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www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg What Happened Next...]." Retrieved on 20 August, 2007</ref> Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone.<ref>Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion" April, 2006.</ref> As a result, Green Day was widely credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States.<ref>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</ref><ref name="punk revival"> D'Angelo, Joe
(2004)
. How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival
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. Retrieved on July 26, 2006. </ref> 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.<ref>http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm</ref> Its 2004 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling 5 million copies in the U.S.<ref name="timeline">"
Green Day Timeline " , Rock on the Net . Retrieved on 2007-05-04 . </ref>//www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg What Happened Next...]." Retrieved on 20 August, 2007</ref> Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. alone.<ref>Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion" April, 2006.</ref> As a result, Green Day was widely credited, along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United States.<ref>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</ref><ref name="punk revival"> D'Angelo, Joe
(2004)
. How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival
. MTV.com
. Retrieved on July 26, 2006. </ref> 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.<ref>http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm</ref> Its 2004 rock opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling 5 million copies in the U.S.<ref name="timeline">"
Green Day Timeline " , Rock on the Net . Retrieved on 2007-05-04 . </ref>
www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle15670.html Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion]" April, 2006.</ref> including 22 million in the United States alone.<ref>RIAA Bestsellers</ref> They also have three Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."//www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle15670.html Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion]" April, 2006.</ref> including 22 million in the United States alone.<ref>RIAA Bestsellers</ref> They also have three Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
They are currently working on their new studio album estimated to be released in 2008.<ref>www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg</ref>
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Band history
Formation and Lookout years (1987–1993)
Modèle:Sound sample box align rightModèle:ListenModèle:Sample box end www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/96/</ref>. In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer, John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante). Kiffmeyer served as both the bands drummer and business manager, handling the booking of shows and helping the band establish a fan base.<ref>Hit List Interview - Billie Joe Armstrong, July 18 2001</ref>//www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/96/</ref>. In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer, John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante). Kiffmeyer served as both the bands drummer and business manager, handling the booking of shows and helping the band establish a fan base.<ref>Hit List Interview - Billie Joe Armstrong, July 18 2001</ref>
www.greenday.net//livermore.htm|accessmonthday=July 26 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> The band changed their name to Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana.<ref>http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyomusicconcerts/concert/359/tokyomusicconcertsinc.htm</ref>//www.greenday.net//livermore.htm|accessmonthday=July 26 |accessyear=2006}}</ref> The band changed their name to Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana.<ref>http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyomusicconcerts/concert/359/tokyomusicconcertsinc.htm</ref>
www.greenday.net/hitlistinterviewbj.html Hit List Interview - Billie Joe Armstrong, July 18 2001]</ref> The Lookouts drummer Tré Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it became clear that Sobrante did not plan on committing to the band full time, Tré Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became permanent. The band went on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a stretch of shows overseas in Europe. Its second full length album Kerplunk sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.,<ref>Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.</ref> which was considered quite a large amount for the independent punk scene in 1992.//www.greenday.net/hitlistinterviewbj.html Hit List Interview - Billie Joe Armstrong, July 18 2001]</ref> The Lookouts drummer Tré Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it became clear that Sobrante did not plan on committing to the band full time, Tré Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became permanent. The band went on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a stretch of shows overseas in Europe. Its second full length album Kerplunk sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.,<ref>Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.</ref> which was considered quite a large amount for the independent punk scene in 1992.
