Kamis, 28 Januari 2010


Nidji adalah grup musik dengan komposisi enam orang asal Jakarta, terdiri atas Giring (vokal), Rama dan Ariel (guitar), Adrie (drum), Andro (bass) dan Run-D (keyboard). Nama Nidji merupakan penyempurnaan dari kata NIJI yang diambil dari bahasa Jepang yang berarti pelangi. Nidji dapat diartikan sebagai ikatan warna dan konsep lagu yang merefleksikan warna musik mereka yang beragam. Konsep musik Nidji yang ditawarkan modern rock yang memadukan unsur-unsur lain, seperti progresif, funk, alternatif dan pop. Sebagai debutnya Nidji pernah merilis Breakthru. Grup-grup band yang secara tidak langsung menjadi kiblat dan inspirasi terhadap corak musik Nidji, antara lain L'Arc-en-ciel, Coldplay, Goo Goo Dolls, U2, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, Dave Matthews, The Killers, Keane, dan sebagainya. Terbentuknya Nidji berawal dari persahabatan antara Rama dan Andro. Persahabatan mereka berkembang terus baik dalam keseharian maupun di dunia musik, sampai akhirnya mencipkan lagu berjudul Maria. Namun sayang lagu itu belum ada vokalisnya. Berikutnya mereka bertemu dengan Giring yang selanjutnya dinobatkan sebagai vokalis Nidji dan membawakan lagu tersebut. Berikutnya, Adri yang telah sekian lama membantu Nidji secara part time menempati posisi sebagai drummer. Pada Februari 2002, terbentuklah Nidji dalam formasi awal, yang kemudian pada April 2005, Nidji menambah personilnya sehingga berjumlah enam orang, yaitu seorang keyboardist bernama Randy yang merupakan sahabat dari Giring.

Nidji adalah grup musik yang berkomposisi enam orang asal Jakarta yang terdiri dari Giring Ganesha (vokalis), Rama dan Ariel (gitaris), Adrie (drum), Andro (bassis), dan Run-D (kibor). Nidji merupakan penyempurnaan nama dari kata NIJI yang diambil dari bahasa Jepang yang berarti pelangi.

Para personil telah menyukai dan menyetujui konsep dengan nama itu, karena kata Nidji sangat merefleksikan warna musik mereka yang beragam serta berbeda satu sama lain, namun bias membiaskannya dalam satu warna musik.

Konsep musik Nidji adalah modern rock yang memadukan unsur-unsur lain, seperti progresif, funk, alternatif, dan pop. Grup-grup band yang secara tidak langsung mempengaruhi dan menjadi inspirasi terhadap corak musik Nidji, antara lain L'Arc~en~ciel, Coldplay, Goo Goo Dolls, U2, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, The Verve, Dave Matthews, The Killers, Keane, dan sebagainya.

Green Day adalah sebuah kelompok musik bergenre punk rock yang berasal dari California, Amerika Serikat dan terdiri atas Billie Joe Armstrong (penyanyi utama, gitaris), Mike DirntTré Cool (pemain drum, penyanyi pendukung). Green Day telah diakui di dunia musik karena keberhasilan mereka dalam mengembalikan dan membuat genre punk rock kembali terkenal, bersama-sama dengan grup musik tahun 1990-an seperti The Offspring dan Rancid.
Musik mereka telah mempengaruhi banyak kelompok musik beraliran punk lain, seperti Blink 182 dan Good Charlotte.
Grup musik ini telah menjual lebih dari 50 juta album di Amerika Serikat dan lebih dari 100 juta album di seluruh dunia. Green Day telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan, seperti MTV Video Music Awards dan Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, juga berbagai penghargaan lainnya, serta telah memenangkan 3 Grammy Awards (Best Alternative ALbum untuk Dookie, Best Rock Album untuk American Idiot dan Record of the Year untuk Boulevard of Broken Dreams).

