Green Day (band)
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Genre: | Punk rock |
Origin: | East Bay, California, USA |
Years active: | 1986–present |
Record label: | Lookout! Records (1989–1994) Skene! Records (1990) Reprise Records (1994–20) |
Members: | Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool |
Former members: | Al Sobrante Sean Hughes Jason White (currently a touring member) Raj Punjabi |
Other bands: | Pinhead Gunpowder Foxboro Hot Tubs The Longshot The Network |
Green Day is an American punk rock band founded in the late 1980s by childhood friends Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong. They have sold over 85,000,000 records worldwide, and won a total of five Grammy Awards.
In April 2015, Green Day was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Members[edit | edit source]
Current[edit | edit source]
- Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals, lead guitar, harmonica, piano
- Mike Dirnt - bass, backing vocals
- Tre Cool - drums, percussion
Former[edit | edit source]
- Jason White - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Al Sobrante - drums, percussion
- Sean Hughes - bass
- Raj Punjabi - drums, percussion
Touring[edit | edit source]
- Jason White - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Kevin Preston - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Jason Freese - saxophone, piano, trombone, keyboards, backing vocals
Former touring members[edit | edit source]
- Ronnie Blake - trumpet, percussion
- Timmy Chunks - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Garth Schultz - trombone, trumpet
- Gabriel McNair - trombone, saxophone
- Mike Pelino - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Kurt Lohmiller - trumpet, percussion
- Aaron Cometbus - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Dave "E.C." Henwood - drums, percussion
- Jeff Matika - rhythm guitar, backing vocals