The group first got together in 1986 with founding members Billie ... for doing nothing but smoking weed all day. One fan wrote on Reddit: "The band Green Day got its name from the phrase ...

Green Day was the Saturday headliner for Coachella ... Fans speculated that she was shading the rock band — made up of Billie Joel Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt — who headlined the ...

In 1989, the group ditched the name Sweet Children in order to avoid confusion with another local band, Sweet Baby. They settled on the name Green Day - and welcomed new drummer Cool - and it ...

Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus revealed his San Diego pop-punk band and ... who replaced founding drummer Scott Raynor in 1998. Though decades have passed, Blink-182 and Green Day haven’t toured ...

Livermore signed the band to his imprint and released its debut EP, “1,000 Hours” in 1989 under its newly minted name Green Day, a reference to marijuana. They subsequently released “39 ...

Pixies, Paul McCartney and Lorde performed in the past between desert shows, and on April 17, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt of Green Day added their names to that high-profile list by ...

7) Perry Farrell didn’t want Green Day to play Lollapalooza because they were a “boy band.” Including Green Day on the second half of Lollapalooza ’94, opening the entire show at a time ...

“We love you guys so much.” Actor Ryan Reynolds and Rob Cavallo, who produced many of Green Day’s recordings, joined Armstrong and fellow band members Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool at the ...