(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Billie Joe Armstrong says Green Days live performances have improved because they are usually drunk on stage.

The 38-year-old is lead singer and guitarist of the punk rock band, formed in 1987, and he feels their stage presence has developed due to their inhibitions being loosened. Billie Joe has been performing for the past 20 years but feels that its only within the last few years they have begun giving the audience their moneys worth. He confirmed that he usually has a few alcoholic beverages with drummer Tr Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt before live performances to ensure a good show.

Around Insomniac we became a sh**ter live band. We began playing arenas; we didnt really know how to play them that well and at the same time we started becoming a lot more introverted. Then we started drinking a lot more. Being drunk on stage, your inhibitions are gone. Most of the stuff weve come up with, like bringing someone up to sing with us or running around in drag, thats all from being liquored-up, he told Q magazine.

Recent performances by the band have been notorious for their on-stage antics and a human-sized drunk pink rabbit has even made an appearance. Billie Joe went on to describe what exactly constitutes a suitable pre-performance drink in order to achieve the required mayhem.

There was a time when I was up to a six-pack of beer and maybe a couple of shots thats when youre really cooking in the middle of the tour. You want enough to just get real loose, he confirmed. (C) Cover Media