Green Day gründeten sich 1986, nannten sich damals allerdings noch "The Sweet Children". 1989 merkte man, dass das wohl ein Fehler gewesen sein musste und benannte sich um. Der Name Green Day leitet sich von einem kalifornischen Slangbegriff für einen Tag (Day) voller Langeweile ab, der mit dem Rauchen von Gras (Green) totzuschlagen versucht wird.

Billie Joe Armstrong (Vocals/Gitarre) gründete die Band als 15jähriger mit seinem Schulfreund Michael Ryan Pritchard, alias Mike Dirnt (Bass) und John Kiffmeyer, alias Al Sobrante (Schlagzeug) in Kalifornien. 1990 verlies Kiffmeyer die Band und sein Nachfolger wurde Frank Edwin Wright III, alias Tré Cool.

Das Debütalbum "1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" stößt auf wenig Resonanz, da Punk tot ist. 1992 ist das jedoch vollkommen anders und die zweite Platte "Kerplunk" verkauft sich 680.000 Mal und erreicht Platin-Status. Mit dem 1994 erschienen Album "Dookie" ist klar: Punk lebt wieder und ist mainstreamfähig, was auch The Offspring eindrucksvoll bewiesen. Elf Millionen Platten, Diamant-Stauts. "Basket Case" und "When I Come Around" werden zu den Hymnen des Neopunks. Die Band tritt auf dem Festival Woodstock II auf. Die Platte "Insomniac" ist mit 1,9 Millionen verkauften Platten in Amerika zwar erfolgreich, kann jedoch an die Erfolge von "Dookie" nicht anknüpfen.

Das 1997 erschienene Album "Nimrod" zeigt einen musikalischen Werdegang an, der viele Fans enttäuscht. U. a. enthält die Platte mehrere Songs, die mit Akustikgitarre eingespielt wurden. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", eine Gitarren-Ballade, wird auch heute noch auf Hochzeiten in Amerika gespielt und wurde bei der letzten Folge von "Seinfeld" gespielt. Dennoch erreicht auch "Nimrod" Doppel-Platin-Status.

Mit der 2000 erschienen "Warning" kommt es zur Abkehr vom Punk. Die Band wendet sich zum Songwriter- und Rock-Bereich. Lediglich eine Millionen verkaufte Platten waren für Green Day schon eher als Flop zu bewerten. Innerhalb der Band kommt es zu Auseinandersetzungen, da keiner mehr mit dem anderen zufrieden war. Sänger Billie Armstrong überlegte, solo weiter zu machen.
Dazu kam es jedoch nicht. Vier Jahre lang gönnte man sich eine kreative Pause um sich mit "American Idiot" zurück zu melden. Die Rockoper verkaufte sich über 14 Millionen Mal und wurde zum erfolgreichsten Album. Bei den MTV Awards räumt die Band sieben Awards ab, darunter der Award für das beste Album und als beste Rockband. In den USA, UK, Österreich und der Schweiz erreicht die Platte Platz eins der Charts. In Deutschland erreicht sie Platz drei. 2007 interpretiert die Band die von Hans Zimmer komponierte Melodie für den Kinofilm "Die Simpsons - Der Film" neu. Ebenso machte man sich für die "Campaign to Save Dafur" an den Song "Working Class Hero" von John Lennon. Der Song wurde auf der CD der Kampagne "Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Dafur" veröffentlicht.

Disko

Bullet In A Bible	2005
American Idiot	2004
Shenanigans	2002
International Superhits	2001
Warning	2000
Nimrod	1997
Insomniac	1995
Dookie	1994
Kerplunk	1991
1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours	1990

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Green Day machen auf Darfur aufmerksam | 12.04.2007 | Am 12. Juni wird "Instant Karma" erscheinen, ein Album zugunsten der Amnesty International Kampagne gegen den Völkermord in Darfur. Reichlich geschmacklos meinte Jeff Ayeroff, welcher für die CD zuständig ist "Buy a record, save a life". Weiter meinte er, die Idee sei, Darfur wieder ins Bewußtsein der Leute zu holen und Geld zu sammeln. Auf der CD werden, in der Basisversion, 20 John Lennon Covers enthalten sein, berichtete USA Today am elften März. Green Day werden den Song "Working Class Hero" beitragen, Christina Aguiloera "Mother", die Black Eyed Peas "Power to the People", The Cure "Love", Willie Nelson "Imagine". "Real Love" wird von Regina Spektor und "JealousGuy" von Yousou N'Dour kommen. mehr...

