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| name             = Green Day
| image            = Green Day 2017 Germany.png
| caption          = Green Day performing in January 2017; from left to right: [[Jason White (musician)|Jason White]], Jeff Matika, {{nowrap|[[Billie Joe Armstrong]]}}, [[Tré Cool]], [[Jason Freese]], and [[Mike Dirnt]]
| alias            = Sweet Children (1987–1989)
| landscape        = yes
| background       = group_or_band
| origin           = [[East Bay]], [[California]], U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Punk rock]]
* [[pop punk]]
* {{nowrap|[[alternative rock]]}}
* [[power pop]]
* [[skate punk]]
}}
| years_active     = 1987–present
| label            = {{flatlist|
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
* [[Warner Records|Warner]]
* [[Lookout Records|Lookout!]]
}}
| associated_acts  = {{flatlist|
* [[Pinhead Gunpowder]]
* [[The Network]]
* [[Foxboro Hot Tubs]]
* [[The Coverups]]
}}
| website          = {{URL|greenday.com}}
| current_members  = * [[Billie Joe Armstrong]]
* [[Mike Dirnt]]
* [[Tré Cool]]
| past_members     = * Sean Hughes
* Raj Punjabi
* [[John Kiffmeyer]]
* [[Jason White (musician)|Jason White]]
}}

'''Green Day''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Rock music|rock]] [[Trio (music)|trio]] that [[form]]ed in 1987. The members of the band are [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] ([[lead vocals|vocals]], [[guitar]]), [[Mike Dirnt]] ([[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals|vocals]]), and [[Tré Cool]] ([[drum kit|drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]]), [[Jason White (musician)|Jason White]] (guitar/vocals) and [[Jason Freese]] ([[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]). Jason Freese only participates in concert tours. '''Green Day''' is often celebrated as one of the best punk rock bands currently performing.

At first, Green Day was part of the [[punk rock]] [[culture]] at [[924 Gilman Street]] in [[Berkeley, California]]. Its album ''[[Dookie]]'' (1994) became a success. Soon, it [[sold]] more than [[ten]] [[million]] copies in the [[United States]] alone, and 20 million copies [[worldwide]].<ref name="autogenerated3">Myers, Ben. "[http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle15670.html Green Day: American Idiot and the New Punk Explosion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011103336/http://www.disinfo.com/site/displayarticle15670.html |date=2007-10-11 }}" April, 2006.</ref> The album was well reviewed and the band were [[wikt:praise|praise]]d for its music and sales.<ref>DeRogatis, Jim. ''Milk It!: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the 90's.'' Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003. Pg. 357, {{ISBN|0-306-81271-1}}</ref><ref name="punk revival">{{cite web | author=D'Angelo, Joe | year=2004 | title=How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival | work=MTV.com | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/20040915/story.jhtml | access-date=2006-07-26 | archive-date=2013-05-25 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525101144/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1491001/green-days-dookie-pop-punk-fertilizer.jhtml | url-status=dead }}</ref> Green Day had three more [[album]]s after that, ''[[Insomniac (album)|Insomniac]]'', ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' and ''[[Warning (album)|Warning]]''. They were still successful albums, reaching [[double platinum status|double platinum]], double platinum, and [[gold status]] respectively. However none of these albums sold as well as their third album, ''Dookie''.<ref>[http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm Rock On The Net: Green Day]</ref> Green Day's 2004 [[rock opera]] ''[[American Idiot]]'' sold six million copies in the [[United States]].<ref name="timeline">{{cite news | title=Green Day Timeline | publisher=[[Rock on the Net]] | url =http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-g/greenday_main.htm | access-date = 2007-05-04 }}</ref>

Green Day has sold over 85 million [[album|records]] worldwide,<ref name="autogenerated3" />  32 million  of them in the United States alone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RIAA Bestsellers |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp |access-date=2017-08-31 |archive-date=2007-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516072150/http://www.riaa.com/gp/bestsellers/topartists.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> They also have won four [[Grammy Awards]], [[Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Album]] for ''Dookie'', [[Best Rock Album]] for ''American Idiot'', [[Record of the Year]] for the song "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]], [[Best Rock Album]] for 21st Century Breakdown and have also been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.

