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Question on influences

I think you should add british bands, such as The Who, Billie Joe has said in interviews they are one of his favorite most inspiring bands.. Also, The Kinks, mainly because Green Day did a cover of "tired of waiting for you" on shenanigans, and the guitar riff of "warning" was actually inspired by the song "picture book".. The Beatles, or actually more so John Lennon, which is obvious seeing as they did a cover of "working class hero".. I have heard of an interview as Billy joe stating the who as a major influence, im not sure where i saw it.. the kinks are just obvious.. i dont know, what do you think? Justin--

What's the fake British accent bit? I've never understood that one. -David

Just wondering

Do the dates next to the songs on American Idiot mean anything?--69.113.131.124 22:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I believe they are the dates that each song happens in the story for American Idiot, although I am not completely sure and have no evidence to back it up. I do think the American Idiot article did have an explaination at one point.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 00:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

they are also missing "Smashing Pickins' On Green Day", an album released in august 2005, it is songs from all their albums done in bluegrass. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Damn hippie kid (talk • contribs) 04:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

Discography

Their album 'Shananigans' is missing from the discography —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.58.100.33 (talk) 18:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

Shenanigans is a compilation album and is therefore not mentioned in the discography section. You can, however, find it in the discography article. - Duribald 20:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

this is a very good article wouldn't you agree...

this is one of the best articles about green day ever the info. is amazingly correct. it shows pictures and criteria i am in awe of how well managed this is! good job! -bryer d.- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.215.29.17 (talk) 15:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

yeah i agree it is pretty good =) congrats to all the people who made it this good! ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 09:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't mean to rain on your parade or anything, and I do actually agree that this article is very good, but the discussion section is used to help improve the article, not to compliment it. --Iluvmesodou 07:08, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I like pie, especially pumpkin... ^.^

Minor Correction

Its a really, really minor point but I'd recommend adding a line about Kerplunk being recorded to the section on the bands history. At the moment it reads rather strangely because it jumps from the release of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and the consequent tour to discussing sales figures for Kerplunk with no mention of the album being recorded. I'd edit it myself but I don't really know anything about this period of Green Days history so I'd worry about getting my facts wrong. Danikat 19:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Danikat! I added a quick fix for now, because there's not much information about Kerplunk's recording. I'll have to do some digging, because I vaguely remember some information that I cannot confirm. I just changed it to "Their second full length album" to the sentence so the confusion is lessened. Thank you for pointing that out!--JUDE ^talk 21:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

my song samples

I don't know why, but nearly all of my sound samples have been removed. Can someone tell me why and how to get them back on so they won't be removed again?  scrumshus ^{Talk to me} 22:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't the person who removed them but I'm guessing either that there were too many, or (more likely) copyright reasons. Cynical 13:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

horribly vandalized

this page is horribly vandalized, someone please fix it! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.73.94.20 (talk) 03:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

Well, you are aware that no one's really going to fix it because you haven't stated what needs to be fixed and how it was vandalized. --Iluvmesodou 08:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Sources for successful albums after Dookie

There was citation needed for the following statement:

"Green Day's immediate follow-up albums didn't achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful."

I added two references[1]. Insomniac was their 3rd most successful album, though in the shadow of Dookie, Green Day felt it was a failure. nimrod. as I recall was an instant success, especially after the release of Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). This source validates the chart positions as successful by recording industry standards. This source states that compared to Dookie, which was a huge success, Insomniac was slightly dwarfed. I think it justifies the statement in the article. I wouldn't typically make a whole talk page topic about citation, but I feel like I might have pointed out why the sources are relevant since the statement seems to be "commentary-ish"[2], which is true. If anyone is unsatisfied please let me know as the topic is slightly vague and opinion oriented. Thank you.--JUDE ^talk 07:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, no citation is needed for that statement. It's the lead section, which gives an overview of the entire article, thus the statement is expanded upon material already in the body of the article. WesleyDodds 07:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry! I didn't realise that. I was just going by the edit someone made asking for citation. Thanks for clearing it up, I'll delete it.--JUDE ^talk 08:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

So, no references are needed in lead sections? Sancho (talk) 13:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Generally there should be no need for references, since whatever appears in the lead section should also appear in the body of the article (where it will be cited). However, some things (particularly facts like sale numbers and direct quotes) need to be cited no matter what. WesleyDodds 18:00, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Correction

The picture where it says early green day before John Kiffmeyer joined is wrong. John is left handed and the drummer in that picture, who i'm assuming is tre, is obviously right handed, because his ride is on the right. Thanks!!!

Yeah but John played open handed... he had the kit set up like a right handed kit but when he played he didnt cross his arms —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.141.44.199 (talk) 23:37:59, August 18, 2007 (UTC)

Photos

Why are the photos going to get deleted?--69.113.131.124 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Some stupid copyright issue. Randomfrenchie 00:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

dont you just hate the copyright issues with photos on wikipedia??? ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 09:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I tried to put a picture up from my own space but it keeps giving me warnings - I really don't get this how strict are all these restrictions?--WonkyCheese 00:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Origin

It said not to change without talk page discussion, so this is it. I've watched a Green Day concert and they said they were from Oakland, California. I think that would be more clear than saying "East Bay". Randomfrenchie 00:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They call their home Oakland California, however the boys were born and raised in various areas of the East Bay, therefore generally it's a lot easier to say East Bay because people feel as though they weren't raised in Oakland, therefore, they cannot claim it as their own. I agree, that if they say that it's Oakland, it should be Oakland, but I'm trying to represent the other opinions to you as well so that you may better understand the decision.--JUDE ^talk 01:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I think "East Bay" seems kind of random. Many people might not immediately know where that is. Oakland is a well known city. If no one posts any objections here within a few days, I think it should be changed. Randomfrenchie 02:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

That's true, they might not. To me the East Bay is east of San Francisco Bay, however to people on the east coast in the Mid-Atlantic area think of the Chesapeake when they hear "Bay Area". Perhaps if someone protests the use of Oakland as their origin, they may accept "East San Francisco Bay Area" as a substitute. --JUDE ^talk 03:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Post-grunge

why isn't Green Day Post-Grunge??? last time I added it to their genre on the template it was always reverted. Green Day is post-grunge according to Allmusic Guide which is a reliable source isn't it? (Tigerghost 18:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC))

