Green Day's biography

group's beginning: 1989 in Berkeley (California) in the United States of America

group's members: Billy Joe Armstrong, singer, bass player
Mike Dirnt, bass player
Tre Cool on the drums, he joined in 1991 when the previous drummer left the band

different albums of the group and their dates:
Smothed Out Slappy Hours, 1990
Kerplunk, 1992
Dookie, 1994 long view, and basket case
Insomniac, 1995
Nimrod, 1997, nimrod time of your life
Warning, 2000
International Superhits, 2001
American Idiot, 2004
Bullet in a bible, 2005

Their style and influences : Green Day are considered like a punk rock band. Their music is influenced by Ramones, The Clash, Buzzcocks

We have chosen the song « Holiday » (from album American Idiot) because
it criticizes the American government. Green Day even compare the members of the present government to the nazis during the second world war. In their opinion, Georges Bush and his « team » can behave in such a way only because the American population is on « holiday ». Indeed, the Americans are not awake, Green Day try to show what some politicians, especially members of the Conservative party, think or do in order to gain loads of voices when it's election time. The lyrics mean these men and women use subtle strategies and never say what they really think, they only say what the Americans want to hear.

For listen this song clic here:
www.radioblogclub.com

for the lyrics clic here:
http://www.paroles-musique.com/Pop-Rock/76/Green_Day/981/Holiday