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Band Photo and Current Members

I think the band photo should be changed to one only featuring actual members of Green Day, not one with a backup preformer in the immediate foreground.

Additionally, when the current members are listed, Billie, Mike and Tre should be the only ones listed. They are the only actual, recognized members of Green Day. The three musicians listed under with would be better placed under a separate header that better describes their actual position, such as current backup musicians, or touring backup. They are not members of the band, they are hired musicians. RyanDPD (talk) 05:19, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Latest album release date

"The band's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released on May 15, 2009."

Today is only the 9th of May. 93.172.147.9 (talk) 02:34, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Green Day has ripped multiple songs

Multiple Green Day songs have been claimed to be rips off other songs (Particularly their most famous 3)

Wonderwall - Boulevard of Broken Dreams - By Oasis http://www.cinemablend.com/music/Did-Green-Day-Rip-Off-Oasis-2099.html

American Idiot- Doublewhiskeycokenoice - By Dillinger four http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5iCc9RS_zU or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=advxtHtTkoQ

When September Ends - Its only time - Mark Curry (pointed out by El Hefe in the fatwreck podcast) http://www.amazon.com/Its-Only-Time-Mark-Curry/dp/B000008ERE - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgTMZBv3Q_s - http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/window/media/page/0,,71695-2177828,00.html

-TheNinjaPirate (talk) 02:24, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

WHY WAS MY COMMENT REMOVED GREEN DAY IS THE BEST BAND EVER. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.98.24.215 (talk) 01:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

At least with the first article, even the writers didn't believe Oasis. "Noel Gallagher hates Green Day. He hates the rockers so much, in fact, that he is inventing reasons to deride them." All we can mention is that HE believes that Green Day has copied Oasis music.

Using the other links would be original research and the claimed offense has to be covered by a reliable source. Likely, if the non-Green Day artists are not taking action (except for talking and talk is cheap), there's nothing there, which is why no one (aside from Rolling Stone and another article covering the Rolling Stone article) is covering it. ~QuasiAbstract {talk/contrib} 09:13, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Its noted in the wiki page for American idiot "The whole song is similar to the intro riff from Dillinger Four's "Doublewhiskeycokenoice", written in 1997."" and also mentioned here http://www.punknews.org/review/3383

Verbally (on the fat wreck chords podcast) El Hefe from Nofx claims when September ends it was stolen from his former band mate Mark Curry. He's a hardly known artist so I doubt he'd ever have a case. I don't know how citing audio sources works -TheNinjaPirate (talk) 02:42, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Boulevard of Broken Dreams is the exact same chord progression as Wonderwall. Its not proof they ripped it off, but its damn compelling evidence that should be presented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.155.26.30 (talk) 03:46, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Doublewhiskeycokenoice is actually played in a slightly different rhythm, and is also played a half note higher. While the beginnings are similar, they aren't even using the same chords. RyanDPD (talk) 05:13, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

They've played together so its not far fetched to say it slightly tweaked version —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.126.113.14 (talk) 23:22, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

"Breakout Success"

It is stated that a security guard mistook Mike Dirnt for a fan and "punched a few of his teeth out" when in actuality said security guard tackled Dirnt. This action slammed Dirnt's head into an amplifier which knocked out two of his teeth. -Daniel Zimmerman, Cleveland Ohio —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marginwalker27 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Add Template Singles

Would it be good to add the template single existing principal l article Green Day? That would be good to unlock the page and add a moment, because this template contains the Green Day's singles, which the other staff are not (they were, but now with the increase of which was single and to have this band, I wanted to sort better in another template for better viewing). It's singles template: Template:Green Day Singles. konahk4 (talk) 22:26, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Awards section

This section should not be in the article without content. A simple link is not enough. There should be one or two paragraphs telling of the awards Green Day has won. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 23:10, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Most on Lookout Records?

