[pic=Part 3 of our Green Day biography now available]012613_band.jpg[/pic]We got part 3 of our biography up and ready for your eyeballs to consume. This part covers Green Day's career from American Idiot through the release of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tre!. Here's a piece talking about the bands success after American Idiot's release.
American Idiot debuted at number one on the charts on September 21, 2004. This was the first sign that Green Day were back in full force. The album went on to produce five singles, two of which ("Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") shot straight up to number one. The album also won the 2005 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album," and seven of the eight VMAs for which it was nominated. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" won the 2006 Grammy for "Best Rock Record." The American Idiot Tours, which kicked off on October 1, 2004, were perhaps the pinnacle of the band's world-takeover. The first leg started in modest venues across North America, but by the final leg, Green Day was selling out massive stadiums holding up to 65,000 people.


Check out part 3 right here, or you can read the full bio starting with their childhood.

If our three part series isn't enough for you, we suggest reading the book "Nobody Likes You" by Marc Spitz (check it out on Amazon).
Green Day's documentary ¡Cuatro!, the making of the trilogy, makes its full debut tonight in Aspen, CO at the X-Games. It will be shown at the Wheeler Opera house, starting at 8pm (Mountain Time), and will be followed with a Q&A with Green ... read story
[pic=Static Noise]012113_sn-gda.jpg[/pic]This week on Static Noise, it's a special episode! Matt, Jimmy and Jack talk about their thoughts, opinions and everything in between about the trilogy of albums. We discuss some controversial topics ... read story
For this week's [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/tags/Throwback-Thursday/]#ThrowbackThursday[/turl], we're bringing you back to the sound check of Green Day's infamous 1994 "Jaded In Chicago" gig. The Jaded In Chicago show ... read story
ESPN has released a trailer for Green Day's upcoming documentary, ¡Cuatro! (formally ¡Quatro!, but the title sequence at the end of the trailer is now spelled with a 'c'). The trailer is being released before its full premiere at the X- ... read story
[pic=Static Noise]012113_sn-gda.jpg[/pic]Static Noise is finally back! In this episode, Matt is joined by Jimmy and Jack of the GDA news team to discuss some of the biggest happenings from the last couple months in the Green Day World. The ... read story
[pic=Mike during the recording of the trilogy]012213_mike.jpg[/pic]ESPN has a great interview up with Mike Dirnt talking about the upcoming premiere of their documentary ¡Cuatro!. They cover a lot of ground, and it's the first 'in-depth' ... read story
[pic=Billie Joe performing at the Summersonic Festival]012013_bjasummer.jpg[/pic]Last summer, before ¡Uno! ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! were released Green Day went on a short world tour to promote their upcoming releases with one of their shows ... read story
[pic=Green Day live in 2012]011913_billielive.jpg[/pic]Loudwire has included Green Day in their list of 'Must See Rock Concerts' of 2013. After Billie Joe Armstrong‘s rehab stint, Green Day finally get a chance to promote their album ... read story
[pic=Part of one of the lyric sheets]011813_rsz_bkngz.jpg[/pic]A couple months ago, after some frame-by-frame snooping in the version of ¡Cuatro! shown on VH1, I was able to come up with 48 images of the handwritten lyric sheets that ... read story
As we [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3848/]posted last week[/turl], Green Day's making of ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tre! documentary, ¡Cuatro!, will premiere at X Games Aspen on Saturday, January 26th. This will be the first time that ... read story
Since Green Day's second studio album, Kerplunk, celebrated it's twenty-first anniversary [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3856/]today[/turl] we decided to put up a related video for this week's [turl=http://www.greendayauthority ... read story
[pic=¡Cuatro! ]011713_quatro.jpg[/pic]According to the Ultimate Box Set pre-order website, the release date for ¡Cuatro! has been pushed back to February 12th. ¡Cuatro!, Green Day's trilogy documentary, was originally scheduled to be ... read story
[pic=Kerplunk album cover]011513_14514.jpg[/pic]Kerplunk was recorded from May-September 1992. It was Green Day's second full-length release, and marked the beginning of the "Tré Cool era" (the band had previously juggled other drummers, ... read story
[pic=Mike Dirnt]011613_mikefel.jpg[/pic]Earlier today, [turl=http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/3862/]we posted[/turl] that Mike Dirnt would be interviewed by WBER, a student-run community radio station based out of New York. The ... read story
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