Breakthrough success (1994–1996)
Kerplunk's underground success led to a wave of interest coming from major record labels, and eventually they left Lookout! 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.<ref name=happenednext>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."<ref>Smith, RJ. "Top 90 Albums of the 90's." SPIN. August 1999.</ref> After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on recording its major label debut, Dookie. Modèle:Sound sample box align right Modèle:Listen Modèle:ListenModèle:Sample box end www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1779:2213/1/Green_Day.htm Biography Channel - Green Day]</ref> 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 #1 position on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. That year, Green Day embarked on a nationwide tour with queercore band Pansy Division as its opening act. The band also joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza festival and Woodstock 1994, where they started an infamous mud fight. During the concert, a security guard mistook bassist Mike Dirnt for a stage-invading fan and punched out some of his teeth. Viewed by millions via pay-per-view television, the Woodstock 1994 performance further aided Green Day's growing publicity and recognition,<ref name=behindthemusic>"Green Day". Behind the Music. Vh1, 2000.</ref> and helped push its album to eventual diamond status. 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.<ref>Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Dookie" "Green Day Authority."</ref>//www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1779:2213/1/Green_Day.htm Biography Channel - Green Day]</ref> 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 #1 position on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. That year, Green Day embarked on a nationwide tour with queercore band Pansy Division as its opening act. The band also joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza festival and Woodstock 1994, where they started an infamous mud fight. During the concert, a security guard mistook bassist Mike Dirnt for a stage-invading fan and punched out some of his teeth. Viewed by millions via pay-per-view television, the Woodstock 1994 performance further aided Green Day's growing publicity and recognition,<ref name=behindthemusic>"Green Day". Behind the Music. Vh1, 2000.</ref> and helped push its album to eventual diamond status. 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.<ref>Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Dookie" "Green Day Authority."</ref> www.lyricsfreak.com/g/green+day/biography.html LyricsFreak]</ref> Though the album did not approach the success of Dookie, it still sold seven million copies<ref name=happenednext /> in the United States. 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.<ref> Green Day Authority. Band Awards - Insomniac "Green Day Authority."</ref> After that, the band abruptly cancelled a European tour, claiming exhaustion.<ref name="snotty">Di Perna, Alan. "Young, Loud, and Snotty." Guitar World. August 1996.</ref>//www.lyricsfreak.com/g/green+day/biography.html LyricsFreak]</ref> Though the album did not approach the success of Dookie, it still sold seven million copies<ref name=happenednext /> in the United States. 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.<ref> Green Day Authority. Band Awards - Insomniac "Green Day Authority."</ref> After that, the band abruptly cancelled a European tour, claiming exhaustion.<ref name="snotty">Di Perna, Alan. "Young, Loud, and Snotty." Guitar World. August 1996.</ref>
Nimrod and Warning (1997–2002)
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www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/warning</ref> All Music Guide gave it 4.5/5 saying "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying."<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:88q5g44ptv5z~T1</ref> Rolling Stone magazine 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?"<ref>Warning review, Rolling Stone</ref> 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,<ref name=metacritic/> and a decline in popularity followed. While all of Green Day's past albums had reached a status of at least double platinum, Warning was only certified gold.//www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/warning</ref> All Music Guide gave it 4.5/5 saying "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying."<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:88q5g44ptv5z~T1</ref> Rolling Stone magazine 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?"<ref>Warning review, Rolling Stone</ref> 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,<ref name=metacritic/> and a decline in popularity followed. While all of Green Day's past albums had reached a status of at least double platinum, Warning was only certified gold.
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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. Despite the co-headlining title, Green Day would play each show before Blink-182, who at the time were experiencing more success. The tour was documented on the DVD Riding In Vans With Boys.
American Idiot and renewed popularity (2003–present)
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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 UK, where they drew a crowd of 130,000 people over a span of 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. 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. 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.
www.punknews.org/article/13338</ref> The pre-Dookie material, which remained out of print for about a year, was reissued by their current label, Reprise, on January 9, 2007.<ref name="Billboard>Reissue Article on greendayauthority.com</ref>//www.punknews.org/article/13338</ref> The pre-Dookie material, which remained out of print for about a year, was reissued by their current label, Reprise, on January 9, 2007.<ref name="Billboard>Reissue Article on greendayauthority.com</ref>
www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 Green Day's Grammy Awards]" Grammy.com.</ref> which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, a record it shares along with Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Scar Tissue" and Staind's "It's Been Awhile". Green Day was also nominated for Best Rock Video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" at the 2006 MTV Video Music awards, but lost to AFI's "Miss Murder". Both the music videos for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" retired showing on TRL after being on the top ten for 50 days each.//www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 Green Day's Grammy Awards]" Grammy.com.</ref> which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, a record it shares along with Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Scar Tissue" and Staind's "It's Been Awhile". Green Day was also nominated for Best Rock Video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" at the 2006 MTV Video Music awards, but lost to AFI's "Miss Murder". Both the music videos for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" retired showing on TRL after being on the top ten for 50 days each.
