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Green Day

Green Day performing on May 7, 2009. Left to right: Tré Cool, touring musician Jason Freese, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Mike Dirnt.
Background information
Origin East Bay, California, United States
Genres Punk rock
Pop punk
Alternative rock
Years active 1987–present
Labels Lookout!, Skene!, Reprise, Adeline
Associated acts The Lookouts, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Frustrators, The Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs
Website greenday.com
Members
Billie Joe Armstrong
Mike Dirnt
Tré Cool
Former members
John Kiffmeyer
.Green Day is an American rock trio formed in 1987.[1] The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion) for the majority of its existence.^ Green Day is the best band ever!
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 ^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 ^ Green Day kick major ass.
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 .The band is credited as one of the two main bands, along with The Offspring, who put the punk revival into process, though they have been described as a "sell out" band by notable members of the punk rock community.^ They’re one of the best bands out there!
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 ^ As a result, Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States.

 ^ The pop punk trio from Berkeley, Calif., were not getting along, they hadn't released a studio album since 2000's Warning, and the music they had almost singlehandedly brought into the mainstream had become irrelevant.
.Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California.^ Idiots Green day is original .
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 ^ Green Day completely rocked, of course.

 ^ Green Day rocks Green Day rules Green Day...

 The band's early releases for independent record label Lookout! .Records earned it a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label.^ Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label.

 ^ After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on recording its major label debut, Dookie.

 ^ Records, saw the band play an early show and signed them to his label.

 [2] .Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie (1994) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. and 15 million worldwide.^ Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie (1994) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone, and 15 million copies sold worldwide.

 ^ This second album for Reprise was not nearly as successful as Dookie but still sold 2 million copies.
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 ^ The Ramones would be reviled if Rocket to Russia had sold 10 million copies too.
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 [3] .As a result, Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States.^ Green Day is the best band ever!
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 ^ Green Day completely rocked, of course.

 ^ As a result, Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States.

 [4][5] .Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful, reaching double platinum, double platinum, and gold status respectively.^ Green Day albums: .

 ^ They basically screw green day.

 ^ This anti american Green Day s— can go, they are done, they have been done since dookie.
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 [6] Green Day's 2004 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling five million copies in the U.S.[7] The band's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released on May 15, 2009.
.Green Day has sold over 22 million records in the United States.^ "Green Day recording at studio Oct 9".

 ^ Green day has sold over 65 million records worldwide,[citation needed] including 22 million in the United States alone.

 ^ Green Day, as I recall, loved the challenge and set out to make the greatest record of their career without the slightest bit of hesitation or compromise.
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 [8] .They have won four Grammy Awards; Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and Best Rock Album for the second time for 21st Century Breakdown.^ Their album Dookie changed rock at that time.

 ^ Grammy for 2005 "Record of the Year" (for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") doesn't hurt either.

 ^ In 1995, Dookie won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and the band was nominated for 9 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year.

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Band history

Formation and Lookout years: 1987–1993

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.In 1987, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children.^ Billie Joe's father died of cancer when Billie was 10 years old.
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 ^ In 1987, Armstrong and Dirnt formed The Sweet Children with Armstrong on lead vocals and guitar and Dirnt on bass and backing vocals.
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 ^ Mike was good friends with Billie Joe since they were 10.
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 .The first Sweet Children show took place on October 17, 1987, at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California where Armstrong's mother was working.^ In 1987, Armstrong and Dirnt formed The Sweet Children with Armstrong on lead vocals and guitar and Dirnt on bass and backing vocals.
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 ^ Billie Joe and Mike Dirnt's first gig was at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, CA, where Billie's mom worked.
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 ^ They began playing in 1988 at Rod's Hickory Pit in Rodeo, California.
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 [1] .In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer, John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante).^ After John Kiffmeyer left Green Day, before Tre came in, a friend of the band joined as drummer for a few weeks, but left saying he wasn't good enough for the band.
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 ^ Then came the song Green Day and also Al Sobrante wrote Green Day on the back of his jacket and it kinda caught on from there and they decided to use it as their band's name Al Sobrante (John Kriftmeyer) was in the band Isocracy.
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 ^ Green Day had more drummers than just Tre and Al Sobrante.
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 .Kiffmeyer served as both the band's drummer and business manager, handling the booking of shows and helping the band establish a fan base.^ After John Kiffmeyer left Green Day, before Tre came in, a friend of the band joined as drummer for a few weeks, but left saying he wasn't good enough for the band.
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 ^ They must be willing to experiement, willing to lose their fan base, and a fabulous band in concert as well.

 ^ The band opted for acoustics, the fan base opted out.

 [9] .As said in the film Punk's Not Dead, Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy (which features Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid) as a major influence, and a band that drove Armstrong to form a band.^ Tim Armstrong from OPIV. The band each takes a shot of Vodka before every gig.
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 ^ How many bands will you be listening in the following decades that will be critical darlings that will cite Radiohead as an influence.

 ^ They certainly contributed a lot to rock 'n roll and brought back punk, even if it wasn't in its original form (who said it had to be, it's better that they do their own thing).
Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout! .Records, saw the band play an early show and signed them to his label.^ Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label.

 ^ Its early releases for independent record label Lookout!

 ^ Their new manager was also in Nashville, and the band was soon signed to SBK who released their first major label record at about the same time they released records by Vanilla Ice and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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 .In 1989 they recorded their first EP, 1,000 Hours.^ The Best Song ever is the political song that everybody that has even heard Green Day has to be HOLIDAY. I have every album that they have ever made except for 1,000 hours, but i still have burned most of the songs that are on that CD on to a recordable disk or my Computer.
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 ^ Some of these recordings were recorded even before they had released their first single, and many of the recordings were intended to spotlight their amazing live sound.
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 ^ But at its heart, it’s the band’s most decisive record in their discography, as it’s the first time they truly carved something different .

 .Before 1,000 Hours was released, the band dropped the name Sweet Children, according to Livermore this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby.^ Tre's name was given to him by the owner of Lookout Records Lawrence Livermore when Tre played in the band "The Lookouts".
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 ^ It was then that she became the vocalist for the folk-revivial band Spyrogyra (not to be confused with the similarly-named jazz fusion band that would surface later), which went on to release three albums and extensively tour Europe and the UK before dissolving in 1974.
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 ^ Green Day signed with Lookout Records in 1989 and released their first EP, 1,000 Hours And Slappy in 1990.
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 [10] .The band adopted the name Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana.^ Green Day is the best band ever!
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 ^ I'm gonna name all the bands better then Green Day!

 ^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 [11]
Lookout! would release .Green Day's first LP, 39/Smooth in early 1990. Green Day would record two EPs later that year: Slappy and Sweet Children, the latter of which included some older songs they had recorded for Minneapolis indie label Skene!^ They'll get in some day, count on it.

 ^ They basically screw green day.

 ^ In 1989, the Children renamed themselves Green Day, after their first semi-successful song.
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 Records. In 1991, Lookout! .Records released 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, a compilation of the 39/Smooth, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours EPs.^ (The EPs would eventually be re-released on one CD as 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours ).
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 ^ Smoothed out Slappy Hours was recorded in 2 days.
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 ^ Jesse Micheals, ex-lead singer of Operation Ivy did the disc and cover art for 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, Jesse Micheals and Operation Ivy were then thanked in Kerplunk!
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 .In late 1990, shortly after the band's first nationwide tour, Sobrante left the East Bay area to attend college.^ Al Sobrante left the band at this point, and was replaced by Tre.
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 ^ Woods formed an all woman band called the Darlings in the late '80s, but then left the music industry.
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 [9] .The Lookouts drummer Tré Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it became clear that Sobrante did not plan to commit to the band full time, Tré Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became permanent.^ Green Day is the best band ever!
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 ^ Green Day were the band single-handily keeping Lookout!

 ^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 .The band went on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a stretch of shows overseas in Europe.^ Billie Joe still plays all the parts, but the ability to have a touring guitarist gives the band more flexibility in songwriting.
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 ^ It was then that she became the vocalist for the folk-revivial band Spyrogyra (not to be confused with the similarly-named jazz fusion band that would surface later), which went on to release three albums and extensively tour Europe and the UK before dissolving in 1974.
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 ^ In between playing shows in Florida in 91, the band's van was broken into and many of their clothes were stolen.
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 The band's second full length album Kerplunk sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.[12]

Breakthrough success: 1994–1996

.Kerplunk's underground success led to a wave of interest coming from major record labels, and they eventually left Lookout!^ Their new manager was also in Nashville, and the band was soon signed to SBK who released their first major label record at about the same time they released records by Vanilla Ice and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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 ^ I mean, Anti-Flag only signed to a major label after 10 YEARS on the underground punk scene because they wanted to make sure their music was uncensored.

 ^ Before that, they were no major label signings.

 on friendly terms and signed with Reprise Records after attracting the attention of producer Rob Cavallo. .Signing to Reprise caused many punk rock fans to regard Green Day as sellouts.^ Green Day completely rocked, of course.

 ^ Green Day rocks Green Day rules Green Day...

 ^ Green Day brought back punk??

 [2] Reflecting on the period, Armstrong told Spin magazine in 1999, "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest failure ... .The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward."^ Now if I could only play the thing!!
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 [13] After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on recording its major label debut, Dookie.
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.Released in February 1994, and recorded in 3 weeks,[14] Dookie became a commercial success, helped by extensive MTV airplay for the videos of the songs "Longview", "Basket Case", and "When I Come Around", all of which reached the number one position on the Modern Rock Tracks charts.^ All By Myself, the hidden song on Dookie, was recorded at a party.
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 ^ Basket Case was mentioned as number 2 in Kerrang's best videos.
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 ^ After all, they told the punk genre to fuck off back when “Basket Case” hit MTV in the summer of 1994, and by the time they squeezed out “Nice Guys Finish Last”, anyone still snubbing them were yesterday’s news.

 .That year, Green Day embarked on a nationwide tour with queercore band Pansy Division as its opening act.^ She's not a better act than Green Day.
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 .At a September 9, 1994 concert at Boston Esplanade, mayhem broke-out during the band's set (cut short to seven songs) and by the end of the rampage, 100 people were injured and 45 arrested.^ As for selling out, these people live by their beliefs more than any band I have every watched.
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 ^ "American Idiot" had people reminding them of their influence on every punk band to come out in the past decade.

 [15] .The band also joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza festival and Woodstock 1994, where they started an infamous mud fight.^ In one of the Jimmy Neutron episodes Jimmy starts a band with Carl and Sheen and they play the song 'Warning'.
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 ^ Paper Lanterns” and the Woodstock Mud Fight (Live 1994) .

 .During the concert, a security guard mistook bassist Mike Dirnt for a stage-invading fan and punched out some of his teeth.^ Mike Dirnt from Green Day played bass and sang some back up vocals on it.

 ^ Mike got mistaken for a ambushing fan at Woodstock 1994, and a security guard kicked him and knocked a couple of his teeth out.
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 ^ There are SOME good “pop punk bands” out there by the way such as Screeching Weasel (mike dirnt actually played in) The Queers , Mr T Experience , The Lillingtons etc.
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 .Viewed by millions by pay-per-view television, the Woodstock 1994 performance further aided Green Day's growing publicity and recognition,[16] and helped push its album to eventual diamond status.^ Green Day was mentioned in the new Less Than Jake DVD, specifically mentioning the album Dookie.
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 ^ Green Day has done more to hurt Punk rock than to help it, by bringing it out into the open and making it something people think they can do.

 ^ Are We the Waiting” is about as close to a ballad as you’d get on a Green Day album.