Green Day im Simpsons Trailer | 07.03.2007 | Bands und Gastauftritte bei den Simpsons, das ist ja so eine Sache, die kommt einer Adelung durch die Queen gleich (müsste man mal Paul McCartney fragen). Ein Ereignis, dem viele Bands entgegen fiebern, wie Meg White (White Stripes) mit Ihrem Ausspruch: "Ein Gast-Auftritt wäre wunderbar". Am 27. Juli wird weltweit "The Simpsons Movie" herauskommen. Der Trailer kann jetzt schon gesehen werden. Ein Gastauftritt hier wäre nicht nur eine Adelung; Hier wird der Kaiser ausgerufen. mehr...

Green Day im Studio / Gibson-Gitarre wird nach Armstrong benannt | 12.09.2006 | Seit September dieses Jahres sind Green Day wieder im Studio um das Nachfolgealbum zu "American Idiot", eines der erfolgreichsten Rockalben aller Zeiten, aufzunehmen. Die letzte Platte hatte vier Jahre gebraucht, bis sie fertig wurde. Anscheinend wollen Green Day mit dem nächsten Album nicht so lange auf sich warten lassen. mehr...

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Green Day is the worst thing that ever happened to anyone | Back when Green Day was goodThe always controversial Cracked.com is at it again with an article titled, "4 Common Music Arguments and What They Really Mean," and the classic "I liked them until they got popular" line has made the list. The writer's example band? Green Day. But don't worry, it's in good spirit this time. The writer addresses the the always hilarious issue of people not liking a band anymore because they got popular, and he/she uses Green Day as the example, which is absolutely perfect. The band has the classic storyline of getting big locally and underground and then break the chains, sign to a major label, and then get extremely popular. "As everyone knows, Green Day was only a good band on those first two albums where all the songs sound exactly the same because they're all the same song. Those were the golden years. Then everyone heard "When I Come Around" and lost their shit and one thing led to another and now Green Day is the worst thing that ever happened to anyone." I love the sarcasm because that's exactly what the "haters" (I dislike that word) say. "Wanting to be part of your own little group is perfectly understandable; wanting the entity that brought you together to enjoy as little success as possible in life is not." The whole article can be read over on Cracked by clicking here. mehr...

Green Day's lyrics will be featured in this week's issue of Kerrang | KerrangTomorrow, Billie Joe will be featured in the latest issue of Kerrang Magazine as apart of their "rock's greatest lyrics" feature. "So much more than just words, lyrics are at the heart of music. They provide a glimpse into the mind of a rockstar and invite you in to bond with them. We look at the best of the best, including the likes of Kurt Cobain, James Hetfield, Billie Joe Armstrong and more tell us their favourite lyricists, favourite lyrics and what they mean to them. " If you're in the UK you can pick up this issue of Kerrang from your local news stand now, or order a subscription online. Hopefully we'll be able to get scans of the article up by next week for those of you who are outside of the UK. mehr...

New trilogy girls t-shirt with tour dates available at Hot Topic | New Shirt from Hot TopicHot Topic has released this red comic-style girls t-shirt. The shirt is the same as the one available at Green Day's shows on tour, and includes the tour dates for the 99 Revolutions tour. The shirt is currently on sale for $15.38 and available at HotTopic.com. mehr...

New design for GDA | New designWe're excited to finally debut an updated design for GDA. Our aim for this update was to make a cleaner design, something easier to browse, and to change the way we handle comments. We're in the middle of updating the entire site right now, so there will be some errors and some ugly pages around the site till we can get to them all. Right now the only section that is working is the current news. We will be working on making the archives and older posts available within the next 48 hours. First off, you'll notice that we've gotten rid the "double nav bar" we used to have up top and instead went with a drop down for each section. We think this design will be a lot easier to navigate around each section. Next you'll notice a featured story on the top right of the site. This will be regularly updated to show either important news or GDA stuff going on. The last major change is that we are no longer using Disqus to offer comments for news stories. Instead we've built a system that ties directly into our forum, Green Day Community. We'll be linking related stories together and showing the first 20 posts for each story/topic on GDA. You'll find a link to the forum topic below each news post where you can go and leave your input. This system better allows us to tie our sites together as well as decrease page-load times since we no longer have to load in all the Disqus code to display comments. Please leave feedback for us on these changes by viewing the comments, or by posting in this topic. Thanks! mehr...

