Green Day emerged out of the Northern California underground punk scene in the late 80’s. Their first album 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours was a compilation of three previous released EP’s. Shortly after the album was released Tre Cool replaced the band’s drummer, John Kiffmeyer, completing the trio that make up the group today. After a second album Kerplunk , released in 1992, the band signed to major record label Reprise.
At first, Green Day was part of the California punk scene...
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