Green Day is one of the important bands in the American punk music revival after the 1990s. Their members were deeply influenced by the classic bands of the punk music period in the 1970s, and their concise and catchy smooth melodies made their music More popular. After the collapse of Nirvana in 1994, when punk music revived and alternative pop rock took over, Green Day became the mainstay of this trend and became one of the most popular rock bands after the 1990s. , is also one of the most influential bands in the American pop-punk revival. In 1988, 14-year-old guitarist and singer Billie Joe Armstrong teamed up with his childhood friend and bassist Mike Dirnt to form Green Day's predecessor, Sweet Children, in northwest California, USA. In 1989, drummer Al Sobrante became the After joining, the name was officially changed to Green Day. After forming a group, by releasing some EP albums, Green Day became famous in the underground punk scene in northern California in the 1990s, and then joined Lookout!, a local independent record company in California. With the promotion of the company's boss Larry Livermore, the Green Day band has become a famous figure in the California underground. In 1991, the Green Day band also released the band's debut album "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour". However, after the release of this album, the Green Day band encountered personnel turmoil. Al Sobrante left the band and Tre Cool replaced his drummer. Location. The band's lineup has since stabilized, with Tre Cool's original name being Frank Edwin Wright and bassist Mike Dirnt's original name being Mike Pritchard. However, Green Day did not have much breakthrough for a period of time until the album "Kerplunk" was released in 1992. This album received a good response in the California underground music scene and attracted the attention of mainstream record companies, and Reprise finally signed a contract with them.

After GreenDay joined Reprise, in early 1994, the Green Day band released their third album, "Dookie", their first album on a mainstream company. Due to the continuous promotion of the single "Longview" and the second single "Basket Case", the album became a phenomenon throughout 1994. Both singles became the number one on the modern rock singles chart, and since then After their wonderful performance at the famous Woodstock Music Festival and the release of their third No. 1 single "When I Come Around," Green Day's "Dookie" became popular in the United States and then spread around the world. The three No. 1 singles have dominated the modern rock singles chart for more than ten weeks, and the album's sales have been rising steadily. The album, which once ranked second on the Billboard 200, eventually sold more than 8 million copies in the United States. , sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, and brought them the 1994 37th Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. The best-selling "Dookie" brought punk music to the fore, and it once again became an important part of the rock music field in the post-Grunge era. Green Day is considered a pioneer in the punk revival of American pop music and has become the most important representative of American punk revival bands. One that influenced a series of subsequent pop punk bands.

Not long after the glory of Green Day in "Dookie", the Green Day band released their fourth album "Insomniac" in 1995. After the album was released, it also ranked second on the Billboard 200 chart and also had a single. The song "J.A.R." became the top of the modern rock singles chart. By 1996, the album's total sales failed to surpass "Dookie", with total sales of only 2 million copies. Afterwards, the exhausted Green Day band canceled their European tour, took a break and recorded their fifth album "Nimrod", which was released in 1997. The album only ranked tenth on the charts. After a three-year wait, their sixth album "Warning" was released in 2000, which was also their fourth album on a major record company. After its release, this album sold 156,000 copies. The sales volume ranked fourth on the list, and sales exceeded one million copies again. After "Warning", another four years passed. On September 21, 2004, the Green Day band released their fifth album "American Idiot" on a major label, which once again caused a sensation.

GREEN DAY’s style has always been defined as Alternative Rock or Punk Rock.

Because it was so popular, it was later defined as Pop Rock. After hearing this song Wake Me Up When September Ends, I suggested defining Green Day's style as British Rock.

Wake Me Up When September Ends has an anti-war theme. I remember very clearly that in the MV, the male protagonist pointed his gun at two children and a mother to the other side. The fear in the eyes of the mother and child, and the helplessness in the eyes of the soldier. When I saw this shot, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't. There is only a tremor, and this tremor comes from the softest place deep inside.

This song is selected from their album "American Idiot", an American band. Such an album title...is about politics, about war. They are not angry youths, just a band. With their way to tell people: NO WAR!

All in all, I like this kind of band, this kind of songs, and this kind of British rock style.

