What Nobody Told You About Green Day

[@GrungeHQ]

Best Green Day album: GO!

[@Jean-si1sm]

kerplunk or smoothed out slappy hour

[@square7578.]

Yer mom

[@probably7870]

Dookie insomniac 1039 kerplunk

[@evanrandall9940]

Nimrod and dookie

[@sayurnara1736]

Grunge insomniac,i love every song on that album!

[@altonlyter2024]

He’s been with his current wife (they started dating) around the time of Kerplunk. The song “2000 Light Years Away” was written for her. She’s not just someone woman he married later.

[@4magnels494]

Alton Lyter - You’re right! That was a shitty way to refer to the love of his life...his wife and mother of his children! My parents passed away 21 (dad) 20 (mom) years ago, this year and I think about and talk to them every single day too!

[@jives11220]

yeah i was like wtf? adrienne’s been around longer than dookie lol he wrote ‘80’ on kerplunk

[@NeverEvenRaced]

Alton Lyter during the Woodstock 94 mud fight you can see Billie give someone his wedding band before he starts throwing mud back at the crowd.

[@brysonsheldon]

I also thought it was odd that he noted Amanda breaking up w Billie when their "1994 debut album dropped"...dookie is their third album.. He could have meant their debut on a major label but he could have just said that too

[@StarLuson]

Also song "80" was for her, 80 is a changing word for Ady (Adrienne)

[@bettaplayitkool3817]

All i can say is Green Day deserves a lots of credit. 30 years on the scene and still going.

[@paulcusentino4917]

Their Woodstock set was something else.

[@josecarlosalbarracinsato9504]

The mud fight was awesome but three random dudes kept playing with their instruments and that sucked

[@ChaseEdits_0916]

@@josecarlosalbarracinsato9504I can’t tell if you’re hating on them or joking

[@AimingWanderously]

Green Day- the only band in history to ever open for themselves.

[@themanwithnosoul3958]

American Idiot was the album I listened to in my mid teens and felt really close to my heart, with my mother kicking me out of her suburban house after one to many screwups, and my dad who had been divorced sense I was 8 took me in near downtown, and helped me go through the emotional breakdowns I had in the months following my mom kicking me out. Particularly, Boulevard of Broken Dreams really encapsulated town I felt, where I felt like I had no one to confide in, and just not knowing what I should do. Now, it reminds me of how I have grown as a person, and try to smile more often.

[@ginny3491]

Me too! I hold American idiot very close to my heart. I’m only 14 but it makes me nostalgic. That album has been with me for my whole life. I’m so sorry you went through all that. I’m proud of you for making it through.

[@shanechenmusic]

“Initially, they were a metal band called Condom”

[@aproposracer855]

169 likes. I had to unlike to keep this precious event

[@shanechenmusic]

Apropos Racer it’s 170 now

[@totaltotalmonkey]

I also had to unlike, but then I had to like.

[@lexymama648]

Right i had to rewind twice to make sure I heard that right 😂

[@youngish4159]

Better than used condom

[@swiggityswooty6814]

I listen to a lot of music, country, rap, rock, classical, pretty much everything. And Green Day is my favorite. They are amazingly talented and have some amazing lyrics

[@christineparis5607]

Yes!!!

[@taylorterror4965]

Green Day is my favorite

[@1971dave]

I listen to Elvis and Slipknot

[@mastersupreme6126]

Yes no?

[@mastersupreme6126]

@@christineparis5607 oh course yes is way better they have steve howe the best guitar player ever!

[@poi8ongirl]

“someone else” *adrienne* her name is *adrienne*

[@tylerw0w0w]

80 please keep taking me awayyy

[@jasonlewis3742]

No, you're confusing him with Rocky Balboa

[@H.E.M.]

I feel bad for the drummer who went to college full time. He would’ve been a famous millionaire 😂

[@jolenewallace2613]

The baddest ass band in the last 40 years

[@tiffanielafleur6597]

Green Day wouldn't be Green Day without Tre

[@outofideas4456]

Jolene Wallace nirvana, literally any metal band

[@MrSit87]

There is the same story with Blink 182 and Travis Barker joining before the went big... The other guy also left because of college, I believe?