The term "Post-grunge" is quite specific and most people are not familiar with it. Randomfrenchie 01:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• • Allmusic Guides' Defination of Punk-Pop says that it is a branchoff of Post-Grunge and Allmusic also labels Green Day as Post-grunge (Tigerghost 23:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC))

All music guide is not a reliable source, it lists any band who became popular in the mid or late 90's as post-grunge. We had this same debate on The Offspring and Blink182 talk pages, and both teams it was concluded that AMG was not a good source.Hoponpop69 15:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree that Green Day is "post-grunge" however I also agree that "post grunge" is such a non-specific term that it really shouldn't be used anymore. It isn't even a genre, it describes a time period. I also agree that All Music Guide is an unreliable source and shouldn't be used.--JUDE ^talk 18:01, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Er, Green Day really isn't anything anymore...it's just mainstream pop-rock (which is a VERY watered down, semi-punk/semi-emo in today's music world)...however, it is appropriate to call their earlier works Post-Grunge (before they signed onto a major label and became sellouts). -Matthias.

Signing to a major label doesn't make you a sell-out, I think you're incorrect in saying they have. Rob Castillo 10:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Nobody Likes You

How accurate is Noboday Like You?--Kingforaday1620 21:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Not very, to be honest. I'm not a professional, and this is just my opinion, not the opinion of anyone else, but there was a lot in that book that was not accurate at all. The author had full range to speak with Billie Joe's family, however what would your family say about you? I don't think they intended to tell any lies or stretch the truth, however think about your uncle so-and-so trying to tell an author about what you're like and what you went through 20-30 years ago. They have a very good point of view, but not the best. Also, the author didn't like the kind of music green day puts out, nor did he know anything about the punk rock scene. The book is basically an account of "he said" "she said" narration. It's a nice book to read for one perspective, but like all stories, there's more than one side.--JUDE ^talk 04:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

PS: You said that Nobody Likes You stated that Billie Joe was the water boy for the football team. Billie Joe says he played "wide receiver and halfback" his freshman year. Just for an example, so you understand what I'm saying.--JUDE ^talk 04:39, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Jackass

Is that song really about Blink 182?--69.113.131.124 22:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC) I don't believe so --65.78.71.127 19:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

No

Article for every single song???

Do we really need to make an article for every single song in the American Idiot album? I'm a Green Day fan myself, but every song is really insignifiant. Additionally, I would say that all the songs, except the singles, would fall under WP:NOT and WP:DELETE. As paraphrased from WP:NOT, we don't need an article for every chapter in a book, unless that chapter is highly signifigant... so why do we need an article for every single song??? If there are no objections, I'm going to nominate all the non-singles for WP:AfD. — Ian Lee (Talk) 00:25, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Why delete them? What does that accomplish and who does it benefit? I object to nominating them; please don't. They are not doing any harm. Randomfrenchie 01:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for responding so slow... I've had limited access to a computer for quite a while. Getting to the point, I personally do think that it degrades Wikipedia by making it less of a Encylopedia, and more of a fan forum as said in WP:NOT, but I won't nominate them (although I truly think that I should), because I guess it kinds of ups the community here at WP as hinted by your response. Addionally, I'm probably biased because I'm writing the essay User:Ian Lee/Critque of Wikipedia. — Ian Lee (Talk) 04:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Green Day at the Bowl

I'm just wondering why my photo of Green Day at the National Bowl was deleted? I thought it was a decent picture and it was a major show: 500,000 people in attendance. It deserved a photo.

--DearCatastropheWaitress 18:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Your image was removed in this diff with the edit summary of "already enough images in this section".  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 18:11, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

500,000 people? What are you talking about, there were around 60,000 people. Rob Castillo 10:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, there were 130,000+ people over the two days that concert took place. --Jesant13 15:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Working Class Hero (Green Day)

Shouldn't there be an article? And is Samuel Bayer directing the video for the song?--Kingforaday1620 21:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

There is already an article at Working Class Hero with information about the Green Day cover on it. It is only a quick mention but it is still on there. If you are suggesting creating something like at the The Saints Are Coming article then it could probably be added at the bottem just like The Saints Are Coming article.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 21:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

That's what i ment like the saints.--Kingforaday1620 21:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

As it is a single I would say yes as it is a single by a notable band.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 21:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Is Samuel Bayer directing the video?--Kingforaday1620 22:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes,the vid will be directed by Sam Bayer, but I don't have the link yet. I saw it on Greendayauthority.com Deandra56 13:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

New template design

Is anyone for this more organized template? I like it better that the current one. Ṣ₡ЯՄ♏ʂɧ♆☭ ^{♲ recycle kids! omg i'm ur biggest fan...➤ 16:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)}

MySpace link

Is there any link from an official Green Day site saying that the link given to their MySpace profile is their official profile? --Jordan Elder talk 23:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I personally always thought that they never had a Myspace. I also believe there is a quote saying that their official website is the only place that they officially run or something to that nature but I am not sure where this quote is.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 01:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

They do have an official myspace, but the blogs are updated once every 6 months or so, and no one is ever added as a friend to it anymore. The best bet is to just catch the RSS feed on Greendayauthority.com.--JUDE ^talk 03:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Green Day has stated in a video FAQ on their website that they do not have a myspace page. The only official sites are greenday.com and the green day nrdc pages —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Megahawk21 (talk • contribs) 10:17, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

I would think that the Myspace page was made by their label. The Green Day Authority acknowledges it, and it does exist, but it's probably more that the label wanted to grab one and make it since everyone has a Myspace. Green Day's not dedicated to it or anything, but I think it's 'official,' as in, there, but not worth anything. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.139.197.69 (talk) 13:29, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

So, www.myspace.com/greenday isn't their official page!? --Jesant13 15:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

1988

I can't edit it because I am new. Green Day was formed in Berkley, CA in 1988. Someone please fix this. Source: iTunes.

When the article suggested that Green Day was formed in East Bay, CA, they meant anywhere within the San Francisco Bay Area east of the actual bay. I may not be correct on this, but Berkelley may not be recognized as an official unincorporated city, so in order to be technically correct, it was suggested that East Bay is where the band was formed. --Iluvmesodou 08:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC) I like pie. ^.^

New Album

The last statement on "Future Plans" is incorrect because Green Day has stated that they have material for three different albums. That doesn't mean they are planning on releasing all three.