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Diskografi

Sampul Keterangan

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Tracks: At the Library, Don't Leave Me, I Was There, Disappearing Boy, Green Day, Going to Pasalacqua, 16, Road to Acceptance, Rest, The Judge's Daughter, Paper Lanterns, Why Do You Want Him?, 409 in Your Coffeemaker, Knowledge, 1000 Hours, Dry Ice, Only of You, The One I Want, I Want to Be Alone

Kerplunk! Lagu: 2000 Light Years Away, One For the Razorbacks, Welcome to Paradise, Christie Road, Private Ale, Dominated Love Slave, One of My Lies, 80, Android, No One Knows, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield, Words I Might Have Ate, Sweet Children, Best Thing in Town, Strangeland, My Generation

Dookie
  • Terbit: 1 Februari 1994
  • Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album 1995
  • Chart positions: #2 US, #13 UK, #4 GER
  • Sales: Worldwide: 15 million[3], RIAA certification: 10x Platinum (Diamond), UK 2x Platinum (600,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Burnout, Having a Blast, Chump, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Pulling Teeth, Basket Case, She, Sassafras Roots, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, Emenius Sleepus, In the End, F.O.D./All By Myself

Insomniac
  • Terbit: 10 Oktober 1995
  • Chart positions: #2 US, #8 UK, #12 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: 2x Platinum, UK: Silver (60,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Armatage Shanks, Brat, Stuck With Me, Geek Stink Breath, No Pride, Babs Uvula Who?, 86, Panic Song, Stuart and the Ave., Brain Stew, Jaded, Westbound Sign, Tight Wad Hill, Walking Contradiction

nimrod.
  • Terbit: 14 Oktober 1997
  • Chart positions: #10 US, #3 AUS, #11 UK, #31 GER
  • Penjualan: RIAA certification: 2x Platinum, UK: Silver
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Nice Guys Finish Last, Hitchin' a Ride, The Grouch, Redundant, Scattered, All the Time, Worry Rock, Platypus (I Hate You), Uptight, Last Ride in, Jinx, Haushinka, Walking Alone, Reject, Take Back, King for a Day, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Prosthetic Head

Warning:
  • Terbit: 3 Oktober 2000
  • Chart position: #4 US, #4 UK, #7 AUS, #21 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: Platinum, UK: Gold (100,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day
Lagu: Warning, Blood, Sex, and Booze, Church on Sunday, Fashion Victim, Castaway, Misery, Deadbeat Holiday, Hold On, Jackass, Waiting, Minority, Macy's Day Parade

International Superhits!
  • Terbit: 13 November 2001
  • Chart position: #40 US, #15 UK, #11 AUS, #67 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: Platinum, UK: Platinum (300,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Tracks 1-2 by Jerry Finn and Green Day, Tracks 3-15 by Rob Cavallo and Green Day, Tracks 16-21 by Green Day
Lagu: Maria, Poprocks and Coke, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around, She, J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva), Geek Stink Breath, Brain Stew, Jaded, Walking Contradiction, Stuck With Me, Hitchin' a Ride, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Redundant, Nice Guys Finish Last, Minority, Warning, Waiting, Macy's Day Parade

Shenanigans
  • Terbit: 2 Juli 2002
  • Chart position: #27 US, #32 UK, #100 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: 2 million
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day and Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Suffocate, Desensitized, You Lied, Outsider, Don't Wanna Fall in Love, Espionage, I Want to Be on TV, Scumbag, Tired of Waiting for You, Sick of Me, Rotting, Do Da Da, On The Wagon, Ha Ha You're Dead
Greenday americanidiot.png American Idiot [2] Lagu: American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Are We The Waiting, St. Jimmy, Give Me Novacaine, She's a Rebel, Extraordinary Girl, Letterbomb, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Homecoming, Whatsername
Green Day adalah sebuah kelompok musik bergenre punk rock yang berasal dari California, Amerika Serikat dan terdiri atas Billie Joe Armstrong (penyanyi utama, gitaris), Mike Dirnt (basis, penyanyi pendukung), dan Tré Cool (pemain drum, penyanyi pendukung). Green Day telah diakui di dunia musik karena keberhasilan mereka dalam mengembalikan dan membuat genre punk rock kembali terkenal, bersama-sama dengan grup musik tahun 1990-an seperti The Offspring dan Rancid.
Musik mereka telah mempengaruhi banyak kelompok musik beraliran punk lain, seperti Blink 182 dan Good Charlotte.
Grup musik ini telah menjual lebih dari 50 juta album di Amerika Serikat dan lebih dari 100 juta album di seluruh dunia. Green Day telah memenangkan berbagai penghargaan, seperti MTV Video Music Awards dan Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, juga berbagai penghargaan lainnya, serta telah memenangkan 3 Grammy Awards (Best Alternative ALbum untuk Dookie, Best Rock Album untuk American Idiot dan Record of the Year untuk Boulevard of Broken Dreams).