[@tonyromo1625]

@@MrSit87 and now forever known as "the other guy"

[@theglitch1815]

2:56 Dookie was not Green Day’s debut! It was their 3rd album. Their first album came out in 1990 (39/Smooth).

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

They mean thats the album that put them on the map . I don'0t think they were being literal .

[@jessica-walt]

It was the first one on a major label

[@colinclayton8042]

It was their major label debut.

[@NicholasWeatherman]

It was their major label debut

[@repsale1k]

And then kerplunk.

[@burntflowersfallen8644]

What nobody told you about green day is that they are timeless and very good.

[@whilemyguitarblowsup4174]

"3 of the bands best known songs... She, Sassafras Roots, and Whatsername" Green Day are my all time favorite band so i know all their songs really well but im sorry, none of these 3 songs would be considered their "best known songs". She was at least a single off dookie that had decent radio play but SR was one of the least popular songs from the album?

[@sadgokkun8745]

whilemyguitarblowsup I mean he could have named any three songs from dookie

[@captainsimbadog8347]

Nice profile picture ripkurt

[@jerryhaley8356]

Pulling Teeth is one of my favorite Green Day cuts

[@true.2652]

What you don't know about Green Day: Billie Joe Armstrong is a Vampire cuz he never ages

[@tokiyakillsinsight160]

That meme aged like milk. He’s definitely starting to show his age now.

[@cooperminion825]

No. He caused the drought at the fountain of youth and it's only now that the effects are wearing off lol

[@zacharycremen7545]

3:25 “The frightening events of Woodstock ‘99...” *shows Woodstock ‘94

[@bluemcdaniel99]

He was def. showing footage of shit on fire and limp bizkit, and then referenced the 94 show after.

[@wolfinsheepsclothing842]

He literally talked about Woodstock 94 right after and used Woodstock 99 as a reference. Watch the video before you comment.

[@kellymcphaul2793]

Okay glad it’s not just me

[@zacharycremen7545]

Wolf in Sheep's clothing yeah but he was comparing the two, so when he was talking about 99 he should have showed 99 instead of 94.

[@wolfinsheepsclothing842]

@@zacharycremen7545 😐...He was showing Woodstock 99 while talking about it. I don't recall there being a giant bonfire at Woodstock 94.

[@rexsalisbury3646]

Green Day..Gods Favorite Band?? Dam Straight!!

[@rigzinbhutia7467]

Adrienne Armstrong not someone ok.

[@theun-knownmusician5468]

Jesus of Suburbia what?

[@rigzinbhutia7467]

@@theun-knownmusician5468 His wife.

[@sophiadekoning5547]

Thank you 🙏

[@repsale1k]

At first I thought you were saying that she is not ok

[@tatianasilva1195]

@@repsale1k I'm still trying to figure out what he said.

[@rrrrriva]

How disrespectful for Adrienne

[@Trevor6714]

I was gonna say I though her and Billie were together since like kerplunk I thought

[@GlidingZephyr]

Green Day redefined Punk when the genre was beginning to stagnate, and brought it into the mainstream so it could survive. They're legendary, and only The Ramones are equally recognizable outside of the fan base. 🤘

[@mastersupreme6126]

Nope also siverchair

[@adrevenue8730]

@@mastersupreme6126 silverchair id great but not as popular as green day, and silverchair is more of a post-grunge band, not exactly punk. still love both bands though

[@GlidingZephyr]

@Luke Robinett Offspring and Rage Against the Machine are another two of my favorites. While I was in my middle to late teens I remember listening to them until the CD or cassette reached the end.

[@brittanheller4431]

@Luke Robinett Had Operation Ivy not turned down the record deal and broke up, we may never of had Green Day or Offspring. Green Day owes all the success to Op Ivy, and Tim and Matt of Rancid.

