Editing Mike Dirnt (section)

=== Songwriting and lead vocals ===
Although Armstrong is Green Day's main lyricist, Dirnt has written lyrics for "Emenius Sleepus",<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gaar |first1=Gillian |title=Green Day: Rebels With a Cause |date=2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0857120595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bbkSCgAAQBAJ |pages=85–86}}</ref> "[[J.A.R.]] (Jason Andrew Relva)",<ref>{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/Green-day-jar-jason-andrew-relva-lyrics | title=Green Day – J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) }}</ref> "Scumbag", "Ha Ha You're Dead", the subtrack "Nobody Likes You" from the medley "Homecoming" and the B-side "Governator",<ref name= "AI liner notes"> American Idiot (CD liner). [[Green Day]]. [[Reprise Records]]. 2004.</ref> He also co-wrote the lyrics to "Best Thing in Town", "The One I Want", and "Panic Song" with Armstrong,<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Insomniac |others=[[Green Day]] |date=1995 |type=CD liner notes |publisher=[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]}}</ref> and writes all the bass lines for Green Day songs. Mike also composed the intro to "Desensitized" from ''Shenanigans'' using a baseball bat and an old cathode ray tube television.<ref>''Nimrod'' liner notes. Retrieved October 13, 2011</ref>

Dirnt sings lead vocals on "Governator",<ref name= "AI liner notes"/> part of the third verse of "Outsider" on the ''[[Shenanigans (album)|Shenanigans]]'' album, the "Nobody Likes You" subtrack of "Homecoming".<ref name= "AI liner notes"/> He also sings the subtrack "Modern World" from the medley "American Eulogy" from ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' and sings lead for exactly 10 seconds in "Sex, Drugs, and Violence" from ''[[¡Tré!]]''.

For the Green Day side project The Network, Dirnt shares lead vocal duties with Armstrong. Some notable tracks that feature Dirnt as the lead vocalist include "Joe Robot", "Reto", "Money Money 2020", "Trans Am", and "Digital Black".