STORY OF GREEN DAY

California Punk trio green day took a grunge-obsessed music scene bycomplete surprise in 1994 with their major-label debut album Dookie, whichjump-started a new punk revolution. Six albums and 15 years after the groupwas formed, Green Day had become an institution credited with inspiring ahost of like-minded bands. However, they weren't content to sit back ontheir elder statesmen punk laurels, and instead pulled a fast one in theform of the wildly ambitious punk rock opera that is American Idiot. Hereis Green Day's full story, from the band's humble teenage beginningsfocused around the Berkeley punk rock haven 924 Gilman Street tofull-fledged rock stardom. Featuring a host of full colour photographs, adiscography, and a chronology, this comprehensive bio is a must for fansnew and old