Who influenced Green Day?

The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Ramones, Black Sabbath, The Who, Van Halen, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Metallica, The Clash, Descendents, Bad Brains, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The White Stripes, Misfits, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, Suicidal Tendencies, The Dickies, The Kinks, Cheap Trick, The Replacements, Husker Du, Social Distortion, T.S.O.L.

Who did Green Day influence?

Sum 41, Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Good Charlotte

Green Day

Green Day is a punk rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Their music was influenced by a broad range of punk and rock bands including Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, The Ramones, The Misfits, and Bad Religion. Their music has influenced later punk bands such as Sum 41, Good Charlotte, and Fall Out Boy.

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Albums

1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours

1. At the Library (2:27)
2. Don't Leave Me (2:36)
3. I Was There (3:34)
4. Disappearing Boy (2:50)
5. Green Day (3:27)
6. Going to Pasalacqua (3:28)
7. 16 (3:22)
8. Road to Acceptance (3:33)
9. Rest (3:04)
10. The Judge's Daughter (2:32)
11. Paper Lanterns (2:23)
12. Why Do You Want Him? (2:32)
13. 409 in Your Coffeemaker (2:51)
14. Knowledge (2:18)
15. 1,000 Hours (2:25)
16. Dry Ice (3:44)
17. Only of You (2:44)
18. The One I Want (2:59)
19. I Want to Be Alone (3:09)
20. Paper Lanterns - Live at WMMR, 1991 (1:36)
21. Words I Might Have Ate - Live from WMMR, 1991 (1:44)
22. One for the Razorbacks - Live at WMMR, Minneapolis, MN, 4/18/91 (1:24)
23. Studio Banter - Interview (2:56)

Kerplunk!

1. 2000 Light Years Away (2:24)
2. One for the Razorbacks (2:30)
3. Welcome to Paradise (3:30)
4. Christie Rd. (3:31)
5. Private Ale (2:26)
6. Dominated Love Slave (1:41)
7. One of My Lies (2:18)
8. 80 (3:39)
9. Android (3:00)
10. No One Knows (3:39)
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (2:42)
12. Words I Might Have Ate (2:30)
13. Sweet Children (1:40)
14. Best Thing in Town (2:01)
15. Strangeland (2:08)
16. My Generation (2:19)

Dookie

1. Burnout (2:07)
2. Having a Blast (2:44)
3. Chump (2:54)
4. Longview (3:53)
5. Welcome to Paradise (3:44)
6. Pulling Teeth (2:30)
7. Basket Case (3:01)
8. She (2:14)
9. Sassafras Roots (2:37)
10. When I Come Around (2:58)
11. Coming Clean (1:34)
12. Emenius Sleepus (1:43)
13. In the End (1:46)
14. F.O.D. (2:50)
15. All by Myself (1:40)

Insomniac

1. Armatage Shanks (2:16)
2. Brat (1:43)
3. Stuck with Me (2:15)
4. Geek Stink Breath (2:15)
5. No Pride (2:19)
6. Bab's Uvula Who? (2:08)
7. 86 (2:47)
8. Panic Song (3:35)
9. Stuart and the Ave. (2:03)
10. Brain Stew (3:13)
11. Jaded (1:30)
12. Westbound Sign (2:13)
13. Tight Wad Hill (2:01)
14. Walking Contradiction (2:31)

Nimrod

1. Nice Guys Finish Last (2:48)
2. Hitchin' a Ride (2:51)
3. The Grouch (2:12)
4. Redundant (3:18)
5. Scattered (3:02)
6. All the Time (2:10)
7. Worry Rock (2:27)
8. Platypus (I Hate You) (2:21)
9. Uptight (3:04)
10. Last Ride In (3:47)
11. Jinx (2:12)
12. Haushinka (3:25)
13. Walking Alone (2:45)
14. Reject (2:05)
15. Take Back (1:09)
16. King for a Day (3:13)
17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (2:33)
18. Prosthetic Head (3:38)

