GREEN DAY

Green Day is a punk rock band which formed in the East Bay, California, United States in 1984. They consist of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, vocals; born Michael Pritchard) and Tre Cool (drums; born Frank Wright). Jason White has played second guitar when the band performs live since 2000 (and is considered to be the unofficial fourth member of the band, to the point where he's appeared in several of the band's music videos since 2004), and Jason Freese is the band's live keyboardist.

Billie Joe and Mike began the band under the name Sweet Children near ]San Francisco, California in 1987. In 1988, they changed the band's name to Green Day. After the original drummer Al Sobrante (John Kiffmeyer) left for college in 1991, Tre Cool joined the band. Green Day released two albums, 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk! with Lookout! Records before their breakthrough album, Dookie, was released in 1994 under Reprise Records. Just before this release however, many feared the end of Green Day as Billie Joe was at the time spending more and more time playing in his Status Quo tribute band "Status Joe."

Dookie was certified diamond (10 million copies shipped) in the United States. Their second best-selling album, American Idiot, released in 2004, has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, and won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album". In 2005 Green Day swept the MTV Video Music Awards, winning seven out of eight nominations: "Video of the Year," "Best Rock Video," "Best Group Video," "Best Direction," "Best Editing," "Best Cinematography" (all of which were for Boulevard of Broken Dreams), and the "Viewer's Choice Award" for American Idiot. In addition to their American Music Award wins for "Favorite Alternative Artist" and "Favorite Pop/Rock Album" for American Idiot, Green Day won the 2006 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."

Green Day went back into the studio and recorded a medley with U2, which was performed on September 25th at the re-opening of the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Songs consisted of Wake Me Up When September Ends, The Saints Are Coming and Beautiful Day.

Recently, Green Day has headed back into the studio to record their 8th studio album. The record is surprisingly being produced by Butch Vig instead of Rob Cavallo. This album is more..."Religious", and is influenced by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and The Beatles, to name a few. The album has been voted most anticipated album of 2009 by APM (Alternative Press Magazine). The release date for the new album is expected to be April, 2009. Green day had many influences from the beatles to metallica to the ramones to alice in chains. While many influences they had many bands where inspired by them such as My Chemical romance here is a quote from MCR about green day "Green day is like the nicest guys on the planet and they are like our big brothers and they helped us every step of the way!" , Fall out boy, and even the offspring from 1989+ they followed green day in a trail in a bumpy road.

Billie joe armstrong February 17, 1971 -

Michale Pitchard may 23, 1972 -

Tre' cool april 8, 1970 -


From The Blogsphere

Five New Year’s Eve Acts Worth Staying Up For

via idolator.com ( 42 Days ago )
Jay-Z, Rihanna and Green Day are headlining NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly on Thursday—during which Hova will even premiere the video for his next single, “On To The Next One.” And, sure, the only thing better than ringing in 2010 with some of the hottest musical acts is doing it from the comfort of your own home and not having to spend one dime on [...]

Spike VGA Awards Recap

via wiihotties.com ( 57 Days ago )
This weekend was a big week for gamers, as the Spike Video Game Awards were hosted, offering a great show with tons of new game announcements and trailers with the world abuzz in what’s coming in video games. In fact, five new games made their debut at the show, including: Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Green Day: Rock Band Deadliest Warrior: The [...]

Duncan Quinn's Killer Looks for Fall

via luxist.com ( 104 Days ago )
Duncan Quinn, the London-born, New York-based menswear designer whose Savile Row-with-a-twist togs are favored by the likes of Sean Combs, Entourage star Adrien Grenier, LeBron James and alt-rockers Green Day, has come out with a new collection of killer looks for fall. Quinn's inspiration for the season "comes from a misspent youth and perennial love for the gentleman, the rogue [...]

Green Day at the O2 Arena review

via telegraph.co.uk ( 106 Days ago )
The Californian punks are family friendly but lack musical thrills. Rating:

Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip 2009-09-30 20:30:41

via idolator.com ( 132 Days ago )
If you want to have the man who recorded Nevermind help you out with your own musical efforts, and you have some money that you’d like to donate to charity, then this is for you: Butch Vig, the man behind the board for albums by the likes of Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, and L7 (not to mention the drummer for Garbage!) is putting up 10 hours of his production services [...]

American Idiot the musical fails to give Green Day’s anthems narrative arc

via sfweekly.com ( 140 Days ago )
Five years ago, Green Day released a record many pop-punk fans felt was a middle finger to the status quo. American Idiot was taken as a grand, rock-operatic statement against various miseries — Bush in the White House, war in the Middle East, and general suburban malaise among them....

Green Day, 'East Jesus Nowhere' -- New Video

via spinner.com ( 144 Days ago )
Filed under: VideoGreen Day's relatively recent foray into politically-charged stadium rock has been met with equally provocative high-concept music videos. For their latest--'East Jesus Nowhere,' a tune which the band brought in full force to Sunday night's VMAs--the guys opted to capture the song's bombastic energy through a flashy montage of live concert footage. Check out 'East [...]

Green Day speak after 'American Idiot' musical opens in Berkeley

via nme.com ( 144 Days ago )
'We won't read the reviews,' declare the band

Billie Joe Armstrong Urges Climate Change Action

via spinner.com ( 145 Days ago )
Filed under: News, VideoWhen he's not busy building an extension to his VMA moonman trophy rack, Billie Joe Armstrong uses his rock star status to help save the environment. In a YouTube video released by the Green Day frontman with help from the Natural Resources Defense Council, Armstrong warns viewers of our planet's dire climate crisis and encourages people to take action by [...]

'Twilight' Star Ashley Greene At The 2009 MTV VMAs With Taylor Swift, Green Day And More

via mtv.com ( 146 Days ago )
As you Twilighters already know, Ashley Greene helped us out at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards by working the red carpet as our guest celebrity fashion reporter. She spoke to a bunch of folks, including Green Day, Best Female Video winner Taylor Swift and "Twilight" co-star Taylor Lautner. We've now collected all of those video clips into a convenient show -- a code word here at [...]

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