ALBUM21st Century Breakdown (Deluxe Edition)Green Day
ALBUMAmerican Idiot (Deluxe Edition)Green Day
ALBUMWarning:Green Day
ALBUMNimrod (25th Anniversary Edition)Green Day
ALBUMInsomniac (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)Green Day
ALBUMDookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)Green Day
ALBUMKerplunkGreen Day
ALBUM1039 / Smoothed out Slappy HoursGreen Day
Green Day's Popular Music Videos
Basket Case
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American Idiot
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Jesus of Suburbia
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Father of All...
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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
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21 Guns
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live)
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When I Come Around
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American Idiot (Live)
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Artist Playlists
Green Day Essentials
Raise a rocking fist to three-chord ragers, acoustic ballads and rock opera epics.
Green Day Video Essentials
The pop-punks capture scenes of absurdity and introspection.
Inspired by Green Day
This is what happens when you introduce punk to kids bred on sugary pop hooks.
Set List: Green Day's The Saviors Tour
Green Day: Deep Cuts
The pop-punk giants take on DJs, The Kinks and garage rock.
Green Day: Influences
These radio hits and indie gems shaped the punk icon's sound.
Green Day: Sing
Grab the mic and sing along with some of their biggest hits.
About Green Day
Artist Biography
Though originally hailed as a trio of punk revivalists, Green Day are now one of rock’s sturdiest institutions, a band known for embracing the three-chords-and-a-head-rush excitement that runs through ’50s rockabilly and ’60s garage, ’80s New Wave and ’90s skate punk. Formed in the late ’80s in San Francisco’s East Bay, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees—singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, the latter of whom replaced drummer John Kiffmeyer early on—broke through in 1994 with the landmark Dookie. Singles such as “Basket Case” helped Green Day become one of the preeminent forces in ’90s rock, presaging a wave of artists (including Rancid, NOFX and blink-182) who merged the energy of punk with the affability of pop. From Dookie on, the band have remained remarkably consistent, peppering albums with hints of Beatles-esque pop (“Warning”), churning rock anthems (“Boulevard of Broken Dreams”) and radio-ready ballads (“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends”). Even when Green Day go big (the rock-operatic scope of 2004’s American Idiot and 2009’s 21st Century Breakdown) or expand their sound (2020’s peppy, garage-rock-leaning Father of All M***********s), the music is ambitious while staying catchy and concise. Even punk throwbacks such as 2024’s Saviors stick to the same premise: Green Day have always believed that making clever, accessible music is the best way to motivate people politically and emotionally. In other words, the band’s success is a microcosm of alternative music’s migration into the mainstream: instead of erasing arena rock, Green Day reinvented it.
Hometown
East Bay, CA, United States
Genre
Alternative
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