[@punkfan3280]

Punk would have survived just fine without them..... People have this image that punk went away in the early 80s, when that's far from the case, it just went underground, where it should have stayed.

[@itstheshotgunzombie1667]

EVERY green day fan knows that they went by sweet children and that john kiffmeyer was the original drummer

[@red-bs3lv]

Ikr

[@iainmorrison9048]

Awesome band seen them live in UK twice. "Wake me up" live at Wembley is one of my stand out memories although, whilst their stage presence is amazing, audience participation seems key to the performances especially when a kid is invited on stage to play with them. It shows a real human side and they don't come across as heads up their own arse rock gods like some other bands I've seen.

[@londontrada]

I saw them in Milton Keynes Bowl about 15 years ago. Easily one of the best live shows I've ever seen.

[@jugdar13]

It’s so obvious that they still enjoy what they are doing (lengthing sets of live shows back this up....they love being up there). Gutted I couldnt get tickets for later this year (job issues) but seen them many times over and they are better every time, weirdly.

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

The original drummer has gotta be kicking himself daily over the amazing success of green day

[@anthonysclafani3963]

I love Green Day. Haters can go to another video, these dudes are legends

[@eddynewton4081]

What are you smokin'

[@skairi]

they're in the rock and roll hall of fame for a reason right?🔥

[@christineparis5607]

They are for people who know what it really is....

[@christineparis5607]

@@eddynewton4081 smoking knowledge...

[@dietjesus7710]

I hate the word haters

[@vampirepunk2279]

Why did I know all of this, I guess my early teen years of being completely obsessed with them paid off lol edit: omg guys it's a joke, don't take it too seriously

[@karzm0323]

In what way did it pay off

[@d3generate804]

@@karzm0323 presicely

[@vampirepunk2279]

@SierraPhantom idk man what more wise thing would a 13 year old do... I made my best friend through Green Day, started playing guitar because of them and improved my English skill in trying to understand the lyrics lol

[@locosmos9688]

Right jeesus

[@NoootABigDeal]

bunch of dicks clappin' back at you for this comment wow

[@tradeka4206]

If you haven’t seen Green Day live I recommend you go do it before they get old because god damn they are amazing performers. I got to go for my 16th birthday and it was my first concert, I’ll never forget it. They were amazing

[@lunchmonkey]

when they're talking about Amanda they don't even mention the song titled Amanda lol

[@tiffanielafleur6597]

Probably because it came out after Billie's tweets

[@poseidone5]

For me, Insomniac is the very best album of Green Day....what an energy!

[@bearfoot843]

These guys are beasts. Def a band to model ya self on

[@klawis]

ADRIENNE IS THE MUSE OF IDIOT NATION. SHE'S A GODDESS. SHE DOESN'T DESERVED TO BE CALLED "SOMEONE ELSE". SHOW SOME LOVE FOR 80

[@thesaxon5847]

Billie Joe wrote Good Riddance around 1990 when Amanda ACTUALLY broke up with him, he brought the song forward during the Dookie sessions but the others didn't think it fit.

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

I thought it was billie joe who wasn't wanting it on the album

[@thesaxon5847]

@@Mr.CliffysWorld maybe I'm wrong, do you have a source?

[@devanegeroy]

@@thesaxon5847 Good Riddance was written when they became famous but didn't fit in the album Insomniac. The song is not about break up with a girl, but a break up with all the friends that they think Green Day were Sellouts! So the Billie said to them - good riddance

[@thesaxon5847]

@@devanegeroy I can't tell if you're trolling or not, that is completely false. BJ: “It’s about an ex-girlfriend who had moved to Ecuador. In the song, I tried to be level-headed about her leaving, even though I was completely pissed off. So I named it ‘Good Riddance’ just to express my anger.” I may have the year wrong, but there are quotes from him such as above, Google it if you need proof.

