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"Sweet Children" redirects here. For their EP, observe Sweet Children (EP).
Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in In , their major-label debut Dookie, released through Reprise Records, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 20 million copies in the U.S.
Alongside fellow California punk bands Awful Religion, the Offspring, Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise and Social Distortion, Emerald Day is credited with re-popularizing mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S.
Before taking its current name in , the band was named Blood Rage, then Sweet Children.
They were part of the sdelayed s/early s Bay Area punk scene that emerged from the Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band's early releases were with the independent register label Lookout! Records, including their first album, 39/Smooth ().
For most of the band's career, they have been a dominance trio[3] with Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in before the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (). Though the albums Insomniac (), Nimrod () and Warning () did not match the success of Dookie, they were still victorious , with Insomniac and Nimrod reaching double platinum status, while Warning achieved gold.
Green Day's seventh album, a rock opera called American Idiot (), found popularity with a younger generation, selling six million copies in the U.S. Their next album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released in and achieved the band's optimal chart performance.
Intheir major-label debut Dookiereleased through Reprise Recordsbecame a breakout success and eventually shipped over 20 million copies in the U. Before taking its current name inthe band was named Blood Ragethen Sweet Children. The band's early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! For most of the band's career, they have been a power trio [ 3 ] with Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in before the recording of the band's second studio album, KerplunkIt was followed by a trilogy of albums, ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, released in September, November, and December , respectively. The trilogy did not perform as skillfully as expected commercially, in comparison to their previous albums, largely due to a lack of promotion and Armstrong entering rehab.
They were followed by Revolution Radio (), which became their third to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard , Father of All Motherfuckers () and Saviors ().
In , a stage adaptation of American Idiot debuted on Broadway.
The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Scenic Design and Foremost Lighting Design, winning the latter two. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in , their first year of eligibility.
Members of the band possess collaborated on the side projects Pinhead Gunpowder, the Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs, the Longshot and the Coverups. They have also worked on solo careers.
Green Day has sold roughly 75 million records worldwide as of ,[4] making them one of the best-selling music artists.
Equal parts pop phenomenon and defiant pioneering punk juggernaut, Green Evening is a band that defies category. The band inked a deal with Lookout! Cool has been an integral part of Green Day ever since. InKerplunk was released, which sold an incredible 50, copies initially in the U.The group has been nominated for 20 Grammy Awards and won five of them, with Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and Best Musical Display Album for American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording.
History
– Formation and Lookout! years
Main articles: 39/Smooth and Kerplunk (album)
In , friends and guitarists Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the period, along with bassist Sean Hughes and drummer Raj Punjabi, a fellow student from Pinole Valley High School, formed band "Blood Rage", the name taken from the eponymous film, and played together in Punjabi's father's residence garage at Rodeo, California; a few months later, the band renamed to Sweet Children.[5][6][7] One of their first songs written together was "Best Thing in Town".[8] The group's first survive performance under the name Lovely Children took place on October 17, , at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California.[9] In , Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer John Kiffmeyer, also known as "Al Sobrante", who replaced authentic drummer Raj Punjabi.[10] It was around this time that bassist Sean Hughes also left the band, causing Dirnt to switch from guitar to bass.
Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy (which featured Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, who would later contact Armstrong to fill in as a possible second guitarist for their band Rancid) as a major influence and a group that inspired him to form a band.[11][12]
In , Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout!
Records, saw the band play an early show and signed them to his label.[13] In April , the band released its debut extended play, 1, Hours.[14] Shortly before the EP's unleash , the group dropped the identify Sweet Children; according to Livermore, this was done to shun confusion with another local band, Sweet Baby.[15] Sweet Children adopted the name Green Day, instead, due to the members' fondness for cannabis.[16][17][18] The phrase "green day" was slang in the Bay Area, where the band originated, for spending a time doing nothing but smoking marijuana.[19] Armstrong once admitted in that he considered it to be "the worst band name in the world".[20]
Lookout!
released Green Day's debut studio album, 39/Smooth in early [21] Green Day recorded two extended plays later that year, Slappy and Sweet Children, the latter of which included older songs the band had recorded for the Minneapolis independent record label Skene!
