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The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. They released their debut album Money Money 2020 on Billie Joe Armstrong's independent record label Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. A re-release of the album, with two bonus tracks, followed in 2004. It is unknown if they are still active or have disbanded. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Tré Cool (Frank Edwin Wright III) (born December 9, 1972) is the percussionist for the rock group Green Day. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... New Wave was a music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Money Money 2020 is The Networks first album and it was released on September 30, 2003 on the Adeline Records record label. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Members

It has been confirmed that members of The Network include Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool and Jason White, all of whom are most famous for their work as the band Green Day.^[1][2][3] The stage names of The Network are Fink, The Snoo, Van Gough, Captain Underpants, Z, and Balducci. Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, West Germany) is the drummer of the rock band Green Day. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the band Green Day. ... For the Okkervil River album, see The Stage Names. ...

Armstrong denies the involvement of any Green Day members in The Network. Although the style of music is different (New Wave as opposed to Green Day's punk-rock style), Armstrong's voice can be unmistakably made out on several tracks including "Teenagers From Mars." Warner/Chapell Music proved that members of Green Day are involved in The Network by citing the three Green Day members as having writing credits for The Network's album Money Money 2020.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][1][12][13][14][15]} Punk rock is an anti-establishment rock music genre and movement that emerged in the mid-1970s. ... Money Money 2020 is The Networks first album and it was released on September 30, 2003 on the Adeline Records record label. ...

In addition, the band's website (The Network) was registered by Green Day, Inc., on May 16, 2003. WHOIS details for the domain can be seen at Network Solutions. Green Day also utilized the domain in July 2007 to host their rendition of The Simpsons theme song for The Simpsons Movie. [1] WHOIS is a TCP-based query/response protocol which is widely used for querying a database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons, directed by David Silverman, and scheduled to be released worldwide by July 27, 2007. ...

Armstrong has recently gone on record saying that The Network is Green Day, but Cigarettes and Valentines (the canceled Green Day album that led to American Idiot) is not Money Money 2020, although where the statement was said, and whether Armstrong's statement is true, is unknown. Cigarettes and Valentines was supposed to be the studio album from punk rock band Green Day following 2000s Warning:. The album was nearly finished when the master tracks were stolen from the studio. ... Singles from American Idiot Released: 2004 Released: 2004 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 Released: 2005 This article is about Green Day album. ...

Instruments

• Fink - Vocals/Guitar
• Van Gough - Vocals/Bass Guitar
• The Snoo - Drums
• Z - Keyboards
• Captain Underpants - Keytar
• Balducci - Guitar

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Identities

Still unknown about The Network is which stage name goes with which musician. The following information may or may not link the members of Green Day to certain stage names in the band. It should be noted that their first and last names each have the same number of letters as the supposed member's real name.

• Fink - Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has written songs for Pinhead Gunpowder under the alias "Wilhelm Fink."^[3] Fink of The Network and Armstrong are also both born under the same astrological sign: Aquarius.^[16] The Network is also signed under Billie Joe's record company, Adeline Records. The official Network Web site also claims that Fink financed the band, when in actuality this was done by Armstrong. Another coincidence is that in the song "Spike" the character Branden moved into a warehouse in Oakland. It is well known that Billie Joe used to live in a warehouse in Oakland with several other punk rock band members. And in another song, he mentions "The Ave.", which is a nickname for Telegraph Ave. in Oakland, on which the title of the song "Stuart and the Ave." on the Insomniac album is based. Another clue to Fink being Armstrong is that on the CD Short Music For Short People, Green Day plays a song called "The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink."

• Van Gough - Mike Dirnt is identified by most fans as Van Gough. Van Gough claims to be a vegan on the band's official biography on the website, even though Mike Dirnt is not vegan.

• The Snoo - Tré Cool can be identified in several pictures (note the size and shape of the nose).^[17] The Snoo claims to be a former Mexican wrestler in his bio on the Network's official website. Green Day has, in the past, had a run-in with former ECW wrestlers Tazz and Tommy Dreamer. The Network was a faction representing TNN, now Spike, censors when ECW had a wrestling program on the channel. Spike is also the name of a song by The Network, telling the story of how a punk rocker becomes homeless when his girlfriend leaves him. On the GDA website Billie Joe Armstrong claims that his favorite joke from all of those he made up is ‘What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend? Homeless!’ GDA

• Captain Underpants- He is believed to be Reto Peter, a Swiss producer.

• Z- He is believed to be Chris Dugan, a sound engineer. This is supported by an obviously faked press conference seen at the end of the DVD Disease is Punishment where questions by the press are answered in Swiss German by one of the band members.

