GD12301

Averaging 200 visitors a day,
Since December 15, 2005

 I have sad news for the sites veiwers. Green Day 12301 will be on a hiatus. I do not know if the site will ever continue, but it is deffintly closed for now. My fomer assistant manager Ashley has quit, and I do not think that I can run the site without her. The site has become a burden to me. It is stressing me out, and I need to be able to relax in my spare time since my school work is very hard. I am sorry to the people who veiw the site regularly. I hope you understand how hard it is getting to run. Remember that The Green Day Authority is a great website that you guys can get all your news from. Most of you are already GDA members. The site will stay open so you can still read the articles, but I am going to stop paying the domain bill so soon the link will be back to www.freewebs.com/greenday12301 . So, I am sorry, goodbye. Ashleys goodbye is below.

-Jesse Lederman

Dear Visitors,
Throughout the ten months I've served you, it's been a rollercoaster ride of
ups and downs. I truly thank each and every one of you that have helped us
along the way. It means the world to me that you rocketed us to about 10,000
hits in one month. I love you all for that.

To all past and present members of the staff, thanks for putting up with my
orders and complete disorganization. I know I wasn't the easiest to work
with at times. Without all of you, this place couldn't have gone off the
ground.

To the bands, I'm sorry I dropped the ball on you guys. I am forever a fan
and am still here for you until the end.

My decision was a tough one, and I would like you all to know Jesse and I
still remain good friends. It had nothing to do with this.

My final piece of advice to all of you is to live your life to the fullest
and to not be afraid to be a non conformist. There's so much to experience
in life, and it's a shame to not get a taste of it.

Yours truly,

Ashley Hoerz

 Green Day 12301's stats are suffering. That means we are not getting as many visitors as usual. Please spread the word of our site to your freinds, spread our link (www.greenday12301.com) through boards, post our banners on them (you can find them at www.greenday12301.com/linktous.htm). Please do this for us!!!

-Jess

The 'Working Class Hero' shirts from Hard Rock Cafe are available now. The shirt has a Billie Joe design with 'Working Class Hero' written on the front, and has the signatures of all 3 members on the back.

It costs $24 which will also go to help out Amnesty International's campaign to help with the genocide in Darfur.

 Cinderblock. the official green day store, has some new stuff up, check it out here. Interpunk will also have some new green day shirts up on July 18th.

 The movie "Surfs Up" will feature Holiday, and Welcome to Paradise.

KROQ ranked Green Day as the 4th biggest bands of all time. Also, in the most recent issure of Blender, they asked a brain surgean what music she listen to, and she said Brain Stew was her favorite song.

We have another new article up, Billie Joes family. Check it out here.

The benefit-album 'Instant Karma' is finally out today. The new album has a total of 20 songs on two disc's, with bands ranging from Green Day and U2 to Jack Johnson and Snow Patrol.

You can purchase the new album from Amazon for $14.99. Proceeds from sales go to Amnesty International for their efforts to end the genocide in Darfur.

You can purchase Green Day's single 'Working Class Hero' on iTunes by clicking here.

Keep voting on the band of the month poll here Goodboy Badminton is winning with 88% of the votes.

-Ashley

This weeks Kerrang Magazine includes a short article about Green Day and the upcoming Simpsons Movie.

In the article there is a quote from the shows creator Matt Groening who says this about Green Day, "They're really good sports and I think we both honour them and Simpsons'-ize them. You can take that however you want. They're really nice guys."

They also mentioned the upcoming Green Day release of the Simpsons theme song which will be out July 24th, three days before the movie release.

Hey Everyone,

If anyone is wondering about the rumor that Green Day is switching producers, their management confirmed that they are sticking with producer Rob Cavallo.

There is a bit of site news and help wanted today as well. First, I found a new writer named Kate... she's from the UK and you will see her work up shortly. She's very down to Earth, and a great addition to the team. Welcome, Kate!

Also, if you have a site of your own and want to link to us, please email Jesse at jesselederman@hotmail.com or me, Ashley, at piscesgurl_92@msn.com.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite band for July's band of the month!