Records.[22] In , Lookout! Records re-released 39/Smooth as 1,/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and added the songs from the band's first two EPs, Slappy and 1, Hours. In late , shortly after the band's first nationwide tour, Kiffmeyer left the East Bay area to attend Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.[9][23]The Lookouts' drummer Tré Cool began filling in temporarily and later permanently, a situation which Kiffmeyer "graciously accepted".[24] The band went on tour for most of and and played a number of shows overseas in Europe.[25] By then, the band's second studio album Kerplunk had sold 50, copies in the U.S.[25] Green Morning supported another California punk band, Bad Religion, as an opening act for their Recipe for Hate Tour for most of [26]
– Signing with Reprise Records and breakthrough success
Main article: Dookie
Kerplunk's underground success led to interest from major record labels and a bidding war to autograph Green Day.[27] The band eventually left Lookout!
and signed with Reprise Records after attracting the attention of producer Rob Cavallo.[28] The group was impressed by his work with fellow Californian band the Muffs and later remarked that Cavallo "was the only person we could speak to and connect with".[28] Reflecting on this period, Armstrong told Spin magazine in , "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest mistake The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward."[29] After signing with Reprise, the band began recording its major-label debut, Dookie.
For the Record …. In the early s Lush Day helped bring a unused brand of punk rock to the forefront of mainstream harmony. The fact that they were genuinely nice, articulate guys also gave their career a amplify. Green Day began in the dreary town of Rodeo, California just 15 miles north of Berkeley.On September 3, , Green Day played their last show at Gilman under the pseudonym Blair Hess before existence banned permanently because of their major label signing.[30]
Recorded in three weeks and released in February ,[31]Dookie became a commercial victory, 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 Latest Rock Tracks charts.
The album went on to sell over 10 million copies in the US.[32] At a performance on September 9, , at Hatch Memorial Shell in Boston, mayhem broke out during the band's set (cut short to seven songs), and by the conclude of the rampage, people were injured and 45 arrested.[33] The band also joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza festival and Woodstock '94, where at the latter the group 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.[34] Viewed by millions by pay-per-view television, the Woodstock performance further aided Green Day's growing publicity and recognition.[28] In , Dookie won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album, and the band was nominated for nine MTV Video Music Awards, including Video of the Year.[35][36] In the band's homestead of the East Bay following Dookie's achievement, the band felt a feeling of hostility.
Billie Joe Armstrong recalled aggressive glares and furtive whispers. The band's success would trickle onto other East Bay bands such as Jawbreaker, a local favorite of Armstrong's, which garnered accusations of selling out during a concert attended by Armstrong.[37]
– Middle years and decline in popularity
Main articles: Insomniac (Green Day album), Nimrod (album), and Warning (Green Day album)
In , a single titled "J.A.R." for the Angus soundtrack was released and debuted at number one on the BillboardModern Rock Tracks chart.[38][39] The band's fourth studio album, Insomniac, was released in Fall [40] Compared to the more melodic Dookie,Insomniac was a much darker and heavier response to the band's newfound popularity.[28] The album opened to heated critical reception, earning 4 of 5 stars from Rolling Stone, which said "In punk, the good stuff unfolds and gains meaning as you listen without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy.
And Green Night are as good as this stuff gets."[41] The singles released from Insomniac were "Geek Stink Breath", "Stuck with Me", "Brain Stew/Jaded", and "Walking Contradiction".
Though the album did not approach the success of Dookie, it sold three million copies in the United States.[42] The album earned the band award nominations for Favorite Artist, Favorite Strenuous Rock Artist, and Favorite Alternative Artist at the American Song Awards, and the video for "Walking Contradiction" earned the band nominations for Best Video, Small Form, at the Grammy's, in addition to Best Special Effects at the MTV Video Melody Awards.