[@devanegeroy]

@@thesaxon5847 I am not sure. See the lyrics there is nothing about love. Probably about letting things in general go. I also know the version that it was written after Dookie about what I said. See the song lyrics 86 from Insomniac. Connect them with Good Riddance. I know this version: - quote - Though the song lends itself to many different interpretations, two explanations are the most prevalent. According to the first, the song was written for 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, the club where the band got its start. After the mainstream success of Dookie, many of the band's original fans accused the group of selling out and turned their backs on Green Day. The band responded by writing this song in retaliation. - end quote - The other version is what you said but again check the lyrics.

[@mystomachurts2005]

Amanda must be regretting dumping Billie joe

[@alexanderwalker2327]

She definitely thinks about it every night lol

[@kombat1988]

@@alexanderwalker2327 yeah

[@jeffreylebowski7459]

I was part of the mud fight at Woodstock ‘94. Besides hearing Longview on the radio, it was my first Green Day experience.

[@H.E.M.]

Lol that’s cool. That’s history.

[@joec3478]

How you gonna mention The Network and not The Foxboro Hot tubs?

[@Noizedas]

Joseph Crook ha didn’t mention pinhead gunpowder either or bjs record label

[@joec3478]

Dav Swrs wack

[@jugdar13]

Or Pinhead Gunpowder

[@joec3478]

Malachite Eyes they’re all pretty interesting with a pretty unique sound, which is why I feel they should’ve mentioned all of them. I just prefer FBHT out of all of them

[@supremereader7614]

I’d like to hear that Cigarettes and Valentines album. I wonder who stole it.

[@rickhoward1516]

I think that was made up. Most likely Billie was having writers block which means they are writing plenty of songs but he thought it sucked. I'd bet my house thats what really happened.

[@howtodocertainthings8452]

Just Want2Help exactly, if it was stolen, they would have leaked it by now.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

Well, if the master tapes weren't stolen, then we would've never gotten American Idiot. It's a pick your poison situation.

[@rickhoward1516]

They weren't stolen. Its in plain view. Billie talked about the tapes "being stolen" and then coming to the band asking them if it was ok if he sang about these types of issues aka being political. He pretty much said without saying that he wanted to scratch the album and go a different direction. It was a brilliant move, but nothing was ever stolen.

[@amyosgood6044]

I've always said they were never stolen. But I also didn't believe the album existed either.

[@danielkinn782]

I first saw GreenDay in 1988. It was a small place in NorCal. My X GF back then introduced me to them. They were alot of fun live back then. So great memories

[@El_Kap044]

The song Jesus of Suburbia literally saved my life!

[@Mr.CliffysWorld]

Great song. It their version of Rushs 2112 lol

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

It's the perfect song. It got me into punk rock.

[@carlogarcia1702]

awesome.

[@kombat1988]

how!!!

[@bigbubbabonney8091]

Love that joke he mad when he was talking about Tré and he said “they found a pretty COOL one”

[@kombat1988]

I didn’t even notice

[@420san5]

When ever i see green day on any topic it makes me smile #greenday

[@Helicard]

I bought every album by Green Day from 1,039 to 21st Century Breakdown and learned how to play most of them on Bass and 95% of the video was news to me. Good Job

[@cherishedparks]

I don’t know if this was mentioned, but Green Day also wrote a song called “Amanda” in the ¡Tre! Album

[@sisir360]

Winsley Love that song. Been stuck in my head lately

[@totalanimalsoup]

@@sisir360 thats cuz everyone pretends those albums didnt happen xD

[@emiliaantemes4696]

Frankie Horvath Shame tbf, I think some of the tracks are highly underrated

[@totalanimalsoup]

@@emiliaantemes4696 i fully agree! I actually really like a fair few of the songs from the trio, but i think if they had narrowed down the songs to only the best ones, i think it would have been a better thing!

[@Ovcharka88]

Green day will always be my favorite shit I have all thier records on vinyl and on cds. Bought the dookie overdrive pedal seen them live 5 times with another concert planned for hella mega tour

[@mastersupreme6126]

Yes no?