== Band history ==
=== Formation and Lookout! years (1987–1993) ===

In 1990, Lookout! released Green Day's first album ''[[39/Smooth]]''. Green Day recorded two [[Extended Play|EPs]]: ''[[Slappy]]'' and ''[[Sweet Children (EP)|Sweet Children]]''. Lookout! Records released ''[[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]],'' an album that had the ''39/Smooth,'' ''Slappy,'' and ''1,000 Hours'' EPs in it. In late 1990, shortly after the band's first worldwide [[tour]], Sobrante left the band.<ref name="Vhawk" /> [[The Lookouts]] drummer Tré Cool became a [[wikt:replace|replacement]], and then became a [[wikt:permanent|permanent]] replacement because Sobrante did not want to come back. Green Day was on tour for most of 1992 and 1993, and played a lot of shows [[sea|overseas]] in [[Europe]]. Its second album, ''[[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]'', sold about 50,000 copies in the U.S.,<ref>Thompson, Dave. "Green Day." ''Alternative Rock.'' San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 2000.</ref> which was a lot for the punk band in 1992.

=== Breakthrough success (1994–1996) ===
''Kerplunk's'' success made major record labels interested in Green Day, and they soon left Lookout! and signed with [[Reprise Records]] after getting the [[wikt:attention|attention]] of [[producer]] [[Rob Cavallo]]. Signing to Reprise made many punk rock fans think Green Day as [[Selling out|sellouts]].<ref name=happenednext>Reflecting on the period, Armstrong told ''[[Spin magazine|SPIN]]'' magazine in 1999, "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest failure ... The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward."</ref><ref>Smith, RJ. "Top 90 Albums of the 90's." ''SPIN.'' August 1999.</ref>  After signing with Reprise, the band went to work on making its major label debut, ''[[:en:Dookie|Dookie.]]''

Released in February of 1994, and recorded in 3 weeks,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1779:2213/1/Green_Day.htm |title=Biography Channel - Green Day |access-date=2008-07-28 |archive-date=2009-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015021933/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/1779%3A2213/1/Green_Day.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Dookie'' became a [[Commerce|commercial]] success, making it to [[MTV]] for the videos of the songs "[[Longview (song)|Longview]]", "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]", and "[[When I Come Around]]", all of which made it to the number one [[position]] on the [[Modern Rock Tracks]] charts.

''Insomniac'' was a darker, more punk release for the band than the [[Pop music|rocking]] ''Dookie.''<ref name="behindthemusic">"Green Day". ''[[Behind the Music]].''  [[VH1]], 2000.</ref> ''Insomniac'' earned 4 out of 5 stars from ''[[Rolling Stone Magazine]]'', which said "In punk, the good stuff actually unfolds and gains meaning as you listen without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy. And Green Day are as good as this stuff gets."<ref>Coleman, Mark. "Insomniac." ''Rolling Stone.'' November 1995.</ref> ''Insomniac'' won the band [[award]] [[wikt:nominate|nominations]] for Favorite Artist, Favorite Hard Rock Artist, and Favorite Alternative Artist at the 1996 [[American Music Awards]]. The video for "Walking Contradiction" got the band a [[Grammy]] nomination for Best Video, Short Form, and a Best Special Effects nomination at the MTV Video Music Awards.

In 1995, a new single for the ''[[Angus (movie)|Angus]]'' soundtrack was released, titled "[[J.A.R.]]". The single went straight to number one on the Billboard [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. After that, ''[[Insomniac (album)|Insomniac]],'' Green Day's new album, was released in the [[fall (season)|fall]] of 1995. After that, the band [[stop]]ped from going on a European tour so they could rest for a while.<ref name="snotty">Di Perna, Alan. "[http://www.geocities.com/vintageinterviews/greenday.html Young, Loud, and Snotty] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091027102356/http://www.geocities.com/vintageinterviews/greenday.html |date=2009-10-27 }}." ''Guitar World.'' August 1996.</ref>

=== ''Nimrod'' and ''Warning'' (1997–2000) ===
[[File:39735797 58e868b130 o.jpg|thumb|275px|left|A Green Day concert on one of their tours]]
In 1997, Green Day began to work on a new album.<ref>Spitz, Marc. ''Nobody Likes You.'' New York: Hyperion, 2006. Pg. 128.</ref> They came up with ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]].'' The new album was released in October 1996. The success of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" won the band an MTV Video Award for Best Alternative Video.