• ok so read this then http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/green_day_with_three_new_albums.html

--Ry90 08:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

That note is changing what they actually said, they said they had enough material to make three different albums but they never said they were releasing three albums. Besides that green day never specified that the new album was going to be released in the summer, in fact in a recent interview with kerrang tv, billie joe said that the album may be released this year.

On speculation

This is a pretty good article, but this article and some of the ones regarding the band's less successful albums, nimrod. and Warning: seem to be written in a way that tries to read into things. We don't know if the release of a B-sides album and a greatest hits record is evidence that a band is in an unsuccessful part of their career or not. I suggest that the article be written straighter, in a just-the-facts sort of manner.

Wikipedia isn't a resource for endless speculation; there's a whole rest of the Internet for that. Let's keep the bias out of the article, OK? - Stick Fig 14:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Sound sample deletions

Can anybody tell me why the sound samples were deleted? As the uploader, I was supposed to get warning of this, and I didn't. 5 sound samples were deleted off this page and deleted in general. Can anybody confirm who deleted them? It took a lot of work getting those samples, and they are cructial to the article -Ṣ₡ЯՄՊՏɧѱᎦ ^☎/ _∑ 15:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Supposed producer change

Just an fyi the producer change was just a rumour, and has been confirmed untrue by Green Day's management.--JUDE ^talk 19:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Bad picture

That piccture is useless, you can't even see Green Day in it. James P Twomey 16:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it definitely needs to be replaced. -- Beland 20:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I removed it James P Twomey 15:23, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Capital on Nimrod

I really don't get the concept behind not captializing Nimrod. Every source I have seen calls it "Nimrod", not "nimrod.". This includes Google, Amazon, All Music Guide, Rolling Stone, iTunes, and I could keep listing. It really doesn't matter what is on the album cover, that's just a visual stylistic choice. WikiProject:Albums says titles should be according to standard English conventions. Also, going by what's listed on the album cover, it should be dookie, american idiot and WARNING:, which are never written that way. The period on the end of the name is also never used beyond the cover art. Even greenday.com, the official band site, lists it as Nimrod. Are there any reasons I'm missing for keeping it as is? - Jon Stockton 04:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know either. But why no one replies?? 61.94.124.218 07:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any reason not to capitalize. I'm also curious why it isn't.Theplanetsaturn 17:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The only reason I've ever seen is the fact that it's that way on the album cover. But that's not a valid reason based on the countless album covers with names in no caps or all caps. I'm going to go ahead and change it soon unless someone objects. - Jon Stockton 18:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

It's been several weeks now, and no one has presented a good reason, so just go right ahead! -Duribald 19:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'm working on it now. I did most of the major things; next I'll try to get the rest. There's a similar situation with Warning:. I guess my next effort will be removing that colon. - Jon Stockton 21:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Pop Punk?

are they really pop punk? they are more punk rock/ alternative because some of there music is very similiar to stuff like the sex pistols (punk rock)

• See Talk:Green Day/Genre disputes. -- Beland 20:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Punk Rock my arse, I can't see John Lydon spending thousands of dollers in an exclusive(read very expensive) New York strip joint, nor any dollers in any strip joint for that matter. Nor can I see Steve Ignorant(Crass) or Colin Jerwood(Conflict) either.

Green Day should be rated(genred) - 1)Pop Punk, 2)Punk Rock, 3)Alternative Rock

Removal of another useless picture

I removed the picture of the Green Day concert as it is useless, because it is not a proper picture to represent the band, as you can't even see them on the picture. Would it be possible for someone to get a free licensed image of the whole Green Day group?

Wikiburger 19:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Talkheaders on this talkpage

Hi, what do you think about adding messageboxes on notices that are at top? this way we may emphasize all its content. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Green_Day&oldid=143033662) --Andersmusician VOTE 22:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

The reason I reverted your edits was because most talk pages follow that format that I reverted to. If you take a look at Talk:Avenged Sevenfold, or Talk:My Chemical Romance, the same format is followed. Also take a look at Talk:The Black Parade or Talk:Sum 41. This format is generally followed and the examples provided are also musical/ band talk pages.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 23:51, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

But my additions were similar to an standard for controvertial articles (see Talk:Che Guevara almost the same)--Andersmusician VOTE 23:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

It seems that there are more headers for that article though, while this one only has a few at the top.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 00:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be proper then to just add the /header --Andersmusician VOTE 04:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Record sales

I'm not disputing the figures for record sales in the lead section. If I had a good reason to doubt them I would have removed them for the time being. However "60 million records" requires a definitive source. The first source indicates that it is in fact "50 million albums" (which is very questionable seeing as Dookie sold 10 million, and I'd suggest that the source is unreliable), whilst the second source is a broken link. BeL1EveR 10:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Where Wake me up when september ends came from

There once was much debate about what this song was about. However, Billie Joe has confirmed to the public that the song was written as a memorial anthem about his father, a jazz musician and minor league baseball catcher, who died of lung cancer when Billie Joe was only ten years old.

In this melancholy ballad, Billie Joe, backed by the support of the other members of Green Day, takes a trip back to his painful childhood and thinks about the day he lost his innocence when his father died. Like many faced with such a traumatic event, Billie Joe never truly recovered, and he can't believe that twenty years have passed since the day. As Armstrong associates pain with the month September, the month his father died, he would rather not deal with anything related to the month prompting him to sing, "As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost... Wake me up when September ends..."

This song is in the key of G major and is four minutes and forty five seconds long. The verses are an example of 32-bar AABA form.

Dookie

I hope you guys like the extremely revised (actually, I believe nothing from the original article is left there) Dookie article. Do you guys think it's ready for any kind of review? Xihix 01:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I sent in a GA review, and they told me to fix three little things, of which two I have fully done. One of them, fix short sentences, I can't find anymore, but if you do, please fix! The article will be GA'd after they review it again in less than two days. But uhh... If you see any more short sentences in Dookie, fix them NOW, or leave a message on my talk page on where the short sentence is, and I'll fix it. Lets hope for the best! Xihix 02:23, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Well uhh... It passed the GA... I really did re write the entire thing! Good for me. Xihix 06:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

nimrod.

