# Green Day

Green Day is a band from California, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals and guitar as well as the occasional harmonica), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Ryan Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, percussion, backing vocals). Since their sixth album, Warning, the band has included close friend Jason White as a back-up guitarist for live shows. Green Day is credited, along with The Offspring and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest of punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.

## Albums
### 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1990)

* Maybe we'll meet again someday... Someday!
** At The Library
* I do not mind if all I am is just a friend to you, but all I want to know right now is if you think about me too.
** Paper Lanterns
* I take a look around and all these things I found, I call it blind hatred.
** Road to Acceptance
* So I can Rest my head...
** Rest
* Then again it seems much more than that but i'm not sure exactly what you're thinking
** Going To Pasalacqua
* Well I toss and turn all night thinking of your ways of affection/ But to find that it's not different at all/ So I throw away my past mistakes and contemplate my future/ That's when I say/ What the hey!/ Would it last forever?/ You and I together hand in hand we run away/ Far away!
** Going to Pasalacqua

### Kerplunk (1991)

* I hold my breath and close my eyes and... / (Dream about her) / 'Cause she's 2000 light years away...
** 2,000 Light Years Away
* Juliet's trying to find out what she wants, but she don't know/ Experience has got her down...
** One For The Razorbacks
* My mental stability reaches its bitter end / And all my senses are coming unglued / Is there any cure for this disease someone called love / Not as long as there are girls like you.
** 80
* If anyone can hear me slap some sense in me/ But you turn your head/ And I end up talking to myself
** "80"
* There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy/ There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy/ He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting/ Someone help him up or he is gonna end up quitting
** Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

### Dookie (1994)

* I don't know you, but I think I hate you
** Chump
* I declare I don't care no more
** Burnout
* Throw my emotions in the grave, hell who needs them anyway
** Burnout
* I'm not growing up, I'm just burnin' out.
** Burnout
* Do you ever think back/ To another time?/ Does it bring you so down that you thought you lost your mind?/ Do you ever wanna lead a long trail of destruction/ And mow down and bullshit that confronts you?/ Do you ever build up all the small things in your head/ To make one problem that adds up to/ Nothing/ To me it's nothing"
** "Having A Blast
* Let's nuke the bridge we've torched 2,000 times before. / This time we'll blast it all to hell!
** F.O.D.
* You're just- a fuck! I can't explain it 'cause I think you suck. I'm taking pride in telling you to fuck off and die
** F.O.D."
* I went to a whore / he said my life's a bore / so quit my whining cause it's bringing her down
** Basket Case
* Do you have the time/ to listen to me whine/ about nothing and everything all at once.
** Basket Case
* I am one of those melodramatic fools/ neurotic to the bone/ no doubt about it.
** Basket Case
* Grasping to control/ So I better hold on
** Basket Case
* Bite my lip and close my eyes / Take me away to paradise / I'm so damn bored I'm going blind / And I smell like SHIT
** Longview
* When masturbation's lost its fun you're fucking lonely.
** Longview
* Some say to quit or I'll go blind / But it's just a myth.
** Longview
* I'm just roamin' for the moment / Sleazin' my backyard so don't get / So uptight, you've been thinkin' about ditchin' me
** When I Come Around
* Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes/ Some call it slums, some call it nice.
** Welcome To Paradise
* For now I lay 'round/ Hell, that's all I can really do/ She takes good care of me/ Just keep sane, my love is true
** Pulling Teeth
* Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?/ Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?/ Scream at me/ Until my ears bleed/ I'm taking heed/ Just for you
** She
* Well I'm a waste like you/ With nothing else to do/ May I waste your time too?
** Sassafras Roots
* Secrets collecting dust, but never forget/ Skeletons come to life in my closet.
** Coming Clean
* It wasn't long ago/ That I was just like you/ And now I think I'm sick and I wanna go home.
** Emenius Sleepis
* How long will he last/ Before he's a freak in your past/ And you stand here alone once again?
** In the End

