Instruments Bass guitar Name Bill Schneider | Role Musical Artist Genres Punk rock | |
Occupation(s) Music shop manager, Musician, Guitar technician, Tour crew manager Associated acts Pinhead Gunpowder, The Influents, Monsula, The Skinflutes Similar Pinhead Gunpowder, The Influents, Aaron Cometbus, Monsula, Sarah Kirsch | ||
William 'Bill' Schneider (born June 17) is an American musician. He has played bass in the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder since 1990, as well as providing vocals and writing the lyrics to the song Backyard Flames. He has also been in many other bands such as The Influents, Monsula and Uranium 9v, Sawhorse and The Skinflutes. Bill was worked as bass tech during the Nimrod era for Mike Dirnt, Green Day's and as guitar tech on their albums Nimrod and Warning, American Idiot, 21st Century Breakdown, Uno Dos Tres, Revolution Radio and was their day to day manager from 2003-2012 for their American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown tours through Uno Dos Tres. He also owned Broken Guitars, a guitar shop in Oakland, California with Billie Joe Armstrong. Bill Still works on the sidelines with the band as well as in the studio.