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Green Day

 

Green Day was part of the California punk scene 

 

Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass; born Mike Pritchard) formed their first band, Sweet Children, in Rodeo, California when they were 14 years old. By 1989, the group had added drummer Al Sobrante and changed their name to Green Day

 

Green Day returned in late 1999 to play Neil Young's "Bridge School Benefit Concert", their first live accoustic performance.

 

Early in the recording process, the band decided to fire their new producer, Scott Litt, and produce the album themselves

 

Green Day's reinvention over a decade into its career—is their ambition and desire to push boundaries when few of their peers have done the same. It's one of the most remarkable transformations in rock and roll history

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