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'''''Green Day''''' is a rock trio formed in 1987. The band consists of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion). | '''''Green Day''''' is a punk rock trio formed in California's Bay Area in 1987. The band consists of Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass guitar, vocals), and Tré Cool (drums, percussion). | ||
==Connections to Weezer== | ==Connections to Weezer== | ||
*Green Day and Weezer came to mainstream prominence in [[1994]] with regular MTV airplay in the post-Nirvana landscape. | *Green Day and Weezer came to mainstream prominence in [[1994]] with regular MTV airplay in the post-[[Nirvana]] landscape. | ||
*Both Weezer and Green Day contributed new songs to the soundtrack | *Both Weezer and Green Day contributed new songs, produced by Rob Cavallo, to the soundtrack of the film [[Angus]]: "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]" and "J.A.R.", respectively. | ||
*Rivers' [[The Encyclopedia of Pop|Encyclopedia of Pop]] contains mathematical analysis of Green Day songs. | *[[Rivers Cuomo]]'s [[The Encyclopedia of Pop|Encyclopedia of Pop]] contains mathematical analysis of Green Day songs. | ||
*[[El Scorcho]] contains the lyric "I asked you to go to the Green Day concert, you said you never heard of them." | *"[[El Scorcho]]" contains the lyric "I asked you to go to the Green Day concert, you said you never heard of them." | ||
*In [[2003]], Weezer recorded an acoustic version of | *In [[2003]], Weezer recorded an acoustic version of "[[Worry Rock]]" for the Skunk Ape compilation ''[[A Different Shade Of Green: A Tribute To Green Day]]''. | ||