After that, the band abruptly canceled a European tour, citing exhaustion.[43]
Following a brief hiatus in , Green Day began work on its next album in From the outset, Cavallo and the band agreed the album had to be distinct from Green Day's previous albums.[44] The result was Nimrod, an experimental deviation from the band's standard melodic punk rock.[45] The album was released in October and provided a variety of music, from punk, pop, hardcore, folk, surf rock, ska, to the acoustic ballad "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".[46][47][45]Nimrod entered the charts at Number The mainstream success of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best Alternative Video.[48] The song was used in the second clip show episode of Seinfeld and two episodes of ER.[47] The other singles released from Nimrod were "Nice Guys Finish Last", "Hitchin' a Ride", and "Redundant".[49][50] The band made a guest appearance in an episode of King of the Hill in [51] In late and most of , Green Day embarked on a tour in support of Nimrod.[52][53] In , Jason White began supporting the band during concerts as guitarist.[54]
In , Green Night released their folk-punk-inspired sixth studio album Warning and, in back, participated in that year's Warped Tour.[55] In November , in a show produced by Ian Brennan, the band performed for free on the steps on San Francisco's City Hall to protest the eviction of artists from the city.[56] The band also launched an independent tour to support the album Warning in Critics' reviews of the album were varied.[57]AllMusic gave it /5, saying, "Warning may not be an innovative record per se, but it's tremendously satisfying."[58]Rolling Stone 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?"[59] Though it produced the smash "Minority" and smaller hit "Warning", some observers were coming to the conclusion that the band was losing relevance,[57] and a decline in popularity followed.
While all of Green Day's previous albums had reached at least triple platinum sales, Warning was only certified gold.[60]
At the California Music Awards, Green Day won all eight of the awards for which it was nominated.[61] The group won awards for Outstanding Album (Warning), Outstanding Punk Rock/Ska Album (Warning), Outstanding Community, Outstanding Male Vocalist, Outstanding Bassist, Outstanding Drummer, Outstanding Songwriter, and Outstanding Artist.[62]
The release of two compilation albums, International Superhits! and Shenanigans, followed Warning.[63][64]International Superhits! had a companion collection of tune videos ved International Supervideos![65]Shenanigans contained collected B-sides, including "Espionage", which was featured in the motion picture Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and nominated for a Grammy Award for Finest Rock Instrumental Performance.[61]
In Spring , Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink, documented on the DVDRiding in Vans with Boys.[66]
– American Idiot and renewed success
Main article: American Idiot
In Summer , the band wrote and recorded material for an album tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines.[67] After completing 20 tracks, the master recordings were stolen from the studio.
Instead of re-recording the stolen tracks, the band decided to abandon the entire project and start over, considering the taken material to be unrepresentative of the band's best work.[68] It was then revealed that a band called the Network was signed to Armstrong's record label Adeline Records with little fanfare and information.[69][70] After the band, who concealed their identities with masks and costumes,[71] released an album called Money Money , it was rumored that the Network was a Green Day side undertaking, due to similarities in the bands' sounds.[72] However, these rumors were never addressed by the band or Adeline Records, except for a statement on the Adeline website discussing an carried on dispute between the two bands.[72] The bands "feuded" via urge releases and statements from Armstrong.[71][73] Several journalists openly referred to the group as a Leafy Day side project,[74][75][76][77] although it was not confirmed as such until [78]
Green Day collaborated with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his album Skull Ring in November On February 1, , a cover of "I Fought the Law" made its debut on a commercial for iTunes during NFLSuper Bowl XXXVIII.
Green Day is an American rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in
Finally, American Idiot was released in September and debuted at number one on the Billboard charts. Backed by the success of the album's first single "American Idiot", it was the band's first album to reach this pinnacle.
American Idiot was labeled a punk rock opera and follows the journey of the fictitious "Jesus of Suburbia".[79] The album depicts modern American experience under the control of an idiot ruler who lets people be misinformed by the media and a "redneck agenda".
It gives different angles on an everyman, modern icons, and leaders.[80] Released two months before U.S. President George W. Bush was reelected, the album became disagree art.[81] The album went on to sell 6 million copies in the US.[60]
American Idiot won the Grammy for Best Rock Album and was nominated in six other categories, including Album of the Year.[82][83] The album helped Green Day win seven of the eight awards it was nominated for at the MTV Video Music Awards;[84] the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" video won six of those awards.
