* American Idiot, a 2004 album by rock band Green Day

Also in the 2000s, pop punk outfit Green Day abandoned the pop punk scene and turned to more alternative and progressive rock influences and produced two Grammy-winning concept albums, namely, 2004's American Idiot and 2009's 21st Century Breakdown.

* 1972 – Tre Cool, German-American drummer ( Green Day )

In 2003, some of the members from Devo were alleged to have partaken in a side project called The Network, which featured Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool and Jason White of Green Day.

* " Know Your Enemy " ( Green Day song )

As a result, in part, of the popular and commercial resurgence of punk in the late 1980s and after, with the growing popularity of such bands as Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Fugazi, Bikini Kill, Green Day and The Offspring, a number of other punk zines have appeared, such as Punk Planet, Razorcake, Tail Spins, Sobriquet, Profane Existence and Slug and Lettuce.

Orton was cremated at the Golders Green Crematorium, his maroon cloth-draped coffin being brought into the west chapel to a recording of The Beatles song " A Day in the Life ".

Whitstable, Kent, hosts a good example of more traditional May Day festivities, where the Jack in the Green festival was revived in 1976 and continues to lead an annual procession of morris dancers through the town on the May Bank Holiday.

Modern May Day ceremonies in the U. S. vary greatly from region to region and many unite both the holiday's " Green Root " ( pagan ) and " Red Root " ( labor ) traditions.

Green Day and U2 performed " Wake Me Up When September Ends " and " The Saints Are Coming ", respectively, before the game.

By the turn of the century, pop punk had been adopted by the mainstream, as bands such as Green Day and The Offspring brought the genre widespread popularity.

Bands that fused punk with light-hearted pop melodies, such as The Queers and Screeching Weasel, began appearing around the country, in turn influencing bands like Green Day and The Offspring, who brought pop punk wide popularity and major record sales.

Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day, performing in 1994

In 1993, California's Green Day and Bad Religion were both signed to major labels.

The next year, Green Day put out Dookie, which became a huge hit, selling nine million albums in the United States in just over two years.

Green Day and Dookies enormous sales paved the way for a host of bankable North American pop punk bands in the following decade.

They argued that by signing to major labels and appearing on MTV, punk bands like Green Day were buying into a system that punk was created to challenge.

While they were viewed as Green Day " acolytes ", critics also found teen pop acts like Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, and ' N Sync suitable points of comparison for Blink-182's sound and market niche.

That same year, Green Day, which had gone through a relatively fallow period commercially, took American Idiot to number one on both the U. S. and UK charts ; the band matched the feat five years later with 21st Century Breakdown.

" Green Day ", in The New Rolling Stone Album Guide, 4th ed., ed.

My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, the Distillers, Bad Religion — How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream ( New York: St. Martin's ).

Green Day: American Idiots & the New Punk Explosion ( New York: Disinformation ).

Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day ( New York: Hyperion ).

Lardner went on to write such well-known stories as " Haircut ", " Some Like Them Cold ", " The Golden Honeymoon ", " Alibi Ike ", and " A Day with Conrad Green ".

Green Day vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong recalled seeing The Replacements live after the release of Pleased to Meet Me: " It was amazing.

Winning the 1951 Best Picture Oscar and numerous other awards, the film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, featured many tunes of Gershwin, and concluded with an extensive, elaborate dance sequence built around the An American in Paris symphonic poem ( arranged for the film by Johnny Green ), costing $ 500, 000.

* 1923 – Clifford Scott Green, American Federal Judge ( d. 2007 )

* 1986 – Jeff Green, American basketball player

* 1964 – Maynard James Keenan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor ( Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer, and Green Jellÿ )

* 1934 – Dallas Green, American baseball player

Green: American Cranberry.

William Green, head of the American Federation of Labor, was taken to the first camp to demonstrate that there would be no job training involved beyond simple manual labor.

* 1914 – Adolph Green, American composer ( d. 2002 )

Three are Lighter aboard ships ( LASH ) which carry barges called Lighters that contain Army ammunition to be ferried ashore: MV American Cormorant, SS Green Harbour, ( LASH ), SS Green Valley, ( LASH ), MV Jeb Stuart, ( LASH ).

* 1919 – Lil Green, American Blues Singer ( d. 1954 )

A Fierce Green Fire: The American Environmental Movement, Island Press, Revised Edition, 2003, ISBN 1-55963-437-5

* 1960 – Darrell Green, American football player

* 1977 – Ahman Green, American football player

* 1986 – Gerald Green, American basketball player

* 1933 – Gene Green, American baseball player ( d. 1981 )

* 1807 – Thomas Green Clemson, American politician and educator, founded Clemson University ( d. 1888 )

* 1916 – Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier ( b. 1834 )

* 1965 – Curly Lambeau, American football player and coach, founded the Green Bay Packers ( b. 1898 )

* 1987 – Danny Green, American basketball player

* 1970 – Trent Green, American football player

* 1959 – Hugh Green, American football player

* 1973 – Brian Austin Green, American actor