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Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990.
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- Green Day Discography
The American rock band Green Day has released 14 studio...
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The American rock band Green Day has released 14 studio albums, four live albums, four compilation albums, one soundtrack album, four video albums, 12 extended plays, 4 box sets, 48 singles, 10 promotional singles, 3 anniversaries, and 56 music videos.
Saviors is the fourteenth studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on January 19, 2024, through Reprise Records. It received generally positive reviews from critics.
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Formation and Lookout! years
In 1987, 15 year old friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt formed a band called Sweet Children with bassist Sean Hughes and drummer Raj Punjabi. 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 1998, the band began working with John Kiffmeyer, also known as "Al Sobrante" who replaced Raj Punjabi. Around this time, Sean Hughes would leave the band, leaving Billie, Mike, and John. Larry Liver...
Breakthrough Success
Kerplunk's underground success led to a wave of interest coming from major record labels, and eventually they left Lookout! on friendly terms to sign 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. After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on recording its major label debut, Dookie. Released in February 1994, and recorded in 3 weeks, Dookie became a commercial success, helped by...
Nimrod and Warning
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. The result was Nimrod, an experimental deviation from the band's standard pop-punk brand of music. 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. Nimrod entered the charts at number 10. The success of "Good Riddance (Tim...
Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave punk bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols and The Jam. Armstrong's lyrics commonly describe alienation, ("Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Road to Acceptance", "Disappearing Boy", "Castaway") hysteria, ("Basket Case", "Panic Song") girls, ("She", "80" "Only of You","Ma...
Beginning with the release of Dookie, and the subsequent explosion of MTV airplay it received, Green Day has received considerable criticism from those who see the punk genre as a social movement independent of corporate sponsorship. With the release of American Idiotand the subsequent draw of many new fans, much of this criticism has been revived....
Main article: Green Day Discography39/Smooth(1990)Kerplunk!(1991)Dookie(1994)Insomniac(1995)Nimrod(1997)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 ).
American Idiot is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on September 21, 2004, by Reprise Records. As with their previous four albums, it was produced by Rob Cavallo in collaboration with the group. Recording sessions for American Idiot took place at Studio 880 in Oakland and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood ...
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Jun 18, 2024 · Green Day is an American rock band that infused the raw power of punk with the angst-ridden sensibility of American teenagers at the turn of the 21st century. The band is best known for its albums Dookie (1994) and American Idiot (2004).
