Hello everyone, hope you're having a splendid week. Especially with the unusual emergency we had last time with the Monsters Vs. Aliens. I'm glad we're back to share another informative piece of news with you all!

Adeline Records, a label co-owned by Billie Joe and his wife Adrienne, have recently signed punk act, Living With Lions! This quartet from Vancouver, Canada will have details up on Adeline's site about their upcoming album, tour dates and much much more. These guys define their sound as punk and rock mixed together. Sounds like a very awesome combination wouldn't you say?

You guys don't want to miss out on this. The band have music and photos up on their myspace page, check it out! I actually think their layout is pretty cool. This news can be read right here on Adeline Record's site!

The Living With Lion's band members include:

• Matt/Vocals
• Shayne/Bass & Vocals
• Landon/Guitar & Vocals
• Loren/Drums
• Chase/Guitar & Vocals

We will have plenty of news surrounding this act! Now everyone open up their arms and embrace this new addition to the Adeline family!

Good day everyone, we seem to be in a state of emergency!

The United States President, Stephen Colbert needs your attention! RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY SECOND!

Aliens have landed, They want to invade Earth! Our Home! Our only hope? Monsters! Now it seems that a war between these monsters and those slimy aliens has been waged!

Monsters include California resident, Susan Murphy  who was unexpectedly hit over the head by meteor gunk from space, growing to 49 feet, and 11 inches tall. Murphy is being held by the government for further studies, and is now nicknamed Ginormica.

But thats not all!

Your crew of brave soldiers include:

• Ginormica / Reese Witherspoon
• Dr. Cockroach / Hugh Laurie
• The Missing Link / Will Arnett
• B.O.B / Seth Rogen
• General W.R. Monger / Kiefer Sutherland
• The President of the United States / Stephen Colbert

The battle begins March 2009, but do spread the word and save our beloved planet Earth from destruction. Here's a quick peek at what we're all up against!

Inform yourselves here!

Howdy Nimrods, as we've been promising, here's part two of AP's interview with Billie Joe!! 

Here are some questions asked about the band in general. This one in particular is about the health of Green Day before American Idiot was made, and whether or not the band had group therapy.

It wasn't group therapy--we never had group sessions. It was more about opening up communication with each other a little bit more. We did that on our own, though-- we didn't need a therapist to come in and do that, and fuck that. If it ever comes down to where we needed a therapist, then obviously you know this is just not fun anymore.

He was also asked about pop-punk bands that have taken Green Day as an inspiration, and if they see different versions of themselves at all.

You know what man? I have no idea. I think we are so adamant about carving out a niche for ourselves and "having our own sound," whatever that means, that I just don't know. I think bands are just part of what you always see: A record will come out that's big, and five to 10 years later there comes a generation of bands that sound like that or are influenced by that. And I think that's what you saw when Dookie came out in 1994. But I think the interesting thing is when you look at what happened on our last album, it's gonna take another five to 10 years for all that stuff, all the young kids got inspired to do something with it. It's kind of crazy, I don't mean this to toot our own horn-but this band, what I think we've been able to do, is inspire people from a couple of different generations, and honestly inspire them with albums that mean something. It's not just this thing where people are going back and liking a record from 20 years ago because it happened to come out when they were a certain age.

Drawing different reactions from every generation that discovers Green Day, Billie had some interesting words to say about it.

We do. Arguably, there are a lot of people who'll say that 1992's Kerplunk is the best record we ever made. But that's cool, you know what I mean? It's just a lot of different people, a lot of different tastes, a lot of different eras. 

And last, you may want to know what is motivating the band with this coming record!

Nah, you know if that shit happens again, it's awesome. But I'm still in the process of making this record. We'll see what happens. Beyond that, who knows?

Well Nimrods, there ya have it!! You can read the AP interview right here. Have a great day!

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Hello Nimrods, how has your day been so far? 

Joe Satriani has claimed that rock band, Coldplay, has plagiarized his past material. The guitarist accuses them of stealing a riff from the instrumental song, "If I Could Fly" from his 2004 album, "Is There Love In Space?" 

Lead singer of the group, Chris Martin, and the rest of the band have posted this short, and sweet note on their official website: 

"With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have unfortunately found it necessary to respond to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write or have any influence on the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurance of this and wish him well with future endeavors." You can read the letter right here. 

This song is nominated for a Grammy award for song of the year. We wish them the best of luck! I happened to find a video comparing the two songs together. You be the judge of it!

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Hello hello kids, I hope you didn't party too hard with Tuesday being Tre's birthday. We've got some cool news to tell you guys about. So rise and shine fellow Nimrods!

RollingStone.com has listed the Top 12 DVD's Of 2008, and guess who made the number one spot??? C'mon you all know who it was! None other than The Dark Knight himself! Best viewed on a Blu-Ray disc, watch Batman fly high with stunning visual effects and deafening surround sound.

Sweet bonuses include: two discs worth of audio commentaries replaced by focus points. A shot by shot sequence of how it was all done, instead of the generic word of mouth. Tons of action sequences to choose from, bonus material and IMAX camera shots. 

The entire list of DVD's is as follows:

1. The Dark Knight
2. Wall-E
3. Godfather Trilogy
4. Iron Man
5. Shine A Light
6. Wanted
7. Man On Wire
8. Hancock
9. Bottle Rocket
10. Dr. No
11. Journey To The Center Of The Earth
12. Cool Hand Luke

The article also includes short exclusive clips of the flims, in case you're not sure whether or not to rent it out. If you're not a movie person, then check out these Top TV DVD's. They are: Mad Men-Season One, The Sopranos-The Complete Series, John Adams, The Wire, and Gossip Girl-Season One.

Don't think we forgot 2008's worst DVD's! No sir, we did not. Come walk the hall of shame with me wont you?  Speed Racer, Cloverfield, The Happening, Jumper and X-Files: I Want To Believe. It's all over now, you can smile again!

The article can be read right here. Enjoy the rest of the week!

Hello Hello Nimrods, aren't you glad it's a whole brand new week? We here sure are. 

Music information website, 411 Mania, asked users to send in those tough questions that have been on their mind for years, but can't seem to ever find an answer for. It ranges from under appreciated artists, to that Beach Boy solo, and much much more.

One of the questions was about Green Day's many aliases, I know that has to be on every fan's mind right? Well, the article definitely clears it up for anyone that is confused. The guys made an album as a six-piece, New Wave ensemble named The Network and released their album, "Money Money 2020" in 2003. It also had some members of 80's group, Devo.

It seems to still be up in the air about whether or not this album contained material from their stolen album, 'Cigarettes And Valentines.' Bass player, Mike Dirnt, he admitted the band had back up's, but obviously chose to just scrap them to start over. Which in the end, worked out beautifully. "American Idiot" became a super best selling album of the decade!

As you know, this year the guys went all out retro with another side band. Foxboro Hot Tubs released their album, "Stop, Drop, and Roll" on May 20, 2008 on Jingle Town Records. The band went on a mini tour around their home state of California, all the way through the southern Midwest.Yes, it had all three members of Green Day, and featured some members of their back up band.

To answer that one other question  you may be thinking, NO they did not change their name permanently to Foxboro Hot Tubs. They are still Green Day trying out different sounds and methods, I suggest you pick up that album! I felt this was interesting news to bring to you guys, and it may actually clear some things up since I saw tons and tons of confused fans around the net. Read it for yourself here. Have a great day everyone!

Speaking of Green Day! Nimrod Street would like to wish drummer, Tre Cool a very happy 36th birthday. Definitley wishing him many, many more!