Green Day is an American punk rock band consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass) and Tré Cool (drums). The band from Oakland, California was conceived early in 1987 under the name Sweet Children, the current line acquired in 1989, when they moved to the current name and joined drummer Tré Cool.

In 2010 opened a stage adaptation of the Broadway album American Idiot, the musical was nominated for Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Scenic Design, and has received generally positive reviews. In mid-2011 the magazine Kerrang! named them as the second most influential group emerged in the last thirty years, second only to Metallica. According to a public inquiry in the biweekly Rolling Stone,

The discography of Green Day, American band of musical genres punk, post-grunge, alternative rock and pop rock album consists of eight studies, direct cincoen, three compilation albums, five EP, four DVDs, thirty-two and twenty simple music video .

In 2000 they released Warning, the sixth studio album in the career of the band and the room with the label Reprise Records. The album received positive comments and ratings on most of the critics, such as Allmusic.com or MSN portal. In 2001 went on sale a live EP, Tune in, Tokyo ..., released only in Japan. That same year they released the compilation album International Superhits! who managed well received internationally. In 2004 they released their seventh studio album, American Idiot. The material reached six times platinum in the UK and Canada, while in Australia and the United States received five platinum albums, also received favorable comments and ratings from critics, earning seventy-nine points on Metacritic, based on twenty-six reviews and media magazines such as Entertainment Weekly, E!, NME or Rolling Stone. In addition, American Idiot has sold over twelve million copies worldwide, six million of them sold in the U.S. only. In 2005 went on sale Bullet in a Bible, live album compilation format, containing thirteen of his most successful singles that had until that year. The eighth studio album the band was published in 2009 under the title of 21st Century Breakdown. Green Day has sold over sixty-five million albums worldwide, becoming one of the biggest selling bands of all time.