Warning

1. Warning (3:41)
2. Blood, Sex and Booze (3:33)
3. Church on Sunday (3:18)
4. Fashion Victim (2:48)
5. Castaway (3:52)
6. Misery (5:05)
7. Deadbeat Holiday (3:35)
8. Hold On (2:56)
9. Jackass (2:43)
10. Waiting (3:12)
11. Minority (2:48)
12. Macy's Day Parade (3:33)

Shenanigans

1. Suffocate (2:54)
2. Desensitized (2:47)
3. You Lied (2:25)
4. Outsider (2:16)
5. Don't Wanna Fall in Love (1:38)
6. Espionage (3:23)
7. I Want to Be on T.V. (1:16)
8. Scumbag (1:45)
9. Tired of Waiting for You (2:32)
10. Sick of Me (2:07)
11. Rotting (2:51)
12. Do Da Da (1:30)
13. On the Wagon (2:47)
14. Ha Ha You're Dead (3:06)

American Idiot (Deluxe)

1. American Idiot (2:54)
2. Jesus of Suburbia (9:08)
3. Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams (8:13)
4. Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy (5:38)
5. Give Me Novacaine / She's a Rebel (5:26)
6. Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb (7:40)
7. Wake Me up When September Ends (4:45)
8. Homecoming (9:18)
9. Whatsername (4:17)
10. Too Much Too Soon (3:30)
11. Shoplifter (1:49)
12. Governator (2:31)

21st Century Breakdown

1. Song of the Century (0:57)
2. 21st Century Breakdown (5:09)
3. Know Your Enemy (3:10)
4. ¡Viva La Gloria! (3:30)
5. Before the Lobotomy (4:37)
6. Christian's Inferno (3:07)
7. Last Night on Earth (3:56)
8. East Jesus Nowhere (4:34)
9. Peacemaker (3:24)
10. Last of the American Girls (3:51)
11. Murder City (2:54)
12. ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) (3:47)
13. Restless Heart Syndrome (4:19)
14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades (3:14)
15. The Static Age (4:16)
16. 21 Guns (5:21)
17. American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World (4:26)
18. See the Light (4:35)

¡UNO!

1. Nuclear Family (3:03)
2. Stay the Night (4:36)
3. Carpe Diem (3:25)
4. Let Yourself Go (2:56)
5. Kill the DJ (3:41)
6. Fell for You (3:08)
7. Loss of Control (3:07)
8. Troublemaker (2:45)
9. Angel Blue (2:46)
10. Sweet 16 (3:03)
11. Rusty James (4:09)
12. Oh Love (5:03)

¡DOS!

1. See You Tonight (1:06)
2. Fuck Time (2:45)
3. Stop When the Red Lights Flash (2:26)
4. Lazy Bones (3:34)
5. Wild One (4:19)
6. Makeout Party (3:14)
7. Stray Heart (3:44)
8. Ashley (2:50)
9. Baby Eyes (2:22)
10. Lady Cobra (2:05)
11. Nightlife (3:04)
12. Wow! That's Loud (4:27)
13. Amy (3:25)

¡TRÉ!

1. Brutal Love (4:54)
2. Missing You (3:43)
3. 8th Avenue Serenade (2:36)
4. Drama Queen (3:07)
5. X-Kid (3:41)
6. Sex, Drugs & Violence (3:31)
7. A Little Boy Named Train (3:37)
8. Amanda (2:28)
9. Walk Away (3:45)
10. Dirty Rotten Bastards (6:26)
11. 99 Revolutions (3:49)
12. The Forgotten (4:58)

