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American rock band Redirect|Sweet Children|their EP|Sweet Children (EP)!''Sweet Children'' (EP) pp-move good article Use American English August 2024 Use mdy dates August 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = Green Day | image = GreenDay Isle of Wight Montage.jpg | caption = (abbr|L–R|Left to right): Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool performing in 2024 | alias = plainlist| * Sweet Children (1987–1989, 2015) * Blair Hess (1993) | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Rodeo, California, U.S.Cite AV media notes Dookie 30th Anniversary Color Vinyl Box Set|others=Green Day|year=2023|type=liner notes Reprise Records 093624862789|location=Los Angeles, California|quote=Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt (née Pritchard) started what would become Green Day in 1987 in Rodeo, a small refinery town in Northern California's Contra Costa County. | genre = flatlist| * Punk rock * pop-punk * nowrap|alternative rock * nowrap|skate punk * nowrap|power pop | discography = flatlist| * Green Day discography|Discography * List of songs recorded by Green Day|songs | years_active = 1987–present | label = flatlist| * Lookout Records|Lookout * Reprise Records|Reprise * Epitaph Records|Epitaphcite web Green Day - ''Kerplunk!'' http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/92/Kerplunk#edrev1 Epitaph Records https://web.archive.org/web/20080916195155/http://www.epitaph.com/artists/album/92/Kerplunk#edrev1 January 26, 2023 September 16, 2008 * Warner Records|Warner | spinoffs = flatlist| * Pinhead Gunpowder * The Network * Foxboro Hot Tubs * The Coverups * The Longshot (band)|The Longshot | website = URL|greenday.com | module = Infobox | child = yes | header1 = | headerstyle = background:#b0c4de | data2 = | current_members = * Billie Joe Armstrong * Mike Dirnt * Tré Cool | past_members = * Raj Punjabi * Sean Hughes * John Kiffmeyer ''Green Day'' is an American Rock music|rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. In 1994, 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 Bad Religion, the Offspring, Rancid (band)|Rancid, NOFX, Pennywise (band)|Pennywise and Social Distortion, Green Day is credited with popularizing mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. Before taking its current name in 1989, the band was named ''Blood Rage'', then ''Sweet Children''. They were part of the Punk rock in California|late 1980s/early 1990s Bay Area punk scene that emerged from the 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California. The band's early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records, including their first album, ''39/Smooth'' (1990). For most of the band's career, they have been a power triocite web |last1=Waldman |first1=Scott 21 Northern Californian artists who have influenced AFI's Hunter Burgan https://www.altpress.com/afi-hunter-burgan-most-influential-bands/ Alternative Press March 8, 2021 July 3, 2022 July 5, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220705111004/https://www.altpress.com/afi-hunter-burgan-most-influential-bands/ live with Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 before the recording of the band's second studio album, ''Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk'' (1991). Though the albums ''Insomniac (Green Day album)|Insomniac'' (1995, ''Nimrod (album)|Nimrod'' (1997) and ''Warning (Green Day album)|Warning'' (2000) did not match the success of ''Dookie'', they were still successful, with ''Insomniac'' and ''Nimrod'' reaching double platinum status, while ''Warning'' achieved gold. Green Day's seventh album, a rock opera called ''American Idiot'' (2004, found popularity with a younger generation, selling six million copies in the U.S. Their next album, ''21st Century Breakdown'', was released in 2009 and achieved the band's best chart performance. It was followed by a trilogy of albums, ''¡Uno!'', ''¡Dos!'', and ''¡Tré!'', released in September, November, and December 2012, respectively. The trilogy did not perform as well 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'' (2016, which became their third to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200|'' Billboard'' 200, ''Father of All Motherfuckers'' (2020) and ''Saviors (album)|Saviors'' (2024). In 2010, a American Idiot (musical)|stage adaptation of ''American Idiot'' debuted on Broadway. The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards: Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Scenic Design|Best Scenic Design and Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design, winning the latter two. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, their first year of eligibility. Members of the band have collaborated on the side projects Pinhead Gunpowder, The Network, Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Longshot (band)|The Longshot and The Coverups. They have also worked on solo careers. Green Day has sold roughly 75 million records worldwide as of 2024, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists|best-selling music artists. The group has been nominated for 20 Grammy Awards and won five of them, with Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album for ''Dookie'', Best Rock Album for ''American Idiot'' and ''21st Century Breakdown'', Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and Best Musical Show Album for ''American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording''.
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