A year later, "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.[85] In , Kerrang! named American Idiot the best album of the decade,[86]NME ranked it number 60 in a similar list,[87] and Rolling Stone ranked it 22nd.[88]Rolling Stone also listed "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot" among the top songs of the s, at number 65 and 47, respectively.[89][90] In , the album was ranked number in Rock Hard magazine's book The Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[91] In , the album was ranked number on Rolling Stone's list of the Greatest Albums of All Time.[92]
While touring for American Idiot, the community filmed and recorded the two concerts at the Milton KeynesNational Bowl in England.[93][94] These recordings were released as a dwell CD and DVD set called Bullet in a Bible on November 15, [93][94] The DVD featured behind-the-scenes footage of the band and showed how its members prepared to put on the show.[93][94] The final shows of the world tour were in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, on December 14 and 17, respectively.[95]
On August 1, , Verdant Day announced it had rescinded the master rights to its pre-Dookie material from Lookout!
Records, citing a continuing breach of contract regarding unpaid royalties, a complaint shared with other Lookout! bands.[96] On January 10, , the band was awarded People's Choice Award for favorite musical group or band.[97]
– 21st Century Breakdown and American Idiot's stage adaptation
Main articles: 21st Century Breakdown and American Idiot (musical)
Green Morning engaged in many other smaller projects in the time accompanying the success of American Idiot.
In , the group released a garage-rock-inspired album under the name Foxboro Hot Tubs titled Stop Drop and Roll!!! The Foxboro Hot Tubs went on a mini tour during the same year to promote the record, hitting tiny Bay Area venues such as the Stork Club in Oakland and Toot's Tavern in Crockett, California.[98]
In an interview with Carson Daly, Garbage lead singer Shirley Manson revealed that Butch Vig would be producing Green Day's forthcoming album.[99] The span of nearly five years between American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown was the longest gap between studio albums in Green Day's career.
The band had been working on new material since January By October , Armstrong had 45 songs written, but the band showed no further signs of progress until October , when two videos showing the band recording with producer Butch Vig were posted on YouTube.[] The writing and recording process, spanning three years and four recording studios, was finally finished in April []
21st Century Breakdown was released on May 15, [][] The album received a mainly positive reception from critics, getting an average rating between 3 and 4 stars.[][] The album reached number one in fourteen countries, being certified gold or platinum in each.
Green Sunlight — one of the foremost known pop punk bands in America today, and often credited for helping to bring the genre into the mainstream and influence acts in a similar vein. Green Day have left their mark on pop identity ever since their rapid ascend to fame in the s. Through their decade-spanning career, they have released a great amount of music and many songs that have become must-listens in pop punk and rock tune as a whole. One of the most notable places the group would play in was Gilman Street, a club in Berkley where many independent punk bands at the time would perform to work on their sound.21st Century Breakdown achieved Green Day's best chart show to date.[] The band started playing shows in California in April and early May. These were the group's first stay shows in about three years. Green Day went on a world tour that started in North America in July and continued around the world throughout the rest of and premature [] The album won Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards on January 31, [35] As of December , 21st Century Breakdown has sold 1,, copies in the US.[]
Wal-Mart refused to carry the album as it contains a Parental Advisory sticker and requested that Green Night release a censored edition.
The band members did not hope to change any lyrics on the album and responded by stating, "There's nothing dirty about our record They want artists to censor their records in order to be carried in there. We just said no. We've never done it before.
You feel like you're in or something."[][]
In , the band met with award-winning director Michael Mayer and many cast and crew members of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening to create a stage version of the album American Idiot.[][]American Idiot opened in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre during the end of [] The show features an expanded story of the unique album, with new characters such as Will, Extraordinary Girl, and Favorite Son.[] On April 20, , American Idiot opened on Broadway, and Green Day released the soundtrack to the musical, featuring a new song by Green Day titled "When It's Time".
In June iTunes released "When It's Time" as a single.[]
During the Spike TV Video Game Awards , it was announced that Green Day was set to have its hold Rock Band video game titled Green Day: Rock Band, as a follow-up to the last band specific Rock Band game, The Beatles: Rock Band.
