Green Day
Background information
Origin East Bay, California, USA
Genre(s) Pop Punk
Alternative Rock
Punk Rock
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Lookout! (1989-1993)
Reprise (1993-present)
Website greenday.com
Members
Billie Joe Armstrong
Mike Dirnt
Tré Cool
Jason White (Live)
Former members
Al Sobrante
Green Day is an American rock band formed in 1989 comprising three core
members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and
Tré Cool (drums).
Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in
Berkeley, California. Their early releases for independent label Lookout!
Records earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom felt alienated when
the band signed to a major label. Nevertheless, their major label debut
Dookie became a breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 million
copies in the U.S. alone.[1] As a result, Green Day was widely credited,
along with fellow California punk bands The Offspring and Rancid, with
reviving mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the United
States.[2][3] Green Day's immediate follow-up albums did not achieve the
massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful. Their 2004 rock
opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity with a younger
generation, selling 5 million copies in the U.S.[4]
The band has sold over 60 million records worldwide,[5] including 22 million
in the United States alone.[6] Their success has influenced prominent pop
punk bands such as Sum 41, New Found Glory, and Good Charlotte.[3] Green Day
currently has three Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album for Dookie,
Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for "Boulevard of
Broken Dreams."
Band history
Formation and Lookout years (1987–1993)
In 1987, childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt (both 14
years old) formed a two person band called Sweet Children. 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.[7] In late 1989,
Armstrong, Dirnt and John Kiffmeyer (aka Al Sobrante) formed Green Day,
allegedly choosing the name for their fondness of marijuana.[8] Green Day
performed its first show in the courtyard of Contra Costa College, a junior
college in San Pablo, California that Sobrante attended.[9]
Shortly thereafter, Larry Livermore, owner of independent label Lookout!
Records, went to one of the bands shows. The band, he said, played the show
like "The Beatles at Shea Stadium".[10][11] Livermore signed the band to
Lookout!, and In late 1989 they released their first EP, 1,000 Hours, and
quickly followed it up with their first LP, 39/Smooth in early 1990.
The lyrics sheet of 39/Smooth included a letter purporting to be from I.R.S.
Records that claimed the label had made an attempt to sign Green Day. It
also included a response from the band making it clear that they were loyal
to Lookout! Records, saying that I.R.S. was a "cheesy and washed-up" label.
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. In 1991, Lookout! Records released
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, a compilation of the 39/Smooth, Slappy, and
1,000 Hours EPs. In late 1990, shortly after the band's first nationwide
tour, Sobrante left the East Bay area to attend college.[12] Lookouts
drummer Tré Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it
became clear that Sobrante did not plan on committing to the band full time,
Tré Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became fixed. The band went on
tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a stretch of shows overseas in
Europe. Their second full length album Kerplunk! sold about 50,000 copies in
the U.S.,[13] which was considered quite a large amount for the independent
punk scene in 1992.
Breakthrough success (1994–1996)
Kerplunk!'s underground success led to a wave of interest coming from major
record labels, and eventually they left Lookout! on friendly terms and
signed with Reprise Records after attracting the attention of producer Rob
Cavallo. Signing to Reprise caused many punk rock fans to regard Green Day
as sellouts.[14] Reflecting on the period, Armstrong told SPIN magazine in
1999, "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest
success in the world or the biggest failure ... The only thing I could do
was get on my bike and go forward."[15] They then went to work on recording
their major label debut, Dookie.
Released in February of 1994, and recorded in a mere 3 weeks, Dookie became
a commercial sensation, helped by extensive MTV airplay for the videos of
the songs "Longview," "Basket Case," and "When I Come Around," all of which
sat in the #1 position on the Modern Rock Tracks charts. That year, Green
Day embarked on a nationwide tour with queercore band Pansy Division as
their opening act. The band also joined the lineups of both the Lollapalooza
festival and Woodstock 1994, 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 1994 performance further aided Green
Day's growing publicity and recognition,[16] and helped push their album to
eventual diamond status. In 1995, Dookie won the Grammy Award for Best
Alternative Album and the band was nominated for 9 MTV Video Music Awards
including Video of the Year.[17]
In 1995, a new single for the Angus soundtrack was released, titled "J.A.R.."
