Breaking out to success in 1993 with their hit album "Dookie", Green Day became a sensation with their songs "Longview" and "Basket Case", among others. Green Day consists of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass) (born Michael Ryan Pritchard), and Tre Cool (drummer). Green Day saw similar success to their mid-1990s peak with the 2004 album "American Idiot", particularly with the hit song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams."
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Green Day, Rihanna, Shakira, Mary J. Blige and Keith Urban have been booked to perform at the 37th annual American Music Awards show, ABC said Friday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:16:50 GMTBeside Green Day and Mary J. Blige , organizers for the 37th Annual American Music Awards also announce Keith Urban as the show's performer.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:17:48 GMTGreen Day, Shakira and Mary J. Blige join the high-profile roster of performers at the American Music Awards on November 22.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:08:49 GMT
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Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the band's first song "Why Do You Want Him?", when he was only 12 (appears on the '1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours' album).
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