Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972) is an American musician, best known as the bassist, backing vocalist and co-founder of the American rock band Green Day. During grade school, he would constantly play "air-bass", and while pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt". As a result, his schoolmates began to call him "Mike Dirnt".
Dirnt was born and raised in Berkeley, California. Mike's mother was a heroin addict. He was given up for adoption when he was a baby to a Native American mother. He has one sister, Myla. When he was seven, his adoptive parents got a divorce. Mike lived with his father for a while, but confrontations sent him back to his mother. He lived there on the borderline of poverty; his sister left home at the age of thirteen. "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."
Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his NEW Fender Road Worn Signature P Bass
Mike Dirnt (Pritchard)'s life story .wmv
Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his signature Precision Bass
Rig Rundown - Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Jason White
My Favorite Mike Dirnt Moments
5 of the best bass solos by Green Day's Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt Sings while Billie plays Guitar 8/31/10
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Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool Interview '95
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Mike Dirnt Singing!
Mike Dirnt's son sprays water over the crowd!
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Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his NEW Fender Road Worn Signature P Bass
Mike Dirnt (Pritchard)'s life story .wmv
Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his signature Precision Bass
Rig Rundown - Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Jason White
My Favorite Mike Dirnt Moments
5 of the best bass solos by Green Day's Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt Sings while Billie plays Guitar 8/31/10
mIkE dIrNt
Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool Interview '95
Mike Dirnt Signature Fender Squire Precision Bass Review
Mike dirnt singing!
Mike Dirnt Singing!
Mike Dirnt's son sprays water over the crowd!
Mike Dirnt talks Fender Bassman Pro Amps
Mike Dirnt Precision Bass Review
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Mike Dirnt: "I'm a Professional"
GREEN DAY - MIKE DIRNT Donates Honorably at Fundraiser Pipeline to a Cure
Mike Dirnt (Green Day) bass line demo on Ibanez GSR200
Fender - Mike Dirnt Road Worn Precision Bass Demo at GAK
Full Billie Joe Mike Dirnt Kiss
Top Fifteen Mike Dirnt Bass Lines (1992-2012)
Mike Dirnt of Green Day Interview Pt. 1
Green Day 'She', 'Redundant' Mike's nose gets broken, live concert performance
Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt playing Redundant acoustic live
Mike Dirnt's part in "Live Freaky! Die Freaky!"
Mike Dirnt, Live in Torino
Le sangra la nariz a Mike Dirnt de Green Day - Live San francisco
Green Day - Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt recording 2008
GREEN DAY MIKE DIRNT, EX-METALLICA NEWSTED SET FOR BASS PLAYER LIVE HONORING GEEZER
The History of Mike Dirnt
Green Day - Introducing Jason White & Mike Dirnt (Live @ Wembley 19/06/10) - HD 720p
Mike Dirnt dancing!! Green Day- live- July 1st 1020- Mainz
Angel's & Airwaves "Saturday Love" @ Live 105's BFD (Green Day's Mike Dirnt) on June 2, 2012
Mike Dirnt singing :D (Green Day live in Mönchengladbach 2012)
Mike Dirnt of Green Day Interview Pt. 2
DJ Rossstar interviews Green Day's Mike Dirnt @ Dr. Strange Records on 2-26-11
Backstage Interview Woodstock 1994 (Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool)
Mike Dirnt Interview on WBER Radio 2013
Mike Dirnt Interview 1993
Mike Dirnt Interview 1994
Mike Dirnt 2013 interview
Billie Joe - How Mike Dirnt Wrote The Longview Bass Line
Tre Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Funny
Interview with Mike Dirnt on Finnish radio (Radio Rock)
Mike Dirnt interview in Sydney, Australia.
Green Day interview with Mike Dirnt: June 24, 2009
Green Day interview with Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt by Toazted
Mike Dirnt Interview on Reality Check TV 2003
Mike Dirnt Interview on Planet Rock Italy 1994
Green Day's Mike Dirnt Smashes A Beer Bottle During An Interview
Mike Dirnt interview on BBC's Radio 1 (08.10.12)
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Green Day-American Idiot{Full Album}
Green Day - American Idiot (2004) Full Album
Green Day - International Superhits! (2001) Full Album
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Green Day - Dookie (1994) Full Album
Green Day - Shenanigans (2002) Full Album
Green Day - Warning (2000) Full Album
Green Day - Nimrod (1997) Full Album
Green day (1994) Dookie
Green Day - ¡Uno! (2012) Full Album
Green Day - ¡Tré! (2012) Full Album
Green Day - Demolicious (2014) Full Album
Green Day - Dookie (Full Album, Perfect Sync) HD
Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991) Full Album
Green Heart
Green Day - Kerplunk (1992) Full Album
Green Day Song
NCWL Monday Night Wrestling (12/30/2013)
Green Day - 39/Smooth (1990) Full Album
Indecisive - Rockschook Bass Grade 3
All About - Mike Dirnt (Extended)
Mike Dirnt thanking Idiot Nation - RRHOF induction 4/18/15
Mike Dirnt RRHOF induction speech - 4/18/15
Reluctant Hero - Bass Grade 1
Happy 43rd birthday to Mike Dirnt
Happy 43rd Birthday Mike Dirnt!!!!!
Happy Birthday-43 Green Day Bass player Mike Dirnt
80 - Green day (Bass Cover)
Green Day's Mike Dirnt on his NEW Fender Road Worn Signature P Bass
The Grouch Bass Cover with Mike Dirnt P Bass
Green Day's Mike Dirnt, Cody Simpson, Scott Weiland Rock Rachael Ray's SXSW Feedback Party
Basket Case [Live In Japan]
Mike Dirnt with and without beard [February 2015]
Mike Dirnt & Tre Cool Woodstock Interview 1994
Angel Blue
Let's Draw Mike Dirnt (Green Day) [Speed-Drawing] [HD]
How to play: Bass line by Mike Dirnt from the Bullet in a Bible DVD after Brain Stew.
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