 .In 1995, Dookie won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and the band was nominated for 9 MTV Video Music Awards including Video of the Year.^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ In the music video for My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", at the end where they say the thank you's, the thank Green Day first and then a few other bands.
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 ^ The band actually reflects the title of their first album, “Dookie”.
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 [17]
.In 1995, a new single for the Angus soundtrack was released, titled "J.A.R.". The single went straight to number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.^ The band recorded for Lonnie Simmons' Total Experience label, and its biggest hit was the sparse, mid-tempo, everyman-toned "I Owe It to Myself," which went to number 21 on Billboard's R&B chart in the fall of 1984.
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 ^ One star dropped because of the number of fair to middling tracks, in my view.
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 ^ Remastered and resequensed for CD, with never-released bonus tracks added, Gawk remains one of the coolest rock records made during a pretty creative time in Southern music.
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 .The song was followed by the band's new album, Insomniac, which was released in the fall of 1995. Insomniac was a much darker and heavier response by the band, compared to the poppier, more melodic Dookie.[16] Insomniac opened to a warm critical reception, earning 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone, which said "In punk, the good stuff actually unfolds and gains meaning as you listen without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy.^ Mind you I leave out Rolling Stone.

 ^ Mind you I leave out Rolling Stone."

 ^ This led to the release of a greatest hits compilation, which is just a sign that the label needs more money, the awkward Pop Disaster Tour, where the three opened for Blink-182, and even discussions about splitting up the band.

 .And Green Day are as good as this stuff gets."^ After John Kiffmeyer left Green Day, before Tre came in, a friend of the band joined as drummer for a few weeks, but left saying he wasn't good enough for the band.
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 ^ Papa Roach thank Green Day in their new album , "Getting Away with Murder".
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 ^ Whoever can sell the most albums gets in, so Green Day will probably make it in.

 [18] .Insomniac used a piece of art by Winston Smith entitled God Told Me to Skin You Alive for its album cover.^ The Insomniac cover art (created by Winston Smith) is called "God Told Me to Skin You Alive."
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 ^ On either the cover art or booklet art of Kerplunk, Dookie, and Insomniac they're is a gun.
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 ^ On the Insomniac cover, there are three skulls which are supposed to be the 3 skulls of the 3 members of Green Day, and in order to see the third one you have to look in the flames and hold the paper at an angle in order to see it properly This technique was used back in the Renaissance.
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 .The singles released from Insomniac were "Geek Stink Breath", "Brain Stew/Jaded", "Walking Contradiction", and "Stuck with Me". Though the album did not approach the success of Dookie, it still sold two million copies in the United States.^ These two songs were never even released on album or single.
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 ^ In America, they are best remembered for their early '90s singles "Everybody, Everybody" and "Strike It Up", their biggest hit in the United States, where both their hits are still heard on rhythmic radio and in clubs on a fairly regular basis.
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 ^ It was an instant success barely missing the Top Ten in the United States peaking at #11.
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 [19] .Insomniac won the band award nominations for Favorite Artist, Favorite Hard Rock Artist, and Favorite Alternative Artist at the 1996 American Music Awards, and the video for "Walking Contradiction" got the band a Grammy nomination for Best Video, Short Form, in addition to a Best Special Effects nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards.^ Radio stations of every genre play “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” ad infinitum, the American Idiot tour sells out everywhere, and by 2005, the album snags a Grammy for Best Rock Album (not counting the four other nominations, which includes Best Album).

 ^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ What makes then this release tremendously intriguing is that you can time travel to the day when this band were experimenting with a hybrid of goth-electro beats and 80s alternative rock formulas.
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 [20] After that, the band abruptly cancelled a European tour, citing exhaustion.[21]

Middle era and fall in popularity: 1997–2002

.After taking a break in 1996, Green Day began to work on a new album in 1997. From the outset, both the band and Cavallo agreed that the album had to be different from its previous records.^ Yes, all of Green Day are in both bands.

 ^ The new Green Day CD is a joke, but the band doesn’t know it.
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 ^ GREEN DAY NEWS.cc .

 [22] .The result was Nimrod, an experimental deviation from the band's standard pop-punk brand of music.^ She have two covers of green day , american idiot and basket case, also green is a bid band of pop punk.
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 ^ I would respect the band at least a little if they left the industry or at least claimed to be pop, which is what they are, instead of giving the whole lifestyle of punk a bad image.
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 ^ Reply i agree i mean wtf how did a punk-rock legend turn in to this some faggoty commercial pop band?
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 .The new album was released in October 1997. It provided a variety of music, from pop-punk, surf rock, and ska, to an acoustic ballad.^ Green Day took this and turned it around, putting out popular views and opinions that people will like, turning Punk rock into Pop rock.

 ^ Spanish page for new wave,pop,rock,prog.rock!
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 ^ Topics: Avril Lavigne , Green Day , News , Pop , Rock 18,577 views .
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 .Nimrod entered the charts at number 10. The success of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best Alternative Video for the song's video, which depicted people undergoing major changes in their lives while Billie Joe Armstrong strummed his acoustic guitar.^ In the MTV movie awards - uncensored, Time of Your Life was played in the background.
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 ^ From the get-go, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt witnessed success.

 ^ In the "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" video, the lamp shade is on the floor (it's lit) and the rest of the lamp is by the shade (unlit).
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 [23] .The song was also used in the second "clip show" episode of Seinfeld and on two episodes of ER.^ On an episode of the MTV show "Punk'd", when they were "punking" Wilmer Valderrama (Fez from That 70's Show), at the end when they told him what happened, a sound clip of Brain Stew can be heard.
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 ^ Green Day's song "Waiting' is played in a episode of The-N's show O'Grady.
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 The other singles released from Nimrod were "Nice Guys Finish Last", "Hitchin' a Ride" and "Redundant". The band made a guest appearance in an episode of King of the Hill entitled "The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteberg", which aired in 1997.
.In 2000, Green Day released Warning, a step further in the style that they had hinted at with Nimrod.^ They basically screw green day.

 ^ Green Day sure had a style.

 ^ Green Day has done more to hurt Punk rock than to help it, by bringing it out into the open and making it something people think they can do.

 Critics' reviews of the album were varied.[24] Allmusic gave it 4.5/5 saying "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying."[25] Rolling Stone was more critical, giving it 3/5, and saying "Warning... invites the question: .Who wants to listen to songs of faith, hope and social commentary from what used to be snot-core's biggest-selling band?"^ Calzone...no offense intended, but you might want to make a list of bands who Green Day sound like who predated them.

 ^ These people who say Green Day are sell-outs need to get their facts straight – you can’t really sell-out if you were a totally s— band right from the get go.
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 ^ For those of you who want to debate how popular or worthwhile the new Green Day Rock Band will be, here’s some discourse that might interest you: .

 [26] .Though it produced the hit "Minority" and a smaller hit with "Warning", some observers were coming to the conclusion that the band was losing relevance,[24] and a decline in popularity followed.^ Warning was quite okay, it had a lot of depth, though it lacked really huge hits except for Minority and Castaway.
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 ^ The pop rock band, Superdrag, who had a minor rock hit in 96 “Sucked Out”, thanks Green Day in their 2000 release “In the Valley of Dying Stars”.
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 ^ I've come to the conclusion that 'excessive' popularity can be a negative to those voters.

 .While all of Green Day's past albums had reached a status of at least double platinum, Warning was only certified gold.^ At least Green Day had pop smarts.

 ^ Five of Green Day's mainstream albums all begin with drums.
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 ^ Do you own all 8 Green Day albums?
.At the 2001 California Music Awards, Green Day won all eight awards that they were nominated for.^ They basically screw green day.

 ^ Green Day steals music all the time.
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 ^ So, maybe Green Day will be useful after all.
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 .They won the awards for Outstanding Album (Warning), Outstanding Punk Rock/Ska Album (Warning), Outstanding Group, Outstanding Male Vocalist, Outstanding Bassist, Outstanding Drummer, Outstanding Songwriter and Outstanding Artist.^ Green Day has done more to hurt Punk rock than to help it, by bringing it out into the open and making it something people think they can do.

 ^ They certainly contributed a lot to rock 'n roll and brought back punk, even if it wasn't in its original form (who said it had to be, it's better that they do their own thing).

 ^ Yeah, but they're punk, not rock 'n roll.

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The release of a Greatest Hits compilation, International Superhits!, and an assemblage of B-sides, Shenanigans, followed Warning. International Superhits and its companion collection of music videos, International Supervideos!, sold reasonably well, going platinum in the U.S. Shenanigans contained some of the band's B-sides, including "Espionage" which was featured in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
.In the spring of 2002, Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink-182.^ At least Green Day had pop smarts.

 ^ This led to the release of a greatest hits compilation, which is just a sign that the label needs more money, the awkward Pop Disaster Tour, where the three opened for Blink-182, and even discussions about splitting up the band.

 ^ She have two covers of green day , american idiot and basket case, also green is a bid band of pop punk.
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 .Despite the co-headlining title, Green Day would play each show before Blink-182, who at the time were experiencing more success.^ Who says Green day can’t change, too?
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 ^ Metallica once stated and I quote…'We will never make a video'…Die Hard Fans of Green Day from the early days would say they sold out long ago…WHO@S TO SAY WHEN IT HAPPENED…the point is it DID! .
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 ^ Ernie from Sesamy Street said the frase Green Day in one of the shows and it kinda was funny for the guys smoking pot and all.
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 The tour was documented on the DVD Riding in Vans with Boys.

American Idiot and renewed success: 2003–2006

Spectators watch Green Day from the grass slopes at the National Bowl.
.In the summer of 2003 the band went into a studio to write and record new material for a new album, tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines.[28] After completing 20 tracks, the master tapes were stolen from the studio.^ Call it fate, call it a draw of luck, or call it a brilliant restart, but the tapes were stolen, and the album was eventually canceled.

 ^ The band broke up in 1983 just before they were about to go into the studio to record an album with producer Steve Lillywhite.
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 ^ In 2001, the band filmed a scene for Steven Spielberg's A.I. and released the song from the film on a greatest-hits album, appropriately titled Greatest Fits.
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 .The band chose not to try to re-create the stolen album, but instead started over.^ LOVE it if your band broke out and started selling albums like penicillin to frat boys.
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 ^ I’ll admit they’re a great band and could easily deserve this spotlight, but we chose to look at it from a different light.

 .By the end of 2003, Green Day collaborated with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his album Skull Ring.^ Relevant Tags: album review , green day , pop-punk , punk .
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 ^ At least Green Day had pop smarts.

 ^ Green Day was mentioned in the new Less Than Jake DVD, specifically mentioning the album Dookie.
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 .On February 1, 2004 a new song, a cover of "I Fought the Law" made its debut on a commercial for iTunes during NFL Super Bowl XXXVIII.^ Same goes for Greenday cover a song the Clash covered and made famous.
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 ^ Napoleon Dynamite, which made its debut at the Sun dance Film Festival in January 2004.
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 .The band underwent serious "band therapy," engaging in several long talks to work out the members' differences after accusations from Dirnt and Cool that Armstrong was "the band's Nazi"[29] and a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.^ Tim Armstrong from OPIV. The band each takes a shot of Vodka before every gig.
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 ^ If you are gonna be “different” and ignore other bands more deserving, you have to at least give a reason for not rewarding those bands for their work.

 ^ Other than Billy Joe’s distinctive voice, when it takes until the 8th track to say “that’s Green Day!”, there is something seriously wrong.
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The resulting 2004 album, American Idiot, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, the band's first ever album to top the chart, backed by the success of the album's first single, "American Idiot." The album was billed as a "punk rock opera" which follows the journey of the fictitious "Jesus of Suburbia".[30] American Idiot won the 2005 Grammy for "Best Rock Album" and the band swept the 2005 MTV music awards, winning a total of seven of the eight awards they were nominated for, including the coveted Viewer's Choice Award.[31]
.Through 2005, the band toured in support of the album with about 150 dates — the longest tour in its career — visiting Japan, Australia, South America and the United Kingdom, where they drew a crowd of 130,000 people over a span of two days.^ She have two covers of green day , american idiot and basket case, also green is a bid band of pop punk.
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 ^ Green Day has done more to hurt Punk rock than to help it, by bringing it out into the open and making it something people think they can do.

