I have been a Green Day fan since 1994, and it has always been like this—the band really doesn't let the outside world into their creative process when they are making a new album. In other words, do not expect them to say anything during this preproduction phase (i.e., demoing and rehearsing). On the other hand, the good news is that they have never played this many new songs live before recording the master tracks that end up on the final version of the album, at least not since they signed to Reprise Records in 1993. Needless to say this long preproduction process usually allows the band to record the master tracks fairly quickly, as they already have everything worked out before heading down to L.A.