### Insomniac (1995)

* I'm getting pissed / I'm a worthless pessimist
** Armatage Shanks
* Elected/ The rejected/ I perfect the science of the idiot/ No meaning/ No healing/ Self loathing freak and introverted deviant
** Armatage Shanks
* Find another pleasure fucker / Drag them down to hell
** Stuck with Me
* I'm not part of your elite, / I'm just alright!
** Stuck With Me
* Wish in one hand / Shit in the other and / See which one gets filled first.
** Geek Stink Breath
* I'm on a roll / No self control / Blowing off steam with methamphetamine.
** Geek Stink Breath
* You better swallow your pride or/ You're gonna choke on it/ You better digest your values/ Because they turn to shit.
** No Pride
* I've got a knack for fucking everything up, / My temper flies and I get myself all wound up
** Bab's Uvula Who?
* The world is a sick machine/ Breeding a mass of shit/ With such a desolate conclusion/ Fill the void with I don't care
** Panic Song
* Always move forward / Going straight will get you nowhere / There is no progress / Evolution killed it all, / I found my place in nowhere
** Jaded
* I'm taking one step sideways leading with my crotch / Got a fucked up equilibrium
** Jaded
* Do as I say, not as do / Because my shit's so deep you can't run away.
** Walking Contradiction
* Talk is cheap and lies are expensive / My wallet's fat and so is my head.
** Walking Contradiction
* So stand aside and let the next one pass / Don't let the door kick you in the ass.
** 86
* Fucked up and spun out in my room / On my own, here we go!
** Brain Stew
* My mind is set on overdrive, / The clock is laughing in my face.
** Brain Stew
* Destiny is dead in the hands of bad luck / Before it might have made some sense / But now it's all fucked up!
** Stuart and the Ave.
* Seasons change as well as minds/ And I'm a two-faced clown
** Stuart and the Ave
* Boxed up / All of her favorite things / Sold the rest at a rainy yard sale / Big plans and leaving friends and A westbound sign.
** Westbound sign

### Nimrod (1997)

* "Red eye, code blue, / I'd like to strangle you."
** Platypus (I Hate You)
* "Dickhead, fuck-face, cock-smoking, motherfucking, asshole, dirty twat, waste of semen, I hope you die ~ HEY!"
** Platypus (I Hate You)
* "You ain't worth the shit under my shoes or the piss on the ground"
** Platypus (I Hate You)
* "No one loves you and you know / And you know it / Don't pretend that / You enjoy it / Or you don't care / Cause now I wouldn't lie / Or tell you all the things you wanna hear / Cause I hate you!"
** "Platypus (I Hate You)
* "Glory days don't mean shit to me / I drank a six-pack of apathy"
** The Grouch
* "Life's a bitch and so am I / The world owes me, so fuck you"
** The Grouch
* "[failed arpeggio] Aw, fuck."
** Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
* "It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right. / I hope you had the time of your life."
** Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
* "So take the photographs and still frames in your mind / Hang them on a shelf in good health and good times / Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial / For what it's worth, it was worth all the while"
** "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
* "What's the difference between you and me? / I do what I want, and you do what you're told."
** Reject
* "There's a drought at the fountain of youth / now I'm dehydrating."
** Hitchin' A Ride
* "Fucked without a kiss again and dragged it through the mud"
** Worry Rock
* "Where do we go from here / And what did you do with the directions? / Promise me no dead end streets / And I'll guarantee we'll have the road"
** Worry Rock
* "I got a new start on a dead end road/ Peaked, peaked out on reaching new lows/ Owed, payed off all my debts to myself/ Perfect picture of bad health"
** Uptight
* "Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun / All night, suicide's last call"
** Uptight
* "I fucked up again, it's all my fault"
** Jinx
* "Don't pat yourself on the back / you might break your spine"
** Nice Guys Finish Last
* "Pressure cooker, pick my brain and tell me I'm insane / I'm so fucking happy I could cry"
** Nice Guys Finish Last
* "We're living in repetition / Content in the same old schtick again"
** Redundant
* "'Cause I love you's not enough / I'm lost for words."
** Redundant
* "Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls / GI Joe in panty hose is making room / for the one and only / King for a Day, Princess by dawn / King for a Day -- in a leather thong..."
** King for A Day
* "Loose ends tied in knots leaving a lump down in my throat / I'm gagging on a souvenir / Lodged to fill another year / Well dragging on and on until my skin is ripped to shreds / I'm leaving myself open wide/ Living out a sacrifice"
** Scattered

### Warning (2000)

* "CAUTION: POLICE LINE, YOU BETTER NOT CROSS! Is the cop or am I the one that's really dangerous?"
** Warning
* "Sanitation, expiration date, QUESTION EVERYTHING!/ Or shut up and be a victim of authority."
** Warning
* "Waiting in a room / All dressed up and bound a gagged / Strapped to a chair / It's so unfair / I won't dare to move / For the pain she puts me through is what I need / So make it bleed"
** Blood, Sex, and Booze
* "I here by solemnly swear to tell the whole truth/ And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you."
** Church On Sunday
* "Trust is a dirty word that comes from such a liar / But respect is something I will earn if you have faith"
** Church on Sunday
* "Stepped out of the line/Like a sheep runs from the herd"
** Minority
* "I wanna be the minority / I don't need your authority / down with the moral majority / 'cause I wanna be the minority'
** Minority
* "A free-for-all / FUCK 'EM ALL! / You are your own sight!"
** Minority
* "It's a lifetime guarantee/Stuffed in a coffin 10% more free".
** Macy's Day Parade
* "Dawning of a new era / Calling, don't let it catch you/ Falling, ready or not at all"
** Waiting
* "I've been waiting a lifetime / For this moment to come I'm / Destined for anything at all / Dumbstruck, color me stupid / Good luck, you're gonna need it / Where I'm going if I get there at all / Wake up / Better thank your lucky stars"
** Waiting