The single went straight to #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
The song was followed by their new album, Insomniac, which was released in
the fall of 1995. Insomniac was a much darker response by the band, compared
to the poppy, more melodic Dookie.[16] Insomniac opened to a warm critical
reception, earning 4 out of 5 stars from Rolling Stone Magazine, raving "In
punk, the good stuff actually unfolds and gains meaning as you listen
without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy. And Green Day
are as good as this stuff gets."[18]Insomniac used a piece of art by Winston
Smith entitled God told Me To Skin You Alive for its album cover. Smith said
to drummer Tré Cool that if he ever needed album artwork, that he should
call him. Singles released from Insomniac were "Geek Stink Breath," the
radio-favorite double single "Brain Stew/Jaded," "Walking Contradiction,"
and "Stuck With Me." One track, "86," was a reference to the Gilman Street
club refusing them entry after the release of Dookie, claiming that they had
"gone too commercial." Though the album did not approach the success of
Dookie, it still sold seven million copies[14] in the United States.
Insomniac won the band award nominations for Favorite Artist, Favorite Hard
Rock Artist, and Favorite Alternative Artist at the 1996 American Music
Awards, and the video for "Walking Contradiction" got the band a Grammy
nomination for Best Video, Short Form, in addition to a Best Special Effects
nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards.[19] After that, the band abruptly
cancelled a European tour, claiming exhaustion.[20]
nimrod. and Warning: (1997–2002)
After taking a break in 1996, Green Day began work on a new album in 1997.
From the outset, both the band and Cavallo agreed that the album had to be
different from their previous records.[21] The result was nimrod., an
experimental deviation from the band's standard pop-punk brand of music. The
new album was released in October 1997. It provided a variety of music, with
everything from upbeat pop-punk, laid-back surf rock, and peppy, silly ska,
to an acoustic ballad. nimrod. entered the charts at number 10, thanks to
the surprise hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)," an acoustic ballad
that singer Billie Joe almost did not place on the album for fear of it
being too different from the band's usual style. The success of "Good
Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best
Alternative Video for the song's video, which depicted people undergoing
major changes in their lives while Billie Joe Armstrong strummed his
acoustic guitar.[22] Other singles released from nimrod. were Nice Guys
Finish Last, Hitchin' a Ride and Redundant. After the release of nimrod,
Green Day took a two-year break, deciding to step back from the spotlight
and spend some time with their new families.
In 2000, Green Day released Warning:, a step further in the style that they
had hinted at with nimrod. Changes in their personal lives were reflected in
the more mature and straightforward approach they took to their music,
replacing nearly adolescent mantras of masturbation with more introspective
statements. Critics' reviews of the album were fairly positive, although the
album was greeted with mixed reviews within their fan base, who had grown
accustomed to their 1990s pop punk sound. Though it produced the hit
"Minority" and a smaller hit with "Warning," some observers were coming to
the conclusion that the band was losing relevance, and a decline in
popularity followed. While all of Green Day's past albums had reached a
status of at least double platinum, Warning: was only certified gold.
Although the band felt this was some of their strongest work to date, the
decline of sales fueled questions regarding the band's future.
At the 2001 California Music Awards, Green Day won all eight awards that
they were nominated for. They won the awards for Outstanding Album
(Warning:), Outstanding Punk Rock/Ska Album (Warning:), Outstanding Group,
Outstanding Male Vocalist, Outstanding Bassist, Outstanding Drummer,
Outstanding Songwriter and Outstanding Artist.[23]
The release of a Greatest Hits compilation, International Superhits!, and a
complementary assemblage of B-sides, Shenanigans followed Warning:.