Diskografi

Sampul Keterangan

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Tracks: At the Library, Don't Leave Me, I Was There, Disappearing Boy, Green Day, Going to Pasalacqua, 16, Road to Acceptance, Rest, The Judge's Daughter, Paper Lanterns, Why Do You Want Him?, 409 in Your Coffeemaker, Knowledge, 1000 Hours, Dry Ice, Only of You, The One I Want, I Want to Be Alone

Kerplunk! Lagu: 2000 Light Years Away, One For the Razorbacks, Welcome to Paradise, Christie Road, Private Ale, Dominated Love Slave, One of My Lies, 80, Android, No One Knows, Who Wrote Holden Caulfield, Words I Might Have Ate, Sweet Children, Best Thing in Town, Strangeland, My Generation

Dookie
  • Terbit: 1 Februari 1994
  • Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album 1995
  • Chart positions: #2 US, #13 UK, #4 GER
  • Sales: Worldwide: 15 million[3], RIAA certification: 10x Platinum (Diamond), UK 2x Platinum (600,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Burnout, Having a Blast, Chump, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Pulling Teeth, Basket Case, She, Sassafras Roots, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, Emenius Sleepus, In the End, F.O.D./All By Myself

Insomniac
  • Terbit: 10 Oktober 1995
  • Chart positions: #2 US, #8 UK, #12 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: 2x Platinum, UK: Silver (60,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Armatage Shanks, Brat, Stuck With Me, Geek Stink Breath, No Pride, Babs Uvula Who?, 86, Panic Song, Stuart and the Ave., Brain Stew, Jaded, Westbound Sign, Tight Wad Hill, Walking Contradiction

nimrod.
  • Terbit: 14 Oktober 1997
  • Chart positions: #10 US, #3 AUS, #11 UK, #31 GER
  • Penjualan: RIAA certification: 2x Platinum, UK: Silver
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day dan Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Nice Guys Finish Last, Hitchin' a Ride, The Grouch, Redundant, Scattered, All the Time, Worry Rock, Platypus (I Hate You), Uptight, Last Ride in, Jinx, Haushinka, Walking Alone, Reject, Take Back, King for a Day, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Prosthetic Head

Warning:
  • Terbit: 3 Oktober 2000
  • Chart position: #4 US, #4 UK, #7 AUS, #21 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: Platinum, UK: Gold (100,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day
Lagu: Warning, Blood, Sex, and Booze, Church on Sunday, Fashion Victim, Castaway, Misery, Deadbeat Holiday, Hold On, Jackass, Waiting, Minority, Macy's Day Parade

International Superhits!
  • Terbit: 13 November 2001
  • Chart position: #40 US, #15 UK, #11 AUS, #67 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: RIAA certification: Platinum, UK: Platinum (300,000)
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Tracks 1-2 by Jerry Finn and Green Day, Tracks 3-15 by Rob Cavallo and Green Day, Tracks 16-21 by Green Day
Lagu: Maria, Poprocks and Coke, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around, She, J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva), Geek Stink Breath, Brain Stew, Jaded, Walking Contradiction, Stuck With Me, Hitchin' a Ride, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Redundant, Nice Guys Finish Last, Minority, Warning, Waiting, Macy's Day Parade

