Green Day Exclusive: Yes, They Are Foxboro Hot Tubs, Just In Case There Was Any Doubt

It was probably the worst-kept secret in rock history, but it's a secret no more: Green Day have confirmed that they are, in fact, the Foxboro Hot Tubs.

They made the announcement in an e-mail to MTV News late Wednesday night, ending months of speculation that the Hot Tubs — a secretive East Bay garage act that appeared out of nowhere late last year and sounded an awful lot like Green Day — were actually Billie Joe Armstrong and company playing some sort of elaborate prank on their fans. It's the same kind of stunt they pulled back in 2003, when they released an album as the masked synth-rock outfit the Network.