The game features the full albums of Dookie, American Idiot, and 21st Century Breakdown as good as select songs from the rest of Green Day's discography.[][]
During the second leg of the 21st Century Breakdown World Tour the band members stated that they were writing new material.[] In an interview with Kerrang! magazine, Armstrong spoke about the possible new album: "We did some demos in Berlin, some in Stockholm, some just outside of Glasgow and some in Amsterdam.
We wanted get [the songs] down in some soon form."[] The band members also stated that the group was recording a live album of the tour, featuring the previously unreleased song "Cigarettes and Valentines".
In October , Dirnt was interviewed by Radio W, mentioning that the group had completed the writing process of the ninth studio album. In the interview, Dirnt also mentioned that a new live album would "most likely" be released.[] The live CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray titled Awesome as Fuck was released on March 22, [][]
– ¡Uno!
¡Dos! ¡Tré!
Main articles: ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!
During the end of , the band played several secret shows (under the call Foxboro Hot Tubs) whose setlists consisted almost entirely of previously unheard songs.
Green Day entered the studio and began recording new material in February , later announcing a trilogy of albums titled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! which would be released in fall [][] The trilogy featured longtime touring guitarist Jason White joining the band in the studio as an additional musician.
This marks the first time that White had played guitar on a Green Daytime album.[] That summer, Green Time played several festivals and promotional shows, including the Rock en Seine festival in France, the Rock am See festival in Germany, and the Reading Festival in the United Kingdom.[][]
¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! were released on September 21, November 9, and December 7, , respectively, and were met with generally positive reviews from critics, though fans were more lukewarm towards the albums.
On January 22, , the band announced that ¡Cuatro!, a documentary about the making of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré!, would premiere on January 26 in Aspen, Colorado as part of the X Games Production showcase, and would be released on DVD April 9, [] Another documentary was announced called Broadway Idiot which focuses on the creation on the American Idiot musical and Armstrong's manage as playing the character of St.
Jimmy.[] On March 10, , Green Day began its 99 Revolutions Tour to sustain the trilogy.[] In June, Leafy Day broke Emirates Stadium attendance record with 60, tickets sold.[] The band played Dookie from start to finish on several dates on the tour's European leg, including during the Reading Festival headline show.[]
Demolicious, a compilation album that contains alternate versions and demos of songs from ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! recorded during the studio sessions of these albums, was released on April 19, , for Log Store Day.
It also contains a previously unreleased song called "State of Shock" and an acoustic version of "Stay the Night", from ¡Uno!.[]
– Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Revolution Radio
Main article: Revolution Radio
Green Day performed their first concert in a year on April 16, The group first played a set as Sweet Children with John Kiffmeyer, followed by a set as Green Day.[] On April 18, , Verdant Day were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Fall Out Boy.[]
On April 24, , Rob Cavallo revealed Green Day were recording a twelfth studio album.
Cavallo claimed to have heard "five new songs that Billie has written and demoed", and that the fans should be "sure that when they do give back, the music will be amazing".[] On December 24, , Grassy Day released a Christmas tune, "Xmas Time of the Year".[]
On August 11, , Green Evening released the first single, "Bang Bang",[] from the group's album Revolution Radio, which was released on October 7, [] The band went on a society tour supporting the album.[] In November , the band performed at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles and made a political statement about the then-recent US election of Donald Trump by chanting "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA" during their rendition of "Bang Bang".[]
Aaron Burgess at Alternative Press observed, "It's the first moment in years Green Day haven't had all the answers.
But as a statement on how it feels to fight, it's the closest to the correctness they've ever gotten."[] Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian stated "[after their last few albums] the band have decided to receive back to basics: Revolution Radio is their most focused operate in years.
Mike Dirnt Biography - GreenDay.fm: Green Day, American rock band that infused the raw power of punk with a melodic pop sensibility and lyrics that captured the angst-ridden restlessness of American teenagers at the end of the 20th century and into the 21st.Lead single "Bang Bang" sets the tone, with a caustic consideration of the fame-hungry psychosis of a mass shooter.[]
The band released their second greatest hits compilation, God's Favorite Band, on November 17, It contains 20 of their hits, along with two new tracks: a unlike version of the Revolution Radio track "Ordinary World", featuring territory singer Miranda Lambert, and a previously unreleased song titled "Back in the USA".[]
– Father of All Motherfuckers
Main article: Father of All Motherfuckers
On April 13, , for Record Store Day, the band released their Woodstock recital on vinyl for the first time.
