What many fans do agree on is that the name came from Bay-area slang for doing nothing but smoking weed all day. One fan wrote on Reddit: "The band Green Day got its name from the phrase, 'green ...

The band adopted its Green Day band name in 1989. Before then, the band had been operating under the name Sweet Children and got their start performing at local venues in the Bay Area of California.

Radio X reports band members Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt coined the name when they were both 14. The band was still using that name when they got signed to Lookout! Records.

Green Day was formed by four high school friends in a Bay Area garage, taking the name Green Day in 1989, and the band has gone on to win five Grammy Awards and sell over 75 million records ...

For the members of Green Day, the club was more than just a performance venue; it was a place where they learned about values. "The kids who were here were latchkey kids and stuff.

By 2015, current members of Green Day — Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool — were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Green Day's collaboration with 7-Eleven is fitting, as the band's members — Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt — were regulars at the convenience store when they were first getting ...

Green Day band members returned to the Bay Area town of Pinole on Sunday, where in the 1980s they often gathered at the 7-11 on their way to and from Pinole Valley High School. While lead vocalist ...