Green Day

Formed in 1986 in Berkeley, CA, Green Day is one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, with more than  70  million  records  sold  worldwide  and  10  billion  cumulative  audio/visual  streams.  Their  1994 breakout album Dookie, which sold over 10 million and achieved diamond status, is widely credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock, catapulting a career-long run of #1 hit singles. Entertainment Weekly calls Green Day, “The most influential band of their generation,” while Rolling Stone attests, “Green Day have inspired more young bands to start than any act this side of KISS, and that doesn't seem to be changing.”

In 2004, Green Day released the rock opera American Idiot which captured the nation’s attention, selling more  than  7  million  copies  in  the  U.S.  alone  and  taking  home  the  Grammy  Award  for  Best  Rock Album. Mojo declared “It's exhilarating stuff, the kind of record that sets new parameters as to what is possible  from a punk rock'n'roll band in the 21st century.”