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''About nothing and everything all at once?''|'''Basket Case''' }}
Green Day is a pop/punk/alternative rock band from the [[San Francisco|Bay Area]] (Oakland, to be precise). Around 1987, Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar) and Mike Dirnt (bass) formed the band Sweet Children; in 1988, John Kiffmeyer joined as the drummer. Before releasing their first LP, the band changed its name to Green Day, supposedly as an inside joke about marijuana. In 1990, Kiffmeyer left the band to attend college and Tre Cool joined in his place, completing the Green Day we know today. In 1999 Green Day gained backup guitarist Jason White, but he usually isn't included in the band roster.
Green Day reached its peak of popularity with the ''Dookie'' album. Although ''Insomniac'' and ''Nimrod'' also got a favorable reception, the band began losing popularity after 1997. But in 2004, Green Day made a comeback with the rock opera ''[[American Idiot]]''. The album is very anti-establishment in tone and [[Anvilicious|frequently criticizes President Bush]], as the Iraq War was going on at the time. ''American Idiot'' marked a complete departure from their earlier pop/punk style and [[Broken Base|alienated a portion of their fanbase]], although it also won over new fans. ''American Idiot'' also received controversy for being "Anti-American". Interestingly, the album was very popular in Europe.
Green Day cites influence from punk bands such as the [[Sex Pistols]], [[The Ramones]], and [[The Clash]]. However, since the release of ''American Idiot'', many have accused Green Day of [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks|selling out]] and adopting a [[Hype Backlash|more mainstream rock image]].
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The band have [[Licensed Game|their own]] [[Rock Band]] game treatment, released June 2010.
'''[[Notable]] Albums:'''▼
* ''39/Smooth'' (1990)▼
** ''1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'' (1991), which adds the ''1000 Hours'' and ''Slappy'' EPs to the end of ''39/Smooth''. The original ''39/Smooth'' is no longer in print because its been replaced completely by this longer and more popular release▼
* ''Kerplunk'' (1992)▼
** "2000 Light Years Away" (Will sometimes get played on Alt Rock stations [Seattle's 107.7 The End for example] on the radio if requested)▼
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Related Bands
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* Pinhead Gunpowder (Billie Joe, Jason White, Aaron Cometbus)
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▲'''Notable Albums:'''
▲* ''39/Smooth'' (1990)
▲** ''1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours'' (1991), which adds the ''1000 Hours'' and ''Slappy'' EPs to the end of ''39/Smooth''. The original ''39/Smooth'' is no longer in print because its been replaced completely by this longer and more popular release
▲* ''Kerplunk'' (1992)
▲** "2000 Light Years Away" (Will sometimes get played on Alt Rock stations [Seattle's 107.7 The End for example] on the radio if requested)
* ''Dookie'' (1994)
** "Basket Case"
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** "21 Guns"
** "East Jesus Nowhere"
** "21st Century Breakdown"
* ''Uno!/Dos!/Tre!'' (2012)
* ''Revolution Radio'' (2016)
'''Other:'''
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* "Working Class Hero" (2008): cover of the [[The Beatles (band)|John Lennon]] song
(For ''[[American Idiot]]'' and ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' tropes, go to their respective pages.)
* [[All Drummers Are Animals]]: Tre Cool. Snorts donut sprinkles. Smokes lettuce. Is the only person to climb the Universal Tower without getting into trouble. [[Too Much Information|Allegedly can suck his own.]]
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Almost literally with Tré Cool, meaning "very cool" in French.
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** Not to mention that they get killed off by sinking into the toxic waters of Lake Springfield a few seconds later.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: "Platypus (I Hate You)": "DICKHEAD, FUCKFACE, COCKSMOKING, MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE, DIRTY TWAT, WASTE OF SEMEN, I HOPE YOU DIE-- HEY!"
* [[
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: "All By Myself".
** The infamous "Longview" isn't even remotely subtle about it. "When masturbation's lost it's fun, you're fucking lonely!"
* [[Epic Rocking]]: Didn't really delve into it much before ''American Idiot'', but ''Warning'' has the 5-minute-long "Misery"
* [[Fading Into the Next Song]]: Many, most notably "Brain Stew/Jaded".
* [[Fan Service]]: Billie Joe likes to lift up his shirt a lot.
** And the opposite direction with his pants as well.
* [[Four More Measures]]: "Good Riddance". It's not helped by the two false starts.
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* [[Loudness War]]: Unfortunately, the recent stuff is pretty badly clipped.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: The happy songs usually have some dark themes.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: ''Nimrod'' has both "Platypus (I Hate You)" which is probably the dirtiest Green Day song ever, played right after the relatively mellow "Worry Rock" and "Take Back" which is followed by the deliriously happy-sounding "King for a Day."
* [[Murder Ballad]]: "Havin' A Blast" from ''Dookie''.
* [[Nervous Wreck]]: "Basket Case" is from the point of view of an extremely neurotic person.
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''Warning'' was much more upbeat and poppy than their previous albums, especially when compared to ''Insomniac''.
** Many of their albums can be considered this. ''Insomniac'' is much darker (both lyrically and musically) than ''Dookie'' or ''Kerplunk''. ''Nimrod'' is much [[Genre Roulette|more experimental]] than anything they'd previously recorded, with a [[Surf Rock]] [[Music/instrumental S|instrumental S]] ("Last Ride In"), an [[Unplugged Version|Unplugged Song]] ("Good Riddance"), a [[Ska]] tune about [[
** By this time, we shouldn't even need to mention ''American Idiot''.
* [[Obligatory Bondage Song]]: "Blood, Sex, and Booze" from ''Warning'' and "Dominated Love Slave" from ''Kerplunk''
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Billie Joe Armstrong, the singer, is almost 40 years old. He looks around 20-21, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150420114146/http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/billie-joe-armstrong-green-day.jpg if this photo has any indication.]
* [[Once Per Episode]]: See [[Ho Yay]]. Billie Joe kisses a dude every concert.
* [[One-Woman Song]]: "Haushinka" and "Maria".
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** How could you forget "Basket Case"?
* [[Siamese Twin Songs]]: "Brain Stew" and "Jaded".
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Any song with Tre Cool on lead vocals.
* [[Subdued Section]]: "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and "Macy's Day Parade" for ''Nimrod'' and ''Warning'', respectively.
* [[Stage Names]]: Averted with the singer (his name ''is'' Billie Joe), played straight with the other two. Mike's real name is Michael Pritchard (he got the name "Dirnt" from saying "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" while playing air bass as a kid), Tré's is Frank Edwin Wright III.
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[[Category:The Nineties]]
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Reprise Records]]
▲[[Category:Green Day]]
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