[@Ovcharka88]

@@mastersupreme6126 huh

[@thewestsideducks]

more of a network guy myself

[@Ovcharka88]

@@thewestsideducks More of a longshot guy myself

[@kikilardi8843]

I keep seeing the dookie pedal in my music store . Ima start saving up for it 😌

[@alltheinnocence]

One of my big regrets is not seeing them live the last time they came through my town. I had just taken off a bunch of work before that, so it wouldn't have gone well to try to get that off too. But next time! I will see them live!

[@Amber_xo_133]

Iconic and Legendary Band from the 90s ❤️

[@Kittyxandra19]

As a Green Day super fan, I have to say that this video was pretty good.

[@eme_rgencyy]

I found it boring but just because he clickbaited me into believing i didnt know something about these guys and i didnt not know something sooo it was entertaining but the end felt short lol

[@Kittyxandra19]

mari_who_ana I think it’s good for beginners/those who don’t know much about the band. Not a perfect video but they got a good amount of information in.

[@Kittyxandra19]

rocket grunt simple mistake 🤷🏻‍♀️ they discussed their other albums so I really just think it must have been a typo in the script.

[@daveherz998]

It's 2020! Where's the Network reunion tour?

[@speakthemovie]

I dont know where it is but hopefully it will be available on their website in the comming months or at the very least when September ends

[@daniethorne]

Wake me up when September ends

[@danielb8697]

There are announcements about it now

[@screamingstar127]

A a a hope you like money money 2020 pt 2

[@noahsoldchannel7116]

Who else is seeing them on tour this June? Can’t wait!

[@Cocomelonzzzzzzz]

Sad. quarantine.lmao

[@noahsoldchannel7116]

Glitch Gaming lemme rephrase, who is was seeing them on tour*

[@CatholicBuddha]

As a Kinks fan it makes me so happy to see them mentioned in this video. Amazing band I was introduced to thanks to Green Day

[@muzikmystro]

I knew a lot of this being obsessed with them when growing up. However, I really really appreciate your detail to research. Excellent work. Would have loved to have heard about their side projects Pinhead Gunpowder and Foxboro Hot Tubs, though. And that Billie and Jason had a record label called Adeline records in which a good few of their signed artists found success.

[@tarasapone7150]

Really Well done video with all of your information! Excellent job....... didn't see the whole thing yet.....I saw 75 percent of it.....Well done! Great job!

[@tpags7398]

Just saying, dookie wasn’t a debut album Their debut was either 1039smooth or kerplunk was. Depending on if you see 1039 as an EP

[@tpags7398]

@Lmao Die maybe they meant major label debut, that just occurred to me

[@blizzbee]

I'm 39 y/o now and appreciate this video so much.

[@brunobucciarati1109]

Did they just called 80 as "someone else"?

[@sudsysutherland359]

Seen Green Day in 1994 in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens on their Dookie world tour, we took a limo to the concert & we were hanging out of the sun roof lol & I was 17yrs old, great times!!

[@KurtsToys]

I honestly think that Green Day might be God's favorite band.

[@mrhefe2322]

Gods favorite band. GREEN DAYYY!🤘🤘🤘

[@mraizawa621]

I feel bad for the people who dont know who Green Day is

[@fuzznuzzler3104]

Maybe their not interested in garbage

[@mrwaittlau2246]

@@fuzznuzzler3104 damn

[@heighwaymusic]

@@fuzznuzzler3104Then why are you watching the damn video?

[@elagabalusrex390]

What nobody told me about them was that they were probably the supreme corporate sellouts in the history of the punk genre.

[@bobablaw1298]

I’d love to see a Megadeth + Anthrax + everything else badass & loud pounding sound to come from a band called PAEDO POLICE

[@MrDanee22]

Great video GREEN DAY👍👍

[@moshimoshispidermandesu9932]

God damn it! I know nothing about Green day, I started listening to them like 2 o 3 years ago and the most memorable things tht happened to them where during the time I didn't exist

[@josephinegriner2898]

they played “Wake Me Up When September Ends” on the Hella Mega Tour in San Diego ❤️ emotional but beautiful

[@zandersalogar3726]

Before i even clicked on this video i knew the exact way they were gonna talk... That same "top 10 lists" kinda voice. You know the one im talking about, right?