### American Idiot (2004)

* Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't wanna nation under the new media and can you hear the sound of hysteria The subliminal mind-fuck America.Welcome to a new kind of tension all across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay In television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow.Don't wanna be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information age of hysteria It's calling out to idiot America.
** American Idiot
* "Maybe I'm the faggot America, / I'm not part of a redneck agenda."
** American Idiot
* "Now everybody do the propaganda, / and sing along to the age of paranoia."
** American Idiot
* "I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies"
** Holiday
* "I'm the son of rage and love, / The Jesus of Suburbia"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)
* "And there's nothing wrong with me / This is how I'm supposed to be / In a land of make-believe / That don't believe in me"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Jesus of Suburbia)
* "It says: home is where your heart is / But what a shame / 'Cause everyone's heart / doesn't beat the same"
** Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)
* "I read the graffiti / In the bathroom stall / Like the holy scriptures of a shopping mall / And so it seemed to confess / It didn't say much / But it only confirmed / That the center of the earth / Is the end of the world / And I could really care less"
** Jesus of Suburbia (City of the Damned)
* "Everyone's so full of shit / born and raised by hypocrites"
** "Jesus of Suburbia (I Don't Care)"
* "I don't care if you don't."
** "Jesus of Suburbia (I Don't Care)"
* "Dearly beloved are you listening? / I can't remember a word that you were saying"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
* "Are we demented or am I disturbed? / The space that's in between insane and insecure"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
* "Oh therapy can you please fill the void? / Am I retarded of am I just overjoyed?"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Dearly Beloved)
* "To live and not to breathe / is to die in tragedy / To run, to run away / To find what you believe"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"
* "And I walked this line / A million and one fucking times / But not this time"
** Jesus of Suburbia (Tales of Another Broken Home)"
* Another protester has crossed the line To find, the money's on the other side
** Holiday
* Sieg Heil to the President Gasman, Bombs Away is your punishment! Pulverize the Eiffel Towers Who criticize your government! Bang-bang goes the broken glass, and Kill all the fags who don't agree! Trials by fire, setting fire Is not a way that's meant for me!
** Holiday
* "I walk this empty street/ On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams/ Where the city sleeps/ and I'm the only one and I walk alone"
** Boulevard or Broken Dreams
* "Read between the lines, what's fucked up and everything's alright"
** Boulevard or Broken Dreams
* "Starry nights, city lights coming down over me"
** Are We The Waiting
* "My name is Jimmy / and you'd better not wear it out / Suicide commando that your momma talked about"
** St. Jimmy
* "Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope / I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan Poe"
** St. Jimmy
* "Are you talkin' to me? I'll give you something to cry about!"
** St. Jimmy
* "Give me a long kiss goodnight, and everything will be alright / Tell me Jimmy, I won't feel a thing"
** Give Me Novacaine
* "She's a rebel / She's a saint / She's the salt of the Earth and she's dangerous"
** She's a Rebel
* "She's a rebel, vigilante / Missing link on the brink of destruction"
** She's a Rebel
* "Nobody likes you, everyone left you / They're all out without you having fun"
** Letterbomb
* "Where have all the bastards gone? / As your city's motto gets pulverized"
** Letterbomb
* "So strike the fucking match to light this fuse"
** Letterbomb
* "Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself? / and where will we all go when it's too late?"
** Letterbomb
* "You're not the Jesus of Suburbia / The Saint Jimmy is a figment of / Your father's rage and your mother's love / made me the idiot America"
** Letterbomb
* "Summer has come and passed, / the innocent can never last, / wake me up / when September ends."
** Wake Me Up When September Ends
* "Here comes the rain again / falling from the stars / drenched in my pain again / becoming who we are
** Wake Me Up When September Ends
* "He says, 'We're fucked up, but we're not the same/ and mom and dad are the ones you can blame.'"
** Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
* "There's a glow of light / The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night / bearing gifts and trust / the fixture in the city of lust"
** Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
* "Jimmy died today / he blew his brains out into the bay / In the state of mind / It's my own private suicide"
** Homecoming (Death of St. Jimmy)
* "Nobody likes you / Everyone left you / They're all out without you / Having fun."
** Homecoming (Nobody Likes You)
* "Somebody Get me out of here / Anybody get me out of here / Somebody get me out of here / Get me the fuck right out of here"
** Homecoming (East 12th Street)
* "I play the shit out the drums / and I can play the guitar"
** Homecoming (Rock and Roll Girlfriend)
* "Here they come / marching down the street / like a desperation murmur of a heartbeat."
** Homecoming (We're Coming Home Again)
* "And in the darkest night / If my memory serves me right / I'll never turn back time / Forgetting you, but not the times"
** Whatsername
* "From the bible of / None of the above / On a steady diet of / Soda Pop and Ritalin"
** Jesus of Suburbia
* "Rage and love / story of my life."
** Are we the Waiting