International Superhits and its companion collection of music videos, titled
International Supervideos! sold reasonably well, going platinum in the U.S.
Shenanigans sported the band's b-sides, including "Espionage" which was
featured in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and was nominated for a
Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
In 2002, Green Day co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink-182. The
tour helped to resurrect some of the band's popularity, and earned the group
many positive concert reviews. The band decided to take some more time off
after the Pop Disaster Tour closed, to spend more time with their families.
American Idiot and renewed popularity (2003–present)
In the summer of 2003 the band went into a studio to write and record new
material for a new album, tentatively titled Cigarettes and Valentines.[24]
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. In
this same year, Green Day collaborated with Iggy Pop on two tracks for his
album Skull Ring. In addition, 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"[25] and
a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.
The resulting 2004 album, American Idiot, debuted at #1 on the Billboard
charts, the band's first ever album to reach #1, backed by the success of
the album's first single, "American Idiot." The album was billed as a "punk
rock opera" which follows the journey of the fictitious "Jesus of
Suburbia".[26] The album also marked a significant growth in the band as
musicians. American Idiot won the 2005 Grammy for "Best Rock Album" and the
band swept the 2005 MTV music awards, winning a total of seven of the eight
awards they were nominated for, including the coveted Viewer's Choice
Award.[27]
Through 2005, the band toured in support of the album with about 150 dates —
their longest tour in their career — visiting Japan, Australia, South
America and the UK, where they drew a crowd of 130,000 people over a span of
two days - one of the largest crowds ever drawn for a rock concert. While
touring for American Idiot, they filmed and recorded the two concerts at the
Milton Keynes National Bowl in England, which was voted 'The Best Show On
Earth' in a Kerrang! Magazine Poll.
These recordings were released as a live CD and DVD called Bullet in a Bible
on November 15, 2005. This CD/DVD featured hits from American Idiot as well
as a few songs from all their previous albums, except "Kerplunk!" and
"1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours". The DVD featured behind-the-scenes
footage of the band, and showed how the band prepared to put on the show.
The final shows of their 2005 world tour were in Sydney, Australia, and
Melbourne, Australia, on December 14 and 17 respectively. On January 10,
2006 the band was awarded with a People's Choice Award for favorite group.
On August 1, 2005, it was announced that Green Day had rescinded the master
rights to their pre-Dookie material from Lookout! Records, citing breach of
contract regarding unpaid royalties that had been ongoing for some time, and
with other Lookout! bands as well. The pre-Dookie material was reissued by
their label, Reprise, on January 9, 2007.[28]
In 2006 Green Day won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard
of Broken Dreams"[29] which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of
Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks, a record it shares along with Red Hot Chili
Peppers' "Scar Tissue" and Staind's "It's Been Awhile". Green Day was also
nominated for Best Rock Video for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" at the
2006 MTV Video Music awards, but lost to AFI's "Miss Murder". Both the music
videos for "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
retired showing on TRL after being on the top ten for 50 days each.
In September 2006, Green Day teamed up with U2 and producer Rick Rubin to
record a cover of the song "The Saints Are Coming", originally recorded by
The Skids, with an accompanying video. The song is to benefit Music Rising,
an organization to help raise money for musicians' instruments lost during
Hurricane Katrina, and to bring awareness on the eve of the one year
anniversary of the disaster.[30]
In December 2006, Green Day and NRDC opened a web site in partnership to
raise awareness on America's dependency on oil.[31][32] (See related
projects.)
Green Day performed John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" on the finale of
American Idol Season 6 on May 23, 2007.