In 2000, Green Day released ''[[Warning (album)|Warning]],'' an album that had types of songs that ''Nimrod'' did. Though the ''Warning'' made the hit "[[Minority (song)|Minority]]" and a smaller hit with "[[Warning (Green Day song)|Warning]]", some observers thought that the band was losing [[popularity]].<ref name=metacritic>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/warning |title=Green Day: Warning (2000): Reviews |access-date=2008-07-29 |archive-date=2010-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323091914/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/warning |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''Warning'' was certified gold by the RIAA.

At the 2001 California Music Awards, Green Day won all eight awards that they were nominated for.

=== ''American Idiot'' ===
In the [[summer]] of 2003, the band went into a [[studio]] to write and record new songs for a new album titled ''[[Cigarettes and Valentines]].''<ref>Spitz, pg. 152.</ref> After making 20 tracks, the [[Master recording|master tapes]] were [[wikt:theft|stolen]] from the studio. The band was upset and chose not to try to re-create the stolen album, but instead start over with a [[wikt:vow|vow]] to be even better than before. In this same year, Green Day went with [[Iggy Pop]] on two tracks for his album ''[[Skull Ring]].''  They took "band [[therapy]]," talking for a long time to work out the members' differences after accusations from Dirnt and Cool that Armstrong was "the band's Nazi"<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Hendrickson, Matt | year=2005 | title=Green Day — How the brats grew up, bashed Bush and conquered the world | magazine=Rolling Stone | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6959133/greenday?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=single2&rnd=1108277555953&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872 | access-date=November 24, 2005 | archive-date=November 25, 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125173701/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6959133/greenday?pageid=rs.News&pageregion=single2&rnd=1108277555953&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.872 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and a show-off bent on taking the limelight from the other band members.

The 2004 album, ''[[American Idiot]]'', was number one on the [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] charts, the band's first ever album to top the chart, even with success of the album's first single, "American Idiot.

Through 2005, the band toured for about 150 days— visiting [[Japan]], [[Australia]], the [[United States]] and the [[UK]], where they had a crowd of 130,000 people in only two days. While touring for ''American Idiot,'' they [[Movie|filmed]] and recorded the two [[concert]]s at the [[Milton Keynes]] [[National Bowl]] in England, which was voted 'The Best Show On Earth' in a ''[[Kerrang!]]'' Magazine Poll.

These recordings were released as a live [[Compact disc|CD]] and [[DVD]] called ''[[Bullet in a Bible]]'' on [[November 15]], [[2005]]. The DVD had a behind-the-scenes [[footage]] of the band, and showed how the band [[wikt:prepared|prepared]] to put on the show. The final shows of its 2005 world tour were in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], and [[Melbourne]], Australia, on [[December 14]] and [[December 17|17]]. On [[January 10]], [[2006]] the band was awarded with a [[People's Choice Award]] for favorite group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/2006-01-11-peoples-choice-winners_x.htm|title=USA Today - People's Choice Award Winners|publisher=The Associated Press|access-date=2010-01-02}}</ref>

[[File:HaseAufCenterstage.jpg|thumb|330px|Green Day live in [[Germany]] during the ''American Idiot'' tour.]]

In 2006, Green Day won the [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year]] for "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]"<ref>"[http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 Green Day's Grammy Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008002123/http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx?title=&winner=Green%20Day&year=0&genreID=0&hp=1 |date=2009-10-08 }}" Grammy.com.</ref> which spent 16 weeks at the number one position of Billboard's ''Modern Rock Tracks''.

In an [[interview]] with ''Kerrang!'', Billie Joe said that 2008 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new Untitled Eighth Studio Album."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg |title=www.GreenDayAuthority.com |access-date=2008-07-30 |archive-date=2011-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313082459/http://www.greendayauthority.com/magazines/kerrang/122006.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2007, Billie Joe said more on this new album, saying he had been writing new songs on the [[piano]], and had around 45 of them. He said he wanted the new music to dig into what he's feeling during that time - which is middle-aged.<ref>[http://www.nme.com/news/green-day/31628 NME][[NME]] article retrieved [[October 8]] [[2007]]</ref>

