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  •  We're extending the deadline for the Idiot Club air guitar contest by a few
    days.  The new deadline is Friday, June 11th! We've gotten a few entries
    from you guys, but we know there's more of you out there with a creative
    edge! So get crackin' on this!

    We're looking for a few good Idiot Club members to show your rock star moves
    to the world! That's right-record yourself doing your best air guitar to
    your favorite Green Day song and you could win some cool autographed Green
    Day Rock Band Schwag!

    Make sure you log in to the Idiot Club or become a member at
    www.idiotclub.com for more info.  We have tons of cool Green Day Rock Band
    prizes that we can't wait to pass on to you!!

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  • Multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award-winning group Green Day, along with Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, and Reprise / Warner Bros. Records today release the standalone music video game Green Day: Rock Band™. The game is for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and the Wii™ system from Nintendo.

    Order at GreenDayRockBand.com

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  • Brian's picture
    June 07, 2010

    'Rock Band' game is virtually like seeing Green Day live

    Green Day's members are having the time of their multimedia lives.

    The group's Broadway musical, American Idiot, is up for three Tony Awards on Sunday. And the video game Green Day: Rock Band arrives today ($60 for PS3 and Xbox 360; $50 for Wii; rated T for ages 13-up). "It's been amazing, the things that have been happening lately," says vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong. "It's been a pretty intense experience."

    Armstrong and his partners in the trio, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, recently talked about the game, which has 47 songs spanning the band's multiplatinum career from 1994's Dookie to last year's 21st Century Breakdown.

    COMIC: See digital book accompanying 'Rock Band' release

    Q: You guys are renowned for your live performances. Does that carry over into the game?

    Cool: We definitely take our hats off to the game guys who developed this because we don't just stand in one place when we are on stage. (Our game characters) jump around, and the energy with the crowd, we really wanted that to be conveyed in the game. They did a really good job of that. And there's some details the Green Day fan can pick out that are true to our live show and our personalities.

    Dirnt: They actually

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    Segment on CBS Sunday Morning
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    June 06, 2010
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