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Genre : Pop Punk
Latest Release : American Idiot
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Green Day
Out of all the post-Nirvana American alternative bands to break into the pop mainstream, Green Day were second only to Pearl Jam in terms of influence. At their core, Green Day were simply punk revivalists, recharging the energy of speedy, catchy three-chord punk-pop songs. Though their music wasn't particularly innovative, they brought the sound of late-'70s punk to a new, younger generation with Dookie, their 1994 major-label debut. Green Day weren't able to sustain their success — Dookie sold over eight million, while its follow-up, Insomniac, only sold a quarter of its predecessor — yet their influence was far-reaching because they opened the doors for a flood of American neo-punk, punk metal, and third wave ska revivalists.
Green Day is a Pop Punk band. The members of the band are Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III).
At the age of 12, Tré Cool became a member of the band The Lookouts. Their album attracted some attention, and Tré began performing at an early age at the Berkeley, California punk club 924 Gilman Street. In 1987, Armstrong (15 years old) and Dirnt (16 years old) formed The Sweet Children, with Armstrong on lead vocals and guitar and Dirnt on bass and backing vocals. They began playing in 1988 at Rod's Hickory Pit in Rodeo, California. In 1989, the Children renamed themselves Green Day, after their first semi-successful song. They soon added Al Sobrante (born John Kiftmeyer), and went looking for a record deal.
While in 1988 and 1989 Armstrong formed Green Day and The Sweet Children and started touring for the first time with all the albums on tour like in Atlanta, part of L.A., New York and Canada.
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Artist Biography - Green Day
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 The Lookouts were performing on punk label Lookout! Records, headed by Lookouts lead Lawrence Livermore. Green Day signed with Lookout in 1989, and released their first EP, 1,000 Hours and Slappy in 1990. The next year, they produced the album 39/Smooth and released it in 1991. Al Sobrante left the band at this point, and was replaced by Tré.
Green Day kicked off a national tour the day after Dirnt graduated from high school in 1990 before Slappy, then returned to the studio to produce their second album, Kerplunk, in 1992. The group signed with Reprise Records in April 1993, leaving Lookout on friendly terms. They released their first Reprise album, Dookie, in February 1994. Within a couple of months, extensive MTV airplay for the videos "Welcome to Paradise" and "Longview" had established the album, and the band, as successes.
The band joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza Festival and Woodstock 1994. Green Day's Woodstock gig included a gigantic mud fight between the band and the audience, leading to a melee which led to Dirnt's losing his front teeth.
They recorded a single called "J.A.R." in 1995, and followed it up with the album Insomniac. Though the album didn't approach the success of Dookie, it still sold several million copies in the U.S. Their third major label album, Nimrod, was released in 1997, and Warning in 2000.
In 2003 (during time spent in the Studio) a New Wave band has appeared on the Scene, known as The Network. This 5 piece band, at first look/listen appears to be Green Day. The front man "Fink" bears a striking resemblance to one Wilhelm Fink (Billie Joe Armstrong's Pseudonym).
Their 2004 album American Idiot is being billed as a concept album telling the story of characters such as St Jimmy and Whatsername. The album consists of a number of chapters starting with the track "Jesus of Suburbia" which lasts for nine minutes and eight seconds.
Discography
Year Title Label Other information
1988 The Sweet Children Skene EP (originally released by The Sweet Children)
1989 1,000 Hours Lookout EP
1990 Slappy Lookout EP
1991 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour Lookout
1992 Kerplunk Lookout
1994 Dookie Reprise
1995 Insomniac Reprise
1996 Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking Reprise
1997 Nimrod Reprise
2000 Warning: Reprise
2001 International Superhits! 404 Music Greatest Hits LP of 1993–2001
2001 International Supervideos! Greatest Hits DVD of 1993&nadsh;2001
2002 Shenanigans 404 Music B-side singles collection
2004 American Idiot Reprise Released on September 21, 2004
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