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Green Day?is an American?punk rock?band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitaristBillie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist?Mike Dirnt, and drummer?Tre Cool. Cool replaced former drummer?John Kiffmeyer?in 1990, prior to the recording of the band's second studio album,?Kerplunk, and has been a member of the band since.

Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at?924 Gilman Street?in?Berkeley, California. The band's early releases for the?independent record label?Lookout! Records?earned it a grassroots fanbase.?In 1994, its major label debut?Dookie?became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S.Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow?California punk?bands?The Offspring?and?Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States.?Green Day's three follow-up albums,?Insomniac,?Nimrod, and?Warning?did not achieve the massive success of?Dookie,?though they were still successful, reaching double platinum and gold status respectively.?Its?rock opera?American Idiot(2004) reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling five million copies in the United States.?The band's eighth studio album,?21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009.

Green Day has sold over 65 million records worldwide with 24.639?million in the US alone.?The group has won five?Grammy Awards:?Best Alternative Album?for?Dookie,?Best Rock Album?for?American Idiot,?Record of the Yearfor "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Best Rock Album for the second time for?