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Biography
1997: (Wind-up
Records)
2000: (Wind-up Records)
2003: (Wind-up Records) certified Gold
2007: Green Day is an American punk trio formed in 1987. 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 was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman
Street in Berkeley, California. Its early releases for independent
record label Lookout! Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some
of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label.
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. 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'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 and gold status respectively. 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.
The band has sold over 65 million records worldwide, including 22
million in the United States alone. 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". (Wind-up Records) certified Gold. [Source:
en.wikipedia.org]
Members
Current
members
Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals, guitar(1987–present)
Mike Dirnt - bass guitar, vocals (1987-present)
Tré Cool – drums, percussion, vocals (1990–present)
Former members
John Kiffmeyer – drums, percussion, vocals (1987–1990)
Current touring musicians
Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
(2004–present)
Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–present)[48]
Jason White – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999–present)
Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone,
saxophone, accordion, backing vocals (2003–present)
Former touring musicians
Kurt Lohmiller – trumpet, timpani, percussion, vocals (1999–2004)
Gabrial McNair – trombone, tenor saxophone (1999–2001)
Garth Schultz - trombone, trumpet
Session musicians
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)
Albums:
39/Smooth
Kerplunk!
Dookie
Insomniac
Nimrod
Warning
American Idiot
Green Day's eighth studio album
Live at Gilman Street
Live Tracks
Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking
Foot in Mouth
Tune in, Tokyo...
Bullet in a Bible
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