Wasn't 39/Smooth and Kerplunk the two best selling albums on Lookout Records ever?--Kingforaday1620 (talk) 22:39, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Sean Hughes?

Who is he exactly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.177.242 (talk) 03:21, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I'd like to second the question asked above...who is Sean Hughes and why is he mentioned on the band's list of former members? -SAULGNRFAN

Sean Hughes is an old friend of Green Day and was a member of the band when they were first starting out. The book Nobody Likes You documents this and has quotes directly from him. He also appears in a TV special about Green Day (I believe it's Driven from Vh1. -RyanDPD —Preceding unsigned comment added by RyanDPD (talk • contribs) 05:10, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Know Your Enemy

Dear Author,

Just want to let you know that the audio track you've included is playing the wrong song. That is Know Your Enemy by Rage Against the Machine that you have uploaded. Another great song, but not Green Day's version.

Evan —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.52.200.249 (talk) 06:07, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Fixed. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 14:31, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

idiot

a childish idiot has deleted the green day information and written:

"green day are awful"

talk about being a baby

i am not regestered so can someone report it and restore the information thanks!

ry —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.168.32 (talk) 21:14, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Try refreshing the page. A bot reverted the edit a while ago. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 21:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

no, it hasn't been fixed. I just signed up to try and edit it back to the way it was but it wont let me edit it either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Finksgirl (talk • contribs) 21:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

No, I'm pretty sure it has been fixed. ClueBot reverted the vandalism at 20:34 (UTC). Timmeh!_{(review me)} 21:43, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

fixed ;)

its fixed now :)

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.86.191 (talk) 16:20, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

To be more balanced, "Criticism and controversy" section should also includes positive comments on the band

I think this section should be renamed "Critical reception" and includes positive comments so as to make it more neutral. According to this section, it sounds like the band only ever received negative criticisms, which is misleading. Laurent (talk) 16:44, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I went ahead and merged the section into the article itself. Hope I got it right - the paragraph about the criticisms of American Idiots went into "American Idiot and renewed popularity: 2003–2006"; and I've put the punk genre related criticisms in "Musical style and influences" (not sure about that one, but it seemed to be the best place for these criticisms). I didn't merge the comment by Noel Gallagher as it felt more of a rant than an actual criticism. Laurent (talk) 23:44, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

There should be sources cited for the information you added to the musical style and influences section. This is a good article; I think we'd all like to keep it that way, by making sure to cite reliable sources for all possible information. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 23:50, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Actually I haven't added anything, I've just moved paragraphs around from one section to another, so as to remove the "Criticisms" section. I agree that these paragraph, especially the one regarding the punk genre, should be sourced though. I've added some "who" and "weasel" tags where sources are needed. Laurent (talk) 23:57, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

If I find the time, I'll look for sources for that content. For now, though, adding the tags was a good call. Hopefully, someone will find and add sources in the near future, as I likely won't have time to do so. Timmeh!_{(review me)} 00:19, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you not understand that that's what the "Criticism and Controversy" section is FOR? You don't add positive things about a band in a section like that. That would make it unneutral. --Zzguitar14 (talk) 13:58, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

The name

Where does the name Green Day come from? Should there be any mentioning about that?

Summer Song (talk) 05:25, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

It's mentioned in one of the Green Day articles (i.e. Billie Joe Armstrong, this article, etc.) It said that "the band allegedly changed their name [from Sweet Children] due to their fondness of Marijuana", as having a green day would be to be stoned for like 24 hours (or something). --Zzguitar14 (talk) 14:00, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

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American Idiot the musical

Berkeley Repertory in Berkeley, California (where the band originated) is currently putting on the premier production of the staged musical version of "American Idiot." It is directed by Michael Mayer, who directed the Tony-award winning production of "Spring Awakening" and was developed by Michael Mayer in collaboration with Green Day.

More information can be found here (http://www.berkeleyrep.org/tickets/sub_plays.asp#ai).

I feel this should be at least noted on the Green Day page.