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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can they work it out on the remix? Green Day knew exactly how to respond to Charli XCX after she shamelessly shaded the iconic rock band at a star-studded afterparty following their Coachella ...

Green Day will now be immortalized on ... Las Vegas during Oracle Park show It’s true: Founding members Dirnt and Armstrong, respectively the band’s bassist and star frontman, attended school ...

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 ...