Green Day has sold over 65 million records worldwide with 25 million in the US alone. The three albums will be called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré!, and will be released September 25, 2012, November 13, 2012, and Janurespectively. The band will begin to release a trilogy of albums over the course of five months starting in September 2012. The band's eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, was released in 2009. The band's rock opera, American Idiot (2004), reignited the band's popularity with a younger generation, selling five million copies in the United States.
Green Day's three follow-up albums, Insomniac, Nimrod, and Warning did not achieve the massive success of Dookie, though they were still successful, with Insomniac and Nimrod reaching double platinum and Warning reaching gold status. Green Day was widely credited, alongside fellow California punk bands Sublime, The Offspring and Rancid, with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States. In 1994, its major label debut Dookie became a breakout success and eventually sold over 10 million copies in the U.S. The band's early releases for the independent record label Lookout! Records earned it a grassroots fanbase. Green Day was originally part of the punk scene at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California. Cool replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990, prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk, and has been a member of the band since. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool. Tré Cool Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987.
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