Shenanigans
  • Terbit: 2 Juli 2002
  • Chart position: #27 US, #32 UK, #100 GER
  • Penjualan: Worldwide: 2 million
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Produser: Green Day and Rob Cavallo
Lagu: Suffocate, Desensitized, You Lied, Outsider, Don't Wanna Fall in Love, Espionage, I Want to Be on TV, Scumbag, Tired of Waiting for You, Sick of Me, Rotting, Do Da Da, On The Wagon, Ha Ha You're Dead
Greenday americanidiot.png American Idiot [2] Lagu: American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Are We The Waiting, St. Jimmy, Give Me Novacaine, She's a Rebel, Extraordinary Girl, Letterbomb, Wake Me Up When September Ends, Homecoming, Whatsername

Sabtu, 23 Januari 2010


Mcr terbentuk di New Jersey, aliran band yang satu ini bisa dibilang emo-rock(sebenarnya mereka menolak bila beraliran emo) meskipun terdapat sedikit unsur pop didalamnya. Kebanyakan lagu mereka Keras, cepat,dan Agresif,namun juga ada yang juga melodik (yah,kayak2 musik pop gitu lah). Di awal tahun 2000, Gerard way (vokal) dan Mat Pelisier (dram) jalan bareng bwat nyiptain beberapa lagu, lagu pertama mereka adalah "Skylines and Turnstiles" (lagu yang mengisahkan perjalanan mereka di new york) dan juga serangan 9/11). Gerard dan Pelisier merasa puas pada lagu tersebut dan mulai mengajak Ray toro (gitar) untuk bergabung bersama. FOrmasi ini semakin solid dengan masuknya adik Gerard Way ,Mikey Way (bas) serta diikurti Frank Iero (gitar), Bersama, McR manggung di North East Corridor kemudian disusul dengan lahirnya albu pertama mereka. 2002, Eyeball records (perushaan rekaman indie) meluncurkan album pertama McR "I Brought You my Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" sekedar informasi, album tersebut di produseri oleh Geoff Rickly (vokalis band Thursday). McR waktu itu sering di banding2kan dengan Thursday, mereka dibanding2kan karena berbagai alasan; lirik,sama2 dari New Jersey,lirik2 yang konfessional,dan sama2 berada dibawah perusahaan rekaman yang sama. Meski begitu, Thursday bukan satu-satunya inspirasi bagi McR ,band-band yang berpengaruh besar bagi McR adalah: Morrison,The Cure,The Smashing Pumpkins, dan The Misfits. Dilihat dari segi lirik, "I Brought you my Bullets,and You Brought Me your Love" terdengan sangat gelap, dan mencerminkan rasa sakit dan depresi yang mendalam.lagu2 nya antara lain ;"Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us," "Drowning Lessons," "Headfirst for Halos," "Our Lady of Sorrows,"disusul "Vampires Will Never Hurt You". Setahun kemudian (2003) Mcr direkrut oleh perusahaan rekaman raksasa "Warner Bros". Album kedua yang banyak dikatakan oleh sebagian besar orang beraloran emo "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" sukses meledak dipasaran (DUAR!!heehe) dengan Hit-singlenya "helena" McR sukses konser di seluruh belahan dunia, bahkan Helena sukses jadi lagu yang paling populer dan menjadi Ballad.disusul dengan "The Ghost Of You","Im Not Okay",dan "Thank For the Venom" Kini dengan senjata baru mereka "The Black Parade",McR seolah ingin meninggalkan kesan "emo" dalam diri mereka meskipun di album ini juga ada sedikit unsur "dark".Memang, Welcome To The Black Parade sukses dipasaran tapi menurut aku lagu2 di album ini tetap kurang "bunyi" atau kurang keras bila dibandingkan dengan 2 album sebelumnya.Dengan Personel yang kompak (belum pernah ganti) kita harapkan McR bisa lebih berkembang di album selanjutnya.