-Ashley

At the beginning of the new movie "Knocked Up" there's a real short mention of Green Day. The mom asks what the kids would like to hear and the youngest daughter says "Green Day" over and over.

We're hiring!!! We need graphics designers and writers. E-mail me at jesselederman@hotmail.com for more information, or visit out join the team page.

Our current band of the month, Army of Freshmen is embarking on a short UK tour  before kicking off the Get Happy Tour with Bowling For Soup, Quietdrive, and Melee in Souix Falls, South Dakota on June 23rd. Tonight you can catch them in Plymoth at the University.

 The new Working Class Hero video is out and it is amazing! You would not believe it! We are working on getting it on the site. Meanwhile you can check it out here on on mtv.com.

We have a BIG surprise for you tommorow.

-Jess

The new music video for Working Class Hero will debut on TRL (MTV) on Thursday, May31st (tommorow).
You will be able to purchase and download the video from iTunes on that same day. Proceeds will go to Amnesty International.
-Jess

 Hey guys,
  Like I said earlier in the month, we have a bunch of articles being written right now. And one is done. Paige, one of our 2 writers, has finished her article on Woodstock '94, where Green Day played. Check it out here.

 We are looking for new writers since two of our writers quit due to lack of time in their day. So if you have decent writing ability, speak english, and have some spare time, send me an e-mail at jesselederman@hotmail.com . Also if you have any other skills that you think might be useful you can e-mail me as well.

-Jess

 We have a poll up for the band of the month for July (we have already decided don Junes), there are so MANY AMAZING bands so please take a look and vote by clicking here.

We also have a poll up on Green Day playing on American Idol here.

For the new Simpsons movie (that Green Day will be appearing in), Green Day will be recording the infamous Simpsons theme song on the sound track — Except, punker. On July 24, three days before the film opens in U.S. theaters, Warner Bros. Records will put out the Green Day single.

Green Day's cover of Working Class Hero has also climbed from 25 to 14 on this week's Billboard Modern Rock chart.

-Jess

Green Day performed Working Class Hero on American Idol last night, check out the video here.

Green Day also designed limited edition t-shirts for Hard Rock and Amnesty International. You can pick one up at your local Hard Rock Cafe, or online at the following link starting on June 12th: http://www.hardrock.com/estore/

-Ashley

The big surprise act set to play tonight's "Idol" finale is ... Green Day? So says Star magazine, which also reports that former "Idol" winners Kelly, Carrie and Taylor will perform.

Check out the trailer here — Green Day appear about 20 seconds before the end — but blink and you'll miss 'em. I'm serious when I say that... I had to watch it twice because I blinked at first.

"Green Day is in the movie — I will publicly acknowledge that Green Day are in the movie," "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening laughed. "They're really good sports and I think we both honor them and 'Simpson'-ize them. You can take that however you want. They're really nice guys."

(See Groening talk about which celebrities didn't make it into "The Simpsons Movie." )

"I know that Moe yells out obnoxious stuff to Green Day while they're performing. That I remember," Hank Azaria — voice of "Simpsons" mixologist Moe Szyslak and about 46 other characters on the show — added. "He yells out stupid stuff to Green Day. [They don't play] at Moe's Tavern. They perform elsewhere in the movie; they're outside. And the whole crowd turns on them."

(Thanks to Mtv.com for the news.)

-Ashley

Working Class Hero video will debut next Tuesday, May 29 on TRL, and will be airing every hour on both MTV2 and MTVU. Dont be surprised that we only have one update up, we just deleted the old ones.

Until then, we have raw cuts of the video... thanks to Youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjDFs68pTWY - Scene 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnXuyymuILI - Scene 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEc8IlfF2sw - Scene 3

By the way, we am in the process of editing the site. There's a bunch of new article coming a little into June, we are working hard on it. If you have any ideas for pages contact us at jesselederman@hotmail.com (jesse) or at  piscesgurl_92@msn.com (ashley)

-Jesse and Ashley.