 ^ The band broke up in 1983 just before they were about to go into the studio to record an album with producer Steve Lillywhite.
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 While touring for American Idiot, they filmed and recorded the two concerts at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in England, which was voted 'The Best Show On Earth' in a Kerrang! Magazine Poll.
.These recordings were released as a live CD and DVD called Bullet in a Bible on November 15, 2005. This CD/DVD featured hits from American Idiot as well as a few songs from all its previous albums, except "Kerplunk" and "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours". The DVD featured behind-the-scenes footage of the band, and showed how the band prepared to put on the show.^ These two songs were never even released on album or single.
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 ^ Dookie was a good album I have to admit but with that and American Idiot is all they have.

 ^ "American Idiot" is a pretty brilliant album.

 The final shows of its 2005 world tour were in Sydney, Australia, and Melbourne, Australia, on December 14 and 17 respectively. .On January 10, 2006 the band was awarded with a People's Choice Award for favorite group.^ Sure they haven't been a real punk band in 10 years, but they keep making music that inspires people.
Green Day live in Germany during the American Idiot tour.
.On August 1, 2005, Green Day announced that that it had rescinded the master rights to its pre-Dookie material from Lookout!^ However, a good half of the material on this record is the most well put together and innovative that Green Day has ever done.
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 ^ Green Day were the band single-handily keeping Lookout!

 ^ I think WE-(Dookie lovers) lost the war to 13 year old kids in Green Day.
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 Records, citing a continuing breach of contract regarding unpaid royalties, a complaint shared with other Lookout! bands.[32] The pre-Dookie material, which remained out of print for about a year, was reissued by the band's current label, Reprise, on January 9, 2007.[33]
.In 2006, Green Day won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"[34] which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, a record it shared along with Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Scar Tissue" and Staind's "It's Been Awhile," (the record has been since been beaten by Foo Fighters' 2007 hit "The Pretender" which reigned at the top spot for 18 weeks).^ I’m 16, and I’ve been exposed to green day since I can remember.
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 ^ Radio stations of every genre play “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” ad infinitum, the American Idiot tour sells out everywhere, and by 2005, the album snags a Grammy for Best Rock Album (not counting the four other nominations, which includes Best Album).

 ^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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Brandon Flowers of The Killers went on record in 2007 claiming that Green Day's politically driven concept album American Idiot displays "calculated Anti-Americanism." He explained that he has problems with the album content itself and the fact that the band's live DVD, Bullet in a Bible, was filmed in England. The taping of the concert, featured on Bullet in a Bible, shows thousands of Europeans singing along to "American Idiot." Stating that he felt Green Day's DVD is a bit of a stunt, he said, "I just thought it was really cheap. .To go to a place like England or Germany and sing that song - those kids aren't taking it the same way that he meant it.^ Kids in the Rotunda takes place on the Rotunda Stage .
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 ^ Don’t get me wrong though, I love all their albums, and there aren’t many songs I don’t like.
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 ^ PS I’m not sure what is meant by “sound like little girls” Have you ever heard a girl sing?
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 And he (Billie Joe Armstrong) knew it."[35]

Foxboro Hot Tubs and 21st Century Breakdown: 2007–present

Green Day performing during a secret show at the Kesselhaus in Berlin on May 7, 2009.
.Green Day engaged in several other smaller projects in the time following the hype of American Idiot.^ In the music video for My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", at the end where they say the thank you's, the thank Green Day first and then a few other bands.
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 ^ In Angus several Green Day references are made.
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 ^ VH1's TV show "Best Week Ever" did a segment on Green Day when American Idiot was released.
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 Green Day released a new album under the band name Foxboro Hot Tubs entitled Stop Drop and Roll!!!. In 2008, the Foxboro Hot Tubs went on a mini-tour to promote the record, hitting tiny Bay Area venues including the Stork Club in Oakland and Toot’s Tavern in Crockett, CA. One song, “Ruby Room,” even gives a shout-out to the Oakland dive bar where “the Pabst Blue Ribbon unravels.”[36]
In an interview with Kerrang!, Armstrong revealed that 2008 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new untitled eighth studio album for Green Day."[37] .In an interview with Carson Daly, Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson revealed that Butch Vig would be producing Green Day's forthcoming album.^ Green Day was mentioned in the new Less Than Jake DVD, specifically mentioning the album Dookie.
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 ^ Green Day really don't qualify as " punk " anymore, I for one did not see any punk influence on the American Idiot album, maybe that was just me.

 ^ Papa Roach thank Green Day in their new album , "Getting Away with Murder".
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 [38] .The span of nearly five years between American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown was the longest gap between studio albums in Green Day's career.^ I am a Green Day fan, but let me define “Green Day.” I exclude American Idiot and this new BS 21st Century Breakdown in my definition.
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 ^ So 21st Century Breakdown and American Idiot tie for my favorite Green Day Albums.
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 ^ This just isn’t Green Day, as I can say the same for American Idiot.
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 .The band had been working on new material since January 2006. By October 2007, Armstrong had 45 songs written, but the band showed no further signs of progress until October 2008, when a video of the group recording with producer Butch Vig in the studio was posted on YouTube.^ The band broke up in 1983 just before they were about to go into the studio to record an album with producer Steve Lillywhite.
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 ^ I am no longer drinking until I puke… Listen to the difference between “With the Beatles” and “Abbey Road” It is a sign of greatness to explore and improve as opposed to 6 versions of Dookie .
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 ^ Their new manager was also in Nashville, and the band was soon signed to SBK who released their first major label record at about the same time they released records by Vanilla Ice and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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 Two videos showing the band in the studio were posted on YouTube.[39][40] .In the tour section of the band's official website, the message "World Tour coming soon!"^ Do I need to just list the sheer number of non-sellout punk bands that have come, gone, and currently exist in this post-Green Day world for you to get it?

 is shown.[41][42] The writing and recording process, spanning three years and four recording studios, was finally finished in April 2009.[43]
.The new album, titled 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009.[44] The album had mainly positive reception from critics, getting an average rating between 4 and 5 stars.^ I personally loved 21st Century Breakdown.
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 ^ The new album will secure them getting in.

 ^ Not 21st Century is a new breed.
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 .After the release, the album hit #1 in fourteen different countries, hitting Gold or Platinum in each.^ In 2001, the band filmed a scene for Steven Spielberg's A.I. and released the song from the film on a greatest-hits album, appropriately titled Greatest Fits.
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 ^ A second album in 1979, released on Polydor (first was on T.K./Marlin), yielded no disco hits.
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 .21st Century Breakdown achieved Green Day's best chart performance to date.^ Captain Asshole on Dec 21st, 2009 at 4:03 pm WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT? Fucking GREEN DAY?!?!?!

 ^ Luke MacLeod on Dec 21st, 2009 at 4:37 pm Green Day’s best work this decade wasn’t even labeled Green Day and are in no way deserving over Radiohead.

 ^ Green Day might not be the best band in the world, but they are sure as hell better than Creed!

 The band started playing shows in California in April and early May. It was their first live show in about 3 years. Green Day is currently on a world tour that started in North America in July, 2009 and continuing around the world throughout the rest of 2009 and early 2010.[45]
.It has also been announced that Green Day will be getting their own Rock Band video game entitled Green Day: Rock Band.^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 ^ Green Day rocks Green Day rules Green Day...

 ^ And Green Day are as good as this stuff gets.
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 .A trailer of the game was shown during the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009.^ Video Game Awards 2009 .
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 ^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ Sign-up SPIKE Home UFC Movies Celebrities Music Viral Girls Games & Gadgets Sports SPIKE TV Shows .
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 It is set to release June 8th 2010.[46]
.Green Day do plan on having a follow up album within the next couple years, but no specific dates have been stated.^ Green Day was mentioned in the new Less Than Jake DVD, specifically mentioning the album Dookie.
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 ^ Green Day no necesiita sakarle el ritmo a Avril !!
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 ^ Kippy yea truely, but green day is going on a tour this year, they are coming to utah sometime in september or novermber...
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 .They have said that they are writing new material.^ And we aren’t suggesting that CoS is being non-conformist in their choice - they themselves have said as much - that they didn’t want to do ANOTHER write-up praising Radiohead.

 ^ While recording new material, they released the Sphinctour album and DVD in the spring of 2002 to satisfy rabid fans who were disappointed by the Ipecac situation.
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 ^ But basically CoS has said that Radiohead had a great decade as well (in the comments) but they didn’t want to write another article praising Radiohead with nothing new said.

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Musical style and influences

.Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave punk bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, and the Buzzcocks.^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ She have two covers of green day , american idiot and basket case, also green is a bid band of pop punk.
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 ^ In the music video for My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", at the end where they say the thank you's, the thank Green Day first and then a few other bands.
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 [21][48] .The majority of their song catalog is composed of overdriven guitar, fast, manic drums, and relatively high-treble bass.^ But the band, Ray Neal; guitar, Jeff Wiederschall; drums and Steven West; bass, and later just Mulcahy and Neal ultimately became unique in their own right.
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 ^ The accompaniment usually consists of ringing and frequently arpeggiated electric guitar, active yet tasteful bass underpinnings, and driving, yet never overstated drums.
  • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

 Most of their songs are fast-paced and under four minutes. .Billie Joe Armstrong has mentioned that some of his biggest influences are seminal alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, and that their influence is particularly noted in the band's chord changes in songs.^ So when Green Day replaced John with Tre, Billie Joe returned the favor by not telling John directly that he was being replaced.
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 ^ Calling Billie Joe's songwriting capability, and the rest of the band's contributions to the music "unskilled" renders the previous post irrelevant because it is wrong from an objective standpoint.

 ^ Reply i agree i mean wtf how did a punk-rock legend turn in to this some faggoty commercial pop band?
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 [21] In fact, Green Day has covered Hüsker Dü's "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" as a B-side for the "Warning" single, and the character "Mr. Whirly" in their song "Misery" is a reference to the Replacements song of the same name.[49] .Among other influences, Green Day have also cited Queen,[50] proto-punks The Who, and power pop pioneers Cheap Trick.^ How many will cite Green Day?

 ^ Relevant Tags: album review , green day , pop-punk , punk .
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ At least Green Day had pop smarts.

 [51] .Armstrong's lyrics commonly describe alienation, ("Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Road to Acceptance", "Disappearing Boy", "Castaway") hysteria ("Basket Case", "Panic Song", "American Eulogy"), girls ("She", "80" "Only of You","Maria" "She's a Rebel"), growing up ("Longview" and "Welcome to Paradise"), and the effects of doing drugs ("Geek Stink Breath", "Green Day", "Give Me Novacaine").^ Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (CD, Single, Promo) .
  • Green Day Discography at Discogs 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]

 ^ She have two covers of green day , american idiot and basket case, also green is a bid band of pop punk.
  • Did Green Day steal 21 Guns from Avril Lavigne? 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC tripletimexl.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ If any one out there really thinks this new album is better than what they were doing in the 90’s with songs like Welcome to Paradise and Longview, I really can’t respect you.
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The Ramones had similar lyrical themes such as hysteria ("Anxiety", "Psycho Therapy"), alienation ("Outsider", "Something To Believe In"), girls ("I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"), and drugs ("Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "Chinese Rocks").^ I feel that the overall theme of Breakdown is very much similar to the one’s on Idiot, with some visible differences.
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Reply i agree i mean wtf how did a punk-rock legend turn in to this some faggoty commercial pop band?
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Green day was good in the 90s with dookie and their other albums but now they reduced themselves to commercial shit.If they are so punk rock wtf is blvd.

