Mike Dirnt

Mike Dirnt is a name that lands hard for anyone who grew up on Green Day. From Berkeley to Pinole Valley High, where he and Billie Joe forged the friendship that became a world-changing band, his story is pure punk origin myth. Bass is an unglamorous instrument, yet Dirnt's driving low end is the literal backbone of Green Day's headlong momentum. He sings, he writes, he is the rare bassist people actually name. What moves me most is that he has kept that raw early energy alive well past fifty. I will always cheer for the player who holds the whole thing together from the shadows.

Name (English)

Mike Dirnt

Name (Japanese)

マイク・ダーント

Reading

まいく・だーんと

Born

May 4, 1972 (age 54)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rat

Origin

Berkeley, California, United States

Occupation

bassist / singer / songwriter / composer / musician

High school

Pinole Valley High School

University

Salesian College Preparatory

• Official sitehttps://www.greenday.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mikedirnt/
• Xhttps://x.com/BJAofficial
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Dirnt
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713286

Tags

• California
• bassist
• singer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.