Monday 26 October 2009

Punk: Researching a famous Punk act

Green Day

Green day is an American rock trio that formed in 1987 in Berkeley, California after members of Sweet Children and Lookouts came together at a party. The band consists of Bille Joe Armstrong (vocals and guitar), Mike Dirnt (Vocals, bass guitar) and Tre Cool (drums, percussion).

They recorded their debut EP, '1,000 hours' in 1989 and they then changed their name to Green Day shortly after.

Their first album 39/Smooth was released in 1990 on Lookout Records on vinyl and cassete.

Their albums Kerplunk in 1991 and Dookie in 1994 made them known across america and it produced alot of success for them.

They had their most successful album 'American Idiot' in 2004, which won them a Grammy Award and several awards at the MTV Music Video Awards in 2005. The album achieved popularity worldwide, charting 26 countries and reaching number one in 19 of them; since then American Idiot has sold over 14 million copies worldwide.

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