nimrod," Green Day's fifth full-length album will be out tomorrow. In addition to the familiar pop-punk melodies, expect to hear violin music from That Dog's Petra Haden on this album, as well as (!) horns. Welcome guys!

B: Hello.
T: hullo everybody.
M: You're walkin' a thin line.
B: What the **** is going on?
M: Howdy Pardners.

MTV: Lets get to those questions!

MTV: Evil Zen has a great opening question: Hey, where did you guys get the name Green Day?
B: It was a song about some green stuff.
M: We got it online. And that's that, I guess...
B: Yep, and that's that.

MTV: SkaGenie asks: have you received anything from fans that was really cool lately?
B: We've got fanzines...
T: got some dead flowers... ...in a bed pan
M: Trying to think GD
M: A Gay Barbarians 7" record in San Francisco.
B: Once someone requested that I send them my dirty socks...the guy had a foot fetish.

MTV: Logic1313 asks: What was it like working with No Doubt?
B: We didn't work with No Doubt...
T: who's No Doubt?
B: we worked with Gabriel and Steve who coincidentally are their horn players live.

MTV: SHORTIE13 asks: billie, what would you do if your guitar broke beyond repair? would your music be the same?
B: **** no. Tre Cool is fine.
T: Billie Joe is the king of punk.

MTV: Akasha5 asks: IS IT HARD TO REMAIN A "PUNK ROCK BAND" AND BE SUCCESSFUL?
B: No.
T: nope
B: Nope
T: eh eh
M: Ask The Offspring.

MTV: Pk93ss asks: I got the new albuma and was listening to Prosthetic Head. It sound[s] just like walking catastrophe guitar-wise. Was this on purpose? Nimrod Rocks!!!
B: Now that you mention it. It does sound like walking catastrophe.
M: It's okay to rip yourself off.

MTV: Ok2bombu asks about the families: tell us about your wives billie, mike and tre, I don't hear much about them.
T: nope