How come the link to nimrod. goes to Nimrod (Bible)?--Kingforaday1620 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

That's because plain Nimrod redirects to the bible page. The proper link is to Nimrod (album). I fixed this particular instance. - Jon Stockton 00:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Bias

I just noticed this little snippet from the main article and I found it to be very biased against traditional punk. I am not sure if it is just me that feels this way however. "It should be noted, however, that while Green Day began as a punk rock band in the mould of bands such as the Ramones and Rancid, its experimentation since Dookie was released have far surpassed the punk idiom. Nimrod and Warning are the best examples of this deviation from traditional punk norms, and a willingness to create new music rather than play the same three chords over and over every album.

It is this experimentation and deviation that allowed Green Day to transcend into the idiom of rock & roll, and with the 9-minute "punk-operas" in American Idiot, it seems that the transcendence is almost complete." Seems to me to include some speculation as well.Kokiri kid 04:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, i removed the second part of the statement Jacknife737 00:23, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Dookie Passed FA

It doesn't have the star yet (should after the bot gets to it), but Dookie is now listed as an Featured Article. I'd like to thank the copy editors and myself. Yay!!!! Xihix 18:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Photo?? but great

I'm confused. This is a GA Class article but no photo?? Someone should put one up.. Anyway, a great article. Good job guys. I think it should be a FA class.. Deandra56 16:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I had put one up, but stubborn people took it down. Randomfrenchie 14:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

The Missing Song

Many people don't know about the great single, "Favorite Son," that Green Day made for Rock Against Bush Volume 2. Could someone please add it? Thanks in advance!

Not a single.Hoponpop69 01:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Brown Eyed Girl

Did they ever do a cover of that song?--Kingforaday1620 22:12, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

That wasnt green day. it was jimmy eat world but some numbskull thought it was green day. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.141.44.199 (talk) 23:49:16, August 18, 2007 (UTC)

Missing album

You seem to be missing the album "Shenanigans" released in 2001, it didn't do very well, but still it's an album by Green day. You also seem to be missing the live album "Bullet in a bible" which was released somehere in I think in 2005 or 2006. User:picklefishman Aug. 2007

Only the live albums are in the discography. James P Twomey 17:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

"Shenanigans" wasn't a live album. User:picklefishman Aug. 2007 —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:50:17, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

Sorry, I meant studio albums James P Twomey 17:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Front Photo?

On the table stating the general information on Green Day in the beginning of the article lacks a photo of Green Day, which I find very inattractive. --Iluvmesodou 07:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I can't think of a good ending...

Factual accuracy

How is the factual accuracy of this article disputed? James P Twomey 17:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know. How to prove that the factual accuracy of this article can be trusted??? Deandra56 13:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

150omega added the tag, along with a {{refimprove}} tag, which is unnecessary except for the Nimrod and Warning section. So I added a {{refimprovesect}} tag there, removed the tags at the top, and invited 150omega to explain why he thinks the Factual accuracy of the article is disputed. -- Reaper X 05:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Sexuality of Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool

Are Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool straight? I know Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual, but I found nothing on Wikipedia regarding the sexuality of the other two band members. --Jesant13 15:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

• They have never confessed to having any other preference than women, to my knowledge. - Duribald 15:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are probably both straight, according to many sources. I don't believe that Mike or Tré are bisexual or homosexual. --Iluvmesodou 09:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks. --Jesant13 12:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Awards List

Well, Green Day is a succesful band and we know they've won many awards. So how come there's no awards list?? I know there are many awards but at least mention some awards other than the awards on the introduction (Grammy and 7 VMA) Deandra56 13:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

That would be a good idea. I would put it in, but I do not know of or have the sources and citations of all of Green Day's awards. --Iluvmesodou 09:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Why don't try greendayauthority.com? It has a pretty complete list. But I'm not really good at editing, can someone do so?? Deandra56 14:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Current Picture with Billie Joe with the watergun

I don't think that should be the picture because the only band member you can see is Billie Joe Armstrong. Can someone please try to find a picture with all three band members in it? --Jesant13 12:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Genre-not punk rock first, pop punk!!

Green day is more of a pop punk band then punk rock- this is hw they should be rated- 1)PopPunk 2)Punk Rock 3)Alternative Rock —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitarhead13 (talk • contribs) 15:25, August 30, 2007 (UTC) Not unless you find a source. Zazaban 22:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Shifting goalposts.Theplanetsaturn 23:08, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I.E. a link to a source. Zazaban 23:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Even a source wouldn't be sufficient in this instance. The band has been around the greater part of two decades. What qualified as punk, pop-punk and alternative has changed during this time, in part by the bands own influence. From an encyclopedic view, we're not just looking at what they are, but what they were, as defined by the particular era in question. Hence - shifting goal posts.Theplanetsaturn 23:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Erm, sorry, thought 'Shifting Goalposts' was a source being given. XD Zazaban 00:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't apologize. I was unnecessarily vague. Trying to do alot at once, went for the quick post. My fault.Theplanetsaturn 06:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the original poster on that ordering.Hoponpop69 23:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Reprise and Lookout! Not the Only Labels

Can someone add to the area that states all of Green Days labels, Adeline Records, the record company owned by Billie Joe Armstrong and his wife, is the label responsible for recording all of Green Day's vinyl recordings. --Iluvmesodou 07:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Usually labels that just make re-issues, vinyl only, ep only, etc. releases are not listed. The precident that I've seen used is that the labels listed are primary the company that releases original studio albums on CD (or whatever medium was prominent at the time).Hoponpop69 23:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Green Day Genre

First Album - American punk with some pop thrown in. Kerplank - The same Dookie - Pop punk Insomniac - Pop punk too.Get over it Nimrod - Pop punk with some hard rock and some POP ballads(good riddance) Warning - Pop without a question. American Idiot - alternative rock with pop punk (american idiot , st.jimmy) and pop-rock(wake me up when...).

i don't see nothing punk rock in Green Day all their years. And also Green Day never was punk.They just make people understand that there is more than just their pop punk.

