The truth is that Dookie’s success made Green Day something very different from what they were in 1991. By 1995, the band were officially rock stars, musicians speaking to all listeners, everywhere.

Though Kerplunk really had no singles, over time fans came to embrace "2000 Light Years Away" and "Christie Road" as the breakout songs from the disc. "2000 Light Years Away" was inspired by ...

In the early ‘90s, Kerplunk was to Green Day what Bleach was to Nirvana.Both were indie precursors to major-label breakthroughs, and both were retroactively discovered by a great many fans ...

Adding to the ever-growing mystery, Green Day are now rehearsing another one of the band's classic albums. This time, it's their 1991 record Kerplunk! Drummer Tre Cool took to his Instagram the ...

The members of Green Day have marked the 30th anniversary of Kerplunk! (released on December 15, 1991) on social media. While bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool simply shared the album's ...

Green Day continued their march to an inevitable Number One album, setting up rock-opera shop at New York City's Bowery Ballroom on May 18th for the East Coast live debut of 21st Century Breakdown.

Green Day - which is made up of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool and, released their second studio album "Kerplunk" in 1991.

In what's become an annual tradition for us, we ask a few members of Team Backbeat to reflect on an album they're thankful for in honor of Thanksgiving. In eighth grade, Green Day's song "Longview ...

To celebrate 25 years of Kerplunk, I interviewed Livermore about the making of the album, Green Day’s growth since then, and whether they’re still the same three kids he met in the early 90’s.

For two decades, Green Day have been creating the finest punk rock, whether fun, frantic or politically charged – and their latest album ‘Revolution Radio’, their 12th, is no exception. The ...

Green Day has turned their favorite tour snack into a frozen treat with 7-Eleven. The new Kerplunk Kandy Grape Slurpee blends cotton candy grape sweetness with punk rock attitude, bringing their ...