Mike Dirnt (born Micheal Ryan Pritchard the May 4th 1972 with Rodeo (California)) is the bass player group of Punk rock'n'roll Green Day.

Biography

Michael Ryan Pritchard was born on May 4th, 1972 from a mother accro with the Héroïne (it kept a cardiac malformation like after-effect besides of it), placed in an adoptive family whose parents divorce when it at 7 years, Mike Dirnt did not have an easy childhood. After being itself finally installed with her adoptive mother and her elder half-sister Myla, Mike quickly becomes independent. It will make a running away and his/her mother will find it with the police force. Since this day, Mike will not express really any more her feelings and will contain himself. It meets Billie Joe Armstrong at age the 10 years and the two children find themselves at Billie Joe to play of the Guitare. Mike puts himself finally at low. So impatient to be able to return at his place to play of its instrument fetish, it fredonnait the airs which passed to him by the head in progress, " dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" , which inspired it at the time of the pseudonym sound recording, Mike being the diminutive of Micheal, this mixture gave Mike Dirnt. At 15 years, it rents a room on with dimensions one of the house of Billie Joe ( thus to pay it worked in Rod' S Hickory Pit, the bar where Ollie Armstrong was employed, the mother of Billie Joe ). In 1986, they form “Sweet Children”, renamed Green Day in 1989. Mike Marie in 1995 with her Anastasia boyfriend and becomes dad on December 20th of the same year of the small Estelle Désirée. Anastasia leaves Mike the day when the group finishes the meetings of recordings of American Idiot because according to it, it was more time with the studio than with it. Today he is divorced but has a boyfriend.

Material

Low: Gibson G-3 Fender Precision '66 Fender Precision '69 Fender Precision Mike Dirnt Signature

Amplification: Head: Fender 1200 pro Baffles: Fender 810 pro

Médiators: Duplex Tortex .76 - .88mm Custom

Cords: GHS

Mike currently plays on low a Fender of the type Low of white color and black Precision. For a few years, Fender has proposed even a special model “signature” with its name. Squier, under mark of Fender, to it also left low on his behalf: Mike Dirnt Bass® Precision It strikes its cords thanks to a peak (médiator).

Groups and place within the group

He plays side of Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool in Green Day But he plays or also played with: The Frustrators, Screeching Weasel, Crummy Musicians, Squirtgun, The Network (not-official).

He is of course bass player but accompanies sometimes vocally, as one can hear it in the " hey" Holiday song.

Internal bonds

• Green Day
• Cool Tré
• Billie Joe Armstrong
• Punk Music

External bonds

• official Web site of the group
• '' Low Precision '' model signature at Fender