Two albums. Seven million copies sold worldwide. A string of hits like "I'd Do Anything," "Addicted," "Perfect," and "Welcome to My Life." A worldwide legion of fans who can testify to the power of one of the fiercest live shows ever to hit the boards. At this juncture, Lava/Atlantic rockers Simple Plan simply seem to have it locked. So for their crucial third album the group could just head back into the studio and do just what's worked so well in the past, right? Not quite. Welcome to "SIMPLE PLAN," not just an album but a statement of artistic ambition and growth from the Montreal-based quintet. As you'd expect from any band that would call its debut album "NO PADS, NO HELMETS...JUST BALLS," the self-titled release is a fearless, without-a-net excursion into dynamic music-making, taking what we love best about Simple Plan -- the unbridled energy, the ripping guitars, the hook-filled melodic sensibility -- and incorporating a slew of inventive sonic approaches informed by new collaborators such as Nate "Danja" Hills (Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Duran Duran, Nelly Furtado), Max Martin (James Blunt, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne), and Dave Fortman (Evanescence, Mudvayne). The new equation yields 11 songs that are unquestionably Simple Plan but still sound unlike anything they’ve done before, from the loping synthesizer loops of the opening track and first single, "When I'm Gone," to the tight dance groove and R&B flavor of "The End," the hip-hop styled beat of "Generation," and the unabashed power balladry of "I Can Wait Forever." "I think we all felt we needed to do something that would be a little more daring and stretch the envelope of who we are," explains frontman Pierre Bouvier. "We were just trying to make a record that will leave a little more of a mark." Drummer Chuck Comeau adds that "there was sort of a realization we needed to shake things up and really take chances and just go for it. To do something that was still us but would challenge ourselves." Change, of course, comes with some degree of apprehension, and the band doesn’t hide the fact they felt a bit of trepidation as they began to explore the new territory of "SIMPLE PLAN." Consider, after all, what Comeau calls the "comfort zone" the group came from, which includes 2002's double-platinum "NO PADS..." and 2004's platinum "STILL NOT GETTING ANY," with 2005's "MTV HARD ROCK LIVE" documenting the group's aforementioned concert excitement. Simple Plan has been running strong since forming in 1999; most bands in the same position would be comfortable rehashing what brought it to this point -- and fearful of rocking that rock 'n' roll boat. "We were scared," acknowledges guitarist Jeff Stinco, "because at first, we didn't want to mess with something that we already knew worked and that we loved. We could've made another record like the second one and it would've been well-received by our fan base. But the new stuff was so exciting to us, and you have to follow that if you want to grow." Bouvier agrees that, at times, “we didn't know if we were on the right track with something cool or if we were just losing our minds." But, he adds, that was not necessarily a bad thing. "It's good to be scared," the singer explains. "You should be a little nervous. If you're not nervous, it's probably too safe. I think if you look back in the past, all the great records come from some kind of risk." Simple Plan began working on the new album in the spring of 2006, shortly after wrapping up the touring cycle for "STILL NOT GETTING ANY." The expectation was for a quick writing process and equally speedy return to the studio for its follow-up. Bouvier and Comeau immersed themselves in the writing process and when fall rolled in, the band had assembled a pretty extensive collection of songs. But something didn't feel right. "Everybody was like, 'Yeah, yeah, this is great,' but nothing was sticking out as being really fresh," Comeau says. "We could feel that. We had strong songs, but they weren't really where we wanted to go." At that point, the band knew they had to rethink their approach. A high regard for recent work by Justin Timberlake and fellow Canadian Nelly Furtado led the group to Danja, a young producer on the rise who had been thriving under Timbaland's wing for many years -- and who, coincidentally, had also targeted Simple Plan as one of the groups he wanted to work with as he expanded into the rock realm. So in April of 2007, Bouvier and Comeau found themselves in Miami -- foreign territory that started to feel right in short order when they came up with an initial pair of songs, including "The End." Bouvier recalls that after that first session, "we were like, 'Oh, shit, we've got something really fresh here! We got stuff going on! This is what we've been looking for." The excitement and enthusiasm they felt was so strong it gave the band its second wind. "We had this vision we should try to