Win a drum stick autographed by Tre Cool from the Idiot Nation | Tre CoolIdiot Nation has been on a roll with their contests lately and have just announced another cool one. Idiot Nation is now giving away eight autographed drum sticks from Tré Cool. To enter, all you have to do is fill out a simple form over on Idiot Nation's site. Winners will be chosen this upcoming Friday, May 24th. On a related note, here's some good news for those of you outside of the United States: All of Idiot Nation's contests are now open for international entries. mehr...

Billie Joe featured in SPIN's "Top 25 Rock Deities" | Billie Joe performing in American IdiotSPIN Magazine has released an article that lists the "most noteworthy instances of musicians going God mode" and Billie Joe is featured at number 15 on the list. SPIN's driving factor behind this list is the large number of musicians "donning a metaphorical beard and robe and assuming the mantle of divinity." So SPIN thought it would be right to include Billie Joe on the list due to "Jesus of Suburbia." A stretch? Other artists featured in the list include the Beatles, Prince, Kanye West and Madonna, to name a few. mehr...

Download of The Week - Live at The Independent, April 7th 2009 | The guys posing for pictures.To celebrate the 4 year anniversary of 21st Century Breakdown we decided to bring you the first ever performance of the album live as download of the week. This show comes from The Independent in San Francisco on April 7th 2009. The first of four times they played this album live. The almost 2 1/2 hour audio recording features them opening the gig with "Welcome To Paradise" before going into performing the whole album from front to back (minus "Song of The Century") then going into some of their older hits including a few rarities like "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?". The sound quality is one of the best sounding recordings we have from the tour, with the fact it was their very first show of the tour is a bonus. Head over to our featured download section to download the 160mb zip file of the MP3's. If you're interested in the FLAC version and many other recordings, you should sign up for our forum, Green Day Community, and check out this topic in the download section. Got a suggestion for next week's download of the week? Send me an email at liam@greendayauthority.com or shoot me a message over on GDC. mehr...

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Green Day's 'American Idiot' musical to tour UK and Ireland in 2012 | Green Day's 'American Idiot' musical to tour UK and Ireland in 2012 Musical will visit eight cities during a three-month long tourhttp://www.nme.com/news/green-day/60716 mehr...

Epitaph Europe is proud to release the Lookout! Era Vinyl | Epitaph Europe is proud to release the Lookout! Era vinyl exclusive for our European fans with some killer shirt bundles! Kerplunk and 39/Smooth are limited to 500 pieces on white vinyl and like the U... mehr...

American Idiot Tour Dates | For more information and for tickets, please visit americanidiottour.com.Dec. 28 - Jan. 15 -American Idiot at Toronto, ON @ Toronto Centre for the ArtsJan. 17 - Jan. 22 - American Idiot at Detroit, MI... mehr...

Awesome As F**k In Stores Today! | Awesome As F**K" is out today! Includes 17 tracks recorded across the world on the band's 2009/2010 World Tour. iTunes has the audio only w/ 3 bonus tracks ("Letterbomb," "Christie Road" and "Paper La... mehr...

AWESOME AS FUCK VINYL | Adeline Records is pleased to present the vinyl version of Green Day's brand new live album, "Awesome As Fuck", featuring 18 tracks on pink 180 gram double-disc gatefold vinyl! This bundle includes... mehr...

Share your Green Day live memories and experiences!! | You guys all know that Green Day are ?Awesome as Fuck? live! Now you can share that with the world! In honor of the release of ?Awesome as Fuck?, their brand new live album, Green Day have launched ... mehr...

Adeline Store Redesign - Get 25% off selected items! | Adeline Records has launched a redesign of their online store, and have included a 25% off discount for most items listed.This includes their awesome Adeline Merch, as well as most merchandise and pro... mehr...

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