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Archive 1 Archive 2 Archive 3 /Genre disputes

Question on influences

I think you should add british bands, such as The Who, Billie Joe has said in interviews they are one of his favorite most inspiring bands.. Also, The Kinks, mainly because Green Day did a cover of "tired of waiting for you" on shenanigans, and the guitar riff of "warning" was actually inspired by the song "picture book".. The Beatles, or actually more so John Lennon, which is obvious seeing as they did a cover of "working class hero".. I have heard of an interview as Billy joe stating the who as a major influence, im not sure where i saw it.. the kinks are just obvious.. i dont know, what do you think? Justin--

What's the fake British accent bit? I've never understood that one. -David

Just wondering

Do the dates next to the songs on American Idiot mean anything?--69.113.131.124 22:42, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I believe they are the dates that each song happens in the story for American Idiot, although I am not completely sure and have no evidence to back it up. I do think the American Idiot article did have an explaination at one point.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 00:39, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

they are also missing "Smashing Pickins' On Green Day", an album released in august 2005, it is songs from all their albums done in bluegrass. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Damn hippie kid (talk • contribs) 04:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC).

Discography

Their album 'Shananigans' is missing from the discography —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.58.100.33 (talk) 18:34, 7 March 2007 (UTC).

Shenanigans is a compilation album and is therefore not mentioned in the discography section. You can, however, find it in the discography article. - Duribald 20:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

this is a very good article wouldn't you agree...

this is one of the best articles about green day ever the info. is amazingly correct. it shows pictures and criteria i am in awe of how well managed this is! good job! -bryer d.- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.215.29.17 (talk) 15:22, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

yeah i agree it is pretty good =) congrats to all the people who made it this good! ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 09:39, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't mean to rain on your parade or anything, and I do actually agree that this article is very good, but the discussion section is used to help improve the article, not to compliment it. --Iluvmesodou 07:08, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I like pie, especially pumpkin... ^.^

Minor Correction

Its a really, really minor point but I'd recommend adding a line about Kerplunk being recorded to the section on the bands history. At the moment it reads rather strangely because it jumps from the release of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and the consequent tour to discussing sales figures for Kerplunk with no mention of the album being recorded. I'd edit it myself but I don't really know anything about this period of Green Days history so I'd worry about getting my facts wrong. Danikat 19:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you Danikat! I added a quick fix for now, because there's not much information about Kerplunk's recording. I'll have to do some digging, because I vaguely remember some information that I cannot confirm. I just changed it to "Their second full length album" to the sentence so the confusion is lessened. Thank you for pointing that out!--JUDE ^talk 21:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

my song samples

I don't know why, but nearly all of my sound samples have been removed. Can someone tell me why and how to get them back on so they won't be removed again?  scrumshus ^{Talk to me} 22:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't the person who removed them but I'm guessing either that there were too many, or (more likely) copyright reasons. Cynical 13:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

horribly vandalized

this page is horribly vandalized, someone please fix it! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.73.94.20 (talk) 03:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

Well, you are aware that no one's really going to fix it because you haven't stated what needs to be fixed and how it was vandalized. --Iluvmesodou 08:25, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Sources for successful albums after Dookie

There was citation needed for the following statement:

"Green Day's immediate follow-up albums didn't achieve the massive success of Dookie, but they were still successful."

I added two references[3]. Insomniac was their 3rd most successful album, though in the shadow of Dookie, Green Day felt it was a failure. nimrod. as I recall was an instant success, especially after the release of Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). This source validates the chart positions as successful by recording industry standards. This source states that compared to Dookie, which was a huge success, Insomniac was slightly dwarfed. I think it justifies the statement in the article. I wouldn't typically make a whole talk page topic about citation, but I feel like I might have pointed out why the sources are relevant since the statement seems to be "commentary-ish"[4], which is true. If anyone is unsatisfied please let me know as the topic is slightly vague and opinion oriented. Thank you.--JUDE ^talk 07:14, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, no citation is needed for that statement. It's the lead section, which gives an overview of the entire article, thus the statement is expanded upon material already in the body of the article. WesleyDodds 07:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh okay, sorry! I didn't realise that. I was just going by the edit someone made asking for citation. Thanks for clearing it up, I'll delete it.--JUDE ^talk 08:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

So, no references are needed in lead sections? Sancho (talk) 13:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Generally there should be no need for references, since whatever appears in the lead section should also appear in the body of the article (where it will be cited). However, some things (particularly facts like sale numbers and direct quotes) need to be cited no matter what. WesleyDodds 18:00, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Correction

The picture where it says early green day before John Kiffmeyer joined is wrong. John is left handed and the drummer in that picture, who i'm assuming is tre, is obviously right handed, because his ride is on the right. Thanks!!!

Yeah but John played open handed... he had the kit set up like a right handed kit but when he played he didnt cross his arms —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.141.44.199 (talk) 23:37:59, August 18, 2007 (UTC)

Photos

Why are the photos going to get deleted?--69.113.131.124 21:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Some stupid copyright issue. Randomfrenchie 00:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

dont you just hate the copyright issues with photos on wikipedia??? ▓░ Dark Devil ░▓ ( Talk ♥ Contribs ) 09:41, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I tried to put a picture up from my own space but it keeps giving me warnings - I really don't get this how strict are all these restrictions?--WonkyCheese 00:38, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Origin

It said not to change without talk page discussion, so this is it. I've watched a Green Day concert and they said they were from Oakland, California. I think that would be more clear than saying "East Bay". Randomfrenchie 00:39, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

They call their home Oakland California, however the boys were born and raised in various areas of the East Bay, therefore generally it's a lot easier to say East Bay because people feel as though they weren't raised in Oakland, therefore, they cannot claim it as their own. I agree, that if they say that it's Oakland, it should be Oakland, but I'm trying to represent the other opinions to you as well so that you may better understand the decision.--JUDE ^talk 01:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I think "East Bay" seems kind of random. Many people might not immediately know where that is. Oakland is a well known city. If no one posts any objections here within a few days, I think it should be changed. Randomfrenchie 02:49, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

That's true, they might not. To me the East Bay is east of San Francisco Bay, however to people on the east coast in the Mid-Atlantic area think of the Chesapeake when they hear "Bay Area". Perhaps if someone protests the use of Oakland as their origin, they may accept "East San Francisco Bay Area" as a substitute. --JUDE ^talk 03:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Post-grunge

why isn't Green Day Post-Grunge??? last time I added it to their genre on the template it was always reverted. Green Day is post-grunge according to Allmusic Guide which is a reliable source isn't it? (Tigerghost 18:53, 9 April 2007 (UTC))

The term "Post-grunge" is quite specific and most people are not familiar with it. Randomfrenchie 01:07, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

• • Allmusic Guides' Defination of Punk-Pop says that it is a branchoff of Post-Grunge and Allmusic also labels Green Day as Post-grunge (Tigerghost 23:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC))

All music guide is not a reliable source, it lists any band who became popular in the mid or late 90's as post-grunge. We had this same debate on The Offspring and Blink182 talk pages, and both teams it was concluded that AMG was not a good source.Hoponpop69 15:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree that Green Day is "post-grunge" however I also agree that "post grunge" is such a non-specific term that it really shouldn't be used anymore. It isn't even a genre, it describes a time period. I also agree that All Music Guide is an unreliable source and shouldn't be used.--JUDE ^talk 18:01, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Er, Green Day really isn't anything anymore...it's just mainstream pop-rock (which is a VERY watered down, semi-punk/semi-emo in today's music world)...however, it is appropriate to call their earlier works Post-Grunge (before they signed onto a major label and became sellouts). -Matthias.

