Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972), better known as Mike Dirnt, is an American musician. He is best known as the bass player, backing and occasional lead vocalist and co-founder of the American punk rock band Green Day. He has also played in several other bands, including The Frustrators. His stage name was originally a nickname from his friends at grade school, as he would constantly play "air bass" and make a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.
Brittney Cade (m. 2009), Sarah Garrity (m. 2004–2004), Anastasia Serman (m. 1996–1999), Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends
Children
Estelle Desiree, Ryan Ruby Mae, Brixton Michael, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends
Parents
Patrick Pritchard, Cheryl Nasser, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Green Day, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends
Movies
Green Day: 1000 Hours to Kerplunk
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Quote
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Don't blame me for the explosion of punk rock. I didn't know our music was going to get that big.
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I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.
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On Good Riddance: (Time of Your Life): "Putting that song on our record was probably the most punk thing we could do."
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We write music for ourselves and if other people like it, that's great.
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Fact
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His band, Green Day, is in the studio with Butch Vig, recording the follow-up to their 2004 classic "American Idiot". [October 2008]
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Lives in Los Angeles, California.
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He and his girlfriend, Brittney, have welcomed their first child together, a boy named Brixton Michael Dirnt, on October 11, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs.
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His nickname for his daughter is Hero.
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Earned his trademark last name from the sound that he had made in high school. He would play 'Air Bass Guitar', making a 'dirnt, dirnt, dirnt' noise. From there, it stuck.
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The pressures of Mike being in Green Day were too much for him and Anastasia to deal with, so they separated.
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Has a daughter, Estelle-Desiree. (b. April, 1997)
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Married his girlfriend Anastasia in 1996
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Plays in a side band called The Frustrators, which is on the record label that band mate Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day co-owns.
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Bassist and backup vocalist for the punk band Green Day.
$50 Million