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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". The band performed the song on the season finale of American Idol.
In an interview with Kerrang!, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that 2008 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new "Untitled 8th Studio Album","<ref>www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg</ref>
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Music style and influences
Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave punk bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and the Buzzcocks.<ref>Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown and Company, 2001. Pg. 496. ISBN 0-316-78753-1</ref><ref name="snotty" /> The majority of their song catalog is composed of distorted guitar, fast, manic drums, and low, heavy bass. Most of their songs are fast-paced and under the average song length of four minutes (4:00). 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.<ref name="snotty" /> 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.<ref>Di Perna, Alan. "Far From The Maddening Crowd". Guitar World. December 2000.</ref> Armstrong's lyrics commonly describe alienation, ("Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"), hysteria ("Basket Case", "Panic Song"), girls ("She", "80"), and the effects of doing drugs ("Geek Stink Breath", "Green Day"). The Ramones had similar lyrical themes, like 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"). 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.
On their myspace page, the band cites the Sex Pistols, Ramones, The Clash, Van Halen, The Replacements, Husker Du, NOFX, Operation Ivy, and Rancid in their influences section.<ref>www.myspace.com/greenday</ref>
Criticism and controversy
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 Idiot and the subsequent draw of many new fans, much of this criticism has been revived.
One of the more contentious issues is genre labeling. In reaction to both the style of music and the background of the band, many fans and musicians have taken heavy objection to the usage of the term "punk" when applied to Green Day. This is evidenced by the following comments issued by John Lydon (Johnny Rotten), former front man of both the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols and the 1980s post-punk, Public Image Ltd.:
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Brandon Flowers of The Killers has recently gone on record 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 also the fact that the band's recent 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. And he (Billie Joe Armstrong) knew it."<ref>Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 1014 November 30th - Q&A Brandon Flowers, by Austin Scaggs pg 36</ref>
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Related projects
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Band members
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Current members
- Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar (1987–present)
- Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals (1987–present)
- Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1990–present)
Former members
- John Kiffmeyer – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1987–1990)
Current touring musicians
- Jason White – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1999–present)
- Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals (2003–present)
- Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (2004–present)
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Former touring musicians
- Kurt Lohmiller – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (1999–2004)
- Gabrial McNair – trombone, tenor saxophone (1999–2001)
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Session musicians
- Jason White – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals since Warning: (1999–present)
- Rob Cavallo – piano on American Idiot (2004)
- Stephen Bradley – trumpet on Warning (2000) and Nimrod (1997)
- Petra Haden – violin on Nimrod (1997)
- Gabrial McNair – trombone on Nimrod (1997)
Discography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 39/Smooth | Debut album on Lookout! Records, later to be combined with Green Day's Slappy and 1000 Hours EPs into the compilation album 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours |
| 1992 | Kerplunk | Second album on Lookout! Contained the original version of the song "Welcome to Paradise", which would be re-recorded for Green Day's Dookie. |
| 1994 | Dookie | Green Day's major label debut. Moved 15 million copies around the world and launched the band to international fame. Won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album |
| 1995 | Insomniac | The band's second release on Reprise Records. Represented a shift towards more aggressive playing and darker lyrics, which are seen as a response to the backlash received from many hometown critics due to commercial success. |
| 1997 | Nimrod | Experimental album in which the band branched off to other genres including hardcore punk, surf rock, instrumentals, and ballads. |
| 2000 | Warning | Only major-label album not to achieve at least double platinum status in the US. Represented a further extension of experimentation from the time of Nimrod. |
| 2004 | American Idiot | Comeback album after master tapes of their original seventh album (So-called 'Cigarettes and Valentines') were stolen from their studio. Launched Green Day's first Top 5 single, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". |
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- Spitz, Marc. Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day. New York: Hyperion, 2006. ISBN 1-4013-0274-2
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