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• Green Day is a Bay-Area based Punk Rock trio that shot to fame in the early 1990s and helped to re-popularize the genre.

  In April 2009 Green Day announced they would perform at the New York Bowery Ballroom on May 18. Playing at small venues, while not unheard of, is rare for the band. The group performed for a 500 capacity crowd in San Francisco at the DNA Lounge. The New York concert comes just three days after the release of their latest album.Reuters: Green Day Plans Rare NYC Club Gig (April 10, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Genre: Punk
  2. Hometown: East Bay, California
  3. Years Active: 1987- Present
  4. Grammy Awards: Three
  5. Original Label: Lookout! Records
  6. Current Label: Reprise Records
  7. Studio albums: Eight
  8. Albums sold: 60 Million
  9. Side project known as the Foxboro Hot Tubs
  10. Performed with U2 at the 2006 Superbowl

• Band Members

  • Billie Joe Armstrong - Guitar/Vocals
  • Mike Dirnt - Bass
  • Tré Cool - Drums

• 21st Century Breakdown

  The band recently announce their eight studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, would be released in May. The album is reported to be a concept album, broken into three acts: Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints" and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades." Their last album, American Idiot, won the Grammy for Best Rock Album and has sold over 5 million copies. Billboard: Green Day Roars Back With Breakdown (February 13, 2008)MTV.com: Green Day's New Album, 21st Century Breakdown (February 9, 2009)

• Background

  Emerging from the Punk scene that centered around the 924 Gilman Street club in Berkeley, California, their debut album Dookie was released in 1994 and went on to sell over 10 million albums on the strength of hit songs such as "Basket Case", "Longview" and "When I Come Around." After a period of middling success, the band re-emerged in 2004 with their critically praised and commercially successful concept album American Idiot - which went on to win the Grammy for "Best Rock Album".

• Studio Albums

  • 1990: 39/Smooth
  • 1992: Kerplunk!
  • 1994: Dookie
  • 1995: Insomniac
  • 1997: Nimrod]
  • 2000: Warning
  • 2004: American Idiot
  • 2009: 21st Century Breakdown

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