Ten years and four albums after their now-classic Dookie, just as it seemed that the pop punk baton might be handed off to a new wave of popular bands of the ’00s like Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance, Green Day proved as relevant, enduring, and more popular than ever with 2004’s fiery, politically-charged, ambitious punk rock opera American Idiot, an album which again skyrocketed them to cultural ubiquity, earned the band renewed commercial and critical milestones, cemented their status as one of punk’s greatest acts of all time, and even was later adapted into a Tony winning Broadway musical. Helping usher in and then subsequently influence a new wave of mainstream interest in punk rock, Green Day became one of the most beloved and successful rock acts of the ’90s, touring the world, selling millions of albums, appearing at major fests, dominating radio and MTV airplay, and winning major awards. Formed in the late ’80s in the Bay Area of California while still just teens, seminal punk and pop punk trio Green Day exploded into the cultural zeitgeist with their 1994 third album and major label debut, Dookie.

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