 Green Day has covered Ramones songs several times, including recording "Outsider" for the tribute album We're a Happy Family, and performing "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Teenage Lobotomy" when the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
In reaction to both the style of music and the background of the band, John Lydon, former front man of the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols commented:
.So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves.^ "So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves.

 ^ I'm gonna name all the bands better then Green Day!

 ^ Yes, all of Green Day are in both bands.

 .They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do.^ They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do."

 ^ They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do"--Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols There GD fans.

 ^ They're like punk's rebellious step-son; just trying to do something new.

 [52]
In another interview, Lydon stated that:
.Look, I'm sorry, they're a bit fake for me.^ The mandolin they used had a bit of an "old world" feel to it by virtue of its bowlback status, but it looked to me like an early 20th c.
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 They change their image. Fake mockneys. The London twang and vocal is a little out of place. .Enjoy your own culture and stick with what you know.^ Rachel May 14, 2009, 4:25 you guys don’t know what youre talking about… .
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Playboy Playmate Alison Waite gives you the insiders guide on how to pick up your very own Playboy...
  • Green Day: Rock Band - Exclusive Debut Trailer | SPIKE 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The mere fact that you enjoy the music of two such disparate yet equally tedious bands immediately invalidates your opinion.
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [53]
.British rock musician Noel Gallagher of Oasis also complained about the band semi-jokingly, claiming that they ripped off his song "Wonderwall" with their song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".[54] Mashup DJs Party Ben and team9 would later release a mashup of the two songs called "Boulevard of Broken Songs" under the spoonerism Dean Gray.^ All they do is complain about the world’s issues in all of their songs.
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Boulevard is just a fucking Wonderwall rip off .

 ^ Even as gifted as they are with crafting those kinds of pop rock songs, they never struck me as a "talented" band, the kind that would be fetching that sort of arena rock entry fee, but win a couple Grammys and I suppose the shoe fits.
  • Green Day Discography at Discogs 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
.Cool mentioned in a July 2009 interview that while Armstrong is the primary songwriter, he looks to the other band members for organizational help.^ Not to mention, Billie-joe reached a WAY more diverse audience than any other punk band.

 [55]

Related projects

Main article: Green Day related projects
.Ever since 1991, some members of the band have branched out past Green Day and have started other projects with other musicians.^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ Some may argue, but I believe more than other bands, and even more than Ministry's prior album, this is when industrial and metal came perfectly together.
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 ^ Don’t get me wrong, by the standards set by many other bands these days, this is not a bad album, but unfortunately not a particularly great one either.
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 .Notable related projects of Green Day include Billie Joe Armstrong's Pinhead Gunpowder (which also features Green Day's live backup guitarist Jason White), The Frustrators in which Mike Dirnt plays bass, and The Network, in which all three members of Green Day play under fake stage names.^ Sites: greenday.com , greendaydiscography.com , greenday.de , my-artist.net/greenday , HereIam.tv/greenday Aliases: Foxboro Hot Tubs Members: Al Sobrante , Billie Joe Armstrong , Frank E. Wright , Jason White (3) , Michael Pritchard history / edit Artist .
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 ^ The final act, “Horseshoes and Handgrenades,” kicks off with a song by the same name that might bear the closest resemblance to classic Green Day on Breakdown .
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The three had previously joined to form a group called Groove Groove Melody , producing dance music under names such as Starlight and Wood Allen .
  • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

 [56] .Billie Joe Armstrong has also confirmed that the main members of Green Day are in the band Foxboro Hot Tubs.^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 ^ The Foxboro Hot tubs stuff THEN the network stuff .
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 ^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 A Foxboro Hot Tubs album titled Stop Drop and Roll!!! was released on 2008-05-20.[57]
.In September 2006, Green Day teamed up with U2 and producer Rick Rubin to record a cover of the song "The Saints Are Coming", originally recorded by The Skids, with an accompanying video.^ A U2 fan defending Green Day???
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Tags: green day • rock band • spiketv • trailer • vga • vgas • video game awards ` From the Original Series: .
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 ^ And second of all, I agree that Green days music in the 90’s was good, but really, 21st century breakdown isnt just about politics, its about what the world is coming to, in the 21st century.
  • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .The song is to benefit Music Rising, an organization to help raise money for musicians' instruments lost during Hurricane Katrina, and to bring awareness on the eve of the one year anniversary of the disaster.^ Loren Bailey 01-09-2006, 03:20 PM Here's one around the camp fire on New Years Eve.
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.In December 2006, Green Day and NRDC opened a web site in partnership to raise awareness on America's dependency on oil.^ Green Day has done more to hurt Punk rock than to help it, by bringing it out into the open and making it something people think they can do.

 ^ Visit my Green Day Spanish Site.

 ^ I'm aware Green Day has fallen into this somewhat but my support of them is in their ability to create decent pop-rock.

 [59][60]
.Green Day released a cover of the John Lennon song "Working Class Hero", that was featured on the album Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur.^ This remixed reissue of their second & final album (originally released in 1982), accentuating their dance floor potential, features sleeve-notes from guitarist Paul Foad.
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 ^ The final act, “Horseshoes and Handgrenades,” kicks off with a song by the same name that might bear the closest resemblance to classic Green Day on Breakdown .
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Green Day really don't qualify as " punk " anymore, I for one did not see any punk influence on the American Idiot album, maybe that was just me.

 The band performed the song on the season finale of American Idol. The song was nominated for a Grammy in 2008, but lost to The White Stripes' "Icky Thump".
.That summer, the band appeared in a cameo role in The Simpsons Movie, where they perform the show's theme song.^ A single shitty band CAN ruin a genre, by showing other bands in the genre that songs don't need to be intelligent, edgy, or original in order to sell.

 Their version was released as a single on July 24, 2007.
In 2009, the band adapted their album American Idiot in to a one-act stage musical that premiered at the Berkeley Rep on September 15, 2009.
.In October, a Green Day art project was exhibited at StolenSpace Gallery in London.^ Green Day London tickets .
  • Green Day tickets London√ tickets for sale- Jun 19 concert 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC tickets.gruvr.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Green Day London 2010 .
  • Green Day tickets London√ tickets for sale- Jun 19 concert 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC tickets.gruvr.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Green Day London concert .
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 .The exhibition showed artworks created for each of the songs on 21st Century Breakdown, was supported by the band, and led by their manager Pat Magnarella.^ I personally loved 21st Century Breakdown.
  • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

 ^ And second of all, I agree that Green days music in the 90’s was good, but really, 21st century breakdown isnt just about politics, its about what the world is coming to, in the 21st century.
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 ^ Dobby Oct 12, 2009, 15:15 21st century breakdown is there best album ever to me .
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 [61] .He explained in an interview that "[Artists are] basically like rock bands.^ Today, they’re acknowledged by the likes of Frank Ferdinand and the Killers as one of the most influential bands in British rock history.
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 ^ They are not original punk rock (Bands like The Sex Pistols, the Ramones...

 ^ (Prime Time's labelmates the Gap Band covered "I Owe It to Myself" on Gap Band VII.) Other singles were the "Planet Rock"-like "Love Talk" and "Give It to the Beat."
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 Most are creating their art, but don't know how to promote it."[62] .For Billie Joe Armstrong, "Many of the artists...^ GREEN DAY..de oakland california..la banda de billie joe armstrong..mike dirnt...y tr cool...

 show their work on the street, and we feel a strong connection to that type of creative expression.” [63]

Band members

Current members
Current touring members
Former members
Former touring members
  • Timmy Chunks – rhythm guitar (1997–1999)
  • Garth Schultz – trombone, trumpet (1997–1999)
  • Gabrial McNair – trombone, tenor saxophone (1999–2001)
  • Kurt Lohmiller – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (1999–2004)
  • Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–2005)
  • Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (2004–2005)

Discography

Main article: Green Day discography

Awards

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Green Day

References

  • Cohen, Johnathan (2004). ."Green Day's 'Idiot' Fueling Banner Year" (http).^ The American Idiot album is Green Day's ticket to the Hall.

     ^ Green Day really don't qualify as " punk " anymore, I for one did not see any punk influence on the American Idiot album, maybe that was just me.

     ^ "So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves.

     Billboard.com. .http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732979.^ (More info about Phil Harding http://www.geocities.com/pwlassociates/philharding.htm ) posted by saltyka at 10:41 AM 5 comments .
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Artists/the%20lushlife%20project.html ) More info: http://www.lushlifeproject.com/ http://www.myspace.com/thelushlifeproject posted by saltyka at 6:36 AM 0 comments .
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Prime%20Time.html ) More info: http://www.warrenhhagood.com/id10.html posted by saltyka at 2:53 PM 0 comments .
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     Retrieved July 27, 2005    .     
  • Cohen, Johnathan (2005). ."Green Day not ready to rest 'Idiot'" (http).^ The American Idiot album is Green Day's ticket to the Hall.

     ^ Green Day really don't qualify as " punk " anymore, I for one did not see any punk influence on the American Idiot album, maybe that was just me.

     ^ I haven’t listened to Green Day for a very long time (the first time being Christmas 2005, and loving it since then),so I heard American Idiot first.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     Billboard.com. .http://www.billboard.com/bb/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991882.^ Madison Children's Museum 100 State Street http://www.madisonchildrensmuseum.com Here's the schedule of events at the Children's Museum this week.
    • Family Friendly Events In Madison WI 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.selwyn.org [Source type: General]

     ^ (More info about Phil Harding http://www.geocities.com/pwlassociates/philharding.htm ) posted by saltyka at 10:41 AM 5 comments .
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Artists/the%20lushlife%20project.html ) More info: http://www.lushlifeproject.com/ http://www.myspace.com/thelushlifeproject posted by saltyka at 6:36 AM 0 comments .
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     Retrieved July 27, 2005    .     
  • Spitz, Marc. .Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day.^ Do I need to just list the sheer number of non-sellout punk bands that have come, gone, and currently exist in this post-Green Day world for you to get it?

     ^ Green Day took this and turned it around, putting out popular views and opinions that people will like, turning Punk rock into Pop rock.

     ^ Green Day will get inducted whether you like it or not.

