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American rock band
Also known as: Sweet Children
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Green Day, American rock band that infused the raw power of punk with a melodic pop sensibility and lyrics that captured the angst-ridden restlessness of American teenagers at the end of the 20th century and into the 21st. The principal members are Billie Joe Armstrong (b. February 17, 1972, Rodeo, California, U.S.), Mike Dirnt (byname of Michael Ryan Pritchard, b. May 4, 1972, Berkeley), and Tré Cool (byname of Frank Edwin Wright III, b. December...

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