“Me, Mike [Dirnt, bass], and Billy Joe [Amstrong, guitar] from Green Day would jam all the time,” Barker relays. “At the end of the tour Mike was like, ‘Dude, I want to give you this bass!

Fender has announced two new collaborations with Green Day bass player Mike Dirnt. The result of the team-up is a pair ... gnarly punk-pop sound that effortlessly punches right through the thickest ...

Someone broke into Mike Dirnt’s home when he was 15, stealing the young punk rocker’s guitars. Luckily Dirnt's bass was over at friend Billie Joe Armstrong’s house. “That sealed the deal.