Nowadays, Billie Joe Armstrong has become the idol of little girls. This guy is really cute. He has a big head and a baby face like Elijah Wood. He is especially cute when he spreads his arms to make a cross. No wonder Green Day can Become the most successful group of people to break into Pop from Alternative after Pearl Jam - However, they still want to be punks at heart, look at Billie's little tie outfit and panda eyes - although Avril also made this punk outfit complete It has become a little vulgar; otherwise, just look at the grenade graffiti on the cover of "American Idiot". It can be said that it embodies the spirit of anti-government and DIY. In 1988, Billie (vocals/guitar) and childhood sweetheart Mike Dirnt (bass, formerly known as Mike Pritchard) founded Sweet Children, the predecessor of Green Day, in Berkeley when they were only fourteen years old. As the youngest of six children, who lost his father at the age of ten, he had every reason to be a hardcore. In 1989, the first drummer Al Sobrante joined, Sweet Children became Green Day, released their first EP, and received a contract from the local indie label Lookout; a year later, Green Day released their first album under this label For the album "103,9/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour", the drummer was replaced by Tre Cool (formerly known as Frank Edwin Wright, III) in the same year, forming a band lineup that continues to this day. In the following four years, the four hardcore boys became increasingly popular in California's underground music scene. Their last underground album "Kerplunk" in 1992 finally "catapulted" them into the mainstream.

Billie is now criticized for betraying the underground and being close to the mainstream, which can be said to be the seed of this indie album: the popularity of "Kerplunk" made mainstream labels extend an olive branch to Green Day. Two things happened in 1994: in the spring, Green Day's first album "Dookie" under the mainstream label Reprise became a hit; in the summer, Billie married his girlfriend Adrienne Nesser. "Dookie" eventually sold more than eight million copies, and a year later Billie had her first son, Joseph Marcicano. Now that he has a successful career and family, it would not be difficult to understand if Billie continues to "go her own way" on the mainstream road. But "American Idiot" is still Pop Punk. It has the lightness, softness and sweetness of Pop, but does not let go of the coldness, hardness and heaviness of Punk. The entire album pays great attention to the continuity between songs. Even the MV scenes of "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" are like a series. Musically, the drum beats are plain, the harmonies are simple, the guitar and bass are simple and weighty, following the classic three-chord tradition of punk. Generally speaking, there is no technique but it is not unpleasant - although there are some There are several songs with quite interesting melodies, but they still inevitably fall into the realm of trying to please and drift between Pop and Punk, giving people the impression that they are not happy and thorough enough.

Some people say that "American Idiot" was released during the 2004 US election year and has a strong political leaning. Although Green Day did not personally go to the front lines of Kerry's campaign to support him like Dave Grohl, they certainly did not support it. Bush. Some people also say that American Idiot is suspected of alluding to American Idol. From the perspective of attacking new media, it seems to have some connection. However, this album is not a concrete attempt to criticize the current ills, nor does it have any clear direction towards the real society. Instead, it is more like a teenage nightmare, still the same as "Warning" from the 1990s when walking under the tragic sunshine. A group of decadent and yuppie capitalist teenagers.

The first song sets the tone of the environment: a nation that under the media, the subliminal mindfuck America (a nation enslaved by the media, an America that has had its brains fucked subconsciously). Regardless of whether the words and sentences are structured and spiritual, the presentation is still the same. It denounces the face of modernity and post-industrial society, and warns that the excessive development of media has caused human alienation. We’re not the ones who’re meant to follow (we’re not the kind of people who are born to follow others) still sounds like an echo of Pink Floyd’s “the Wall” from decades ago.

What’s interesting is that the second song “Jesus of Suburbia” and the penultimate song “Home Coming” are twin songs that contrast each other. They are each divided into five parts and both are nine minutes long. . The rebellious curtain provoked by "American Idiot" takes on a flesh-and-blood stage in "Jesus of Suburbia", provoking religion, bleak future, doubting love, indicting broken families, and drug abuse, giving the whole album a "social care" A trailer was released, which was like a classic collection of the growing troubles of capitalist white teenagers. The musical styles of both try to innovate in each part, but "Jesus of Suburbia" is not as smooth as its brother "Home Coming". This is actually because the latter's role is similar to a concluding speech, and there is no concern about the former's information being leaked. The resources at his disposal include almost all the moving things in the album, including the four lines of cruel fairy tales with the sound of a little girl in "Letterbomb" (Nobody likes you/Everyone left you/They're all out without you/having fun...), also a harsh review of childhood trauma through Billie's voice.

Speaking of "Letterbomb", the song itself is not outstanding, and the perverseness of the words is not outstanding in the entire album. But only its intro makes people's eyes brighter. The voice of a little girl sings the cruelest words of childhood, suddenly awakening the ears that have gradually become numb in the hot Pop Punk.