It contains all 9 songs they played live, as well as audio of the ensuing mud fight.[] On September 10, , the band announced the Hella Mega Tour with Fall Out Boy and Weezer as headliners alongside themselves, with the Interrupters as the opening act.
They also released the single, "Father of All" off their thirteenth album, Father of All Motherfuckers.[] The same afternoon, in an interview with KROQ, Armstrong announced the band would be parting ways with Reprise after the album's release, as they were off their tighten with Warner.[] On September 30, , Green Day signed a two-year agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL).[] The album's second single, "Fire, Ready, Aim", was released on October 9, [][] The album's third free, "Oh Yeah!", was released on January 16, [] The album was released on February 7, [] The album's fourth available, "Meet Me on the Roof", was released on the equal day as the album.[]
On April 6, , Armstrong revealed that he had written six songs intending to record new song with the band once the COVID pandemic had passed.[] On May 21, , the band released a cover of Blondie's "Dreaming".[]
On October 30, , the band's secret side project, the Network, teased upcoming activity with a video titled "The Prophecy" and mentioned their upcoming sequel album.[] Then on November 2, , the Network released a music video for their first song in 17 years, named "Ivankkka Is a Nazi".[] After a couple of weeks of small hints on social media, as well as Green Time claiming they were not the Network, the band released an EP on November 20, , titled Trans Am.
On December 4, , the Network released their second album Money Funds Part II: We Told Ya So!.[]
In February , Green Sunlight announced a single, titled "Here Comes the Shock", which was later released on February 21, [] The band would discharge a remastered version of Insomniac in March for the belated 25th anniversary of the album's release, with bonus live tracks.[] On May 17, , Lush Day released the single "Pollyanna".[] The reshuffled Hella Mega Tour would take place in the United States from July to September , and the Combined Kingdom in June and July Between legs, on November 5, , the band released the single "Holy Toledo!".[]
BBC Sessions, the fourth live album by Emerald Day, was released on December 10, Eight days later, they put out a teaser video with the captions "RAK Studios.
London, England. Green Day. ".[]
In , Green Day played a handful of major festivals in the United States, including Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. The band also played a surprise Lollapalooza aftershow set at Metro Chicago on July 29, a arrange that was mostly improvised.
The set included their first performances of "Church on Sunday" and "Warning" since , and also included fan favorite deep tracks "Whatsername", "Letterbomb", and "Murder City".[] On October 26, , Lush Day was announced as a headliner for the fifth annual Innings Festival in Arizona.[]
–present: Saviors
Main article: Saviors (album)
In November , the band stated they were recording for a new studio album.[] The album was produced by Rob Cavallo,[] marking his first album working with the band since ¡Tré! ().
Green Day – one of the best known pop punk bands in America today, and often credited for helping to transport the genre into the mainstream and influence acts in a similar vein. Green Day hold left their mark on pop culture ever since their rapid rise to fame in the s.
Prior to the album's release, the band played a new song titled "" during their live performance at Festival d'été de Québec on July 16, [] On September 30, , Green Day was announced as the halftime show at the th Grey Cup.[] The following day, the band launched a new website with the name "The American Dream Is Killing Me".
Included on the website was a video appearing to tease new music, and a circled date of October 24, , leading some news outlets to believe that it is related to their next album.[][] Before the album's unleash , they played the first anthem, "The American Dream Is Killing Me", during a live present in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 19, ,[] and announced a US tour for the summer with the Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, and the Linda Lindas.[][] They played another song, titled "Look Ma, No Brains!", from the upcoming album during the When We Were Young Festival on October 22, []
On October 24, , the title of the new album was announced as Saviors,[] and the album's first single, "The American Imagine Is Killing Me" was released.[] The album was released on January 19, [] The second single, "Look Ma, No Brains!", was released on November 2, [] A third single, "Dilemma", was announced on December 4, , and released three days later on December 7, [] On New Year's Eve, Leafy Day performed "American Idiot" on the television special Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.