integrate some really cool, modern-sounding beats in the verses and then go into the big, soaring kick-ass choruses that we're known for," Comeau explains. "That was the kind of mix we had in mind and when we came up with ‘The End,’ we knew that it really worked. I think that turning point started to give us a lot more confidence to keep writing and take a lot more chances, even with the regular kind of songs." Back in San Diego, Bouvier and Comeau started doing just that, enlisting the help of an old friend, Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace, Finger Eleven), the man who produced Simple Plan's first album. That creative chemistry they had with Lanni when they first worked together was still very much intact. "Working with Arnold again was so great. He's an amazingly talented musician and you can tell he really cares about this band on a professional level but, even more importantly, as a true friend. We've always been very comfortable working with Arnold, and it was awesome to collaborate with him again," says Comeau. Another trip to Miami soon followed, and Lanni was asked to tag along. That second session with Danja yielded "When I'm Gone" and "Generation," two of the most innovative tracks on the album. The duo solidified the rest of the band's support by taking the Danja tracks back to Montreal. "We were a little surprised at first," remembers guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre, "but it was OK. I think we felt like we were adding a lot of new elements to our sound, which makes it more than just the typical rock band. I think it really inspired us all, and we came up with some groundbreaking stuff on this album." Bassist David Desrosiers adds, "We all wanted to have a different record -- we knew that. And, after being in a band for seven years, you want to still be excited about the music you're making. When we heard those ideas Danja had it was like, full speed ahead..." In June of 2007, the band was finally ready to enter the studio. Dave Fortman was chosen to help achieve the sonic fusion Simple Plan envisioned as it recorded “SIMPLE PLAN" in Los Angeles and Montreal. "He was the one who actually felt the most excited about the record and making this different kind of hybrid," Bouvier says. "It was important for us to have a rock producer that could really capture the way we sound live but that could also, at the same time, embrace this new direction. It really was a collaboration between the band, Dave and Danja" -- and later, hit maker Max Martin, who helped the group finish "Generation." "Everybody chipped in, in order to make this combination of styles blend perfectly and achieve the kind of record that we had envisioned." Considering the final results, "SIMPLE PLAN" seemed like the title best-suited for this project. "We feel like it really represents us," Bouvier explains. "At this point in our career, with two albums that have done really well, we have that confidence and it just felt right that this should be the self-titled one." The musical experiments also inspired Bouvier and Comeau to pen some of their most focused and provocative lyrics to date. "Save You" deals with Bouvier's brother's battle with cancer. "What If" is a wideview essay, inspired by the TV show "Heroes," about changing and improving the world. And though the swelling "I Can Wait Forever" is an unconditional love song about Bouvier's current relationship, much of the rest of the album deals with dark and even bitter romantic tumult. "I feel so strongly about these songs," says Stinco, "and I've believed since we started this band that a strong song always prevails. These are definitely songs we can stand behind and endorse, and I can't wait to play them live." Desrosiers was equally enthusiastic. "I felt like I was 12 years old again when I heard 'When I'm Gone' on the radio,” he explains. “It just sounded so... fresh. I don't think I've ever been this excited about the band. I don't think any of us have, really."

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE



Green Day adalah sebuah grup musik beraliran punk rock asal California, Amerika Serikat. Personelnya terdiri atas Billie Joe Armstrong (vokalis, gitaris), Mike Dirnt (basis) dan Tré Cool (drum), serta Al Sobrante yang terlebih dahulu keluar dari grup tersebut.

Pemilik album American Idiot itu telah memenangkan sejumlah penghargaan, termasuk MTV Video Music Awards, Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards serta tiga kali memenangkan Grammy Awards, yang meliputi kategori Best Alternative Album lewat album Dookie (1994), Best Rock Album untuk album American Idiot (2004) dan Record of the Year untuk album Boulevard of Broken Dreams.

Grup yang terbentuk pada 1989 itu terhitung telah berhasil menjual lebih dari 24.2 juta album di Amerika Serikat dan lebih dari 60 juta album di seluruh dunia. Dengan prestasi tersebut Green Day dianggap telah mengembalikan semangat rock bengenre punk ke seluruh dunia.