### Bullet in a Bible (2005)

* "I want you to sing so loud that every fucking red-neck in America hears you tonight, alright!"
** American Idiot [Live]
* "That's my name and don't you fucking wear it out"
** St. Jimmy [Live]
* "This song is not anti-American, it's anti-war!"
** Holiday [Live]
* "Why are there no clouds in the sky? Because God wants to see his favorite band again!"
** -Tré
* "Roll roll roll a joint, twist it at the ends. Light it up, and take a puff, and pass it to your friends."
** -Tré
* "Orange mocha frappuccino!"
** -Tré
* "This next song's a big 'fuck you' to all the politicians! This song's called...'Holiday'!!!"
** Holiday [Live]
* "You have the fucking power, we are the fucking leaders: don't let these bastards dictate your life or try to tell you what to do, alright!"
** Minority [Live]
* Tré Cool: This is a place of worship! A place of rock!
Mike Dirnt: What kind of place is this?
Tré Cool: This is a holy place!
Mike Dirnt: Why are there no clouds in the sky?
Tré Cool: Because God wants to watch his favorite band again!
** -Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt
* I'M SO BEAUTIFUL! FUCK!
** Tré Cool (While putting on eyeliner)
* Tré Cool: Rock and roll outfits... commence!
Mike Dirnt: Form of a super group!
** -Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt
* Fuck the dog - The dog's dead. People are freaking out!
** -Billie Joe Armstrong
* Hmm... Dirty... That's hot... This is my favorite...!
** -Billie Joe Armstong (While looking at pictures of the band)
* Wait! They don't love you like I love you! Wait! They don't love you like I love you! Wait! Wait!
** Mike Dirnt (Pretending to sob)
* Bill Schneider: There's gonna be front tress fireworks that come off the top.
Billie Joe Armstrong: Good job.
Mike Dirnt: You did good.
Billie Joe Armstrong: That's good. I like it.
Tre Cool: Good explaining.
Billie Joe Armstrong: That was good explaining, Bill Schneider. You're a good 'splainer.
** Bill Schneider, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, and Mike Dirnt
* "We're Green Day from Oakland, California, but I just want to say that England is now the official home of Green Day from now on."
** Minority [Live]
* "to do something that you feel in your heart that's great you need to make a lot of mistakes, everything successful is a series of mistakes."
** Billie Joe
* "American Idiot is a whole take on the planet sort of vibe, you should do it at least once in your life."
** Tre
* "No man can eat 50 eggs"
** Tre
* "I judge all you drummers, I'm watching you, hey."
** Tre
* "I fully promote and love watching Tre be the best drummer in the world."
** Billie Joe
"Thers nothing wrong with being a looser... it just depends on how good you are at it." Billie Joe Armstrong
* " Tre Cool plays the drums in Green Day and he snorts...doughnut sprinkles"
** Tre
* "And my name's George W. Bush.... actually my name's ass hole"
** Billie Joe
* "Tré Cool is the greatest drummer in the history of rock music."
** Billie Joe
* "Music to me it's uhh... the air that I breathe, the blood that pumps through my veins, that keeps me alive, y'know? So uhh, without it, I - I dunno what I'd do - I mean, I'd probably have a job or something... people say to me, 'What would you do if you didn't have Green Day?' - Or you know, people say, 'What do you think of people that only talk to you or like you because you're in Green Day?' And I say, 'Well, I AM Green Day. That is me... that is, my life.'
** Billie Joe
* HMM HMMM HMMM... You like that bitch?
** Billie Joe

