Green Day

 

Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987 in Berkeley, California. The band is a trio consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. Green Day is recognized for their success in making return-known punk rock genre, along with Sublime, The Offspring, and Rancid. [1] [2] [3]In 1990, along with their first drummer, John Kiffmeyer, Green Day recorded their first album, 39/Smooth. But in the same year, Tre Cool replaced replaced drummer John Kiffmeyer who came out because he wanted to go to college. Tre Cool and then began to contribute to Green Day's second album, Kerplunk, and has become a permanent member ever since. Green Day's breakthrough album, Dookie, which was released in 1994, managed to get the status from the RIAA diamond and bring Green Day to the peak of their careers. However, in opposition with Dookie, Green Day album next three, respectively Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning, failed to get success like Dookie. Though Insomniac and Nimrod managed to get platinum status and earn gold status Warning, the third album they actually showed that the overall popularity plummeted. [4] It is their rock opera album in 2004, American Idiot, which restore their popularity, especially with the fans of the younger generation. American Idiot has sold more than 5 million copies in the United States alone. [4] for their eighth album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009.Green Day has sold over 65 million copies of their albums around the world with 24.639 million in the AA itself. [5] Green Day has won five Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Best Rock Album for the second time for the 21st Century Breakdown and Best Musical Show Album for American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording.

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