Future plans
In an interview with Kerrang!, Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that it will be
a "fair estimation" that a new album will be released in 2008.[33]
On April 5, 2007, it was confirmed that Green Day would appear in the
documentary One Nine Nine Four, a film about punk music in the nineties,
that is being narrated by Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk.[34]
Music style and influences
Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave punk bands such as the
Ramones, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and the Buzzcocks.[35][20] The majority
of their song catalog is composed of distorted guitar, fast, manic drums,
and low, heavy bass. Most of their songs are fast-paced and under the
average song length of four minutes (4:00). Billie Joe Armstrong has however
said his biggest influences are seminal alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü and
The Replacements, and that their influence is particularly noted in the
band's chord changes in songs.[20] In fact, Green Day has covered Hüsker
Dü's "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" as a b-side for the song
"Warning", and the character "Mr. Whirly" in the song "Misery" is a
reference to the Replacements song of the same name.[36] Armstrong's lyrics
describe alienation, ("Jesus of Suburbia", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"),
hysteria ("Basket Case", "Panic Song"), girls ("She", "80"), the effects of
doing drugs ("Geek Stink Breath", "Green Day") ; The Ramones had similar
lyrical themes, like hysteria ("Anxiety", "Psycho Therapy"), alienation
("Outsider", "Something To Believe In"), girls ("I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend",
"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"), and drugs ("Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue",
"Chinese Rocks"). Green Day covered their song "Outsider" on the tribute
album We're a Happy Family and they have also covered the Ramones'
"Blitzkrieg Bop." Green Day's style also closely resembles that of other
bands based around the 924 Gilman Street scene in the late 1980s and early
1990s, such as Crimpshrine, Screeching Weasel, and The Mr. T Experience.
It should be noted, however, that while Green Day began as a punk rock band
in the mould of bands such as the Ramones and Rancid, their experimentation
since Dookie was released have far surpassed the punk idiom. nimrod. and
Warning: are the best examples of this deviation from traditional punk
norms, and a willingness to create new music rather than play the same three
chords over and over every album.
It is this experimentation and deviation that allowed Green Day to transcend
into the idiom of rock & roll, and with the 9-minute "punk-operas" in
American Idiot, it seems that the transcendence is almost complete.
Criticism and controversy
Beginning with the release of Dookie, and the subsequent explosion of MTV
Airplay it received, Green Day has received considerable criticism from
those who prefer to see the punk genre as a social movement independent of
corporate sponsorship. With the release of American Idiot and the subsequent
draw of many new fans, much of this criticism has been revived.
One of the more contentious issues is genre labeling. In reaction to both
the style of music and the background of the band, many fans and musicians
have taken heavy objection to the usage of the term "punk" when applied to
Green Day. This is evidenced by the following comments issued by John Lydon,
former front man of both the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols and the 1980s
post-punk, Public Image Ltd.:
“ So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later
a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to
themselves. They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true
punk they wouldn't look anything like they do.[37] ”
Steve Diggle of the Buzzcocks commented on the band after meeting them: "I
didn't have a clue who they were. And they're not punks."[38]
Brandon Flowers of The Killers has recently gone on record claiming that
Green Day's politically driven concept album American Idiot displays
"calculated Anti-Americanism." He explained that he has problems with the
album content itself and also the fact that the band's recent live DVD,
Bullet in a Bible, was filmed in England. The taping of the concert,
featured on Bullet in a Bible, shows thousands of Europeans singing along to
"American Idiot." Stating that he felt Green Day's DVD is a bit of a stunt,
he said, "I just thought it was really cheap. To go to a place like England
or Germany and sing that song - those kids aren't taking it the same way
that he meant it. And he (Billie Joe Armstrong) knew it."[39]
Paul McPike, a grocery store clerk, recently filed a copyright infringement
lawsuit against Green Day claiming that he wrote the song "American Idiot"
almost 15 years ago. He alleges that he performed the song at a high school
and a recording of the song made it into the hands of Green Day. McPike is
currently seeking a share of the album's profits. U.S. Magistrate Judge John
Cooney attempted to dismiss the case in early November 2006, but it is
expected that McPike will file an amended lawsuit, with additional evidence
(at the first hearing, his only evidence was a copy of the "American Idiot"
CD).[40] This is not the first time McPike has filed a lawsuit against a
band, as he also claimed blink-182 stole the song "Feeling This" from him.