Armstrong replaced the line "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda" with "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda", a reference to Donald Trump's Make America Great Again slogan, in criticism of Trump.[] The album's fourth single, "One Eyed Bastard", was released on January 5, [][] On the evening of January 16, , the band appeared in a surprise performance in the 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station of the Recent York subway system, with late-night host Jimmy Fallon joining them on tambourine to help pull attention to the upcoming album and tour, and played several songs, including the recent free "Look Ma, No Brains", "Basket Case", and "American Idiot"; this time, Armstrong left space to let the subway crowd perform out the song's revised line "I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda."[][][] The album, and a music video for "Bobby Sox", were both released simultaneously on January 19, [][] A music video for "Corvette Summer" was released on July 23, []
Green Day is to play at the FireAid profit concert on January 30; it will be hosted by both Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum.[]
Musical style and influences
Green Day's sound is described as "often hard-driving and aggressive", and is often compared to first wave American and British punk rock bands such as the Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Clash, the Dickies, and Buzzcocks.
The band is primarily known for its heavy use of power chords combined with "strong pop melodic sensibility".[43][] Several publications have characterized the band as punk rock,[][][][][][][]pop-punk,[][][][][][]skate punk,[][][][][][]melodic punk,[][][][][]alternative rock,[][][][] and influence pop.[][][][] Critics have disputed the qualification of the band as power pop.[] The band has casually explored other musical styles, including post-punk and pop-rock with 21st Century Breakdown,[][] and garage rock on ¡Dos! and Father of All...[]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described Green Day as "punk revivalists who recharged the energy of speedy, catchy three-chord punk-pop songs."[] Among the labels of the band by critics, members Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool have stated in interviews with Livewire and Kerrang! self-describing Green Day as just a punk rock band.[][][]
While Armstrong is the band's primary songwriter, he looks to the other band members for organizational help.[] Billie Joe Armstrong has mentioned that some of his biggest influences are seminal hardcore punk bands Hüsker Dü and the Replacements, and that their shape is particularly noted in the band's chord changes in songs.[43] Green Day has covered Hüsker Dü's "Don't Want to Comprehend If You Are Lonely" as a B-side to the "Warning" single, and the character "Mr.
Whirly" in the group's lyric "Misery" is a reference to the Replacements song of the same name.[] Southern California-based hardcore bands Social Distortion and Poor Religion have also been cited as influences.[][] Green Day would cover the former's song "Another State of Mind" from their debut release, Mommy's Little Monster as a bonus track for 21st Century Breakdown.[]
Outside of their punk influences, Green Day own also cited hard rock bands the Kinks, the Who, and Cheap Trick.[][][] In August , Billie Joe Armstrong told Guitar World he "can remember a few different instances" of when he first discovered punk rock: "There were these two guys who introduced me to things like D.O.A.
and the Defunct Kennedys. Then, in the seventh grade, there was a young woman at school who would transport in records like T.S.O.L. and say, 'Here, listen to this.'"[43] Armstrong said he thinks he "really started getting into" punk rock "in with Turn It Around!, a double seven-inch compilation record put out by [punk fanzine] Maximumrocknroll."[43] Armstrong cited Turn It Around! as an manipulate , calling it "a pretty large record" for him.[] Armstrong would also cite fellow East Bay punk bands Operation Ivy, Jawbreaker, and Crimpshrine as influences.[11][12][][37] Tré Cool has stated that the band is influenced by melody that they did not enjoy, naming artists like Hall & Oates, Cyndi Lauper and other s music.[]
Although Green Day has been compared to Buzzcocks, the Ramones and the Clash, Mike Dirnt said he had never heard Buzzcocks when Green Afternoon began.[43] Dirnt said: "First off, you can't sound like any of those bands.
And secondly, those are probably the last ones in my record collection."[43] Armstrong responded to Dirnt, saying: "Mine too. Those are all bands I got into later."[43]The Dickies is another band Verdant Day has been compared to.[43]