     New York: Hyperion, 2006. ISBN 1-4013-0274-2
  • The Green Day Story (Broadcast on Radio 1 Mon June 20, 2005) (Alternate Link)

Notes

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  2. ^ a b Guitar Legends. "What Happened Next...." Retrieved on August 20, 2007
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  4. ^ DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, ISBN 0-306-81271-1
  5. ^ D'Angelo, Joe (2004). "How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival". MTV.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/20040915/story.jhtml. Retrieved July 26, 2006. 
  6. ^ Rock On The Net: Green Day
  7. ^ "Green Day Timeline". Rock on the Net. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-04. 
  8. ^ RIAA - Gold & Platinum. Retrieved 2010-01-19.
  9. ^ a b www.greenday.net/hitlistinterviewbj.html Hit List Interview - Billie Joe Armstrong, July 18, 2001
  10. ^ "Interview with Lawrence Livermore: An inside look at Green Day's early years". www.greenday.net//livermore.htm. 
  11. ^ - Music and Concerts: Green Day<!
  12. ^ Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.
  13. ^ Smith, RJ. "Top 90 Albums of the 90's." SPIN. August 1999.
  14. ^ Biography Channel - Green Day
  15. ^ Fricke, David (1999-12-16), "Our Back Pages". Rolling Stone (828/829):85
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  17. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Dookie" "Green Day Authority."
  18. ^ Coleman, Mark. "Insomniac." Rolling Stone. November 1995.
  19. ^ RIAA
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  21. ^ a b c Di Perna, Alan. "Young, Loud, and Snotty." Guitar World. August 1996.
  22. ^ Spitz, Marc. Nobody Likes You. New York: Hyperion, 2006. Pg. 128.
  23. ^ Green Day Authority. Band Awards - nimrod. "Green Day Authority."
  24. ^ a b Green Day: Warning (2000): Reviews
  25. ^ "Warning". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:88q5g44ptv5z~T1. Retrieved 2009-07-10. 
  26. ^ Warning review, Rolling Stone
  27. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Warning" "Green Day Authority".
  28. ^ Spitz, pg. 152.
  29. ^ Hendrickson, Matt (2005). "Green Day — How the brats grew up, bashed Bush and conquered the world". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6959133/greenday?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=single2&rnd=1108277555953&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872. Retrieved November 24, 2005. 
  30. ^ Di Perna, Alan. "Combat Rock." Guitar World. Holiday 2004.
  31. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - American Idiot" "Green Day Authority."
  32. ^ Punknews.org| Lookout! downsizes, scales back plans for the future
  33. ^ Reissue Article on greendayauthority.com
  34. ^ "Green Day's Grammy Awards" Grammy.com.
  35. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 1014 November 30 - Q&A Brandon Flowers, by Austin Scaggs pg 36
  36. ^ Crooks, Peter. "Greenday 2.0" Diablo Magazine, July 2008.
  37. ^ www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg
  38. ^ James Montgomery (2008-10-14). "Green Day Are In The Studio With Butch Vig For New Album, Online Video Confirms". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com./news/articles/1596973/20081014/green_day.jhtml. 
  39. ^ Jonathan Cohen (2008-10-14). "Green Day in studio with Nirvana producer". Reuters. http://ca.reuters.com./article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE49E04920081015. 
  40. ^ "Green Day recording at studio Oct 9". GreenDayStuff. 2008-10-21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGoEG1Jn5s. Retrieved 2008-10-09. 
  41. ^ http://www.greenday.com/site/tour_black.php
  42. ^ www.greendayauthority.com
  43. ^ "Green Day Reflects On '21st Century Breakdown'". Gantdaily.com. April 27, 2009. http://www.gantdaily.com/news/12/ARTICLE/49905/2009-04-27.html. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 
  44. ^ "Green Day unveil new album release date". idiomag. 2009-03-27. http://www.idiomag.com/peek/72615/green_day. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 
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  46. ^ http://kotaku.com/5491220/june-8-to-be-a-green-day-in-rock-band-history?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kotaku%2Ffull+%28Kotaku%29
  47. ^ http://www.vh1.com/artists/news/1630900/20100131/green_day.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler
  48. ^ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown and Company, 2001. Pg. 496. ISBN 0-316-78753-1
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  50. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Matt Hendrickson. "Green Day". Rolling Stones. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/how_green_day_conquered_the_world. 
  51. ^ "Green Day: "We Love the Who and Cheap Trick" | Spin Magazine Online". Retrieved 2008-05-14
  52. ^ John Lydon Calls Green Day "Plonk" Not "Punk" Retrieved on September 11, 2006.
  53. ^ 'I want to take the Sex Pistols to Iraq'
  54. ^ Matt Houghton (2006-12-21). "Noel Gallagher hits out at Green Day". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a40981/noel-gallagher-hits-out-at-green-day.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
  55. ^ Darryl Sterdan (2009-07-03). ""You think I'm funny?"". Toronto Sun. http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/music/2009/07/03/10010606-sun.html. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
  56. ^ VH1: "Did Green Day Secretly Release A New Album Tuesday? Only The Snoo Knows"
  57. ^ 'Green Day Confirm They Are Foxboro Hot Tubs', MTV News, http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1585150/20080410/green_day.jhtml
  58. ^ About Music Rising Retrieved on May 6, 2007.
  59. ^ Green Day Authority
  60. ^ Green Day + NRDC; the [http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/061116a.asp "Move America Beyond Oil" campaign and other environmental concerns
  61. ^ Alex Waez (2006-10-23). "Green Day inspired art goes on display". BBC 6 Music News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20091023_green_day.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 
  62. ^ R.J. Preece (2006-10-12). "Pat Magnarella, Green Day manager: Why not a rock ’n’ roll art world?". Art Design Publicity. http://www.artdesigncafe.com/Pat-Magnarella-Green-Day-Broadway-Calls-Logan-Hicks-Charming-Baker-Art-Design-Publicity-1-4-2009. Retrieved 2009-10-24. .
  63. ^ Sajid Farooq (2006-10-23). "Green Day Turns Punk Rock Into Fine Art". NBC Bay Area. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/around-town/events/Green-Day-Turns-Punk-Rock-Into-Fine-Art.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24. 

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From Wikiquote

.Green Day is a band from California, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitar as well as the occasional harmonica), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, percussion, backing vocals).^ GREEN DAY is a Ford band.
  • Green Day August 1996 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.geocities.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Mike Dirnt's real name is Michael Pritchard.
  • Green Day FAQ - GreenDay.net 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.greenday.net [Source type: General]

 ^ Green Day is a band that will be a big dispute.

 .Since their sixth album, Warning, the band has included close friend Jason White as a back-up guitarist for live shows.^ Jason White is a long time friend of the band and tours with them.
  • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Its called Pinhead Gunpowder and the "secret" guitarist Jason White is in it.
  • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 ^ Jason White may perform the live solos, but it's not like Billie Joe didn't write them.
  • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 .Green Day is credited, along with The Offspring and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest of punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.^ Green Day completely rocked, of course.

 ^ Green Day rocks Green Day rules Green Day...

 ^ Green Day brought back punk??

Contents

Albums

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1990)

.
  • "I do not mind if all I am is just a friend to you, but all I want to know right now is if you think about me too."^ About You Now -Sugab [ŷѡ] .
    • ŷ����ѡ��ר��,�¸�,ŷ����ѡ�ݳ���,mtv �޹���������վ 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.f130.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Just think about it for a second.
    • Sweet Children of Sierra Leone 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Rated 0 I think you are right.
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Paper Lanterns
  • "I take a look around and all these things I found, I call it blind hatred"
    • Road to Acceptance

Kerplunk (1992)

  • "My mental stability reaches its bitter end / And all my senses are coming unglued / Is there any cure for this disease someone called love / Not as long as there are girls like you"
    • 80

Dookie (1994)

.
  • "I don't know you but I think I hate you"
    • Chump
  • "I declare I don't care no more"
    • Burnout
  • "Throw my emotions in the grave, hell who needs them anyway"
    • Burnout
  • "Let's nuke the bridge we've torched 2,000 times before.^ That's just my interpretation, but what the hell do I know?
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Not to mention that for a trio of guys who seemingly don't care what anyone thinks about them, they've sure changed their image quite drastically.
    • Green Day coming to Rock Band in some capacity 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.joystiq.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If you've seen him with it dyed, you know he's no-holds-barred: blue, red, green, orange, and bright yellow are regularly rotated.
    • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Green Day FAQ - GreenDay.net 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.greenday.net [Source type: General]

     / .This time we'll blast it all to hell!"^ If you don't stop playing this mandolin all the time and don't start eating a little, you'll be just skin and bones, in no time!
    • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • F.O.D.
  • "I went to a whore / he said my life's a bore / so quit my whining cause it's bringing her down"
    • Basket Case
  • "Do you have the time/ to listen to me whine/ about nothing and everything all at once"
    • Basket Case
  • "I am one of those melodramatic fools/ neurotic to the bone/ no doubt about it"
    • Basket Case
  • "Bite my lip and close my eyes / Take me away to paradise / I'm so damn bored I'm going blind / And I smell like SHIT"
    • Longview
  • "I'm just roamin' for the moment / Sleazin' my backyard so don't get / So uptight, you've been thinkin' about ditchin' me"
    • When I Come Around
  • "Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes/ Some call it slums, some call it nice".
    • Welcome To Paradise
    • " Your just a fuck I cant explain it cause I think you suck.^ I just hate the ones that are like him.
      • DownWithTyranny!: LIKE MOST AMERICANS, GREEN DAY AREN'T FANS OF BUSH AND HIS CATASTROPHIC POLICIES. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS WINS SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC downwithtyranny.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ I like the way you think, Otterly!
      • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       ^ Sorry, I don't agree with you on this one.
      • DownWithTyranny!: LIKE MOST AMERICANS, GREEN DAY AREN'T FANS OF BUSH AND HIS CATASTROPHIC POLICIES. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS WINS SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC downwithtyranny.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

       Im tak-en pride in tellin you to Fuck Off and Die" F.O.D

Insomniac (1995)

  • "I'm not part of your elite, / I'm just alright!" .
    • Stuck With Me
  • "I've got a knack for fucking everything up, / My temper flies and I get myself all wound up"
    • Bab's Uvula Who?
  • "The world is a sick machine, / Breeding a mass of shit."^ Babs Uvula Who 29.
    • M�sica en l�nea de Green Day � Alternativo � Enladisco.com 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.enladisco.com [Source type: General]

     ^ But I am getting ahead of myself here; my body will just have to wait until it can curl up in a coffin.
    • www.warnermusic.cz - Green Day 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.warnermusic.cz [Source type: General]
    • www.warnermusic.cz - Green Day 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.warnermusic.cz [Source type: General]
    • www.warnermusic.cz - Green Day 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.warnermusic.cz [Source type: General]

     ^ Because after they give up their cause, and what they were fighting for (21 guns) it all turns to Mass Hysteria, and the whole "I don't wanna live in the modern world" Christian believes that all that's good in America has died "American Eulogy" .
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Panic Song
  • "Always move forward / Going straight will get you nowhere / There is no progress / Evolution killed it all, / I found my place in nowhere"
    • Jaded
  • "Talk is cheap and lies are expensive."^ This song is going straight to #1, mark my words.
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ I think the music is very linear and it takes you on a ride … but it all connects,” Billie Jo Armstrong told MTV news , “I’ve always said if you’re going to write a political song, it’s gotta come from the same places that you’d write a love song,” Armstrong said.
    • Green Day Vh1 Blog 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC blog.vh1.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Though you only get two songs, I think that the band stretches everything out quite a bit, so it feels longer and I think there’s enough time to do all the work.
    • Green Day | ishootshows.com 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC ishootshows.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Walking Contradiction
  • "So stand aside and let the next one pass / Don't let the door kick you in the ass".
    • 86
  • "My mind is set on overdrive, / The clock is laughing in my face."^ This is now my second favorite video of theirs, right after Walking Contradiction.
    • Perez Hilton: New Green Day! 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Kid you not I professed my enjoyment of 21st Century Breakdown in Peace Studies class one day and the entire room fell quiet.
    • Destructoid - Green Day won't be Harmonix's only game this year 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Rated 0 i think its reffering to one like one mistake and the next thing you get is a 21 gun salute, maybe?
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Brain Stew
  • "Boxed up / All of her favorite things / Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale / Big plans and leaving friends and A westbound sign."^ Firms making equipment used to clean up air and water pollution had sales of $1.8 billion in 1977 and are growing about twice as fast as the rest of U.S. industry.

