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Green day was a part of the California punk scene. Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong(guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt(bass; born Mike Pritchard) formed their first band, Sweet Children, in Rodeo, California when they were 14 years old. By 1989, the group had added drummer Al Sobrante and changed their name to Green Day. That year, the band independently released their first EP, 1,000 Hours, which was well-received in the punk scene. Soon, the group had signed a contract with the local independent label, Lookout! Records. 39/Smooth, Green Day´s first album, with Tre Cool(born Framk Edwin Wrigth, III); Tre Cool became the band´s permanent drummer.

Troughtout the early `90, Green Day continued to cultivate a cult following, which only gained strenght with the release of their second album, 1992´s Kerplunk. The underground success of Kerplunk led to a wave of interest from major record label´s; the band eventually decided to sing with Reprise. Dookie, Green Day major label debut, was released in the sprinh of 1994. Thanks to MTV support for the initial single "Longview", Dookie became a major hit. The album continued to gain momentum troughtout the summer, with the second single "Basket Case" spending five weeks on the top of the American modern rock charts. At the end of the summer, the band stole the show at Woodstock `94, which helped the sales of Dookie increase. By the time the fourth single "When I Come Around" began its sevem-week stay at number one in the modern rock charts in early 1995, Dookie had sold over five million copies in the US alone; it would eventually toip eight million in America, selling over eleven million copien internetionally. Dookie also won the 1994 Grammy for the Best Alternative Music Performance.

Green Dat quickly followed Dookie with Insomniac in the fall of 1995; during the summer, they hit number one again on the modern rock charts with "J.A.R", their contribution to the Angus soundtrack. Insomniac performed well initially, entering the US charts at number two, and selling over two million copies bu the spring of 1996, yet none of its singles-- including the radio favorite "Brain Stew/Jaded"-- were as popular as those from Dookie. In the spring of 1996, Green Day abruptly cancelled a Eropean tour, claiming exhaustion. Following the cancellation, the band spent the rest of the year resting and writing new material. The end result is what is called by many, the best album of their career, Nimrod.

BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever know
Don´t know where it goes
But it´s home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I´m the only one I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone
My shadows are the only that walks beside me
My shadows heart´s the only thing that´s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Hil then I walk alone
I´m walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
on the borderline of the edge
And where I walk alone
Read between the lines of what´s
Fucked up and everything´s allrigth
Check my vital signs to know I´m still alive
And I walk alone
I walk alone Iwalk alone I walk alone I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I´m the only one that walks beside me
My shadows heart´s the only thing that´s beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Hil then I walk alone

AMERICAN IDIOT

Don´t want to be an American Idiot
Don´t want a nation under the new mania
Can you hear the sound of histeria?
The subliminal mind fuck America
Welcome to the new kill of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn´t mean to be O.K
Television dreams of tomorrow
We´re not the ones mean to follow
For that´s enough to argue
Maybe I am the faggot America
I´m not a part of a rendeck agenda
Now every body DO THE PROPAGANDA!
And sing along to the age of paranoia
Don´t want to be an American Idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of histeria
Calling out to IDIOT AMERICA

WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when september ends
Like my father´s come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when september endas
Here comes to rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I last
Wake me up when september ends
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I last
Wake me up when september ends

BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG/ MIKE

The best band is Green Day because they are creative.
The worst band is Rascaman because they aren´t playing music.
The best person is my grandmother because she is very sweet.
The worst person is George Bush because he is a killer.
The best place is Rambla the Montevideo because it´s sunsets.
The best music is rock and pop because the way they sound.
The worst music is black metal because it´s sound is satanic.
The best football player is Ronaldinho because he is creative.
The best actor is Johnny Deep because he is very beautiful.
The best singer is Alejandro Sanz because he is sensitive and beautiful.
The best food is ñoquis because they are very delicious.
The worst food is lettuce because it is nasty.
The best subject is English because the teacher is very funny and good person.
The best city is Montevideo because it´s people and places.
The best movie is "Sweet November" because its history.

Marisa Silva is my best friend.
I meet since five years old, and now she is eighteen years old.
At the beginning don´t wasn´t very frbut now we are very good friends.
She is crazy, creative, unrealiable and hardworking.

Patricia Drysis is my best friend.
At the beginning she was nasty, but now is friendly with me, realistic, reliable and sincere.
She is a very good person, very, very self centered, but at the same time she can be evil.

My friends are Marisa, Patricia, Alexis and my brother German.
Marisa is a very good friend and generous, but sometimes is evil.
Patricia is very ironic, but sometimes are sweet.
Alexis is very funny and sensitive.
My brother is a good person but sometimes is very jealous and sincere.
They are very important for me, they always help me, when are necessitated.