### 21st Century Breakdown (2009)

* "Bringing on the fury / The choir infantry / Revolt against the honor to obey"
** Know Your Enemy
* "I'm here to honor you/If I lose everything in the fire/Did I ever make it through?"
** Last Night on Earth
* "The insurgency will rise / When the blood's been sacrificed / Don't be blinded by the lies / In your eyes"
** "Know Your Enemy"
* "Lay down your arms/Give up the fight"
** "21 Guns"
* "A fire burns today/Of blasphemy and genocide"
** "East Jesus Nowhere"
* "Did you try to live on your own?/When you burned down the house and home/Did you stand too close to the fire?/Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone"
** "21 Guns"
* "You're a victim/Of the system/You are your own worst enemy/Know your enemy"
** "Restless Heart Syndrome"
* "Now call the assassin/The orgasm/ A spasm of love and hate"
** "Peacemaker"
* "She smashed her knuckles into winter/ As autumn's wind fades into black/She is the saint of all the sinners/ The one who's fallen through the cracks"
** "¡Viva La Gloria!
* "You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins / Ashes to ashes of our youth"
** "¡Viva La Gloria!
* "Little girl, Little girl you dirty liar/ You're just a junkie preaching to the choir"
** "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
* "The traces of blood always follow you home / Like the mascara tears from your getaway"
** ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
* "I was made of poison and blood"
** "21st Century Breakdown"
* "You're in ruins"
** "21 Guns"
* "We are the cries of the class of '13!/ Born in the era of humility!"
** "21st Century Breakdown"
* "I think I'm losing whats left of my mind/to the 20th century deadline"
** 21st Century Breakdown
* "My name is no-one, the long lost son/Born on the fourth of July/Raised in the era of heroes and cons/That left me for dead or alive!"
** 21st Century Breakdown
* "I am a nation, a worker, of pride/My debt to the status quo/The scars on my hands are a means to an end/It's all that I have to show!"
** 21st Century Breakdown
* "I praise liberty/ the freedom to obey/ it's the song that strangles me!/
** 21st Century Breakdown
* "I set the fire, just to see the flame."
** See The Light
* "I am a nation without bureaucratic ties/Deny the allegations – as it’s written, fucking lies!"
** 21st Century Breakdown

## American Idiot the Musical (2010)

* (Johnny) Don't want to be an American Idiot. Don't want a nation under the new media!
* (Will) And can you hear the sound of hysteria! The subliminal mind-fuck America!
* (Tunny) Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the idiot nation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay!
* (All three) Television dreams of tomorrow. They're not the ones meant to follow.
* (Someone from Jingletown) Well maybe I'm the faggot America! Not apart of the Redneck agenda!
I: (Johnny) I'm the so. Of rage and love. The Jesus of suburbia. From the bible of none of the above on a steady diet of. Dow pop and Ritalin. No one ever died for my sins in hell. As far as I can tell, at least the ones I got away with. But there's nothing wrong with me. This is how I'm supposed to be. In a land of make believe that don't believe in me!
(Will) Get my television fix. Sitting on my crucifix. (both) In my living room, in my private room. Will the moms and brads are away. (Johnny) To fall in love, (Will) And fall in debt, (Johnny) to alcohol and cigarettes. (Both) and Mary Jane. To keep me insane. Doing someone else's cocaine. (Both) But there's nothing wrong with me. This is how I'm supposed to be. In a land of make believe that don't believe in me!
II: City of the Damned: (Tunny) At the center of the earth in the parking lot of the 7-11 where I was taught. The motto was just a lie. It said home is where your heart it but what a shame cause everybody's heart doesn't beat the same. It's besting out of time. City of the dead, at the end of another lost highway. Signs miss leading to no where. City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today. No one really seems to care.
(Tunny) I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall. (Johnny) Like the holy scriptures in a shopping mall. (Both) And so they seemed to confess. (Will) It didn't way much but it only confirmed, (Tunny) That the center of the earth is the end of the world. (All three) And I could really care less. City of the dead. At the end of another lost highway. Signs miss leading to no end. City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today. No one really seems to care

## Quotes about Green Day

* Green Day injected a fist full of melodic punk rock into the ‘90s music scene, which later paved the groundwork for pop-punk in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
** Quentin Thane Singer of Forbes (June 15, 2024)
* When you pick up a guitar for the first time, Green Day are a solid band to dive into as their songs are rewarding to learn while being easy to comprehend in a relatively short time frame. Forget everything the 60-year-old guitar shop employee pressures you into about learning Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin. “Basket Case” will be a lot more fun to pick through while trying to get your head wrapped around the basics.
** Alternative Press Magazine

## External links

* Official website
* Green Day's environmental action website in partnership with NRDC
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