HISTORY

Green Day

is an American rock band that formed in 1987. The members of the band are Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion, Jason White (guitar/vocals) and Jason Freese (keyboard). The band sees itself as a trio, John White and Jason Freese only participate in concert tours.

At first, Green Day was part of the punk rock scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Its record label debut Dookie (1994) became a success. Soon, it sold more than ten million copies in the United States alone, and 15 million copies worldwide.

The album was well reviewed and the band were praised for it's music and sales. Green day had three more albums after that, Insomniac, Nimrod and Warning. They were still successful albums, reaching double platinum, double platinum, and gold status respectively. However none of these albums sold as well as their first, Dookie. Green Day's 2004 rock opera American Idiot sold five million copies in the United States.

Green Day has sold over 65 million records worldwide, 22 million of them in the United States alone. They also have won three Grammy Awards, Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".