Historical Events Linked to the Band "Green Day"

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Historical Events Linked to “Green Day” For my report, I have chosen use one of my all time favorite bands “Green Day”. In this report I will inform you on some very important historical events that are linked to this band. For the first historical event, I will be informing you on the Apollo 11 mission. This relates to the band through the lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong who shares the same last name as the famous Neil Armstrong, one of the three astronauts in the Apollo 11 mission. For my second historical event, I will be informing you on the 9/11 terrorist attack on the U.S. which relates to the band through one of Green Day’s hit songs, Wake Me Up When September Ends. Green Day is an American punk rock band that originally derived from the band, Sweet Children, which the two 14 year olds Billie Joe Armstrong (lead guitarist, vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass; born Mike Pritchard) had formed in Rodeo, California. By 1989, the group had added drummer John Kiffmeyer and changed their name to Green Day. Shortly after the band released their first studio album, 39/Smooth, the band replaced Kiftmeyer with Tre Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright, III); Tre Cool became the band's permanent drummer. Later after playing in the band as a session and touring guitarist for 13 years, Jason White (guitarist and backing vocalist) became a full member. The band had much success and is one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. They have sold over 75 million albums worldwide and the group has won five Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Album for their album Dookie, Best Rock Album for their album American Idiot, Record of the Year for their song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", Best Rock Album for the second time for their album 21st Century Breakdown and Best Musical Show Album for American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording. The band is still performing

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