Mike Dirnt is the musician, songwriter and composer who is a member of the punk rock band Green Day. Together with school friend Billie Joe Armstrong he founded the band Green Day . In the beginning Green Day was known as “Sweet Children”. With his band he has released over a dozen albums like Revolution Radio , American Idiot , Dookie , etc.

Born name

Michael Ryan Pritchard

nickname

Mike Dirnt, Van Gough

Sun sign

Trails

Place of birth

Oakland, California, USA

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

nationality

training

Mike Dirnt went to Carquinez Middle School . He was later enrolled at the Salesian High School . However, he only studied the first year at this all-boys Catholic school and then transferred to Pinole Valley High School , graduating in June 1990.

occupation

Musician, songwriter, composer, bassist

family

• Father – unknown
• Mutter – Carol Alba Rowland
• Siblings – Myla (Sister)
• Andere – Cheryl Nasser (Adoptivmutter), Patrick Pritchard (Adoptivvater)

Manager

Mike Dirnt’s music band is represented by Kreative Künstleragentur .

Genre

Punk rock, alternative rock, pop punk, garage rock, new wave, garage punk

instruments

Bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums

labels

Reprise, Lookout, Adeline Records

Build

Slim

Height

5 feet 10 inches or 178 cm

weight

73 kg

girlfriend/spouse

Mike Dirnt has dated

1. Anastasia Serman (1996-1999) – Mike Dirnt married Anastasia Serman in 1996. She gave birth to their daughter Estelle Desiree in December 1996. However, their marriage ended in 1999. He later became involved in a custody battle over Desiree and was able to win custody in 2008. He took her to live with him in Oakland.
2. Sarah Garrity (2004) – In 2004, Mike married his girlfriend Sarah Garrity in a romantic but private ceremony at a villa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. But their marriage didn’t even last past the end of the year.
3. Brittney Cade (2009-Present) – Mike Dirnt first met BrittneyCade in the early months of 2004 at the Japanese restaurant Sushi Roku in Los Angeles. They remained good friends for about a year and a half before he worked up enough courage to invite her over for dinner. In October 2007 he proposed to her in Venice during her backpacking trip across Europe. They married in a private ceremony in their hometown of Ojai, California. In October 2008, Brittney gave birth to her first child, Brixton Michael. In November 2010, they welcomed their daughter, Ryan Ruby Mae, into their family.

race/ethnicity

White

hair colour

Dark Brown (Natural)

But he has dyed his hair “blonde” throughout his career.

eye color

Blau

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Bright blue eyes
• Dyed blond curls

brand promotion

The work of Mike Dirnt’s musical group has been used in a number of TV commercials. Her song Holiday and her cartoon versions were used in an advert by Yahoo .

Green Day’s music was also used in a TV commercial for Pepsi .

Religion

His religious views are not known.

Known for

• A member of the punk rock band, Green Day, he is credited with making punk rock music mainstream in the United States. The band has also achieved tremendous commercial success, selling over 85 million records around the world. In addition, her several albums have debuted at the top of the Billboard 200.
• After working with many other rock bands like Foxboro Whirlpools , The Frustrators , Screeching Weasel , and Water Gun .

First album

In April 1990 his music group Grüner Tag released their debut studio album, 39/Glatt . The album’s initial commercial success was minimal, selling fewer than 3,000 records within its first year. But once they became popular, the album’s sales also increased.

first movie

In 2006, he made his feature film debut by lending his voice to the cartoon. Live Freaky Die Freaky .

First TV show

In 1994, Mike Dirnt made his first TV show appearance on the music TV series, 120 Minutes .

Personal trainer

Mike Dirnt has a disciplined training regime in place. He relies primarily on bodyweight exercises for his training needs. He has a habit of doing push-ups before his stage shows. He believes push-ups give him the energy he needs to perform. He also takes some vitamins before the show.

Mike Dirnt favorite things

• Bassist – Cliff Burton

Mike Dirnt facts

1. He has worked with his Green Day bandmate and close friend Billie Joe Armstrong to set up Oakland Coffee Works, which focuses on selling sustainable and organic coffee beans.
2. His various business ventures in his hometown of Northern California include two patrons, including Rudy’s Can’t Fail Café in Emeryville.
3. Despite missing some classes due to illness, he excelled at school. The various illnesses were thought to be a result of his birth mother’s drug abuse.
4. When his parents divorced, he initially lived with his father, but he missed his mother and eventually moved in with her and his sister.
5. He first met Billie Joe Armstrong when he was 10 years old. They met in the middle school cafeteria. They spent most of their time playing music at Armstrong’s house.
6. At the age of 14, he and Armstrong formed the musical band “Called” Cute Children together .
7. In his youth, he began working as a chef at a seafood restaurant called Nantucket to help alleviate his family’s financial difficulties. He was also able to save enough money to buy a pickup truck that would allow him and Armstrong to attend various shows.
8. In those early days, he would often attend music shows at 924 Gilman Street, an influential Berkeley-based punk club, along with Armstrong. They even took on a part-time job as security guards at the club.
9. In 1987, with his mother struggling to provide for him and his sister, she decided to leave town, but Mike didn’t want to leave Sweet Kids , so he and Armstrong managed to convince their parents that Mike lived in Armstrong’s garage .
10. Green Day went on their first van tour in June 1990. On the exact same day, Mike graduated from high school.
11. Green Day was adopted as the band name because of the band members’ love of cannabis.
12. During his performance on Irvine in 1998, he was involved in a backstage argument with Third Eye Blind bassist Arion Salazar, who ran onto the stage and hugged Dirnt. During the altercation, he was hit in the head with a beer bottle thrown from a fan, resulting in a minor fracture.
13. At the iHeartRadio Music Festival , he and Armstrong smashed their bass and guitar onstage after Green Day’s performance was interrupted for Usher’s performance.
14. In the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election, he staunchly supported Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
15. In April 2015, Green Day was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It was her first year of promotion.
16. His music band’s albums American Idiot and Dookie were included by Rolling Stones in their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
17. Green Day faced heavy criticism in July 2017 after they continued their performance at Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, despite the death of an acrobat 20 minutes before the performance.
18. He was given the surname of his stage name because of his habit of playing air bass while making “dirnt, dirnt, dirnt” noise.
19. His biological father passed away in January 2013. He had managed to meet him for the first time just a month before his death.
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