SMP Pic Of The Week

Fall Out Boy might be suburban punks, but Green Day rules the neighborhood. In 1987 (whoa!), the punk rock band was started by Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, 15 years old at the time. The band was originally called Sweet Children, but later on they changed it to Green Day, referencing their fondness of marijuana. They went through several drummers before settling on their now permanent drummer Tre Cool. Their debut album, 39/Smooth, was released in 1990 (yea!). They were well known underground, but Dookie (1994) allowed them to break out to the rest of the world. They found immense success, and their next two albums, Insomniac and Nimrod, were received with largely positive comments. Their popularity began to decrease in the late 90s and early 2000s, but they bounced back with American Idiot in 2004. Their most recent album, 21st Century Breakdown, released in 2009, ended their longest break between album, and you can expect a new album in the near future. Green Day is well known for songs like, ‘Basket Case’, ‘Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)’ and ‘21 Guns’. But, more than anything, Green Day gives millions of teenagers the chance to sing/shout the feelings they can’t put into words, suburban or otherwise.