| Green Day are an American rock band formed in | | | | United States. Green Day's immediate follow-up |
| 1989 comprising three core members: Billie Joe | | | | albums did not achieve the massive success of |
| Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and | | | | Dookie, but they were still successful. Their 2004 rock |
| Tré Cool (drums). | | | | opera American Idiot reignited the band's popularity |
| Green Day was originally part of the punk rock scene | | | | with a younger generation, selling 5 million copies in the |
| at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Their early | | | | U.S. |
| releases for independent label Lookout! Records | | | | The band has sold over 60 million records worldwide, |
| earned them a grassroots fanbase, some of whom | | | | including 22 million in the United States alone. Their |
| felt alienated when the band signed to a major label. | | | | success has influenced prominent pop punk bands |
| Nevertheless, their major label debut Dookie became a | | | | such as Sum 41, New Found Glory, and Good |
| breakout success in 1994 and eventually sold over 10 | | | | Charlotte. Green Day currently has three Grammy |
| million copies in the U.S. alone. As a result, Green Day | | | | Awards for Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best |
| was widely credited, along with fellow California punk | | | | Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the |
| bands The Offspring and Rancid, with reviving | | | | Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams. |
| mainstream interest in and popularizing punk rock in the | | | | |