 Green Day is a California-based rock band, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums). Since their sixth album, the band has included close friend and associate, Jason White as back-up guitarist, live as well as in the recording studio. Their stage crew also includes Jason Freese, another close friend of the group, who plays horns.
Billie Joe and Mike began the band 'Sweet Children' in 1986 before changing their name to 'Green Day' in 1989. Tré Cool joined the band after original drummer Al Sobrante left in 1990-91. Green Day released two albums, Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Green Day - Kerplunk! with Lookout! Records before their breakthrough album, Green Day - Dookie, was released in 1994 under Reprise Records. Just before this release however, many feared the end of Green Day as Billie Joe was at the time spending more and more time playing in his Status Quo tribute band "Status Joe."
Dookie was certified diamond (10 million copies shipped) in the United States. Their second best-selling album, Green Day - American Idiot, released in 2004, has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, and won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album". In 2005 Green Day swept the MTV Video Music Awards, winning seven out of eight nominations: "Video of the Year," "Best Rock Video," "Best Group Video," "Best Direction," "Best Editing," "Best Cinematography" (all of which were for Green Day – Boulevard of Broken Dreams), and the "Viewer's Choice Award" for Green Day – American Idiot. In addition to their American Music Award wins for "Favorite Alternative Artist" and "Favorite Pop/Rock Album" for American Idiot, Green Day won the 2006 Grammy Award for Record of the Year for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
Green Day went back into the studio and recorded a medley with U2, which was performed on September 25th at the re-opening of the Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Songs consisted of Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends, The Skids – The Saints Are Coming and U2 – Beautiful Day.Links Green Day, muslib.ru (рус.)Version Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:53:43 +0300
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