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Mike Dirnt
 FULL NAME : Michael Ryan Pritchard (Dirnt) AGE/BIRTHDATE : 34; born May 4, 1972 HOMETOWN : Berkeley, California, USA EYE COLOR : Blue NATURAL HAIR COLOR : Brown HEIGHT : 5'10 MARTIAL STATUS : Mike recently got married in 2004, but is now divorced after his wife left him because "he was
spending too much time in the studio." Mike has a new girlfriend. CHILDREN : Estelle Desiree (Stella); born April 1997, to ex-wife, Anastasia FAMILY : Mike was adopted. His adoptive parents divorced when he was 7, and both are now remarried. I know Mike
has at least one step sister, named Myla, but I don't know of anymore. RESTAURANT : Rudy's Can't Fail Café, in Emeryville, CA. WHEELS : A BMW. INSTRUMENTS : Bass, farfisa, guitar, drums, and a baseball bat. OTHER BANDS : Mike still plays with The Frustrators. He has also played with Screeching Weasel, Crummy Musicians,
and Squirtgun.
Michael Ryan Pritchard, now known as Mike Dirnt, was born on May 4, 1972. Mike's mother was a heroin addict. He
was given up for adoption when he was a baby, to a Native american mother and a white father. When he was 7, his adoptive
parents got a divorce. Mike lived with his father for awhile, but confrontations sent him back to his mother. He lived there
on the borderline of proverty, while his sister left home at the age of 13. "There were all sorts of things happening," says
Mike. "When I was in fourth or fifth grade, my mom stayed out all night, came home the next day with a guy, and he moved in.
I'd never met the guy before, and all of a sudden he's my stepdad. We didn't get along for years. Later on, when I hit high
school, my mom moved away from us, and me and my stepdad got real close. He instilled a lot in me. The one thing my family
did give me is blue-collar morals. But then he died when I was 17."
Bythat point, Mike had already moved out, leaving home when he was 15 to live out of his truck. He then rented
a room in Billie's house, and later he lived in a punk squatter building. Billie and Mike began living for their weekends
at the Gilman Street Project. Mike still continued to go to school, play in Sweet Children (which later became Green Day of
course), and live on his own. He supported himself by working as a cook. Mike almost didn't graduate from high school, because
his mother refused to sign one of his mandatory-attendance forms. "I took my mom aside," Mike says. "I said, 'This is how
it is. You have so much shit going on in your life, so if once every semester you ask me if I've done my homework and jump
all over my case, that's not right. Have I failed yet? No. And I'm going to graduate if you stay off my back. The one time
in your life you chose to have morals, and it's going to fuck me up. Don't play mom once a year. It doens't fucking cut it.'"
In the end, Mike did graduate from high school, and he even took more than a year's worth of courses at a community college.
Then Billie and Mike moved into a squat in Oakland, California (the inspiration for "Welcome to Paradise").
Mike married his long time girlfriend Anastasia in 1996 and their daughter, Estella-Desiree was born in April 1997.
Mike loves his daughter very much, and his nickname for her is "Hero". Today, Mike and Anastasia are separated, but still
remain very good friends. He recently was remarried in 2004, however his wife left him because he spending too much time in
the studio recording American Idiot. Mike is currently dating, and he resides in Oakland, California. He also owns a café/resturant
named Rudy's Can't Fail Café, after a song by the Clash. The café is located in Emeryville, CA.
Mike took the picture of himself in the Nimrod booklet. Mike smoked his first joint with his mom's friend. Mike wrote the bassline for Longview while he was high and forgot it the next day. Mike was born with a heart problem and sometimes has panic attacks. Mike's adoptive parents divorced when he was 6. Mike once rented a small part of Billie's house to live in during high school. Mike got mistaken for a ambushing fan at Woodstock 1994, and a security guard kicked him and knocked a couple of his
teeth out. Mike actually believes that one day dogs will take over the world (remember the Dookie cover?) In the self titled New Found Glory CD inlay it thanks Green Day and the bass player has a special thanx to Mike "...and
Mike Dirnt for the influence...". Mike has a sister named Myla. Mike Dirnt is the part-owner of Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe in Emeryville, California. Emeryvillie is between Berkeley and
Oakland. Mike and Billie Joe are both wearing work shirts that say "Chuck" in two music videos, Mike in Basketcase and Billie
Joe in Redundant Mike Dirnt completed a years worth of college courses after high school. On the back cover of the green day booklet for Dookie, there is a picture of Mike Dirnt looking in the mirror. If you
look in the mirror, you can partially see the person taking the picture. Mike likes donuts and hotel coffe, and Starbucks coffee aswell, maybe just coffee in general. Mike likes to have those little packages of donuts on tour. Mike dressed up as a vampire, or as he said "Count Mikeula", for Halloween 2004.
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