     ^ My favorite song of all time Everyday Is Halloween, a big mid 80s hit in the Chicago underground that reached out to outcasts everywhere.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ D Previous Page 1 2 3 4 Next Page Sign up to leave feedback!
    • Me and Green Day -part 24- by ~emo-girl6667 on deviantART 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC emo-girl6667.deviantart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Westbound sign

Nimrod. (1997)

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  • "Red eye, code blue, / I'd like to strangle you."^ If you've seen him with it dyed, you know he's no-holds-barred: blue, red, green, orange, and bright yellow are regularly rotated.
    • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Green Day FAQ - GreenDay.net 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.greenday.net [Source type: General]

     ^ I think it would be so cool if it came with a baby blue guitar with a red strap and stickers so you can make it look like Billie Joe’s.
    • Green Day Rock Band: Canny or Crazy? | GameLife | Wired.com 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: General]
    • Green Day Rock Band: Canny or Crazy? | GameLife | Wired.com 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.wired.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • Platypus (I hate you)
  • "It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right.^ At the end of the song Walking Alone on Nimrod you can hear a glass break and someone says something like "its not like one thing......".
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Platypus (I Hate You)            Album: Nimrod          Artist: green day .
    • Lyrics - green day All songs, words of songs FREE, At lyrics and songs - : Lyrics And Songs 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.lyricsandsongs.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     / .I hope you have the time of your life."^ Good Riddance (Time of your Life) was the official theme for the Golf PGA Tour in 1998.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ You’re welcome, I hope the photography notes help when you shoot your date of this tour.
    • Green Day | ishootshows.com 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC ishootshows.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The single " Boulevard Of Broken Dreams " was certified 3x platinum and " Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) " was certified platinum.
    • Rock On The Net: Green Day 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.rockonthenet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
  • "What's the difference between you and me?^ Good Riddance (Time of Life)’ delivers sentimentality and inspirational drive.
    • GREEN DAY BIOGRAPHY 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.sing365.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Time of your life.
    • Green Day News - Topix 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.topix.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The success of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best Alternative Video for the song's video, which depicted people undergoing major changes in their lives while Billie Joe Armstrong strummed his acoustic guitar.

     / .I do what I want, and you do what you're told."^ Now, out of this, you consider our pick of Green Day to be because we wanted to write something “fun” and be “different.” You’re wrong.

     ^ So whatever the mood you want to set - from 'lounge' where you can easily converse over the instrumental tracks to tracks that will get you in the mood for a fun samba or tracks to lead to you to the bedroom - they're all here.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I want to hear what they’re saying, don’t you?
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]
    • Reject
  • "There's a drought at the fountain of youth / now I'm dehydrating." .
    • Hitchin' A Ride
  • "Don't pat yourself on the back / you might break your spine"
    • Nice Guys Finish Last
  • "We're living in repetition / containing the same old schtick again"
    • Redundant
  • "'Cause I love you's not enough / I'm lost for words."^ You're back just in time!"
    • Me and Green Day -part 24- by ~emo-girl6667 on deviantART 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC emo-girl6667.deviantart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The song was also used in the second "clip show" episode of Seinfeld and on two episodes of ER. The other singles released from Nimrod were "Nice Guys Finish Last", "Hitchin' a Ride" and "Redundant".

     ^ When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul/Your faith walks on broken glass and the hangover doesn’t pass/nothing’s ever built to last—you’re in ruins.” Musically, the final act peaks with the following track, “Mass Hysteria,” with the song enhancing the themes of anger and desperation that fuel the final act: “I don’t want to live in the modern world.” .
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • Redundant
  • "Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls / GI Joe in panty hose is making room / for the one and only / King for a Day, Princess by dawn / King for a Day -- in a leather thong..."^ Wow, Mikael Wood describes this concert in a very political way when in fact Billie Joe only made one comment about getting rid of Arnold and went on to play music.
    • Live review: Green Day at the Forum | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC latimesblogs.latimes.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Love this Green Day story: When I was at school I remember thinking that Green day were really grungy and only tomboys listened to them (it was an all girl school).

     ^ Green Day also put together one heck of a medley that included King for a Day, Shout, I’ll Be There, & Stand By Me.
    • Blah Blah Blog | All posts tagged 'green day' 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.myradio929blog.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • "King for A Day"

Warning: (2000)

  • "Sanitation, expiration date, QUESTION EVERYTHING!/ Or shut up and be a victim of authority." .
    • Warning
  • "I here by solemnly swear to tell the whole truth/ And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you."^ Listen to 1039/SOSH and then listen to Warning, you'll see what I'm talking about.

     ^ "Ok, you have to tell me when you can't take it anymore, and we'll rest for a bit, but I'm sure you can last."
    • Me and Green Day -part 24- by ~emo-girl6667 on deviantART 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC emo-girl6667.deviantart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ For you to say that tells me you've done nothing but occasionaly hear their singles on the radio.
    • Church On Sunday
  • "Stepped out of the line/Like a sheep runs from the herd"
    • Minority
  • "I wanna be the minority / I don't need your authority / down with the moral majority / 'cause I wanna be the minority'
    • Minority
  • "It's a lifetime guarantee/Stuffed in a coffin 10% more free".
    • Macy's Day Parade

American Idiot (2004)

.
  • "Don't wanna be an american idiot/ Don't wanna nation under the new media/ and can you hear the sound of hysteria/The subliminal mind fuck america."^ Have you even listened to American Idiot?

     ^ If you don't love Green Day and their new album American Idiot , apparently you are an idiot.

     ^ Because after they give up their cause, and what they were fighting for (21 guns) it all turns to Mass Hysteria, and the whole "I don't wanna live in the modern world" Christian believes that all that's good in America has died "American Eulogy" .
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • American Idiot
  • "Now everybody do the propaganda, / and sing along to the age of paranoia."^ Laugh, sing, and clap along as we travel to the age of once upon a time.
    • Family Friendly Events In Madison WI 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.selwyn.org [Source type: General]

     ^ Green Day had a rough patch through American Idiot, but I have to admit, Dookie was a phenomenal album full of songs any rock fan could get along with.

     ^ The 6 year old walks around the house singing American Idiot and 21 Guns.
    • GREEN DAY BIOGRAPHY 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.sing365.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • American Idiot
  • "Maybe I'm the faggot America, / I'm not part of a redneck agenda."^ Green Day really don't qualify as " punk " anymore, I for one did not see any punk influence on the American Idiot album, maybe that was just me.

     ^ American Idiot is a concept album, a rock opera surveying America for all its flaws.
    • GREEN DAY BIOGRAPHY 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.sing365.com [Source type: General]

     ^ American Idiot previewed alienation and humdrum suburbia, it analysed America’s lack of policy.
    • GREEN DAY BIOGRAPHY 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.sing365.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • American Idiot
  • "I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies, / This is the dawning of the rest of our lives / On Holiday!"^ American Idiot” at Live 8 (Live in Berlin 2005) .

     ^ As much as I liked the balance of the different elements in this new record, I have to say that other that “Know Your Enemy”, nothing else stands out to me, not as much as how “Wake Me Up..”, “Holiday”, ‘Boulevard of..” and “American Idiot” stood out in the last record.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Green Day are the best, and i think American Idiot album is a story, but the American Idiot songs have other meanings too, like Holiday an anti-war song...
    • DownWithTyranny!: LIKE MOST AMERICANS, GREEN DAY AREN'T FANS OF BUSH AND HIS CATASTROPHIC POLICIES. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS WINS SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC downwithtyranny.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Holiday
  • "I'm the son of rage and love, / The Jesus of Suburbia"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)
  • "And there's nothing wrong with me / This is how I'm supposed to be / In a land of make-believe / That don't believe in me"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)
  • "They say home is where your heart is / But what a shame / 'Cause everyone's heart / doesn't beat the same"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)
  • "I read the graffiti / In the bathroom stall / Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall / And so it seemed to confess / It didn't say much / But it only confirmed / That the center of the earth / Is the end of the world / And I could really care less"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)
  • "Dearly beloved are you listening?^ There's nothing wrong with that.

     ^ If you dont like it you dont have to listen to it.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ How to cause a heart attack: 1.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     / .I can't remember a word that you were saying"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
  • "Are we demented or am I disturbed?^ If you turn the volume up and listen very closely to Good Riddence you can hear Billie-Joe say the f word in the beginning.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If you look closely on the Nimrod, you can see that all the words that are scratched out in the entire booklet simply say "Delete This.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Reply Greenday rocks, hearing the words “do you know your enemy?” for 3 and a half minutes is not much fun listen to Jesus of subaria .
    • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     / .The space that's in between insane and insecure"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
  • "Oh therapy can you please fill the void?^ On the new American Idiot cd on the track Jesus of Suburbia during the part Dearly Beloved, you can clearly hear Billie Joe sing "Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?".
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     / Am I retarded of am I just overjoyed?" .
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
  • "I don't care if you don't."^ So if you really don’t like this album, I feel sorry for you, but mostly don’t care too much about that, because I whole heartedly embrace this album as one of their finest.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ American Idiot Released : September, 2004 US : 5x Platinum Billboard peak : # 1 (3 weeks) Rolling Stone : - Entertainment Weekly : B+ Tracks : "American Idiot" - "Jesus Of Suburbia" - "City Of The Damned" - "I Don't Care" - "Dearly Beloved" - "Tales Of Another Broken Home" - " Holiday " - " Boulevard Of Broken Dreams " - "Are We Waiting" - "St.
    • Rock On The Net: Green Day 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.rockonthenet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ On the new American Idiot cd on the track Jesus of Suburbia during the part Dearly Beloved, you can clearly hear Billie Joe sing "Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed?".
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • "Jesus of Suburbia (I don't care)"
  • "To live and not to breathe / Is to die In tragedy / To run, to run away / To find what you believe"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"
  • "And I walked this line / A million and one fucking times / But not this time"
    • Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"
  • "Another Protester has crossed the line/ To find, the money's on the other side"
    • Holiday
  • "Sieg Heil To The President Gasman/Bombs Away is your PUNISHMENT!/Pulverize the Eiffel Towers/Who criticize your GOVERNMENT!/Bang-bang goes the broken glass/Kill all the fags who DON'T AGREE!/Trials by fire/Setting fire/Is not a way that's MEANT FOR ME!/Just 'cause/Just 'cause/Because we're outlaws/YEAH!"
    • Holiday
  • "I walk this empty street/ On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams/ Where the city sleeps/ and I'm the only one and I walk alone"
    • Boulevard or Broken Dreams
  • "Starry nights, city lights coming down over me"
    • Are We The Waiting
  • "My name is Jimmy / and you'd better not wear it out / Suicide Commando that your momma talked about"
    • St. Jimmy
  • "Are you talkin' to me? .I'll give you something to cry about!"^ It’s about not giving a rats hat (I just said that) about what anybody else thinks about you.
    • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ [PS: If you have never experienced Mark Doyle's creations before - when you do - it would mean something to me to hear about the moment...
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ You'll have to start a thread about how it sounds...
    • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • ' St. Jimmy
  • "Give me a long kiss goodnight, and everything will be alright / Tell me Jimmy, I won't feel a thing"
    • Give Me Novacaine
  • "She's a Rebel / She's a Saint / She's salt of the Earth / And she's dangerous"
    • She's a Rebel
  • "She's a rebel / Vigilante / Missing link on the brink of destruction"
    • "She's a Rebel
  • "Nobody Likes You / Everyone Left You / They're all out without you / Having FUN"
    • Letterbomb
  • "Where will all the martyrs go / when the virus cures itself? / and where will we all go when it's too late?" .
    • Letterbomb
  • "You're not the Jesus of Suburbia / The Saint Jimmy is a figment of / Your father's rage and your mother's love / made me the idiot America"
    • ' Letterbomb
  • "Summer has come and passed, / the innocent can never last, / wake me up / when September ends."^ Wake me up when september ends .
    • GREEN DAY, ROCK - ▼ FullTono.COM ▼ – Escucha la mejor música, MP3, Gratis, lyrics, letras 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.fulltono.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The only really severe omissions in this list is the lack of "Basket Case" and "Jesus of Suburbia," though if you're looking at their well-known songs, it's also missing "When I Come Around," "King for a Day," "Warning," and "Good Riddance," but I definitely don't think the last two need to be in there.
    • Destructoid - Rumor: Green Day tracks headed to Rock Band 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone When it's time to live and let die And you can't get another try Something inside this heart has died You're in ruins One, 21 guns Lay down your arms Give up the fight One, 21 guns Throw up your arms into the sky One, 21 guns Lay down your arms Give up the fight One, 21 guns Throw up your arms into the sky, You and I Send "21 Guns" Ringtone to your Cell Interaction Send Lyrics to a Friend Share on Facebook Stumble It Add to Del.icio.us Your Ad Here Other Popular Lyrics by Green Day American Idiot Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Holiday Wake Me Up When September Ends Jesus Of Suburbia Basket Case .
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Wake Me Up When September Ends
  • "Here comes the rain again / falling from the stars / drenched in my pain again / becoming who we are
    • Wake Me Up When September Ends
  • "He says, 'We're fucked up,' but we're not the same/ and mom and dad are the ones you can blame.'"^ Wake me up when september ends .
    • GREEN DAY, ROCK - ▼ FullTono.COM ▼ – Escucha la mejor música, MP3, Gratis, lyrics, letras 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.fulltono.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Kid you not I professed my enjoyment of 21st Century Breakdown in Peace Studies class one day and the entire room fell quiet.
    • Destructoid - Green Day won't be Harmonix's only game this year 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Wake me up when September ends.” ~Green Day (Oops, yeah I know, August isn’t finish yet) This photo has notes.
    • Green Day on Flickr - Photo Sharing! 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.flickr.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
  • "There's a glow of light / The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night / bearing gifts and trust / a picture in the city of lust"
    • Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
  • "Jimmy died today / he blew his brains out into the bay / In the state of mind / In my own private suicide"
    • Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
  • "Somebody Get me out of here / Anybody get me out of here / Somebody get me out of here / Get me the fuck right out of here"
    • Homecoming (East 12th Street)
  • "Here they come / marching down the street / like a desperation murmur of a heartbeat." .
    • Homecoming (We're Coming Home Again)
  • "And forever in the darkest night / If my memory serves me right / I'll never turn back time / Forgetting you, but not the times"
    • Whatsername
  • "From the bible of / None of the above / On a steady diet of / Soda Pop and Ritalin"
    • "Jesus of Suburbia
  • "Rage and love / story of my life."^ Life as a Foster Child This is my story as a foster child.
    • Sweet Children of Sierra Leone 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I'll get back to you on Holiday.
    • Destructoid - Rumor: Green Day tracks headed to Rock Band 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ "I hope you had the time of your life."
    • Green Day delivered a tour de force at the New Orleans Arena | New Orleans Music News - - NOLA.com 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.nola.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • "Are we the waiting"