[@nejc157]

this is my favorite band for 4years straight

[@horaymirror9849]

You completely missed the whole Foxboro Hottubs thing

[@wa11pon33]

Ugh! I’m so mad! How could no one tell me this about Green Day!? Thank you Grunge. Thank you for finally telling me the truth

[@jadeshelton267]

This is not true

[@atomheartmother7906]

I like how he said she inspired three of their most popular songs and then followed up with Sassafras Roots which is a random album track. So is Whatsername lol

[@leotmbg.]

Really amazing songs though

[@k.hraian3886]

Whatername isnt a random song it's very important

[@clifisboring]

The second story is why I love Green Day

[@edwardcushman]

Other than their old band names, I knew everything in the video... I’m kinda proud of myself lol

[@hambonetunes1988]

Love learning about some of my favorite bands!

[@JudasPriest82]

That's good I always wondered who the girl was he always wrote songs about, there was even a song called Amanda on TRE, it's kind of weird to write about a girl for 20 years

[@kombat1988]

yeah....like let it go

[@noobrb6501]

At finnish radio, Green day rocks everyday.

[@jbirb8299]

Warner Chappel: From sueing Green Day to Mumbo Jumbo

[@MrDanee22]

Great video 👍❤️

[@davidtorres4277]

They're my favorite punk rock band

[@billiejoedirnt]

Good vid man, most facts are straight, love the clip of Billie getting ran over from their new music video "Oh yeah" that got released last week. From a hardcore Green Day fan, good job, although Billie met his wife Adrienne before him and "amanda broke up in1994". Amanda must've been earlier than that by many years considering Billie writting two songs for Adrienne on their 92' album kerplunk. "2000 light years away" and "80". but over all good job

[@choosmusic9676]

4:20 Billie eats mud

[@Warzipp]

Worst part is half of it was mud and half of it was straight dookie from failed porta potties. How ironic they made an album called dookie.

[@kombat1988]

Mukbang

[@pramitpaul]

Cause Green Day is life❤️

[@sodidiajnci6730]

I love how your title implies that green day were a bunch of criminals or something

[@MrDanee22]

Great video✌️❤️

[@dumbazmf3439]

Who is going to the Green Day, weezer, and fall out boy hella mega tour

[@liyre4189]

Connor Briggs it’s during my exam week :///

[@joesdao2675]

Yee

[@dumbazmf3439]

Avery Petrazzi Atlanta

[@jolenewallace2613]

I am, Atlanta

[@jolenewallace2613]

I hope they play Christi road

[@kiankapil]

I have it on good authority that There was no stolen tape . It was a very well arranged hype and we all ate out

[@wstine79]

They hate being told they have 1 minute left to play music.

[@vampirepunk2279]

onE FUCKIN MINUTE

[@FangBlah]

Clicked for Green Day, but @3:50 was a music genius also; IMHO.

[@theomeester90]

I really wish there gets to be a greenday movie

[@gummywummyy]

well technically if you include Bullet In A Bible and Green Day: Heart Like A Hand Grenade ... then

[@ncrtrooper8786]

Idk why but I feel like he never ages

[@danielc5205]

I got dumped by a girl named Amanda back in the day, I was heart broken for four years afterwards. Now, whenever I hear Good Riddance over the radio, I'll always remember the short time I had with a Amanda, that I once knew.

[@lucygirl4926]

Better known as WhatsHerName...eh?

[@christineparis5607]

You break my heart. There is nothing like first love. You never forget it....

[@timbibin1301]

Im sure she still thinks about you Daniel... Hell.. she might even miss you

[@afreakaboucher1316]

You talking about wake me up when September ends made me cry 😭😭😭😭

[@simbadooo9055]

he sounds like sonic the hedgehog (billie joe Armstrong).

