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Green Day Bio
vaxChildhood friends Billie Joe
Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass; born Michael Pritchard)
formed their first band 'Sweet Children' when they were 14 years old in
Rodeo, California. By 1989, the group had added drummer John Kiftmeyer
(aka: Al Sobrante) and changed their name to Green Day after one of
their songs. That year, the band independently released their first EP,
1,000 Hours, which was well received in the punk scene. The band soon
signed to local independent label, Lookout! Records (run by Larry
Livermore) and their debut album "39/Smooth" was also released that
year. Shortly after its release, Kiftmeyer announced that he was going
to college and suggested his former drum tutor Tre Cool (born Frank
Edwin Wright, III) take over as the band's permanent drummer. Throughout
the early '90s, Green Day continued to cultivate a cult following, which
only gained strength with the release of their sophomore album, 1992's 'Kerplunk'.
'Nimrod' was well received by fans and critics alike, managing to land
at #10 on the Billboard charts having sold 80,000 copies in it's first
week. However, Green Day's comeback single "Hitchin' A Ride" only made
it to #5 on the modern rock charts despite being placed in heavy
rotation on MuchMusic and MTV. In response to this the band released
what is arguably their most successful single ever. Although it would
not make it to number one in the mainstream charts (it's highest
position was #2), "Time of Your Life" is now probably the most well
known song Green Day have ever written. Featuring Billie Joe on acoustic
guitar & vocals, and Petra Hayden (of That Dog) on violin, "Time Of Your
Life" became the song to play in any remotely sad situation. The song
was even used on the last ever episode of the hit TV show Seinfeld (the
most watched finale in the history of TV). Along with Seinfeld, the song
was also played during two different episodes of hit drama E.R, making
it possibly the most heard song that year on television.
Released in the fall of 2000, "Warning:" was by far Green Day's most
ambitious album to date and first single "Minority" sat at the top of
the Billboard Modern Rock Chart after just four weeks. Although
"Warning:" contained some of the band's best songs to date (in
particular the excellent third single "Waiting"), many fans didn't take
too well to the band's new punk-folk sound. Although it has since been
certified platinum sales status, "Warning" is arguably Green Day's least
successful album. After "Warning:" the band released a greatest hits
album entitled 'International Super Hits' and a b-sides compilation
called "Shenanigans" as well as their first DVD 'International
Supervideos" which chronicles the band's music videos thus far.
However, these rumours soon died down when after another long hiatus the
band announced that a new album was in the works. "What's It Going To
Sound Like?" people wondered from all over the Green Day community. "Is
it going to be another 'Warning' or are they going to go back to their
Punk Rock roots?". Those questions have recently been answered with the
explosive new single "American Idiot" which incidentally is also the
title track to the new album. For the first time in Green Day's history,
Billie Joe has let loose some great politically motivated lyrics and
from what we have heard of this album already it looks like Green Day
might have made the best album of their career!
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