The band adopted the name Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana. Green Day would record two EPs later that year: Slappy and Sweet Children , the latter of which included some older songs they had recorded for Minneapolis indie label Skene! In , Lookout! In late , shortly after the band's first nationwide tour, Sobrante left the East Bay area to attend college.
Kerplunk's underground success led to a wave of interest coming from major record labels, and eventually they left Lookout!
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 , and recorded in 3 weeks, 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 number one 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 , 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 performance further aided Green Day's growing publicity and recognition, and helped push its album to eventual diamond status. In , a new single for the Angus soundtrack was released, titled " J. The single went straight to number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The song was followed by the band's new album, Insomniac , which was released in the fall of Insomniac was a much darker and heavier response by the band, compared to the poppier, more melodic Dookie.
Though the album did not approach the success of Dookie, it still sold two million copies in the United States. After that, the band abruptly cancelled a European tour, citing exhaustion. After taking a break in , Green Day began to work on a new album in 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 It provided a variety of music, from pop-punk, surf rock, and ska, to an acoustic ballad. Nimrod entered the charts at number The song was also used in the second "clip show" episode of [Seinfeld and on two episodes of ER.
In , Green Day released Warning , a step further in the style that they had hinted at with Nimrod. Critics' reviews of the album were varied. Allmusic gave it 4. The release of a Greatest Hits compilation, International Superhits! International Superhits and its companion collection of music videos, International Supervideos!
Despite the co-headlining title, Green Day would play each show before Blink, who at the time were experiencing more success. Green Day's logo used in American Idiot. In the summer of the band went into a studio to write and record new material for a new album, tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines. After completing 20 tracks, the master tapes were stolen from the studio. The band, understandably upset, chose not to try to re-create the stolen album, but instead started over with a vow to be even better than before.
And they underwent serious "band therapy," engaging in several long talks to work out the members' differences after accusations from Dirnt and Cool that Armstrong was "the band's Nazi" and a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.
At the end of the summer, the band stole the show at Woodstock '94, which increased the sales of Dookie. By the time their fourth single, "When I Come Around," began its seven-week stay at number one on the modern rock charts in early , Dookie had sold over five million copies in the U.
Green Day quickly followed Dookie with Insomniac in the fall of ; during the summer, they hit number one again on the modern rock charts with "J. Insomniac performed well initially, entering the U. In the spring of , Green Day abruptly canceled a European tour, claiming exhaustion. Following the cancellation, the band spent the rest of the year resting and writing new material before issuing Nimrod in late Three years later, their long-awaited follow-up, a refreshingly poppy record titled Warning , was released.
Another long wait preceded 's American Idiot , an aggressive rock opera that became a surprise success -- a chart-topper around the world, a multi-platinum Grammy winner, and easily the best-reviewed album of their career.
Green Day reveled in the album's success, hitting numerous award shows and performing as part of Live 8 in July That fall brought the release of Bullet in a Bible , a concert album that documented the trio's expansive Idiot live show.
With their popularity and commercial viability restored, Green Day took on several small projects before returning to the studio. While presenting an award at the Grammys in early , the band announced the impending release of Green Day 's eighth album, 21st Century Breakdown , which had been recorded with veteran producer Butch Vig.
In May of , 21st Century Breakdown was released, picking up where American Idiot left off as another ambitious punk rock opera. The album was a commercial success, selling over , copies in its first three days of sales. In , American Idiot was adapted for the stage, and the following year, Green Day lent their talents to the original cast recording, combining a driving score with Broadway vocal arrangements.
During the summer of , Green Day unveiled their ambitious plans for the fall and winter: they would release not one but three new albums. Days later, it was announced that Armstrong entered rehab for substance abuse; not long afterward, the band's touring plans for were canceled. Following their induction, producer Rob Cavallo announced that he had started work on a new album with the trio.
Billie Joe Armstrong, the guitarist is is 43 years old , born February 17, Mike Dirnt, the bassist is also 43 years old , born 4th May The drummer of the band, Tre Cool is again, 43 years old , born 9th December Even in light of Armstrong's recent endeavors, Green Day has remained fairly active.
The trio released their fifth compilation album Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band last November, just over a year after their 12th studio album, Revolution Radio. Watch Armstrong tell it like it is below. One reason they are not that big anymore is because of the record companies.
Rock is dead in their mind and the next Ketty Perry will do for them and not 3 46—47 year old punks. The public's musical taste comes and goes in cycles. It's actually quite rare for a band to have as much success as Green Day has had. The band's thirteenth studio album, Father of All Motherfuckers, was released on February 7, Green Day has sold more than 85 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists.
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armonstrong has shut down rumours that the band are breaking up. One of the most mainstream punk bands since the new millennium, Green Day has faced criticism for selling out ever since releasing 's American Idiot — some would say as far back as after the release of 's Dookie.
They didn't sell out. Billie Joe Armstrong Armstrong is the lead singer of the band. The couple has two sons who also play in bands. The lead singer of Green Day publicly dealt with substance abuse issues. After a public meltdown at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in , the band's reps announced Armstrong would be seeking help. Why are they called Green Day?
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