Green Day

==Green Day==
Let's start with my favorite punk band of all time: Green Day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Day
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 Tré Cool, and guitarist and backing vocalist Jason White, who became a 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).
In 1987, friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time, formed a band called Sweet Children.[10] Its first live performance took place on October 17, 1987 at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California.[11] In 1988, Armstrong and Dirnt began working with Sean Hughes and the former Isocracy drummer John Kiffmeyer, also known as "Al Sobrante".[12] As said in the film Punk's Not Dead, Armstrong cites the band Operation Ivy (which featured Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman of Rancid) as a major influence, and a group that inspired him to form a band.
In 1988, Larry Livermore, owner of Lookout! Records, saw the band play an early show and signed the group to his label. In 1989, the band recorded its debut extended play, 1,000 Hours. Before 1,000 Hours was released, the group dropped the name Sweet Children; according to Livermore, this was done to avoid confusion with another local band Sweet Baby.[13] American Idiot (2006) The band adopted the name Green Day, due to their fondness for marijuana.[14]
The band released 2 albums, 39/Smooth and Kerplunk under the independent label Lookout! in the early 1990s.  They left Lookout! and signed with Reprise Records to release their third and major-label debut album, Dookie, which produced the band's first five singles, Longview, When I Come Around, She, Basket Case, and a re-mastered version of the Kerplunk song, Welcome to Paradise.