#Green day discography allmusic full

#Green day discography allmusic full

The band's second full length album Kerplunk sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S. The band went on tour for most of 19, and played a stretch of shows overseas in Europe. The Lookouts drummer TrГ© Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it became clear that Sobrante did not plan to commit to the band full time, TrГ© Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became permanent. In late 1990, shortly after the band's first nationwide tour, Sobrante left the East Bay area to attend college. In 1991, Lookout! Records released 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, a compilation of the 39/Smooth, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours EPs. 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! Records. Lookout! would release Green Day's first LP, 39/Smooth in early 1990. The band adopted the name Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana. Before 1,000 Hours was released, the band dropped the name Sweet Children, according to Livermore this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby. In 1989 they recorded their first EP, 1,000 Hours. Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout! Records, saw the band play an early show and signed them to his label. Kiffmeyer served as both the band's drummer and business manager, handling the booking of shows and helping the band establish a fan base. In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer, John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante). The first Sweet Children show took place on October 17, 1987, at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California where Armstrong's mother was working. In 1987, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children. Problems listening to this file? See media help. Sample of 'Welcome to Paradise' from Kerplunk This was before Green Day re-recorded the song for its major-label debut Dookie. They have won three Grammy Awards Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'. Green Day has sold over 22 million records in the United States. The band's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released on May 15, 2009. 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. 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, double platinum, and gold status respectively. 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. Nevertheless, its major label debut Dookie (1994) became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. The band's early releases for independent record label Lookout! Records earned it a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when the band signed to a major label.

Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California.

The band has consisted of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and TrГ© Cool (drums, percussion) for the majority of its existence. Green Day is an American rock trio formed in 1987.