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Mendocino County

Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt are from Rodeo, CA, but Tré Cool is from the Mendocino mountains beyond Willits. It was so remote that his first band, The Lookouts, ‘used to jam with solar panels and a fuckin’ Peavey amp’ (Rolling Stone, 1996). The Lookouts were also the namesake of Green Day’s first record label, Lookout Records, so there’s some general Green Day history in this area as well.