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Due to the royalties from the sales of the album, the band were able to get a better vehicle for transport, a converted [[Bookmobile]], and both Armstrong and Dirnt acquired new gear. They subsequently went on a US cross-country trek, where they played bigger venues such as Los Angeles, California's [[Whisky a Go Go]] and San Francisco, California's [[Slim's]]. Hype surrounding the band meant that said venues were at full capacity during shows.<ref name=Spitz77>Spitz 2010, p. 77</ref> Staff at Lookout were bewildered by the band, with roadies informing them of bigger crowds of 300 people in places the band had only previously drew a crowd of 30.<ref name=Spitz78/> [[Campus radio|College radio stations]] helped in the band's reach, with assistance of San Francisco radio [[music director]] [[Steve Masters (DJ)|Steve Masters]] and New Jersey DJ [[Matt Pinfield]].<ref>Spitz 2010, pp. 75–76</ref> Green Day soon returned overseas, playing a show in London in May 1992.<ref name=Gaar60/> Cometbus<!-- the person, not the publication --> said crowd sizes were swelling, while the promoters appeared more sleazy and Green Day's success was rising, though had stalled.<ref>Gaar 2006, p. 61</ref> Some gigs were forced to be called off due to high attendee figures for venues that were not adequately sized to handle them. On a few occasions, the resident fire marshall shut down the shows, while in other instances, more prominent promotes took control of the gigs and stole the band's money. Alongside these issues, the personality of the crowds shifted, as Dirnt said that fights often broke out from attendees who did not [[Punk subculture|get punk shows]].<ref name=Gaar62/>
Members of Green Day, despite their bellowing success, spent time playing with other acts around this time, such as Armstrong with [[Pinhead Gunpowder]] and [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]].<ref name=Gaar60>Gaar 2006, p. 60</ref> Following this, the band signed to [[major label]] [[Reprise Records]] in early 1993.<ref>Myers 2006, p. 93</ref> "Welcome to Paradise" was re-recorded for Green Day's major label debut, ''[[Dookie]]'' (1994);<ref>Myers 2006, p. 104</ref> on the same album, "Sassafras Roots" evoked the sound of ''Kerplunk!''.<ref>Spitz 2010, p. 95</ref> A remix of "2000 Light Years Away", by [[Jerry Finn]] and [[Rob Cavallo]], was included on [[The Jerky Boys (soundtrack)|the soundtrack]] to ''[[The Jerky Boys: The Movie]]'' (1995).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Jerky Boys – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|people=Various artists|year=1995|type=booklet|publisher=[[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]]/[[Select Records]]|id=82708-2}}</ref> Despite no singles being issued from ''Kerplunk'', the band's fanbase latched on to "2000 Light Years Away" and "Christie Rd.".<ref name=LWretro>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/green-day-kerplunk-album-anniversary/|title=31 Years Ago: Green Day Release 'Kerplunk'|work=[[Loudwire]]|author=Childers, Chad|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=April 29, 2024|archive-date=March 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317135834/https://loudwire.com/green-day-kerplunk-album-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref> As such, the latter of these was pressed on a [[Phonograph record|seven-inch vinyl record]], with "One of My Lies", "One for the Razorbacks" and a live version of "One of My Lies" as the B-sides, as part of the ''Ultimate Collectors 7" Vinyl Singles Box Set'' (2009) collection.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Ultimate Collectors 7" Vinyl Singles Box Set|people=Green Day|year=2009|type=sleeve|publisher=Reprise Records|id=517676-7}}</ref> "2000 Light Years Away" was later included on their greatest hits compilation, ''[[Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band]]'' (2017).<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band|people=Green Day|year=2017|type=booklet|publisher=[[Reprise Records]]|id=564901-2}}</ref> In late 2005, citing a royalty dispute, the band took control of their Lookout Records-era releases, including ''Kerplunk'', the compilation album ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]'', and the ''[[1,000 Hours]]'' (1989) and ''Slappy'' EPs.<ref>Spitz 2010, p. 180</ref> Fellow independent label [[Epitaph Records]] subsequently reissued the album in 2008,<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Kerplunk|people=Green Day|year=2008|type=booklet|publisher=[[Epitaph Records]]|id=6864-2}}</ref> until Reprise Records did the same the following year.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Kerplunk|people=Green Day|year=2009|type=sleeve|publisher=Reprise Records|id=517784-1}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
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