The most beloved song among Pop fans in the entire album is the youthful and affectionate song "Wake Me Up When September Ends". Some music critics have never forgotten Green Day's hardcore era. On the contrary, I think they flattered the business too much in this song. Intro is a string of clear and hearty acoustic guitars. In this song, Billie uses a singing voice that is between a boy and a man, between dreams and reality. It is green, indifferent, and slightly bitter. After the intro, the sound wall of electronic sounds and drums suppressed the sound. The lead singer's voice was thin but never showed weakness, and he always supported tenaciously in the center of the stage. The MV for this song is a small film that spared no expense. Evan Rachel Wood, a teenage movie star who has attracted much attention since starring in the cruel youth film "Thirteen" in 2003, plays the role of an innocent and beautiful small town girl. Her lover is A simple and sensitive small town boy who is afraid of growing up. The boy's expectation and anxiety about the future caused him to enlist in the army despite the opposition of his family and girlfriend. He was sent to the battlefield ignorantly and witnessed the hell on earth of blood and fire - the war scenes were shot so realistically that several tanks were used - and The girl sat alone in the outskirts where she made love, looking up at the sky and silently reciting her original vows. Love and peace, youth and death, it combines such pleasing elements. It is self-evident that this song has ambitions for the charts; and regardless of Green Day's hardcore history, this is also a rare pop song. Rock masterpiece.

For veteran music fans, "American Idiot" may not be a surprise, at best it is average. However, the album's sophisticated packaging and sophisticated publicity and hype techniques really made Green Day popular again. From the release of CD in 2004 to the release of DVD in 2005, it really took a year to become popular. The most valuable thing about Billie Joe Armstrong is that despite being a husband and a father in his forties, he still retains a child-like pure charm.

GreenDay-band member

Billie Joe Armstrong (vocalist/guitarist)

Mike Dirnt (bassist/backing vocals)

Tre Cool (drums/backing vocals)

GreenDay - Main Album

American Idiot, 2004

Shenanigans, 2002

"Warning", 2000

"Nimrod", 1997

"Insomniac", 1994

"Dookie", 1994

"Kerplunk", 1994

GreenDay - The punk pop band Green day emerged in the post-"nirvana" period of the American alternative music scene, and was actually "jam pearl" The most influential band since then. In essence, "green day" was a punk revivalist, resurrecting the fast and concise, three-chord punk pop song. Although their music is not particularly innovative, they use "dookie" to bring the punk of the late 1970s to a new young generation. "Green Day" couldn't sustain their success - "Dookie" sold 8 million copies, and its follow-up sold a quarter of that, but their impact was far-reaching and they opened the door to The gateway to American neo-punk, punk metal and the third wave of ska music.

"Green day" is located in the underground punk music scene in Southern California. In the same year, friends billie joe armstrong (guitarist, vocalist) and mike dirnt (bassist, formerly known as mike pritchard) formed the band "sweet children" in Rodeo, California when they were 14 years old. In 1989, the band recruited drummer al Sobrante and changed its name to "Green Day". In the same year, the band independently released their first EP "1000 Hours", which was well received by the hardcore punk music scene in Southern California. Soon after, the band signed with local Larry Livermore's independent company Lookout, and replaced the drummer with John Kiftmeyer. The band's debut album "39/smooth" was released the following year and was recorded in just one day. After that, the band conducted a domestic tour. Kiftmeyer left the band because he wanted to complete his college studies. The band replaced the new drummer Tre Cool, who had been employed by Larry Livermore's lookout when he was 12 years old.

Throughout the early 1990s, "green day" continued to expand its following, and the release of the 1992 album "kerplunk" injected even more energy into it. At this time, Armstrong shunned any advocacy of anything other than alternative in language. He responded to a reporter on what contemporary America needs, "Less sports, more painting; less Joe Montana, more Van Gogh!" The band also collaborated with many such names as "Pinhead Gunpowder" and " screadhing weasel”. Armstrong also collaborated with another popular band "rancid" on "radio, radio, radio".

GreenDay-"kerplunk"

The underground success aroused the interest of major record companies, and the band finally decided to sign a contract with Reprise. "Dookie", "Green Day"'s first major label album was released in the spring of 1994. Thanks to MTV's support for the single "Longview", the album became a hit. "Dookie" continued to heat up in the summer, and its second single "basket case" topped the US modern rock chart for 5 weeks. At the same time, the band appeared at "Five Stoke 94", which further expanded the album's sales. The fourth single "When I Come Around" topped the modern rock charts for 7 weeks in early 1995. "Dookie" eventually sold 8 million copies in the United States and 10 million copies worldwide. He also won the 1994 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.

In the summer of 1995, "green day" won the first place on the modern rock chart for "J.A.R", the soundtrack for the movie "angus". In the fall of the same year, the band quickly released the album "insomniac". The album started to do well, reaching No. 2 on the US charts, and sold 2 million copies in early 1996. However, none of the singles were as successful as the former. Meanwhile, "green day" suddenly canceled their European tour, citing exhaustion. The band took a break and wrote new songs.

But it can be predicted that the market created by "green day" with its "three-minute punk" songs will still be maintained and developed. In October 1997, the band released a new half-album "nimrod". Although the album reduced some pop-punk elements, fast and charming melodies were still the core of their music.