Mike Dirn

Michael Ryan Pritchard, now known as Mike Dirnt, was born on May 4, 1972. Mike's mother was a heroin addict. Michael Ryan Pritchard, sekarang dikenal sebagai Mike Dirnt, lahir pada tanggal 4 Mei 1972 Mike. Ibu pecandu heroin. He was given up for adoption when he was a baby, to a Native american mother and a white father. Dia diberikan untuk diadopsi ketika dia masih bayi, untuk seorang ibu american asli dan ayah putih. When he was 7, his adoptive parents got a divorce. Ketika ia adalah 7, orangtua angkatnya bercerai. Mike lived with his father for awhile, but confrontations sent him back to his mother. Mike tinggal bersama ayahnya untuk sementara, tapi konfrontasi mengirimnya kembali ke ibunya. He lived there on the borderline of proverty, while his sister left home at the age of 13. Dia tinggal di sana pada garis batas kemiskinan, sedangkan adiknya meninggalkan rumah pada usia 13. "There were all sorts of things happening," says Mike. "Ada segala macam hal itu terjadi," kata 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." "Ketika saya di kelas empat atau lima, ibu saya tinggal di luar sepanjang malam, pulang keesokan harinya dengan seorang pria, dan dia pindah ke sini aku tidak pernah bertemu dengan pria sebelumnya, dan tiba-tiba dia ayah tiriku. Kami tidak akur selama bertahun-tahun. Kemudian, ketika saya menghantam sekolah tinggi, ibu saya pindah jauh dari kami, dan aku dan ayah tiriku menjadi sangat dekat. Dia banyak menanamkan dalam diri saya. Satu hal keluarga saya memberi saya adalah biru moral-kerah Tapi kemudian. dia meninggal ketika saya berumur 17. "