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Is the guitar solo dead in the 21st century?

By Jonny Scaramanga

Opinion: With guitar solos absent from the charts, Green Day championing the anti-solo and Eddie Van Halen gone, is it the end for the fret-melting guitar hero?

Green Day debut new single Here Comes The Shock, complete with Punk Rock Aerobics music video

By Matt Owen

With high-octane guitars, rapid-fire drum rolls and a workout-style music video, the energetic track is bound to get hearts beating

Billie Joe Armstrong - No Fun Mondays album review

By Matt Doria

"The effort Billie Joe Armstrong put into his 2020 lockdown project cannot be understated."

Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day perform in support of the bands' 21st Century Breakdown release at Arco Arena on August 24, 2009 in Sacramento, California

Billie Joe Armstrong’s modded 21st Century Breakdown Fender Strat is up for sale

By Richard Bienstock

The Green Day frontman’s 1970 Martin D-41 from the same tour is also available

Green Day's Mike Dirnt: “My wife bought me a ’58 Olympic White Fender P-Bass - it eats my friends alive that I play it live”

By Mike Brooks

The icon of the low-end talks songwriting, collecting vintage basses and giving others to good causes

How to play guitar like Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong

By Total Guitar editors

Learn the secrets of the iconic punk-rock guitarist's deceptively dextrous playing techniques

5 guitars that made Billie Joe Armstrong an icon of punk

5 guitars that defined Billie Joe Armstrong's career in punk

By Total Guitar editors

Let's take a walk down the boulevard of the Green Day leader's most rockin' six-strings...

From thrash metal to nylon-string mastery from an unexpected source: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Sam Roche

These are the fresh tracks guitarists need to hear right now

Mike Dirnt of Green Day performs at the The Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on August 31, 2010 in Irvine, California

Green Day's Mike Dirnt on making ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, building a bass for Paul McCartney and his surprise encounter with Cliff Burton

By E.E. Bradman

"No band in the world wanted to follow American Idiot, and only one band could. It was our job to either phone it in or to really go for it"

Fender launches non-profit Fender Play Foundation with artist ambassadors from Green Day, Fall Out Boy and more

By Richard Bienstock

New initiative provides resources and music education opportunities to young players

Watch Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Demo the MXR Dookie Drive

By Richard Bienstock

New distortion pedal recreates the guitarist’s tone on the classic 1994 album.

NAMM 2019: Dunlop Unveils the MXR Dookie Drive

By Richard Bienstock

New pedal captures the sound of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s classic guitar tone.

Green Day to Sell Guitars and Other Gear on Reverb.com

By Richard Bienstock

The sale, featuring more than 100 pieces of studio and live gear, launches February 7.

NAMM 2019: Billie Joe Armstrong Teases Green Day ‘Dookie’ MXR Pedal

By Richard Bienstock

The singer and guitarist revealed a pic of what looks to be a custom overdrive stompbox.

Watch Members of Guns N' Roses, Sex Pistols, Green Day Perform Ramones Classics in Acoustic Jam

By Richard Bienstock

Duff McKagan, Billy Joe Armstrong, Steve Jones and actor Fred Armisen get together to pay tribute to Johnny Ramone.

Green Day Premiere "Back in the USA" Music Video

By Damian Fanelli

Mike Dirnt: Five Things We Learned from His New Ernie Ball 'String Theory' Episode

By Guitar World Staff

Today, GuitarWorld.com is happy to premiere the latest episode of String Theory, starring Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt.

Green Day Premiere "Troubled Times" Music Video

By Jackson Maxwell

Green Day Premiere "Troubled Times" Lyric Video

By Damian Fanelli

The Green Day gang have premiered the official lyric video for "Troubled Times," a track from their latestalbum, Revolution Radio, which was released last year.

Green Day Premiere "Still Breathing" Music Video

By Guitar World Staff

Green Day have released the music video for "Still Breathing," the second single from their newalbum,Revolution Radio.