1. Green Day By Wade.W

2. Billie Joe Armstrong Billie Joe Armstrong-(born February 17, 1972) is the lead vocalist, chief songwriter and guitarist for the band Green Day. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Pinhead Gunpowder and sings for garage rock band Foxboro Hot Tubs, and writes the songs.

3. Band members Current members Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitars (1987–present) Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals (1987–present) Tré Cool – drums, percussion (1990–present) Former members John Kiffmeyer – drums, percussion (1987–1990) Current touring members Jason White – backup live guitar, backing vocals (1999– present) Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, trombone, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals (2003–present) Jeff Matika – backup live rhythm (sometimes acoustic) guitar, backing vocals (2009–present) Former touring members Timmy Chunks – rhythm guitar (1997–1999) Garth Schultz – trombone, trumpet (1997–1999) Gabrial McNair – trombone, tenor saxophone (1999–2001) Kurt Lohmiller – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (1999–2004) Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2004–2005) Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals (2004–2005

4. Musical style and influences Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave punk bands such as the Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Stiff Little Fingers, The Jam, and the Buzzcocks. Billie Joe Armstrong has mentioned that some of his biggest influences are seminal alternative rock bands Hüsker Dü and The Replacements, and that their influence is particularly noted in the band's chord changes in songs. In fact, Green Day has covered Hüsker Dü's "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" as a B-side for the "Warning" single, and the character "Mr. Whirly" in their song "Misery" is a reference to the Replacements song of the same name. Among other influences, Green Day have also cited Queen, The Who, and power pop pioneers Cheap Trick. In reaction to both the style of music and the background of the band, John Lydon, former front man of the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols commented: So there we are fending off all that and it pisses me off that years later a wank outfit like Green Day hop in and nick all that and attach it to themselves. They didn't earn their wings to do that and if they were true punk they wouldn't look anything like they do. In another interview, Lydon stated that: Look, I'm sorry, they're a bit fake for me. They change their image. Fake mockneys. The London twang and vocal is a little out of place. Enjoy your own culture and stick with what you know. English rock musician Noel Gallagher of Oasis also complained about the band semi-jokingly, claiming that they ripped off his song "Wonderwall" with their song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams“. Cool mentioned in a July 2009 interview that while Armstrong is the primary songwriter, he looks to the other band members for organizational help.

5. Band history Formation and Lookout years: 1987–1993 Sample of "Welcome to Paradise" from Kerplunk This was before Green Day re-recorded the song for its major-label debut Dookie. Problems listening to this file? See media help. In 1987, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children. The first Sweet Children show took place on October 17, 1987, at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California where Armstrong's mother was working. In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with former Isocracy drummer, John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante)and Sean Hughes. Kiffmeyer served as both the band's drummer and business manager, handling the booking of shows and helping the band establish a fan base, and Sean Hughes served as the band's bass guitar player. As said in the film Punk's Not Dead, Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy (which features Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid) as a major influence, and a band that drove Armstrong to form a band. After Hughes left the band in 1989,Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout! Records, saw the band play an early show and signed them to his label. In 1989 they recorded their first EP, 1,000 Hours. Before 1,000 Hours was released, the band dropped the name Sweet Children, according to Livermore this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby. The band adopted the name Green Day, allegedly due to their fondness of marijuana. Lookout! would release Green Day's first LP, 39/Smooth in early 1990. Green Day would record two EPs later that year: Slappy and Sweet Children, the latter of which included some older songs they had recorded for Minneapolis indie label Skene! Records. In 1991, Lookout! Records released 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, a compilation of the 39/Smooth, Slappy, and 1,000 Hours EPs. In late 1990, shortly after the band's first nationwide tour, Sobrante left the East Bay area to attend college. The Lookouts drummer Tré Cool began filling in as a temporary replacement, and when it became clear that Sobrante did not plan to commit to the band full time, Tré Cool's position as Green Day's drummer became permanent. The band went on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a stretch of shows overseas in Europe. The band's second full length album Kerplunk sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.

6. Albums

7. American Idiot It was released on 21 of September 2004 and American Idiot Jesus of Suburbia Holiday Boulevard of Broken Dreams Are We The Waiting St. Jimmy Give Me Novacaine She's a Rebel Extraordinary Girl Letterbomb Wake Me Up When September Ends Homecoming Whatsername That’s what song are on the album. In the song they wear black shirts and black gens

8. The song http://www.mtv.com.au/music/artists/green- day/videos/american-idiot-live-in-munich- germany---world-stage-460756/

9. Lyrics Don't want to be an American idiot. Don't want a nation under the new media And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Well maybe I'm the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda. And sing along to the age of paranoia. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue. Don't want to be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alien nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay. Television dreams of tomorrow. We're not the ones who're meant to follow. For that's enough to argue.

10. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day http://greendayweb.yaia.com/lyricsamerica nidiot.html