[@kombat1988]

HOW??????

[@anonymouslime2644]

I dunno if Karma was the best word to describe Dirnt getting tackled to the ground, I mean, it is Punk Rock.

[@BowlOfApples]

Also he wrote a final song about Amanda in 2012, released in 2013 on their "Tre" album the song was called "Amanda"

[@kombat1988]

dude look at the lyrics for f*** time

[@Amber_xo_133]

Facts about Green Day * Green Day were one of the latter-day punk bands to emerge from the 924 Gilman Street club scene in Berkeley, California. Champions of East Bay punk-pop, their mid-'90s success helped bring punk briefly to the forefront of the music industry, which caused a backlash among some fans who accused them of "selling out." * After their first two independent releases, Green Day developed a fervent fanbase, which prompted a bidding war among record labels eager to sign them. They milked the attention for all it was worth, allowing labels to pay for trips, dinners and alcohol even though they had no interest in most of them. They made one suitor take them to Disneyland. * Billie Joe recorded and released his first single, "Looking For Love," at the age of 5 on Fiat records. The first song he wrote and then recorded was "Why Do You Want Him?" when he was 12. * Armstrong and Dirnt played together in a band called Sweet Children before forming Green Day. They once played at a high school party with the band The Lookouts in a remote mountain location near Willits, California. Only five kids showed up for the party and there was no electricity in the house, so Sweet Children had to play using a generator and candlelight, but they played, as Lookouts singer/guitarist Larry Livermore put it, "As if they were the Beatles at Shea Stadium." * The band's name comes from a term referring to a day spent smoking pot, hanging around, and doing absolutely nothing. The band were joint-smokers since puberty and Billie Joe got his nickname, "Two Dollar Bill," from selling joints at that price at his high school. It is widely reported that when the boys went to their high school principal to say that they were dropping out to become a full-time band the principal observed that "would be a green day in hell" before they amounted to anything. * At age 12, Tre Cool became a member of the band The Lookouts. Their album attracted some attention, and Tre began performing at an early age at 924 Gilman Street. In 1987, Armstrong and Dirnt formed The Sweet Children with Armstrong on lead vocals and guitar and Dirnt on bass and backing vocals. They began playing in 1988 at Rod's Hickory Pit in Rodeo, California. In 1989, the Children renamed themselves Green Day, after their first semi-successful song. They soon added Al Sobrante (born John Kiftmeyer), and went looking for a record deal. * Green Day signed with Lookout Records in 1989 and released their first EP, 1,000 Hours And Slappy in 1990. The next year, they produced the album 39/Smooth and released it in 1991. (The EPs would eventually be re-released on one CD as 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours). Al Sobrante left the band at this point, and was replaced by Tre. Green Day kicked off a national tour the day after Dirnt graduated from high school in 1990, then returned to the studio to produce their second album Kerplunk in 1992. The group signed with Reprise Records in April 1993 and released Dookie in February 1994. * They played both Lollapalooza and Woodstock 1994. At their Woodstock gig, a mud fight broke out between the band and the audience. The audience won: Dirnt ended up losing his front teeth. * Mike Dirnt was adopted. His adopted parents got divorced when he was young. * Billie Joe's father died of cancer when Billie was 10 years old. Before he died, he gave Billie Joe his first guitar. Billie named it Blue and later created various replicas. >> * Billie Joe Armstrong is a playable character in the skateboarding game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. The game also includes numerous Marvel characters. >> * Armstrong married Adrienne Nesser in 1994, shortly after Dookie was released. The couple met in 1990 when Green Day played a show in Minnesota, where Adrienne lived. They have two children, Jacob and Joesph. Tre Cool has been married twice, and divorced twice, and has two children, Frankito and Ramone. Mike Dirnt also has a daughter, Estelle. * Every member in Green Day has tattoos, but they all have "E.B.P.M." somewhere on their bodies, meaning "East Bay Punk Mafia." * Other bands Billie Joe was in were Pinhead Gunpowder, Blatz, Goodbye Harry and Corrupted Morals and Rancid. Other instruments he plays are the drums, harmonica, guitar and the mandolin. * Billie Joe's cat, Zero, died in a tragic dryer accident. He confirmed this on Twitter. * In the 2003 film Freaky Friday the daughter Anna (played by Lindsay Lohan) has a Green Day poster in her room. * During soundcheck, Billie Joe likes to practice on the drums, and Tre likes to play Frisbee with the other crew members while they are riding skateboards. Tre also gives away a pair of drumsticks to a random person watching the soundcheck. * Tre is the godfather of Billie Joe's kids. * Billie Joe's hair is naturally reddish brown. If you've seen him with it dyed, you know he's no-holds-barred: blue, red, green, orange, and bright yellow are regularly rotated. * The first instrument Tre played was violin when he was nine years old. >> * They released their Warning album on October 3, 2000, less than two months before the US presidential election, so their record label promoted it with a campaign envisioning Billie Joe Armstrong in the running. One mock ad was pro-Armstrong, proclaiming him "a leader with a flair for leadership and the ability to lead" and ending with the tagline, "Burning the bridge to the 21st century." Another ad was anti-Armstrong, explaining why we shouldn't vote for him: He's a dick and his wife is very ugly. * Dirnt worked as a cook before Green Day became famous. * Armstrong is the youngest of six children. * The band has always been very candid about their drug use. When they started out, they talked openly about their recreational use of amphetamines, alcohol, and of course, marijuana. With the "War On Drug" still raging, this was an unusual admission. * In 2015, the band were inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, with pop-punk band Fall Out Boy inducting the band at the ceremony on April 18th. To celebrate, Green Day performed a two-hour-plus show at the House of Blues in Cleveland two days before the ceremony, featuring a special hour-long set as their original Sweet Children incarnation - complete with original drummer John Kiffmeyer performing with them for the first time in well over two decades. They also invited Rancid singer Tim Armstrong up to play some songs, including the Rancid song "Radio" that Billie Joe Armstrong had co-written for the band back in 1993. * Facebook founder and Green Day fan Mark Zuckerberg asked Billie Joe Armstrong to play at his wedding in 2012. The singer told Q magazine Zuckerberg set up his first Facebook account for him. "It's a secret one," he said. "Nobody knows I'm on there."

