Green day is an American Punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, Drummer Tre Cool and guitarist & backing vocal Jason white, who became full member after playing in the band as a session and touring guitarist for 13 years.Cool replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990, prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1992).
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| Billie Joe Armstrong |
Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American rock musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter, and guitarist for the American punk rock band Green day, Raised in Rodeo, California, Armstrong developed an interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the age of five. He met Mike Dirnt while attending elementary school, and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 15 years old.
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| Mike Dirnt |
Michael Ryan Pritchard (born May 4, 1972) is an American musician, best known as thebassist, backing vocalist and co-founder of the American rock band Green Day, He has also played in several other bands, including The Frustator. During grade school, he would constantly play "air-bass", and while pretending to pluck the strings, he made the noise, "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt". As a result, his schoolmates began to call him "Mike Dirnt".
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| Tre Cool |
Frank Edwin Wright III (born on December 9, 1972), better known as Tré Cool, is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for Green Day. He replaced the group's former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1991. Before joining Green Day, Cool employed a more intricate drumming style. He explained that "When I started, I had too many drums. I was a little reggae-happy and into fancier beats than was needed. It took me awhile to get it: Play the song, don't play the instrument. I started figuring out how to make the band a stronger unit, to make it jump. After playing with Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt, Cool adopted a more rhythmic style with less drum fills to match Dirnt's bass riffs.
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| John Kiffmeyer |
John Kiffmeyer (also known as Al Sobrante), (born July 11, 1969) was the original drummer of the punk rock band Green Day. He was given his nickname in reference to his hometown, El Sobrante. but he was replaced by Tre cool in 1991, John was replaced by Tre cool to Attend college. John came out prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1992).
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| Jason White |
Jason White (born November 11, 1973) is an American musician best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the American rock band Green Day. He is also the guitarist and vocalist for the Californian punk quartet Pinhead Gunpowder. He was previously a touring member of Green Day since 1999 when they recorded Warning, and he became an official member of the band during the recording of the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tre! trilogy in 2012. He is the co-founder of Billie Joe Armstrong's record label Adeline Record.
Green Day albums :
- 39/Smooth (1990)
- Kerplunk (1992)
- Dookie (1994)
- Insomniac (1995)
- Nimrod (1997)
- Warning (2000)
- American Idiot (2004)
- 21st Century Breakdown (2009)
- iUno! (2012)
- iDos! (2012)
- iTre! (2013)
