GREEN DAY
Created | Updated Aug 10, 2002
Green Day are an american punk band who originate from Berkley,California
Green Day has 3 members
these are:
BillieJoe Armstrong[guitar and vocals]
BilleJoe was born on the 17th of febuary 1972.His mother was a waitress and his father was a trucker/jazz drummer.BillieJoe is the youngest of seven.
BillieJoes father died when he was 10 years old but before he died,bought BillieJoe his guitar which was named Blue and has had several replicas made so that the original isnt destroyed in a show.
BillieJoe married his wife Adrienne in 1994.They now have 2 sons-Joseph Marciano and Jakob Danger.
BillieJoe wrote his first song "why do you want him" when he was 14 and this song is on thier first album "1,039/smoothed out slappy hours.he still writes virtually all of Green Day's songs
Mike Dirnt[Bass guitar]
Mike was actually born Micheal Pritchard on the 4th of May 1972
his mother was a drug addict who gave him up for adoption when he was 7 but he returned to his mother when his foster parents separated
he moved out at the age of 15 and rented a room in BillieJoes house and got a job at Rons Hickorys pit where BillieJoes mother worked and Where Green Day played alot of their earlier gigs
he has a daughter called Estelle Desiree who he calls "his hero"
Tre Cool[drums]
Tre was born Frank Edwin Wright the 3rd on the 9th of december 1972
he joined Green Day in 1990 after their original drummer John Kiftmeyer left to go to college.Tre was actually Johns drum teacher
Tre and his 2 siblings lived with their father who was a vietnam vet who retired to be a hippie
he has a daughter from his first marriage called Ramona and a son in his current[2nd] marriage called Frankito
GREENDAY DISCOGRAPHY
1,039/smoothed out slappy hours[1990]
Kerplunk[1991]
Dookie[1994]
Insomniac[1995]
Nimrod[1997]
Warning[2000]
International Superhits[2001]
Shenanigans[2002]
GREEN DAY TIMELINE
1972-1992
1972-everyone is born
1977-Billie,then an angelic kid with ringlets,records a 7 inch single called "look for love"
1982-Billies career as a flasher begins at a swim meet in Crockett.he takes off all his clothes and streaks around the swimming pool
1982-Billie and Mike meet in the school cafeteria and discuss songwriting
1983-Mike sleeps over at Billies house.They learn to play "aint talking about love" by Van Halen,"photograph" by Def Leppard and "crazy train" by Ozzy Osbourne
1985-armed with screwdrivers Mike and his friend Jason break into new houses and dismantle them
1986-Billies sister Anna buys the Replacments "sorry ma forgot to take out the trash"then pounds on Billie for scratching the recoed
1987-Billie and Mike as Sweet Children play their first show at Rons Hickory Pit.30 friends show up
1989-Billie and Mike tour for the first time in different bands.Billie plays guitar for Corrupted Morals and Mike sings for Crummy Musicians since the real singers mother wont let him tour
1989-Billie writes an article for his friend Eggplants fanzine Absolutley Zippo on how to be a couch potato
1990-Billie drops out of school the day before his 18th birthday
1990-the first Green Day tour.the day after Mike graduates from high school they hop in a van and do 45 dates across the U.S
1990-original drummer John leaves and Tre joins
1990-Tre and Billie get a job selling newspapers except they ditch the papers and slack off.they are fired
1992-Tres dad buys a disued bookmobile.it becomes Green Days new travelling home
Green Day has 3 members
these are:
BillieJoe Armstrong[guitar and vocals]
BilleJoe was born on the 17th of febuary 1972.His mother was a waitress and his father was a trucker/jazz drummer.BillieJoe is the youngest of seven.
BillieJoes father died when he was 10 years old but before he died,bought BillieJoe his guitar which was named Blue and has had several replicas made so that the original isnt destroyed in a show.
BillieJoe married his wife Adrienne in 1994.They now have 2 sons-Joseph Marciano and Jakob Danger.
BillieJoe wrote his first song "why do you want him" when he was 14 and this song is on thier first album "1,039/smoothed out slappy hours.he still writes virtually all of Green Day's songs
Mike Dirnt[Bass guitar]
Mike was actually born Micheal Pritchard on the 4th of May 1972
his mother was a drug addict who gave him up for adoption when he was 7 but he returned to his mother when his foster parents separated
he moved out at the age of 15 and rented a room in BillieJoes house and got a job at Rons Hickorys pit where BillieJoes mother worked and Where Green Day played alot of their earlier gigs
he has a daughter called Estelle Desiree who he calls "his hero"
Tre Cool[drums]
Tre was born Frank Edwin Wright the 3rd on the 9th of december 1972
he joined Green Day in 1990 after their original drummer John Kiftmeyer left to go to college.Tre was actually Johns drum teacher
Tre and his 2 siblings lived with their father who was a vietnam vet who retired to be a hippie
he has a daughter from his first marriage called Ramona and a son in his current[2nd] marriage called Frankito
GREENDAY DISCOGRAPHY
1,039/smoothed out slappy hours[1990]
Kerplunk[1991]
Dookie[1994]
Insomniac[1995]
Nimrod[1997]
Warning[2000]
International Superhits[2001]
Shenanigans[2002]
GREEN DAY TIMELINE
1972-1992
1972-everyone is born
1977-Billie,then an angelic kid with ringlets,records a 7 inch single called "look for love"
1982-Billies career as a flasher begins at a swim meet in Crockett.he takes off all his clothes and streaks around the swimming pool
1982-Billie and Mike meet in the school cafeteria and discuss songwriting
1983-Mike sleeps over at Billies house.They learn to play "aint talking about love" by Van Halen,"photograph" by Def Leppard and "crazy train" by Ozzy Osbourne
1985-armed with screwdrivers Mike and his friend Jason break into new houses and dismantle them
1986-Billies sister Anna buys the Replacments "sorry ma forgot to take out the trash"then pounds on Billie for scratching the recoed
1987-Billie and Mike as Sweet Children play their first show at Rons Hickory Pit.30 friends show up
1989-Billie and Mike tour for the first time in different bands.Billie plays guitar for Corrupted Morals and Mike sings for Crummy Musicians since the real singers mother wont let him tour
1989-Billie writes an article for his friend Eggplants fanzine Absolutley Zippo on how to be a couch potato
1990-Billie drops out of school the day before his 18th birthday
1990-the first Green Day tour.the day after Mike graduates from high school they hop in a van and do 45 dates across the U.S
1990-original drummer John leaves and Tre joins
1990-Tre and Billie get a job selling newspapers except they ditch the papers and slack off.they are fired
1992-Tres dad buys a disued bookmobile.it becomes Green Days new travelling home