This case was again dismissed.
More recently, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has criticized the song
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" for ripping off his own song "Wonderwall".
Gallagher stated, "If you listen, you'll find it is exactly the same
arrangement as "Wonderwall". They should have the decency to wait until I am
dead (before stealing my songs). I, at least, pay the people I steal from
for that courtesy."[41]
Related projects
Ever since 1991, some members of the band have branched out past Green Day
and have started other projects with other musicians. Notable related
projects of Green Day include Billie Joe Armstrong's Pinhead Gunpowder
(which also features Green Day's live backup guitarist Jason White), The
Frustrators in which Mike Dirnt plays bass, and The Network which many
speculate has all three members of Green Day although under stage names.
Other projects include American Idiot: The Motion Picture, their charity
collaboration with U2 ("The Saints Are Coming") to help raise money for
musical instruments lost in Hurricane Katrina, and teaming with the Natural
Resources Defense Council for the "Move America Beyond Oil" campaign and
other environmental concerns.
Green Day has formed a partnership with the NRDC, one of the most effective
environmental organizations in America. This is heavily promoted on the
band's website. They have made YouTube videos voicing their support for
protection of the environment and ending America's addiction to oil.[42]
Currently, Green Day will make an appearance in the upcoming animated movie
The Simpsons Movie. Screenshots with the band in movie can be found at Green
Day Authority.com's image gallery of screenshots. In conjunction with this,
Green Day are set to release a version of the Simpsons theme tune as a
single on July 24 as part of the soundtrack.[43] According to an article
linking off of Green Day Authority, Green Day is heckled by Springfeilders
when they show support for the belief in global warming.
Band members
Current members
* Billie Joe Armstrong - lead & rhythm guitars, lead vocals (1989-present)
* Mike Dirnt - bass, keyboards, vocals (1989-present)
* Tré Cool - drums, percussion, vocals (1990-present)
Former members
* Al Sobrante - drums (1989-1990)
Current touring musicians
* Jason White - rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1999-present)
* Jason Freese - keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone,
accordion, backing vocals (2003-present)
* Ronnie Blake - trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (2004-present)
* Mike Pelino - rhythm guitar (2005-present)[44]
Former touring musicians
* Kurt Lohmiller - trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (1999-2004)
* Gabrial McNair - trombone, tenor saxophone (1999-2001)
Session musicians
* Rob Cavallo - piano on American Idiot (2004)
* Stephen Bradley - trumpet on Warning: (2000) and nimrod. (1997)
* Petra Haden - violin on nimrod. (1997)
* Gabrial McNair - trombone on nimrod. (1997)
Discography
Year Title Notes
1990 39/Smooth Debut album on Lookout! Records, later to be combined with
Green Day's Slappy and 1000 Hours EPs into the compilation album
1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
1992 Kerplunk! Second album on Lookout! Contained the original version of
the song "Welcome to Paradise", which would be re-recorded for Green Day's
Dookie.
1994 Dookie Green Day's major label debut. Moved 15 million copies around
the world and launched the band to international fame. Won the 1995 Grammy
Award for Best Alternative Music Album
1995 Insomniac The band's second release on Reprise Records.
1997 nimrod. Experimental album in which the band branched off to other
genres including hardcore punk, surf rock, instrumentals, and ballads.
2000 Warning: Only major-label album not to achieve at least double platinum
status in the US.
2004 American Idiot Comeback album after master tapes of original plans were
stolen. Launched Green Day's first Top 5 single, "Boulevard of Broken
Dreams".
References
* Cohen, Johnathan (2004). Green Day's 'Idiot' Fueling Banner Year (http).
Billboard.com. Retrieved on July 27, 2005.
