Green Day

Credited for commanding the early-‘90s mainstream to stand to punk’s attention, Green Day’s major label breakout ‘Dookie’ chronicled bratty and bored youth with scuzzy, revved-up snarl. Selling more than 8 million copies and earning them a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, ‘Dookie’ set in motion what has been one of pop punk’s most influential crossover successes. Their unapologetic and hook-ridden singles ignited alternative airwaves one after another, rocketing the East Bay, Calif., punk-scene boys into arena rock stature. Green Day channeled that same early disenchantment into later works that tread heavier territory and eventually adapted 2004’s politically-charged ‘American Idiot’ into a Tony Award-winning Broadway rock-opera spectacle, a signal that even alt-rock’s favorite pranksters aren’t above trading in juvenile delinquency for high concept and theatrics.

Ticket Troubles
Ticket Troubles
Ticket Troubles
Green Day fans are undeniably thrilled about the band's rescheduled spring tour -- but there has been some drama mixed in with the excitement. The pop-punk trio decided to implement a new rule for purchasing tickets for their April 7 performance at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Those who bought floor seats were told they couldn’t pick up their tickets in advance; instead, they were advised
Green Day’s Mike Dirnt Honors Late Birth Mother
Green Day’s Mike Dirnt Honors Late Birth Mother
Green Day’s Mike Dirnt Honors Late Birth Mother
Green Day's Mike Dirnt has posted a message on his band's official website in remembrance of his birth mother, who died recently. The note, titled "R.I.P. Carol Alba Rowland," pays tribute to the bassist's biological mother, who in did not raise Dirnt and in fact only met her rock star son very recently.
Green Day, ‘American Idiot’ – Career-Saving Albums
Green Day, ‘American Idiot’ – Career-Saving Albums
Green Day, ‘American Idiot’ – Career-Saving Albums
After attaining heights previously unimaginable for a punk band with their multi-platinum-selling major-label debut, 'Dookie,' Green Day began a slow and sad decline into relative obscurity that bottomed out with 2000's 'Warning,' which barely managed a gold record. By the early aughts, Billie Joe Armstrong and the boys had been pretty much banished to playing the hockey-rink circuit, with few peo
Green Day Return
Green Day Return
Green Day Return
The new year is already looking rosy for Green Day fans, as the band has announced a string of rescheduled 2013 tour dates. The pop-punk trio was forced to scrap a series of shows earlier this year, after singer Billie Joe Armstrong entered rehab for undisclosed substance-abuse issues, but now, things appear to be back on track, and the group will cruise through North America in March and April 20
Cut Cameo
Cut Cameo
Cut Cameo
Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day played himself in a super fun cameo in 'This Is 40,' the latest Judd Apatow coming-of-middle-age film starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. Sadly, the hilarious scene landed on the cutting-room floor. You can still watch it, though, as it's turned up online.
Green Day, ‘X-Kid’ – New Video
Green Day, ‘X-Kid’ – New Video
Green Day, ‘X-Kid’ – New Video
Hey kids, see that thing with the magnetic tape on spools housed in a plastic cartridge that's pictured in the Green Day video above? To those of use old enough to remember Green Day riding their 'Basket Case' video out of the buzz bin and into the world of rock superstardom, the cassette tape is old hat. But for an entire generation born in the '90s, that obsolete technology may be as familiar as
‘Voice’ Finale Features Killers Performance + Green Day, Imagine Dragons Covers
‘Voice’ Finale Features Killers Performance + Green Day, Imagine Dragons Covers
‘Voice’ Finale Features Killers Performance + Green Day, Imagine Dragons Covers
The Killers showed up on last night's season finale of 'The Voice' to perform their latest single, 'Here With Me.' The Las Vegas rockers teamed up with contestant Cassadee Pope for the song -- a pairing that may have been a lucky one for Pope, who ended up being crowned the overall winner of Season 3 of 'The Voice' later in the show.
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Goes to Rehab – Shocking Rock Stories of 2012
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Goes to Rehab – Shocking Rock Stories of 2012
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong Goes to Rehab – Shocking Rock Stories of 2012
What started as an expletive-filled onstage meltdown during Green Day's performance at the iHeart Radio Festival in Las Vegas back in September soon turned into much more, following reports that singer Billie Joe Armstrong had been shipped off to rehab to deal with undisclosed substance abuse issues in the wake of the gig.
Green Day, ‘¡Tre!’ – Album Review
Green Day, ‘¡Tre!’ – Album Review
Green Day, ‘¡Tre!’ – Album Review
Who could have guessed that Green Day’s antidote to the ambitious and pretentious concept albums that have occupied their past decade would turn out to be just as ambitious and pretentious? Even though they claimed that the trio of albums they’d be releasing within three months of each other would be back-to-basics collections of short, snappy songs, the entire notion of three-albums-in-three-mont

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