Bullet in a Bible (2005)

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  • "I want you to sing so loud that every fucking red-neck in America hears you tonight, alright!"^ Wolf Jun 28, 2009, 15:22 No its not… if you want to listen to a lyrical genius sing about the world listen to Greg Graffin..
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Each vocalist is unique and when you hear someone sing a bazillion times, it gets pretty hard not to think of them.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ By making a donation to Oxfam America from this page, you are sending money directly to that organization, in whatever amount you want.
    • Sweet Children of Sierra Leone 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.squidoo.com [Source type: General]
    • American Idiot [Live]
  • "That's my name and don't you fucking wear it out"
    • St. Jimmy [Live]
  • "This song is not anti-American, it's anti-war!" .
    • Holiday [Live]
  • "Why are there no clouds in the sky?^ The live stuff found here is OK. It _does_ give a feeling for the energy of their live performances, but it's no substitute for being there.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Between live performances, albums, and influences there’s just no question.

     ^ "There is no live CD in existence from any artist anywhere that is as good as this one.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     .Because God wants to see his favorite band again!"^ Dear God, I hope not, because Green Day is one of the worst bands in existence.
    • Destructoid - Rumor: Green Day tracks headed to Rock Band 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.destructoid.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ No Green Day didn't steal Avril Lavigne and even if its similar, Avril won't be angry because Green Day is one of her favorite bands !!!
    • Did Green Day steal 21 Guns from Avril Lavigne? 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC tripletimexl.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • -Tré
  • "Roll roll roll a joint, twist it at the ends. .Light it up, and take a puff, and pass it to your friends."^ If you're sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass that includes any of your photos marked as friends, family, or private.
    • Green Day on Flickr - Photo Sharing! 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.flickr.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If you're sharing your entire photostream, you can create a Guest Pass that includes photos marked as friends or family (but not your private photos).
    • Green Day on Flickr - Photo Sharing! 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.flickr.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • -Tré
  • "Orange mocha frappachino!" .
    • -Tré
  • "This next song's a big 'fuck you' to all the politicians!^ The argument there (and no offense to Mike at all) is that it’s no big deal because that sort of song is “pretty generic” and done a million times.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ If you think this is all another way of saying that Miracle Legion's work is a dead-ringer soundalike for R.E.M.'s early-period songs, you're exactly right.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ My favorite song of all time Everyday Is Halloween, a big mid 80s hit in the Chicago underground that reached out to outcasts everywhere.
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     This song's called...'Holiday'!!!" .
    • Holiday [Live]
  • "You have the fucking power, we are the fucking leaders: don't let these bastards dictate your life or try to tell you what to do, alright!"^ "I hope you had the time of your life."
    • Green Day delivered a tour de force at the New Orleans Arena | New Orleans Music News - - NOLA.com 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.nola.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Don't let the bastards grind you down.
    • SongMeanings | Lyrics | Green Day - 21 Guns 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.songmeanings.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ If you can't or don't want to gloat in front of co-workers or clients, call a friend and tell them how much you were able to accomplish.
    • Green Day Forum - Topix 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.topix.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Minority [Live]
  • "We're Green Day from Oakland, California, but I just want to say that England is now the official home of Green Day from now on."^ Green Day is just downgrading now.
    • Green Day Sucks: 21st Century Breakdown, Middle-Aged Millionaires Cash-In on Teen Angst | Music Vixen Blog 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC blog.ez-tracks.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Although Green Day are amazing live - Tubby , Newcast;e, England .
    • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ This just isn’t Green Day, as I can say the same for American Idiot.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • Minority [Live]
  • "to do something that you feel in your heart is great you need to make a lot of mistakes, everything successful is a series of mistakes."^ Write, call, visit the office of, your state reps, senators, etc and tell them what you think needs to be done.
    • DownWithTyranny!: LIKE MOST AMERICANS, GREEN DAY AREN'T FANS OF BUSH AND HIS CATASTROPHIC POLICIES. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS WINS SONG OF THE YEAR AWARD 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC downwithtyranny.blogspot.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ As you listen to your teens speak you will begin to get somewhat of a grasp of what’s going on in their lives.
    • Cultural Analysis: Green Day 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.cpyu.org [Source type: General]

     ^ Bachelors, do you need simple-to-make recipes?
    • Green Day: Rock Band - Exclusive Debut Trailer | SPIKE 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

     .
    • Billie Joe
  • "American Idiot is a whole take on the planet sort of vibe, you should do it at least once in your life."^ Have you even listened to American Idiot?

     ^ But to keep it short, and to answer your question now, American Idiot takes the idea of a concept album and bridges it to the same snappy, in and out record of their earlier work.

     ^ PM Samando....you should post your pic in the woman and mandolins thread...
    • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Tre
  • "No man can eat 50 eggs"
    • Tre
  • "I judge all you drummers, I'm watching you, hey."^ If you don't stop playing this mandolin all the time and don't start eating a little, you'll be just skin and bones, in no time!
    • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ On the "Top 50 Greatest Teen Icons" show on VH1, the part on Carson Daly, they show a clip of Carson hugging Mike and you can see Billie and Tre also.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
    • Tre
  • "I fully promote and love watching Tre be the best drummer in the world." .
    • Billie Joe
  • " Tre Cool plays the drums in Green Day and he snorts...doughnut sprinkles"
    • Tre
  • "And my name's George W. Bush....^ Tre is the godfather of Billie Joe's kids.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ The real origin of the name Green Day.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Green Day will have something Rock Band -related out this year, according to statements made by lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong during a KROQ appearance .
    • Green Day coming to Rock Band in some capacity 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.joystiq.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     not really my name's ass hole" .
    • Billie Joe
  • "Tré Cool is the greatest drummer in the history of rock music."^ The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion) for the majority of its existence.

     ^ Green Day consists of childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitars, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass), along with Tre Cool (drums).
    • Rock On The Net: Green Day 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.rockonthenet.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Billie Joe did a pertty cool solo behind his head during "Knowledge" and, needless to say, I was impressed.
    • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .
    • Billie Joe
  • "Music to me it's uhh...^ Calling Billie Joe's songwriting capability, and the rest of the band's contributions to the music "unskilled" renders the previous post irrelevant because it is wrong from an objective standpoint.

     ^ Music - Nov 2, 2007 Billie Joe Armstrong claims Britney Spears is a manufactured child who has been thrown to the lions by the world s media.
    • Green Day on Yahoo! Music 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC new.music.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Music - Apr 13, 2007 Green Day s Billie Joe Armstrong has become a volunteer for homeless charity Habitat For Humanity in New Orleans.
    • Green Day on Yahoo! Music 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC new.music.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     the air that .I breathe, the blood that pumps through my veins, that keeps me alive, y'know?^ The next powerhouse is "Breathe", which leads to the climax of the album "So What", which includes the choice lyrics "I only kill, to know I'm alive".
    • MUSIC BLOG OF SALTYKA AND HIS FRIENDS: March 2007 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC saltyka.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     So uhh, without it, I - I dunno what I'd do - I mean, I'd probably have a job or something... people say to me, .'What would you do if you didn't have Green Day?'^ Green Day and you can’t blame them.
    • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I didn't know Green Day was that old.
    • Green Day Artistfacts 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.artistfacts.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ In the music video for My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", at the end where they say the thank you's, the thank Green Day first and then a few other bands.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     - .Or you know, people say, 'What do you think of people that only talk to you or like you because you're in Green Day?'^ I like Green Day and think they had a great decade.

     ^ Green Day will get inducted whether you like it or not.

     ^ I like the way you think, Otterly!
    • Post A Picture Of Yourself [Archive] - Page 8 - Mandolin Cafe Message Board 17 September 2009 21:19 UTC www.mandolincafe.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .And I say, 'Well, I AM Green Day.^ In the music video for My Chemical Romance's "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)", at the end where they say the thank you's, the thank Green Day first and then a few other bands.
    • Does anyone know when green day's tour will start this year? - Yahoo! Answers 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC answers.yahoo.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ AllieWalt421 says – reply to this 87 I love green day and all…but seriously, like it's a surprise that WalMart asked them to have a censored version??
    • Perez Hilton: Green Day Says FU Wal-Mart 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ I have to disagree w/the posts that say Green Day aren't worthy of the Hall.

     That is me... that is, my life.'
    • Billie Joe

21st Century Breakdown (2009)

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  • "Violence is an energy/against the enemy/violence is an energy whoa-oh"
    • Know Your Enemy
  • "I'm here to honor you/If I lose everything in the fire/I'm sendin' all my love to you"
    • Last Night on Earth
  • "Silence is the enemy"
    • "Know Your Enemy"
  • "Lay down your arms/Give up the fight"
    • "21 Guns"
  • "We will see how godless a nation we have become"
    • "East Jesus Nowhere"
  • "Did you try to live on your own?/When you burned down house and home/Did you stand too close to the fire?/Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone"
    • "21 Guns"
  • "You're a victim/Of the system/You are your own worst enemy/Know your enemy"
    • "Restless Heart Syndrome"
  • "Now call the assassin/The orgasm/ A spasm of love and hate"
    • "Peacemaker"
  • "She smashed her knuckles into winter/ As autumn's wind fades into black/She is the saint of all the sinners?^ Live like youre dyin [ŷѡ] .
    • ŷ����ѡ��ר��,�¸�,ŷ����ѡ�ݳ���,mtv �޹���������վ 27 January 2010 23:58 UTC www.f130.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Oh, and I figured since, y' know, you made me type it up.
    • Me and Green Day -part 24- by ~emo-girl6667 on deviantART 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC emo-girl6667.deviantart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ You may not know it, but it's 3 in the morning here.
    • Me and Green Day -part 24- by ~emo-girl6667 on deviantART 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC emo-girl6667.deviantart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     .The one who's fallen through the cracks"
    • "!Viva La Gloria!
  • "Little girl, Little girl you dirty liar/ You're just a junkie preaching to the choir"
    • "¿Viva La Gloria?^ Lyrics like “Are you what you own that you cannot buy?”, “She wears a rubber coat for the coming of the nuclear winter”, and “She is the saint of all the sinners, the one that’s fallen through the cracks, so don’t put away your burning light” serve as a call to all who can still rationalize that the world is screaming for a change from the materialistic and greedy ways.
      • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

       ^ I guess it’s just a matter of whether or not you like where they’re going with their sound.
      • Green Day “21st Century Breakdown” Review | Culture Bully 26 January 2010 3:13 UTC www.culturebully.com [Source type: General]

       ^ Just cause you wear studded belts, Shop at Hot topic, and wear chucks doesn't mean you are a little punk at heart.