In 2009 ''[[Kerrang!]]'' named ''American Idiot'' the best album of the decade,<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Kerrang!]]|date=2009-08-05|publisher=[[Bauer Media Group]]|title=Kerrang! Top 50 albums of the 21st Century}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' ranked it #60 in a similar list,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/list/the-top-100-greatest-albums-of-the-decade/158049/page/5|title= THE TOP 100 GREATEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE|work=[[NME]]|access-date=2009-12-10}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked it 22nd.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248017/100_best_albums_of_the_decade/27|title=100 Best Albums of the Decade: #22-#21|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=2009-12-09|access-date=2009-12-10|archive-date=2009-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091213004501/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31248017/100_best_albums_of_the_decade/27|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===''21st Century Breakdown''===
In an interview with ''[[Kerrang!]]'', Armstrong said that 2009 would "be a fair estimate of the release date of their new untitled eighth studio album for Green Day."  It was revealed that Butch Vig would be producing the upcoming album in an interview with Carson Daly.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=2008-10-14|title=Green Day Are In The Studio With Butch Vig For New Album, Online Video Confirms|author=James Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com./news/articles/1596973/20081014/green_day.jhtml|access-date=2010-01-03|archive-date=2008-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017113054/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1596973/20081014/green_day.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> The gap of nearly five years between their previous album, ''American Idiot'', and their newest release was the longest gap in Green Day's career. While the band had been working on new music since January 2006, by October 2007 Armstrong had written 45 songs, the band showed no further signs of being close to releasing a new album until October 2008, when a video of the group recording with producer Butch Vig in the studio was posted on YouTube.<ref>{{cite news|title=Green Day in studio with Nirvana producer|date=2008-10-14|author=Jonathan Cohen|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url=http://ca.reuters.com./article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE49E04920081015|access-date=2010-01-03|archive-date=2008-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018191932/http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE49E04920081015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="green day at studio 10-09-08">{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGoEG1Jn5s | title = Green Day recording at studio Oct 9 | publisher = GreenDayStuff | date = 2008-10-21 | access-date= 2008-10-09}}</ref>

Their newest album, titled ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'', was released on May 15, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/72615/green_day|title=Green Day unveil new album release date|access-date=2009-03-30|date=2009-03-27|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> Called "Green Day at their best" by ''Seattle Weekly's'' Krist Novoselic,<ref>{{Citation|title = Krist Novoselic: 21st-Century Breakdown Is Green Day at Their Best|url = http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2009/05/21st-century_breakdown_is_gree.php|access-date = 2009-05-27|archive-date = 2009-05-22|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090522121359/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2009/05/21st-century_breakdown_is_gree.php|url-status = dead}}</ref> the album has received mostly positive reviews. Rating website ''Metacritic'' reported a rating of 70% as of July 2009, based on 30 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Day: 21st Century Breakdown (2009): Reviews |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/21stcenturybreakdown |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=2009-07-30 |archive-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518122257/http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/greenday/21stcenturybreakdown |url-status=dead }}</ref> After it was released, ''21st Century Breakdown'' reached #1 on the charts in fourteen different countries.

==Music style and influences==
Green Day's sound is often compared to first wave [[punk rock]] bands such as the [[Ramones]], [[The Clash]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[The Jam]], and the [[Buzzcocks]].<ref name="snotty" /> Stylistically, the group is characterized as punk rock,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2012/06/green-day-realize-they-are-not-really-99-percent/|title=Green Day Realize They Are Not Really the 99 Percent|work=Spin|date=20 June 2012 |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> [[pop punk]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/13/entertainment/ca-green-day13|title=Turning Green Day's 'American Idiot' into a rock opera|work=Los Angeles Times|date=13 September 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> and [[alternative rock]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Abbey|editor1-first=Cherie D.|title=Biography Today Vol. 11 No. 3|url=https://archive.org/details/biographytodayvo0000unse_o8a5|date=September 2002|publisher=Omnigraphics, Inc.|isbn=0-7808-0499-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/biographytodayvo0000unse_o8a5/page/17 17]|chapter=Aaron Carter 1987-}}</ref>

Most of their songs are fast and under the [[average]] song [[length]] of four minutes (4:00), though some of their songs run on longer such as "Jesus of Suburbia" which runs for nine minutes. Billie Joe Armstrong said that some of his biggest [[influence]]s are [[alternative rock]] bands [[Husker Dü]] and [[The Replacements]].<ref name="snotty" /> Armstrong's [[lyrics]] mostly describe [[Distancing effect|alienation]], [[hysteria]], [[girl]]s, [[puberty|growing up]], and what happens to someone if they take drugs. The Ramones had lyrical [[theme (music)|themes]] that were also close to Green Day's lyrics such as hysteria, alienation, girls, and drugs. Green Day has covered Ramones songs a few times, such as recording "Outsider" for the [[tribute]] album ''[[We're a Happy Family]]'', and [[performance|performing]] "[[Blitzkrieg Bop]]" and "Teenage Lobotomy" when the Ramones made it into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2002.

