Band Biograhpy
Billie Joe and Mike founded the band, which used to be called sweet children. The first conversation the two of them had was actually about writing a song! Billie Joe wrote his first song at the age of 14, it was called "Why do you want him?" and was about his mother and step Father. In 1987 Al Sobrante joined the band and Sweet Children was completly formed
The first EP they recorded under the name Green Day was "1,000 hours" They were 17 at the time.
Mike Graduated from High School, but Billie dropped out the day before his 18th Birthday. They released there deput album "1,039 smoothed out slappy hours" In 1990, and it was a compilation of 3 EP's they'd made before.
Al Sobrante left the band to go to college, and the guy who taught him drums took over in the band. This was, of course Tre Cool. Billie has said that he doesn't think the band would have been as succesful as they are today If Tre wasn't there drummer. They then Released "Kerplunk" In 1991. It was there last album on Look Out Records.
They signed to Reprise Records in 1993, but it was a hard decision for the band to go to a major, and after they did the underground punk scene exiled them. They released "Dookie" In 1994, and soon reached stardom with songs like "Basket Case" and "When I come around"
There next album, "Insomniac" wasn't as succesfull as "Dookie", but that didn't deture them, and they soon released "Nimrod" Which contained one of there best known songs "Good Riddance" Or better known as "Time of your life"
"Warning" was a slightly more mellow kind of Punk Rock, but still had some hits like "Minority". They then released there greatest hits album "International Superhits" and to go with it "Shananigans" which was a mix of covers and B sides from the band.
There latest album is "American Idiot" A Punk rock opera with two nine minute songs. After having finished a new album it was stolen, so they had to start ll over again. But the result was excellent. There Producer later said there stolen album was actaully there worst ever. They are currently touring for this album. And are now the biggest rock band in the world
The albums
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1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
Release Date: April 19, 1991
Track Listing:
1. At the Library
2. Don't Leave Me
3. I Was There
4. Disapearing Boy
5. Green Day
6. Going to Pasalacqua
7. 16
8. Road to Acceptance
9. Rest
10. The Judge's Daughter
11. Paper Laterns
12. Why Do You Want Him?
13. 409 in Your Coffeemaker
14. Knowledge
15. 1,000 Hours
16. Dry Ice
17. Only Of You
18. The One That I Want
19. I Want to Be Alone | |
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Kerplunk!
Release Date: January 17, 1992
Track Listing:
1. 2,000 Light Years Away
2. One for the Razorbacks
3. Welcome to Paradise
4. Christie Road
5. Private Ale
6. Dominated Love Slave
7. One of My Lies
8. 80
9. Andriod
10. No One Knows
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield
12. Words I Might Have Ate
13. Sweet Children
14. Best Thing In Town
15. Strangeland
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Dookie
Release Date: February 1, 1994
Track Listing:
1. Burnout
2. Having a Blast
3. Chump
4. Longview
5. Welcome to Paradise
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Basket Case
8. She
9. Sassafras Roots
10. When I Come Around
11. Coming Clean
12. Emenius Sleepus
13. In the End
14. F.O.D. (Fuck Off and Die)
15. All by Myself* | |
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Insomniac
Release Date: October 10, 1995
Track Listing:
1. Armatage Skanks
2. Brat
3. Stuck With Me
4. Geek Stink Breath
5. No Pride
6. Bab's Uvula Who?
7. 86
8. Panic Song
9. Stuart and the Ave
10. Brain Stew
11. Jaded
12. Westbound Sign
13. Tight Wad Hill
14. Walking Contradiction |
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nimrod.
Release Date: October 14, 1997
Track Listing:
1. Nice Guys Finish Last
2. Hitchin' a Ride
3. The Grouch
4. Reduntant
5. Scattered
6. All the Time
7. Worry Rock
8. Platypus (I Hate You)
9. Uptight
10. Last Ride In (Instrumental)
11. Jinx
12. Haushinka
13. Walking Alone
14. Reject
15. Take Back
16. King for a Day
17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
18. Prosthetic Head | |
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Warning
Release Date: October 3, 2000
Track Listing:
1. Warning
2. Blood, Sex, and Booze
3. Church on Sunday
4. Fashion Victim
5. Castaway
6. Misery
7. Deadbeat Holiday
8. Hold On
9. Jackass
10. Waiting
11. Minority
12. Macy's Day Parade | |
My First Green Day album!:
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International Superhits!
Release Date: November 13, 2001
Track Listing:
1. Maria
2. Poprocks & Coke
3. Longview
4. Welcome to Paradise
5. Basketcase
6. When I Come Around
7. She
8. JAR
9. Geek Stink Breath
10 Brain Stew
11. Jaded
12. Walking Contradiction
13. Stuck With Me
14. Hitchin' A Ride
15. Time Of Your Life
16. Redundant
17. Nice Guys Finish Last
18. Minority
19. Warning
20. Waiting
21.Macy's Day parade | |
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Shenanigans
Release Date: July 2, 2002
Track Listing:
1. Suffocate
2. Desensitized
3. You Lied
4. Outsider
5. Don't Wanna Fall in Love
6. Espionage (Instrumental)
7. I Wanna Be On TV
8. Scumbag
9. Tired of Waiting
10. Sick of Me
11. Rotting
12. Do Da Da
13. On the Wagon
14. Ha Ha You're Dead | |
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American Idiot
Release Date: September 21, 2004
Track Listing:
1. American Idiot
2. Jesus Of Suburbia
3. Holiday
4. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
5. Are We The Waiting
6. St. Jimmy
7. Give Me Novacaine
8. She's A Rebel
9. Extraordinary Girl
10. Letterbomb
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
12. Homecoming
13. Whatsername | |
