Green Day
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[edit] Introduction
A green day is a day where you just sit around, smoking pot....It's also the name of one of the greatest rock bands ever! Green Day, with their 7 studio albums, 3 EPs, and their 3 compilation albums, have become an iconic band for teenagers all around the world.
[edit] The Beginning
Billie Joe Armstrong met Michael Ryan Pritchard (AKA Mike Dirnt) when they went to John Sweet High School in California. They were only ten years old, but they shared an interest in playing music, and they eventually formed the band Sweet Children in 1987. The members included Billie Joe (guitar and vocals), Mike (bass), and their drummer John Kiftmeyer (AKA Al Sobrante). Their first official performance was at Rod's Hickory Pit in Vallejo, California.
Sweet Children became Green Day, and their first EP "1,000 Hours" was recorded, in only two days. Billie dropped out of high school and Mike graduated. They also made two other EPs, "Sweet Children" and "Slappy". Lookout Records! released a combination of these EPs called "39/Smooth".
John Kiftmeyer left and Green Day got a new drummer, Frank Edwin Wright III (AKA Tre Cool). Together, they recorded "Kerplunk," the band's second official album.
The band toured in an old van, gaining fans and getting noticed. Rob Cavallo, from Reprise Records, was one of the people who noticed Green Day. In 1993, the band signed on to the major record company. They lost many fans who hated them for "selling out", while at the same time gaining a new widespread, more "mainstream" fanbase.
[edit] Green Day Official Releases
- Dookie
- Insomniac
- Nimrod
- Warning
- 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
- International Superhits
- Shenanigans
- American Idiot
- Bullet in a Bible
[edit] Billie Joe Armstrong
bio
[edit] Mike Dirnt
bio
[edit] Tre Cool
bio
[edit] Other People 'With' the Band
- John Kiftmeyer
- Rob Cavallo
- Larry Livermore
- backing musicians (Jason White, Jason Freese, Ronnie Blake, Mike Pelino)
[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.
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[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 1998
- On August 19, 1998, the mailing list greendayhangout was created. [1]
- On August 31, 1998, the mailing list thegreendayfanclub was created. [2]
- On September 8, 1998, the mailing list greendayofficialclubs was created. [3]
- On September 12, 1998, the mailing list loserswholikegreenday was created. [4]
- On December 5, 1998, the mailing list billiejoearmstrongsthrone was created. [5]
[edit] 2000
- On February 8, 2000, the mailing list greenday182 was created. [6]
- On July 1, 2000, the mailing list officialgreendayclub was created. [7]
- On September 3, 2000, the mailing list iwanttobetheminority was created. [8]
- On October 1, 2000, the mailing list warningagreendayclub was created. [9]
- On November 10, 2000, the mailing list thegreendaypunkclub was created. [10]
[edit] 2001
- On January 27, 2001, the mailing list mybilliejoearmstrongclub was created. [11]
- On July 27, 2001, the mailing list thebilliejoearmstrongfanclub was created. [12]
- On August 16, 2001, the mailing list mikedirntfanclub was created. [13]
[edit] 2002
- On March 12, 2002, the mailing list The_Green_Day_International_Superclub was created. [14]
- On May 3, 2002, the mailing list Billie_joe_sexy was created. [15]
- On May 20, 2002, the Wikipedia article about Green Day was created. [16]
- On June 14, 2002, the mailing list billie_joe_is_god was created. [17]
- On October 30, 2002, the mailing list Classic_Rock_Forever was created. It was dedicated to a whole slew of bands including this one. [18]
[edit] 2003
- On February 1, 2003, in response to the deletion of the LiveJournal community fanficdotnet, the LiveJournal community music_fic was created. (Herongale) It would host Audioslave, Eighteen Visions, Fall Out Boy, Foo Fighters, Good Charlotte, Green Day, HIM, Hoobastank, Linkin Park, Lostprophets, Mest, Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Rancid fan fiction.
- On September 11, 2003, the LiveJournal community punkvamps was founded. [19] It would host Anne Rice, Good Charlotte, Green Day, Linkin Park, and The 69 Eyes fan fiction.
[edit] 2004
- On January 24, 2004, the Green Day LiveJournal community green_day_rocks was created. [20]
- On April 21, 2004, the Green Day LiveJournal community greenday_church was created. [21]
- On October 8, 2004, the MySpace group httpprofilesmyspcecomusers7534575 was created. [22]
- On October 18, 2004, the mailing list greenday_lover_me was created. [23]
- On November 18, 2004, the Green Day LiveJournal community comingclean was created for slash fiction.[24]
- On December 14, 2004, the MySpace group greendaybitches was created. [25]
- On December 21, 2004, the MySpace group GreenDayLivezOn was created. [26]
[edit] 2005
- On January 2, 2005, the MySpace group TheBillieJoeArmstrongFanClub was created. [27]
- On January 20, 2005, the MySpace group greendayauthority was created. [28]
- On February 5, 2005, the MySpace group greendayroxmysox was created. [29]
- On March 6, 2005, the MySpace group Officialgreendaymyspace was created. [30]
- On June 1, 2005, the mailing list GDfans was created. [31]
- On July 5, 2005, the Green Day LiveJournal community mike_slash_tre was created.[32]
- On August 7, 2005, the mailing list The_International_Fans_of_Green_Day was created. [33]
- On September 16, 2005, the Green Day fan fiction mailing list greendayff was created. [34]
- On September 30, 2005, the Green Day LiveJournal community greenday_het was created.[35]
- On October 8, 2005 the Green Day LiveJournal community billieandadie was created.[36]
[edit] 2007
- This bandom was represented in the 2007 xmas_rocks exchange, with 1 story posted in January of that year.[37]
[edit] 2008
- This bandom was represented in the 2008 xmas_rocks exchange, with 3 stories posted in January of that year.[38]
[edit] Kerfluffles
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[edit] Fan fiction
This is a BandFic fandom. Its existence predates July 2005. Material for this fandom can be found several places on the Internet including FanDomination.Net. [39] It is generally believed that there is not an off-line, convention and fanzine based fan fiction community related to this community.
[edit] Influential fanworks
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[edit] Fandom Members
- candyapplerazor, maintainer of greenday_church
- Tasyfa, bandfic author
[edit] Fandom Size
As of December 28, 2007, there are 525 fans on FanPop. [40]
[edit] External Links
[edit] Official sites
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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