[@DaveSomething]

same three members? same three chords! ha! I still enjoy Green Day... I think I'm the only one I know that does.

[@jhonnycagexrage7458]

You are the only one that does what?

[@marissabones]

Still a classic

[@JamesKovacic]

The new songs suck. Hopefully they’re just trolling to get out of their record contract and they’ll make something better after the new album is released

[@nickwilliams6621]

It has been mentioned. Apparently the unicorn is convenienly censoring the title so it says 'Father of All Mo**** **ckers. Father of All Mockers. Hopefully it's a troll album.

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

@@ennisanni2180 Yep - Magnum Opus is fake. I still feel that they were trolling with this album.

[@themeister]

Look at Oh Yeah! And tell me that again

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

@@themeister Oh Yeah! sucks.

[@dylankeville1026]

I love their new album because it’s so different

[@elijah3673]

The birth of something beautiful

[@PriyanshRai]

CONDOM WAS A COOL NAME😂😂😂 THEY SHOULD HAVE KEPT IT

[@SchizoidBastard]

They def wouldn't have gone on to be the massively popular pop punk band they are now

[@TylerNohbuddy]

I HAVE A BAND CALLED CONDOM

[@CydeFX]

Bullsh*t. Woodstock '94 was different, and the Green Day pit was crazy, but that whole three days was filled with love all over. Incidents happened, just like at the original. I was there, and I loved every minute of it.

[@Fred1102]

10:27 who is she

[@courtesy3993]

They had to change their name from sweet children to green day because their band name would be confused with another local band called sweet baby, thats why in the moment of pressure, they changed their name to green day, after one of their first songs about weed.

[@cbrooks4816]

Green Day had their time: I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it was a long time ago.