Signing to a major label doesn't make you a sell-out, I think you're incorrect in saying they have. Rob Castillo 10:07, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Nobody Likes You

How accurate is Noboday Like You?--Kingforaday1620 21:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Not very, to be honest. I'm not a professional, and this is just my opinion, not the opinion of anyone else, but there was a lot in that book that was not accurate at all. The author had full range to speak with Billie Joe's family, however what would your family say about you? I don't think they intended to tell any lies or stretch the truth, however think about your uncle so-and-so trying to tell an author about what you're like and what you went through 20-30 years ago. They have a very good point of view, but not the best. Also, the author didn't like the kind of music green day puts out, nor did he know anything about the punk rock scene. The book is basically an account of "he said" "she said" narration. It's a nice book to read for one perspective, but like all stories, there's more than one side.--JUDE ^talk 04:15, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

PS: You said that Nobody Likes You stated that Billie Joe was the water boy for the football team. Billie Joe says he played "wide receiver and halfback" his freshman year. Just for an example, so you understand what I'm saying.--JUDE ^talk 04:39, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Jackass

Is that song really about Blink 182?--69.113.131.124 22:44, 23 April 2007 (UTC) I don't believe so --65.78.71.127 19:47, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

No

Article for every single song???

Do we really need to make an article for every single song in the American Idiot album? I'm a Green Day fan myself, but every song is really insignifiant. Additionally, I would say that all the songs, except the singles, would fall under WP:NOT and WP:DELETE. As paraphrased from WP:NOT, we don't need an article for every chapter in a book, unless that chapter is highly signifigant... so why do we need an article for every single song??? If there are no objections, I'm going to nominate all the non-singles for WP:AfD. — Ian Lee (Talk) 00:25, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Why delete them? What does that accomplish and who does it benefit? I object to nominating them; please don't. They are not doing any harm. Randomfrenchie 01:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for responding so slow... I've had limited access to a computer for quite a while. Getting to the point, I personally do think that it degrades Wikipedia by making it less of a Encylopedia, and more of a fan forum as said in WP:NOT, but I won't nominate them (although I truly think that I should), because I guess it kinds of ups the community here at WP as hinted by your response. Addionally, I'm probably biased because I'm writing the essay User:Ian Lee/Critque of Wikipedia. — Ian Lee (Talk) 04:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Green Day at the Bowl

I'm just wondering why my photo of Green Day at the National Bowl was deleted? I thought it was a decent picture and it was a major show: 500,000 people in attendance. It deserved a photo.

--DearCatastropheWaitress 18:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Your image was removed in this diff with the edit summary of "already enough images in this section".  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 18:11, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

500,000 people? What are you talking about, there were around 60,000 people. Rob Castillo 10:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, there were 130,000+ people over the two days that concert took place. --Jesant13 15:35, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Working Class Hero (Green Day)

Shouldn't there be an article? And is Samuel Bayer directing the video for the song?--Kingforaday1620 21:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

There is already an article at Working Class Hero with information about the Green Day cover on it. It is only a quick mention but it is still on there. If you are suggesting creating something like at the The Saints Are Coming article then it could probably be added at the bottem just like The Saints Are Coming article.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 21:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

That's what i ment like the saints.--Kingforaday1620 21:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

As it is a single I would say yes as it is a single by a notable band.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 21:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Is Samuel Bayer directing the video?--Kingforaday1620 22:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes,the vid will be directed by Sam Bayer, but I don't have the link yet. I saw it on Greendayauthority.com Deandra56 13:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

New template design

Is anyone for this more organized template? I like it better that the current one. Ṣ₡ЯՄ♏ʂɧ♆☭ ^{♲ recycle kids! omg i'm ur biggest fan...➤ 16:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)}

MySpace link

Is there any link from an official Green Day site saying that the link given to their MySpace profile is their official profile? --Jordan Elder talk 23:28, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

I personally always thought that they never had a Myspace. I also believe there is a quote saying that their official website is the only place that they officially run or something to that nature but I am not sure where this quote is.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 01:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

They do have an official myspace, but the blogs are updated once every 6 months or so, and no one is ever added as a friend to it anymore. The best bet is to just catch the RSS feed on Greendayauthority.com.--JUDE ^talk 03:53, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Green Day has stated in a video FAQ on their website that they do not have a myspace page. The only official sites are greenday.com and the green day nrdc pages —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Megahawk21 (talk • contribs) 10:17, August 20, 2007 (UTC).

I would think that the Myspace page was made by their label. The Green Day Authority acknowledges it, and it does exist, but it's probably more that the label wanted to grab one and make it since everyone has a Myspace. Green Day's not dedicated to it or anything, but I think it's 'official,' as in, there, but not worth anything. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.139.197.69 (talk) 13:29, August 20, 2007 (UTC)

So, www.myspace.com/greenday isn't their official page!? --Jesant13 15:37, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

1988

I can't edit it because I am new. Green Day was formed in Berkley, CA in 1988. Someone please fix this. Source: iTunes.

When the article suggested that Green Day was formed in East Bay, CA, they meant anywhere within the San Francisco Bay Area east of the actual bay. I may not be correct on this, but Berkelley may not be recognized as an official unincorporated city, so in order to be technically correct, it was suggested that East Bay is where the band was formed. --Iluvmesodou 08:31, 15 August 2007 (UTC) I like pie. ^.^

New Album

The last statement on "Future Plans" is incorrect because Green Day has stated that they have material for three different albums. That doesn't mean they are planning on releasing all three.