== Band members ==
=== Current members ===
*[[Billie Joe Armstrong]] – [[lead vocals|vocals]], [[guitar]] (1986–present)
*[[Mike Dirnt]] - [[bass guitar]], [[backing vocals]] (1986–present)
*[[Tré Cool]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], [[percussion]], backing vocals (1990–present)
*[[Jason White (musician)|Jason White]] - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2012–present; touring member 1999–Present)

=== Former members ===
*[[John Kiffmeyer]] – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1987–1990)

=== Current touring musicians ===
*[[Jason Freese]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], piano, [[acoustic guitar]], [[trombone]], [[saxophone]], [[accordion]], backing vocals (2004–present)

=== Former touring musicians ===
*Kurt Lohmiller – trumpet, timpani, percussion, vocals (1999–2004)
*[[Gabrial McNair]] – trombone, [[tenor]] saxophone (1999–2001)
*Garth Schultz - trombone, trumpet
*[[Ronnie Blake]] – [[trumpet]], [[timpani]], percussion, backing vocals (2004–present)
*[[Mike Pelino]] – [[rhythm guitar]], backing vocals (2004–present)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/greenday/article/behind-green-day/ |title=GeekStinkBreath.net - "Behind Green Day" |access-date=2008-07-29 |archive-date=2010-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100816232039/http://www.geekstinkbreath.net/greenday/article/behind-green-day |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Session musicians ===
*[[Rob Cavallo]] – piano on ''American Idiot'' (2004)
*[[Stephen Bradley]] – trumpet on ''Warning'' (2000) and ''Nimrod'' (1997)
*[[Petra Haden]] – [[violin]] on ''Nimrod'' (1997)
*[[Gabrial McNair]] – [[trombone]] on ''Nimrod'' (1997)

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''[[39/Smooth]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Kerplunk (album)|Kerplunk]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Dookie (Green Day album)|Dookie]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Insomniac (album)|Insomniac]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Nimrod (album)|Nimrod]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Warning (album)|Warning]]'' (2000)
* ''[[American Idiot]]'' (2004)
* ''[[21st Century Breakdown]]'' (2009)
* ''[[¡Uno!]]'' (2012)
* ''[[¡Dos!]]'' (2012)
* ''[[¡Tré!]]'' (2012)
* ''Revolution Radio'' (2016)
* ''[[Father of All Motherfuckers]]'' (2020)
* ''Saviors'' (2024)

== References ==
*{{cite web| author=Cohen, Jonathan| year=2004| title=Green Day's 'Idiot' Fueling Banner Year| work=Billboard.com| url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732979| access-date=July 27, 2005| archive-date=April 6, 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406004634/http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732979| url-status=dead}}
*{{cite web| author=Cohen, Jonathan| year=2005| title=Green Day not ready to rest 'Idiot'| work=Billboard.com| url=http://www.billboard.com/bb/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991882| access-date=July 27, 2005| archive-date=November 28, 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051128132455/http://www.billboard.com/bb/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000991882| url-status=dead}}
*Spitz, Marc. ''Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day''. New York: Hyperion, 2006. {{ISBN|1-4013-0274-2}}
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/media/g2/onemusic/docs/green_day526.ram The Green Day Story] (Broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] Mon [[20 June]] [[2005]]) (Different [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio1/greenday_doc.rpm link] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121209103856/www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio1/greenday_doc.rpm |date=2012-12-09 }})

== Notes ==
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== Other websites ==
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* [http://www.greenday.com/ Green Day] Official website
* [http://www.greenday.com/idiotclub/ Green Day Idiot Club] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007070505/http://www.greenday.com/idiotclub/ |date=2008-10-07 }} Official fanclub
* {{MySpace|greenday|Green Day}}
*[http://greenday.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Green Day Wiki] A [[Wikia]] project Green Day [[wiki]].

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