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The 3 wayward \u201cpunks\u201d that became a Broadway Show<\/a>, that\u2019s what you can call Green Day. Despite their unorthodox approach, Green Day, is now one of the most appreciated bands within their musical genre, and not only, scoring high as one of the best, post 90\u2019s, punk-rock bands.<\/p>\n Even though they came to be in 1986 by the hands of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead-vocalist\/guitarist) and Mike Dirnt (backing vocals\/bass), later including drummer Tre Cool, success came within their grasp in 1994, when their Woodstock performance<\/a> lead to pig-style mud fight.<\/p>\n Their early years saw them perform on the stage of punk-rock club DIY in Berkley California and getting a record deal with and independent label, Lookout! Records<\/a>. Their early fans felt betrayed when the band signed off with another, well-known, label few years later.<\/p>\n Their third album, \u201cDookie<\/a>\u201d, also referred to as the one who brought them success, ended up to be a sell-out and scored over 10 million records being sold in the U.S. alone, while a grand total of 20 million copies world-wide were recorded.<\/p>\n They won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Performance and they got lifted among the well-established artists of the genre, Sublime, The Offspring<\/a> and Rancid, helping to popularize punk-rock in the U.S. mainstream once more.<\/p>\n “ They gained a huge load of fans from among teenagers ”<\/p>\n The next albums that came after \u201cDookie\u201d, \u201cInsomniac\u201d (1995), \u201cNirmond\u201d (1997) and \u201cWarning\u201d (2000) didn\u2019t get the overall attention of \u201cDookie\u201d, drawing back on their popularity. Despite this, they snatched double platinum discs and a golden disc for these albums. Their major hit and re-bounce album was \u201cAmerican Idiot<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n After 10 years without a smashing success the band saw themselves going away from the standard of the three chord California punk-rock and emerged in a new form, totally reshaped. The rock opera approach to the album was the success bearer for the band, as both audience and critics weighed in on it to be a surprisingly in-depth record and was regarded as a \u201cone-album wonder\u201d.<\/p>\n They gained a huge load of fans from among teenagers, who were too young to ever know of \u201cDookie\u201d. The critics were astonished by their performance and, of course, Green Day got a Grammy for Best Rock Performance<\/a> with \u201cAmerican Idiot\u201d.<\/p>\nBreakthrough Success<\/h2>\n
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