History Trivia / GreenDay

* OneOfUs: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyDuGwlrFRs Apparently they've discovered the Internet.]]

** "Though "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is considered their most widely-recognized song, it sounds almost nothing like their power pop/pop punk edge they are known to this day for.

** "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", an gentle acoustic folk song from a PopPunk band.

* OneOfUs: Apparently they've discovered the Internet.

* MissingEpisode: A few of the songs they've recorded aren't available anywhere but YouTube and file sharing sites; their rerecording of '409 in Your Coffeemaker,' which was only released as a B-side in Germany, and 'Favorite Son,' which was only released on a compilation of songs against the George Bush presidency. You ''can'' get 'Favorite Son' in the form of the ''American Idiot'' Broadway recording pretty easily, but not the original for some reason. Their YouTube channel also only has censored versions of their pre-2009 music videos for some reason, as well as their music video for 'Kill the DJ' being on the Warner Music YouTube rather than their own (it was actually uploaded their for a few days before moving for some reason). There are also a few music videos missing from their YouTube channel as well, namely the music videos for 'Nice Guys Finish Last' and 'Welcome to Paradise.' They also don't have the full performances from their ''Bullet in a Bible'' live album available either.

* {{Jossed}}: Contrary to what popular belief is/was, Billie Joe denied in an interview that "Why Do You Want Him?" has anything to do with his stepfather.

* OneOfUs: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaeusGuPAGg Apparently they've discovered the internet.]]

** When Tim Armstrong was forming Music/{{Rancid}} he asked Billie Joe to audition for the band. Billie Joe said no, as Green Day already had a few albums under their belt and were on the verge of becoming huge.

** ''Cigarettes and Valentines'', the follow-up to ''Warning'' that was supposed to be a return to Green Day's old sound. They recorded the entire album in 2003, but the master tapes were stolen before they could release it. Instead of rerecording everything, they decided to write an entirely new album, which became ''American Idiot''. In 2016, the band confirmed that they managed to recover the stolen master tapes of the album and that they're uskng them as song ideas but has said that there are no plans to release the album.

** ''Cigarettes and Valentines'', the follow-up to ''Warning'' that was supposed to be a return to Green Day's old sound. They recorded the entire album in 2003, but the master tapes were stolen before they could release it. Instead of rerecording everything, they decided to write an entirely new album, which became ''American Idiot''.

* MissingEpisode: A few of the songs they've recorded aren't available anywhere but YouTube and file sharing sites; their rerecording of '409 in Your Coffeemaker,' which was only released as a B-side in Germany and 'Favorite Son,' which was only released on a compilation of songs against the George Bush presidency. You ''can'' get 'Favorite Son' in the form of the ''American Idiot'' broadway recording pretty easily, but not the original for some reason. Their YouTube channel also only has censored versions of their pre-2009 music videos for some reason, as well as their music video for 'Kill the DJ' being on the Warner Music YouTube rather than their own (it was actually uploaded their for a few days before moving for some reason). There are also a few music videos missing from their YouTube channel as well, namely the music videos for 'Nice Guys Finish Last' and 'Welcome to Paradise.' They also don't have the full performances from their ''Bullet in a Bible'' live album available either.

* GroinAttack: Tré Cool lost one of his testicles in a pyrotechnics accident.

* LongRunnerLineUp: None of the members have changed since 1990; until 2012 it was just Billie Joe, Mike, and Tré, although Jason had been touring with them since 1999.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Cigarettes and Valentines'', the follow-up to ''Warning'' that was supposed to be a return to Green Day's old sound. They recorded the entire album in 2003, but the master tapes were stolen before they could release it. Instead of rerecording everything, they decided to write an entirely new album, which became ''American Idiot''.

* {{Jossed}}: Contrary to what popular belief is/was, Billie Joe denied in an interview that "Why Do You Want Him?" has anything to do with his stephfather.

* BreakthroughHit: ''Dookie'', and "When I Come Around" in particular.

* LongRunnerLineUp: The band hasn't changed since 1990, and the fourth member has been with them since 1999.

** When Tim Armstrong was forming {{Rancid}} he asked Billie Joe to audition for the band. Billie Joe said no, as Green Day already had a few albums under their belt and were on the verge of becoming huge.