• ok so read this then http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/green_day_with_three_new_albums.html

--Ry90 08:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

That note is changing what they actually said, they said they had enough material to make three different albums but they never said they were releasing three albums. Besides that green day never specified that the new album was going to be released in the summer, in fact in a recent interview with kerrang tv, billie joe said that the album may be released this year.

On speculation

This is a pretty good article, but this article and some of the ones regarding the band's less successful albums, nimrod. and Warning: seem to be written in a way that tries to read into things. We don't know if the release of a B-sides album and a greatest hits record is evidence that a band is in an unsuccessful part of their career or not. I suggest that the article be written straighter, in a just-the-facts sort of manner.

Wikipedia isn't a resource for endless speculation; there's a whole rest of the Internet for that. Let's keep the bias out of the article, OK? - Stick Fig 14:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Sound sample deletions

Can anybody tell me why the sound samples were deleted? As the uploader, I was supposed to get warning of this, and I didn't. 5 sound samples were deleted off this page and deleted in general. Can anybody confirm who deleted them? It took a lot of work getting those samples, and they are cructial to the article -Ṣ₡ЯՄՊՏɧѱᎦ ^☎/ _∑ 15:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Supposed producer change

Just an fyi the producer change was just a rumour, and has been confirmed untrue by Green Day's management.--JUDE ^talk 19:20, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Bad picture

That piccture is useless, you can't even see Green Day in it. James P Twomey 16:15, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it definitely needs to be replaced. -- Beland 20:03, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

I removed it James P Twomey 15:23, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Capital on Nimrod

I really don't get the concept behind not captializing Nimrod. Every source I have seen calls it "Nimrod", not "nimrod.". This includes Google, Amazon, All Music Guide, Rolling Stone, iTunes, and I could keep listing. It really doesn't matter what is on the album cover, that's just a visual stylistic choice. WikiProject:Albums says titles should be according to standard English conventions. Also, going by what's listed on the album cover, it should be dookie, american idiot and WARNING:, which are never written that way. The period on the end of the name is also never used beyond the cover art. Even greenday.com, the official band site, lists it as Nimrod. Are there any reasons I'm missing for keeping it as is? - Jon Stockton 04:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't know either. But why no one replies?? 61.94.124.218 07:47, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any reason not to capitalize. I'm also curious why it isn't.Theplanetsaturn 17:56, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

The only reason I've ever seen is the fact that it's that way on the album cover. But that's not a valid reason based on the countless album covers with names in no caps or all caps. I'm going to go ahead and change it soon unless someone objects. - Jon Stockton 18:20, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

It's been several weeks now, and no one has presented a good reason, so just go right ahead! -Duribald 19:57, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'm working on it now. I did most of the major things; next I'll try to get the rest. There's a similar situation with Warning:. I guess my next effort will be removing that colon. - Jon Stockton 21:29, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Pop Punk?

are they really pop punk? they are more punk rock/ alternative because some of there music is very similiar to stuff like the sex pistols (punk rock)

• See Talk:Green Day/Genre disputes. -- Beland 20:04, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Punk Rock my arse, I can't see John Lydon spending thousands of dollers in an exclusive(read very expensive) New York strip joint, nor any dollers in any strip joint for that matter. Nor can I see Steve Ignorant(Crass) or Colin Jerwood(Conflict) either.

Green Day should be rated(genred) - 1)Pop Punk, 2)Punk Rock, 3)Alternative Rock

Removal of another useless picture

I removed the picture of the Green Day concert as it is useless, because it is not a proper picture to represent the band, as you can't even see them on the picture. Would it be possible for someone to get a free licensed image of the whole Green Day group?

Wikiburger 19:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Talkheaders on this talkpage

Hi, what do you think about adding messageboxes on notices that are at top? this way we may emphasize all its content. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Green_Day&oldid=143033662) --Andersmusician VOTE 22:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

The reason I reverted your edits was because most talk pages follow that format that I reverted to. If you take a look at Talk:Avenged Sevenfold, or Talk:My Chemical Romance, the same format is followed. Also take a look at Talk:The Black Parade or Talk:Sum 41. This format is generally followed and the examples provided are also musical/ band talk pages.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 23:51, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

But my additions were similar to an standard for controvertial articles (see Talk:Che Guevara almost the same)--Andersmusician VOTE 23:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

It seems that there are more headers for that article though, while this one only has a few at the top.  Orfen ^{User Talk} | _Contribs 00:07, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I think it would be proper then to just add the /header --Andersmusician VOTE 04:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Record sales

I'm not disputing the figures for record sales in the lead section. If I had a good reason to doubt them I would have removed them for the time being. However "60 million records" requires a definitive source. The first source indicates that it is in fact "50 million albums" (which is very questionable seeing as Dookie sold 10 million, and I'd suggest that the source is unreliable), whilst the second source is a broken link. BeL1EveR 10:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Where Wake me up when september ends came from

There once was much debate about what this song was about. However, Billie Joe has confirmed to the public that the song was written as a memorial anthem about his father, a jazz musician and minor league baseball catcher, who died of lung cancer when Billie Joe was only ten years old.

In this melancholy ballad, Billie Joe, backed by the support of the other members of Green Day, takes a trip back to his painful childhood and thinks about the day he lost his innocence when his father died. Like many faced with such a traumatic event, Billie Joe never truly recovered, and he can't believe that twenty years have passed since the day. As Armstrong associates pain with the month September, the month his father died, he would rather not deal with anything related to the month prompting him to sing, "As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost... Wake me up when September ends..."

This song is in the key of G major and is four minutes and forty five seconds long. The verses are an example of 32-bar AABA form.

Dookie

I hope you guys like the extremely revised (actually, I believe nothing from the original article is left there) Dookie article. Do you guys think it's ready for any kind of review? Xihix 01:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I sent in a GA review, and they told me to fix three little things, of which two I have fully done. One of them, fix short sentences, I can't find anymore, but if you do, please fix! The article will be GA'd after they review it again in less than two days. But uhh... If you see any more short sentences in Dookie, fix them NOW, or leave a message on my talk page on where the short sentence is, and I'll fix it. Lets hope for the best! Xihix 02:23, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Well uhh... It passed the GA... I really did re write the entire thing! Good for me. Xihix 06:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

nimrod.