       (Little Girl)
  • "I was made of poison and blood"
    • "21st Century Breakdown"

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Green Day
OriginBerkeley, California, United States
Years active1987–Present
Type(s) of musicPunk rock, pop punk, alternative rock
LabelsSkene! Records (1990)
Lookout! Records (1990-1994)
Reprise Records (1994-Present)
Members Billie Joe Armstrong
Mike Dirnt
Tré Cool
Past members Al Sobrante

Green Day is an American rock band that formed in 1987. The members of the band are Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion), Jason White (guitar/vocals) and Jason Freese (keyboard). The band sees itself as a trio, Jason White and Jason Freese only participate in concert tours.

At first, Green Day was part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Its record label debut Dookie (1994) became a success. Soon, it sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone, and 15 million copies worldwide.[1] The album was well reviewed and the band were praised for its music and sales.[2][3] Green Day had three more albums after that, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning. They were still successful albums, reaching double platinum, double platinum, and gold status respectively. However none of these albums sold as well as their first, Dookie.[4] Green Day's 2004 rock opera American Idiot sold five million copies in the United States.[5]

Green Day has sold over 65 million records worldwide,[1] 22 million of them in the United States alone.[6] They also have won three Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".

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Band history

Formation and Lookout years (1987–1993)

i just hit my wall. im angry In the in early 1987s, Lookout! released Green Day's first album 39/Smooth. Green Day recorded two songs: Slappy and Sweet Children, Lookout! Records released 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, an album that had 39/Smooth, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours EPs in it. In late 1990, shortly after the band's first worldwide tour, Sobrante left the band.[7] The Lookouts drummer Tré Cool became areplacement, and then became a permanent replacement because Sobrante did not want to come back. Green Day was on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a lot of shows overseas in Europe. Its second album, Kerplunk, sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.,[8] which was a lot for the punk band in 1992.

Breakthrough success (1994–1996)

Kerplunk's success made major record labels interested in Green Day, and they soon left Lookout! and signed with Reprise Records after getting the attention of producer Rob Cavallo. Signing to Reprise made many punk rock fans think Green Day as sellouts.[9][10] After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on making its major label debut, Dookie.

Released in February of 1994, and recorded in 3 weeks,[11] Dookie became a commercial success, making it to MTV for the videos of the songs "Longview", "Basket Case", and "When I Come Around", all of which made it to the number one position on the Modern Rock Tracks charts.

Insomniac was a better release for the band than the poppier Dookie.[12] Insomniac earned 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone Magazine, which said "In punk, the good stuff actually unfolds and gains meaning as you listen without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy. And Green Day are as good as this stuff gets."[13] Insomniac won the band award nominations for Favorite Artist, Favorite Hard Rock Artist, and Favorite Alternative Artist at the 1996 American Music Awards. The video for "Walking Contradiction" got the band a Grammy nomination for Best Video, Short Form, and a Best Special Effects nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards.

In 1995, a new single for the Angus soundtrack was released, titled "J.A.R.". The single went straight to number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. After that, Insomniac, Green Day's new album, was released in the fall of 1995. After that, the band stopped from going on a European tour so they could rest for a while.[14]

Nimrod and Warning (1995–2000)

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A Green Day concert on one of their tours

In 1995, Green Day began to work with a album.[15] They came up with Nimrod. The new album was released in October 1996. The success of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best Alternative Video.

In 2000, Green Day released Warning, an album that had types of songs that Nimrod did. Though the Warning made the hit "Minority" and a smaller hit with "Warning", some observers thought that the band was losing popularity.[16] Warning was certified gold by the RIAA.

At the 2001 California Music Awards, Green Day won all eight awards that they were nominated for.

American Idiot

In the summer of 2003, the band went into a studio to write and record new songs for a new album titled Cigarettes and Valentines.[17] After making 20 tracks, the master tapes were stolen from the studio. The band was upset and chose not to try to re-create the stolen album, but instead start over with a vow to be even better than before. In this same year, Green Day went with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his album Skull Ring. They took "band therapy," talking for a long time to work out the members' differences after accusations from Dirnt and Cool that Armstrong was "the band's Nazi"[18] and a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.

The 2004 album, American Idiot, was number one on the Billboard charts, the band's first ever album to top the chart, even with success of the album's first single, "American Idiot.

Through 2005, the band toured for about 150 days— visiting Japan, Australia, South America and the UK, where they had a crowd of 130,000 people in only two days. While touring for American Idiot, they filmed and recorded the two concerts at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in England, which was voted 'The Best Show On Earth' in a Kerrang! Magazine Poll.

These recordings were released as a live CD and DVD called Bullet in a Bible on November 15, 2005. The DVD had a behind-the-scenes footage of the band, and showed how the band prepared to put on the show. The final shows of its 2005 world tour were in Sydney, Australia, and Melbourne, Australia, on December 14 and 17. On January 10, 2006 the band was awarded with a People's Choice Award for favorite group.[19]

[[File:|thumb|330px|Green Day live in Germany during the American Idiot tour.]]

In 2006, Green Day won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"[20] which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks.

In an interview with Kerrang!, Billie Joe said that 2008 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new Untitled Eighth Studio Album."[21] In October 2007, Billie Joe said more on this new album, saying he had been writing new songs on the piano, and had around 45 of them. He said he wanted the new music to dig into what he's feeling during that time - which is middle-aged.[22]

In 2009 Kerrang! named American Idiot the best album of the decade,[23] NME ranked it #60 in a similar list,[24] and Rolling Stone ranked it 22nd.[25]

21st Century Breakdown

In an interview with Kerrang!, Armstrong said that 2009 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new untitled eighth studio album for Green Day."[26] It was revealed that Butch Vig would be producing the upcoming album in an interview with Carson Daly.[27] The gap of nearly five years between their previous album, American Idiot, and their newest release was the longest gap in Green Day's career. While the band had been working on new music since January 2006, by October 2007 Armstrong had written 45 songs, the band showed no further signs of being close to releasing a new album until October 2008, when a video of the group recording with producer Butch Vig in the studio was posted on YouTube.[28][29]

Their newest album, titled 21st Century Breakdown, was released on May 15, 2009.[30] Called "Green Day at their best" by Seattle Weekly's Krist Novoselic,[31]the album has received mostly positive reviews. Rating website Metacritic reported a rating of 70% as of July 2009, based on 30 reviews.[32] After it was released, 21st Century Breakdown reached #1 on the charts in fourteen different countries.

Music style and influences

Green Day's sound is usually compared to bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, and the Buzzcocks.[33][14] Most of their songs are fast-paced and under the average song length of four minutes (4:00), though some of their songs run on longer such as "Jesus of Suburbia" which runs for nine minutes. Billie Joe Armstrong said that some of his biggest influences are alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü and The Replacements.[14] Armstrong's lyrics mostly describe alienation, hysteria, girls, growing up, and what happens to someone if they take drugs. The Ramones had lyrical themes that were also close to Green Day's lyrics such as hysteria, alienation, girls, and drugs. Green Day has covered Ramones songs a few times, such as recording "Outsider" for the tribute album We're a Happy Family, and performing "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Teenage Lobotomy" when the Ramones made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.

Band members

Current members

Former members

Current touring musicians

Former touring musicians

Session musicians

Discography

Studio albums

References

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion" April, 2006.
  2. ↑ DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, ISBN 0-306-81271-1
  3. ↑ D'Angelo, Joe (2004). "How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival". MTV.com. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/20040915/story.jhtml. Retrieved 2006-07-26. 
  4. ↑ Rock On The Net: Green Day
  5. ↑ "Green Day Timeline". Rock on the Net. http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-04. 
  6. ↑ RIAA Bestsellers
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid tag; no text was provided for refs named autogenerated2
  8. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.
  9. ↑ Reflecting on the period, Armstrong told SPIN magazine in 1999, "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest failure ... The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward."
  10. ↑ Smith, RJ. "Top 90 Albums of the 90's." SPIN. August 1999.
  11. ↑ Biography Channel - Green Day
  12. ↑ "Green Day". Behind the Music. VH1, 2000.
  13. ↑ Coleman, Mark. "Insomniac." Rolling Stone. November 1995.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Di Perna, Alan. "Young, Loud, and Snotty." Guitar World. August 1996.
  15. ↑ Spitz, Marc. Nobody Likes You. New York: Hyperion, 2006. Pg. 128.
  16. ↑ Green Day: Warning (2000): Reviews
  17. ↑ Spitz, pg. 152.
  18. ↑ Hendrickson, Matt (2005). "Green Day — How the brats grew up, bashed Bush and conquered the world". Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6959133/greenday?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=single2&rnd=1108277555953&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872. Retrieved 2005. 
  19. ↑ "USA Today - People's Choice Award Winners". The Associated Press. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2006-01-11-peoples-choice-winners_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
  20. ↑ "Green Day's Grammy Awards" Grammy.com.
  21. ↑ "www.GreenDayAuthority.com". http://www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/. Retrieved 2008-07-30. 
  22. ↑ NMENME article retrieved October 8 2007
  23. ↑ [Expression error: Unexpected < operator "Kerrang! Top 50 albums of the 21st Century"]. Kerrang! (Bauer Media Group). 2009-08-05. 
  24. ↑ "THE TOP 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE". NME. http://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade/158049/page/5. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  25. ↑ "100 Best Albums of the Decade: #22-#21". Rolling Stone. 2009-12-09. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248017/100_best_albums_of_the_decade/27. Retrieved 2009-12-10. 
  26. ↑ www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/
  27. ↑ James Montgomery (2008-10-14). "Green Day Are In The Studio With Butch Vig For New Album, Online Video Confirms". MTV News. http://www.mtv.com./news/articles/1596973/20081014/green_day.jhtml. 
  28. ↑ Jonathan Cohen (2008-10-14). "Green Day in studio with Nirvana producer". Reuters. http://ca.reuters.com./article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE49E04920081015. 
  29. ↑ "Green Day recording at studio Oct 9". GreenDayStuff. 2008-10-21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGoEG1Jn5s. Retrieved 2008-10-09. 
  30. ↑ "Green Day unveil new album release date". idiomag. 2009-03-27. http://www.idiomag.com/peek/72615/green_day. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 
  31. ↑ Krist Novoselic: 21st-Century Breakdown Is Green Day at Their Best, http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2009/05/21st-century_breakdown_is_gree.php, retrieved 2009-05-27 
  32. ↑ "Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/21stcenturybreakdown. Retrieved 2009-07-30. 
  33. ↑ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown and Company, 2001. Pg. 496. ISBN 0-316-78753-1
  34. ↑ GeekStinkBreath.net - "Behind Green Day"

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