• Balducci- is most likely Jason White, Green Day's back-up guitarist. Balducci even fills that duty in the Network, and is seen on stage in a similar stance to White's when he plays guitar.

Reto Peter is also the co-producer of Money Money 2020 and one of its songs is called "Reto". Chris Dugan is the sound engineer for Money Money 2020 and the mixer for Disease is Punishment. He is also credited with the production of a Green Day B-side "Governator". It has also been rumored that at least one member of Devo is a member of the Network. Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972, in Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist, main lyricist, and guitarist for the rock band Green Day. ... Pinhead Gunpowder is an East Bay Punk Rock band consisting of Aaron Cometbus (drums, lyrics), Bill Schneider (bass), Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Jason White (guitar, vocals). ... Astrological represent twelve equal segments or divisions of the zodiac. ... Spirit of Aquarius Aquarius is the eleventh astrological sign in the Zodiac, originating from the constellation Aquarius. ... Adeline Records is a record label co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Nesser (Armstrong), bandmate Jason White, and Jim Theibaud, professional skateboarder. ... Oakland is the name of several places in the United States of America: Oakland, Alabama Oakland, California (The best-known city with this name) Oakland, Florida Oakland, Maine Oakland, Maryland Oakland, Michigan Oakland, Missouri Oakland, Nebraska Oakland, New Jersey Oakland, Oklahoma Oakland, Oregon Oakland, Pennsylvania Oakland, Rhode Island Oakland, Tennessee... Insomniac is the fourth studio album from the punk rock band Green Day. ... Short Music for Short People is a 1999 compilation album released on the Fat Wreck Chords record label. ... Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard on May 4, 1972, in Rodeo, California) is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist of Green Day. ... Hens kept in cramped conditions — the avoidance of animal suffering is the primary motivation of people who become vegans A vegan is a person who avoids the ingestion or use of animal products. ... Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III, December 9, 1972, in Frankfurt, West Germany) is the drummer of the rock band Green Day. ... Mexican may have several meanings. ... Wrestling can be: Sport wrestling Professional wrestling Another term for grappling This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... ECW logo from 1994-2001. ... Peter Senerchia (born October 11, 1967),[2] is a retired American professional wrestler best known by his ring name Tazz, (originally Tazmaniac and later shortened to simply Taz). ... Thomas Laughlin (born February 14, 1971),[2] is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Tommy Dreamer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Disease is Punishment is a live DVD featuring songs from The Networks first album Money Money 2020. ... Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American New Wave group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ...

The Network's manager, Dr. Svengali, is the director of Disease is Punishment, John Roecker. Dr. Svengali and the band claim that they are all members of the Church of Lushotology, which believes in "total intoxication." (the church is a parody of The Church of the SubGenius (which is the religion of Devo, The Network's main influence), and the name is a parody of the controversial Church of Scientology) John Roecker is an eccentric film director whose work includes the film Live Freaky! Die Freaky! as well the upcoming documentary, tenatively titled Heart Like a Heart Grenade, which documents the recording of Green Days landmark album American Idiot. ... J. R. Bob Dobbs The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical postmodern religion, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet. ... Devo (pronounced DEE-vo or dee-VO, often spelled DEVO or DEV-O) is an American New Wave group formed in Akron, Ohio in 1972. ... The Church of Scientology is the largest organization devoted to the practice and the promotion of the Scientology belief system. ...

Discography

Albums

• Money Money 2020 (September 30, 2003)

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DVD

• Money Money 2020 Companion DVD (September 30, 2003)
• Disease Is Punishment (November 9, 2004)

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Album re-release

Money Money 2020 was re-mastered and re-released by Reprise Records on November 9, 2004, with two additional tracks, "Hammer of the Gods" and a cover of the The Misfits "Teenagers from Mars" which can also be heard on Tony Hawk's American Wasteland while "Roshambo" is on the NHL 2005 soundtrack. The original Money Money 2020 release came with a companion DVD with music videos directed and produced by Roy Miles of AntiDivision. A segment of the song "Joe Robot" can also be heard on several VH1 specials like "All Access", MTV 2's "High School Stories", and at least once on the MTV show "Pimp My Ride." is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the band. ... Teenagers From Mars was an unreleased Misfits single. ... Tony Hawks American Wasteland, also known as THAW or Tony Hawks Pro Skater 7, is a video game that has been released for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube and PC. The game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. ... NHL 95 cover for the Mega Drive. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... This article is about the television show. ...

External links

• Official Network site
• The Network Bio on Green Day Authority

References