How come the link to nimrod. goes to Nimrod (Bible)?--Kingforaday1620 22:18, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

That's because plain Nimrod redirects to the bible page. The proper link is to Nimrod (album). I fixed this particular instance. - Jon Stockton 00:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Bias

I just noticed this little snippet from the main article and I found it to be very biased against traditional punk. I am not sure if it is just me that feels this way however. "It should be noted, however, that while Green Day began as a punk rock band in the mould of bands such as the Ramones and Rancid, its experimentation since Dookie was released have far surpassed the punk idiom. Nimrod and Warning are the best examples of this deviation from traditional punk norms, and a willingness to create new music rather than play the same three chords over and over every album.

It is this experimentation and deviation that allowed Green Day to transcend into the idiom of rock & roll, and with the 9-minute "punk-operas" in American Idiot, it seems that the transcendence is almost complete." Seems to me to include some speculation as well.Kokiri kid 04:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, i removed the second part of the statement Jacknife737 00:23, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Dookie Passed FA

It doesn't have the star yet (should after the bot gets to it), but Dookie is now listed as an Featured Article. I'd like to thank the copy editors and myself. Yay!!!! Xihix 18:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Photo?? but great

I'm confused. This is a GA Class article but no photo?? Someone should put one up.. Anyway, a great article. Good job guys. I think it should be a FA class.. Deandra56 16:16, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

I had put one up, but stubborn people took it down. Randomfrenchie 14:04, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

The Missing Song

Many people don't know about the great single, "Favorite Son," that Green Day made for Rock Against Bush Volume 2. Could someone please add it? Thanks in advance!

Not a single.Hoponpop69 01:10, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Brown Eyed Girl

Did they ever do a cover of that song?--Kingforaday1620 22:12, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

That wasnt green day. it was jimmy eat world but some numbskull thought it was green day. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.141.44.199 (talk) 23:49:16, August 18, 2007 (UTC)

Missing album

You seem to be missing the album "Shenanigans" released in 2001, it didn't do very well, but still it's an album by Green day. You also seem to be missing the live album "Bullet in a bible" which was released somehere in I think in 2005 or 2006. User:picklefishman Aug. 2007

Only the live albums are in the discography. James P Twomey 17:05, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

"Shenanigans" wasn't a live album. User:picklefishman Aug. 2007 —The preceding signed but undated comment was added at 00:50:17, August 19, 2007 (UTC).

Sorry, I meant studio albums James P Twomey 17:51, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Front Photo?

On the table stating the general information on Green Day in the beginning of the article lacks a photo of Green Day, which I find very inattractive. --Iluvmesodou 07:14, 18 August 2007 (UTC) I can't think of a good ending...

Factual accuracy

How is the factual accuracy of this article disputed? James P Twomey 17:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't know. How to prove that the factual accuracy of this article can be trusted??? Deandra56 13:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

150omega added the tag, along with a {{refimprove}} tag, which is unnecessary except for the Nimrod and Warning section. So I added a {{refimprovesect}} tag there, removed the tags at the top, and invited 150omega to explain why he thinks the Factual accuracy of the article is disputed. -- Reaper X 05:58, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Sexuality of Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool

Are Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool straight? I know Billie Joe Armstrong is bisexual, but I found nothing on Wikipedia regarding the sexuality of the other two band members. --Jesant13 15:43, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

• They have never confessed to having any other preference than women, to my knowledge. - Duribald 15:44, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are probably both straight, according to many sources. I don't believe that Mike or Tré are bisexual or homosexual. --Iluvmesodou 09:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, that's what I thought. Thanks. --Jesant13 12:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Awards List

Well, Green Day is a succesful band and we know they've won many awards. So how come there's no awards list?? I know there are many awards but at least mention some awards other than the awards on the introduction (Grammy and 7 VMA) Deandra56 13:51, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

That would be a good idea. I would put it in, but I do not know of or have the sources and citations of all of Green Day's awards. --Iluvmesodou 09:30, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Why don't try greendayauthority.com? It has a pretty complete list. But I'm not really good at editing, can someone do so?? Deandra56 14:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Current Picture with Billie Joe with the watergun

I don't think that should be the picture because the only band member you can see is Billie Joe Armstrong. Can someone please try to find a picture with all three band members in it? --Jesant13 12:35, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Genre-not punk rock first, pop punk!!

Green day is more of a pop punk band then punk rock- this is hw they should be rated- 1)PopPunk 2)Punk Rock 3)Alternative Rock —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitarhead13 (talk • contribs) 15:25, August 30, 2007 (UTC) Not unless you find a source. Zazaban 22:47, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Shifting goalposts.Theplanetsaturn 23:08, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

I.E. a link to a source. Zazaban 23:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Even a source wouldn't be sufficient in this instance. The band has been around the greater part of two decades. What qualified as punk, pop-punk and alternative has changed during this time, in part by the bands own influence. From an encyclopedic view, we're not just looking at what they are, but what they were, as defined by the particular era in question. Hence - shifting goal posts.Theplanetsaturn 23:57, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Erm, sorry, thought 'Shifting Goalposts' was a source being given. XD Zazaban 00:25, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't apologize. I was unnecessarily vague. Trying to do alot at once, went for the quick post. My fault.Theplanetsaturn 06:30, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the original poster on that ordering.Hoponpop69 23:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Reprise and Lookout! Not the Only Labels

Can someone add to the area that states all of Green Days labels, Adeline Records, the record company owned by Billie Joe Armstrong and his wife, is the label responsible for recording all of Green Day's vinyl recordings. --Iluvmesodou 07:38, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Usually labels that just make re-issues, vinyl only, ep only, etc. releases are not listed. The precident that I've seen used is that the labels listed are primary the company that releases original studio albums on CD (or whatever medium was prominent at the time).Hoponpop69 23:52, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Green Day Genre

First Album - American punk with some pop thrown in. Kerplank - The same Dookie - Pop punk Insomniac - Pop punk too.Get over it Nimrod - Pop punk with some hard rock and some POP ballads(good riddance) Warning - Pop without a question. American Idiot - alternative rock with pop punk (american idiot , st.jimmy) and pop-rock(wake me up when...).

i don't see nothing punk rock in Green Day all their years. And also Green Day never was punk.They just make people understand that there is more than just their pop punk.