Hiya Nimrods!

It seems like there's been quite a lot of Green Day news missing lately, but I ran across a list on Rolling Stone's website, and found that Billie Joe named Bono as one of "The 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time."

The native Irishman came in at number 32, and he is described in detail by the Oakland rocker as to how and why Bono is the greatest. Armstrong would categorize Bono's voice as "50 percent Guinness, 10 percent cigarettes- and the rest is religion." He also goes on to compare his vocals to legends such as: Joe Strummer, Bob Marley, Otis Redding, Elvis Presly and John Lennon. 

Billie Joe also gushes about his favorite U2 album, "The Joshua Tree shows the mastery Bono has over his voice and what he learned from punk, New Wave and American musicians like Bob Dylan. In the quiet moments of 'With Or Without You',  you can imagine him sitting under the stars. Then, when he comes back to the chorus, all of a sudden it's a hailstorm." 

Green Day's lead singer also speaks about U2's guitarist, Edge, "A lot of Bono's free-form singing comes from the band's rhythm and the church-bell of the Edge's playing, the way the guitar sings in that delay." It's obvious where Billie got some of his guitar and singing influence from. Remember when the two bands did a duet for Louisiana called, "The Saints Are Coming"? I have to say it had to have been a dream come true for Billie Joe himself!

To end, our beloved rocker adds this last bit, "I never had the feeling he was manipulating the power of his voice to show off. They say a submarine never goes in reverse. That's Bono, always looking for a new way of singing or something. That's one thing I learned from him: Never rest. Keep learning and be a good listener. That's the spirit of singing-and he definitely has it."

This article can be found right here, along with the other top notch artists that were mentioned.

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