* Cohen, Johnathan (2005). Green Day not ready to rest 'Idiot' (http).
Billboard.com. Retrieved on July 27, 2005.
* Spitz, Marc. Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music
of Green Day. New York: Hyperion, 2006. ISBN 1-4013-0274-2
* The Green Day Story (Broadcast on Radio 1 Mon 20 June 2005) (Alternate
Link)
* Green Day Biography
* Green Day Info
Notes
1. ^ Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion"
April, 2006.
2. ^ DeRogatis, Jim. Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music
Explosion of the 90's. Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, ISBN 0-306-81271-1
3. ^ a b D'Angelo, Joe (2004). How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock
Revival. MTV.com. Retrieved on July 26, 2006.
4. ^ "Green Day Timeline", Rock on the Net. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
5. ^ Myers, Ben. "Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion"
April, 2006.
6. ^ RIAA Bestsellers
7. ^ http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/96/
8. ^ http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyomusicconcerts/concert/359/tokyomusicconcertsinc.htm
9. ^ http://www.contracosta.edu/archives/
10. ^ Interview with Lawrence Livermore: An inside look at Green Day's early
years. greenday.net. Retrieved on July 26, 2006.
11. ^ Livermore, Larry. "Green Day's early history"
12. ^ [1]
13. ^ Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." Alternative Rock. San Francisco: Miller
Freeman Books, 2000.
14. ^ a b Guitar Legends. "What Happened Next...." Retrieved on September
26, 2006
15. ^ Smith, RJ. "Top 90 Albums of the 90's." SPIN. August 1999.
16. ^ a b "Green Day". Behind the Music. Vh1, 2000.
17. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Dookie" "Green Day Authority."
18. ^ Coleman, Mark. "Insomniac." Rolling Stone. November 1995.
19. ^ Green Day Authority. Band Awards - Insomniac "Green Day Authority."
20. ^ a b c Di Perna, Alan. "Young, Loud, and Snotty." Guitar World. August
1996.
21. ^ Spitz, Marc. Nobody Likes You. New York: Hyperion, 2006. Pg. 128.
22. ^ Green Day Authority. Band Awards - nimrod. "Green Day Authority."
23. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - Warning:" "Green Day Authority".
24. ^ Spitz, pg. 152.
25. ^ Hendrickson, Matt (2005). Green Day — How the brats grew up, bashed
Bush and conquered the world. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on November 24, 2005.
26. ^ Di Perna, Alan. "Combat Rock." Guitar World. Holiday 2004.
27. ^ Green Day Authority. "Band Awards - American Idiot" "Green Day
Authority."
28. ^ Reissue Article on greendayauthority.com
29. ^ "Green Day's Grammy Awards" Grammy.com.
30. ^ About Music Rising Retrieved on May 6, 2007.
31. ^ Green Day Authority
32. ^ Green Day + NRDC
33. ^ http://www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg
34. ^ Colothan, Scott (2007-04-05). Green Day, Blink 182 for punk rock film.
Gigwise.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
35. ^ Azerrad, Michael. Our Band Could Be Your Life. Little Brown and
Company, 2001. Pg. 496. ISBN 0-316-78753-1
36. ^ Di Perna, Alan. "Far From The Maddening Crowd". Guitar World. December
2000.
37. ^ GIGWISE "John Lydon Calls Green Day "Plonk" Not "Punk"" Retrieved on
September 11, 2006.
38. ^ Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks comment on Green Day at ContactMusic.com
39. ^ Rolling Stone Magazine Issue 1014 November 30th - Q&A Brandon Flowers,
by Austin Scaggs pg 36
40. ^ Yahoo! Music "Grocery clerk sues Green Day" Retrieved on November 8,
2006.
41. ^ Stuff Magazine
42. ^ [2]
43. ^ Green Day to release 'Simpsons' song Retrieved May 26, 2007.
44. ^ http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/greenday/article/behind-green-day/
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