Bassist and backup vocalist for the punk band Green Day.
The pressures of Mike being in Green Day were too much for him and
Anastasia to deal with, so they separated.
His nickname for his daughter is Hero.
Earned his trademark last name from the sound that he had made in high school. He would play 'Air Bass Guitar', making a 'dirnt, dirnt, dirnt' noise. From there, it stuck.
He and his girlfriend, Brittney, have welcomed their first child together, a boy named Brixton Michael Dirnt, on October 11, 2008. He weighed 8 lbs.
Lives in Los Angeles, California.
Plays in a side band called The Frustrators, which is on the record
label that band mate Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day co-owns.
Married his girlfriend Anastasia in 1996
Has a daughter, Estelle-Desiree. (b. April, 1997)
His band, Green Day, is in the studio with Butch Vig, recording the follow-up to their 2004 classic "American Idiot". (October 2008)