Demolicious

1. 99 Revolutions - Demo (4:06)
2. Angel Blue - Demo (2:55)
3. Carpe Diem - Demo (3:39)
4. State of Shock - Demo (2:27)
5. Let Yourself Go - Demo (2:59)
6. Sex, Drugs & Violence - Demo (3:25)
7. Ashley - Demo (2:47)
8. Fell for You - Demo (3:12)
9. Stay the Night - Demo (4:40)
10. Nuclear Family - Demo (3:03)
11. Stray Heart - Demo (3:50)
12. Rusty James - Demo (4:14)
13. A Little Boy Named Train - Demo (3:57)
14. Baby Eyes - Demo (2:15)
15. Makeout Party - Demo (3:12)
16. Oh Love - Demo (5:13)
17. Missing You - Demo (3:41)
18. Stay the Night - Acoustic (3:09)

Revolution Radio

1. Somewhere Now (4:09)
2. Bang Bang (3:25)
3. Revolution Radio (3:00)
4. Say Goodbye (3:39)
5. Outlaws (5:02)
6. Bouncing off the Wall (2:39)
7. Still Breathing (3:44)
8. Youngblood (2:32)
9. Too Dumb to Die (3:23)
10. Troubled Times (3:04)
11. Forever Now (6:52)
12. Ordinary World (3:02)

Father of All...

1. Father of All... (2:31)
2. Fire, Ready, Aim (1:52)
3. Oh Yeah! (2:51)
4. Meet Me on the Roof (2:39)
5. I Was a Teenage Teenager (3:44)
6. Stab You in the Heart (2:10)
7. Sugar Youth (1:54)
8. Junkies on a High (3:06)
9. Take the Money and Crawl (2:08)
10. Graffitia (3:17)

No Fun Mondays

1. I Think We're Alone Now (2:14)
2. War Stories (2:41)
3. Manic Monday (3:06)
4. Corpus Christi (3:24)
5. That Thing You Do! (2:48)
6. Amico (2:27)
7. You Can't Put Your Arms Round a Memory (3:31)
8. Kids in America (3:08)
9. Not That Way Anymore (2:52)
10. That's Rock 'n' Roll (2:59)
11. Gimme Some Truth (2:48)
12. Whole Wide World (3:18)
13. Police on My Back (3:11)
14. A New England (2:09)

Insomniac (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

1. Armatage Shanks (2:16)
2. Brat (1:43)
3. Stuck with Me (2:15)
4. Geek Stink Breath (2:15)
5. No Pride (2:19)
6. Bab's Uvula Who? (2:08)
7. 86 (2:47)
8. Panic Song (3:35)
9. Stuart and the Ave. (2:03)
10. Brain Stew (3:12)
11. Jaded (1:30)
12. Westbound Sign (2:13)
13. Tight Wad Hill (2:01)
14. Walking Contradiction (2:30)
15. Armatage Shanks - Live in Prague (2:29)
16. Brat - Live in Prague (1:54)
17. Geek Stink Breath - Live in Prague (2:06)
18. Stuck with Me - Live in Prague (2:13)
19. Brain Stew - Live in Prague (3:00)
20. Jaded - Live in Prague (1:28)
21. Walking Contradiction - Live in Prague (2:22)
22. 86 - Live in Prague (4:27)

BBC Sessions (Live)

1. She - BBC Live Session (2:11)
2. When I Come Around - BBC Live Session (2:52)
3. Basket Case - BBC Live Session (2:56)
4. 2000 Light Years Away - BBC Live Session (2:38)
5. Geek Stink Breath - BBC Live Session (2:06)
6. Brain Stew/Jaded - BBC Live Session (4:34)
7. Walking Contradiction - BBC Live Session (2:35)
8. Stuck with Me - BBC Live Session (2:18)
9. Hitchin' a Ride - BBC Live Session (2:50)
10. Nice Guys Finish Last - BBC Live Session (2:57)
11. Prosthetic Head - BBC Live Session (3:33)
12. Redundant - BBC Live Session (3:16)
13. Castaway - BBC Live Session (3:50)
14. Church on Sunday - BBC Live Session (3:13)
15. Minority - BBC Live Session (3:18)
16. Waiting - BBC Live Session (3:20)

Nimrod (25th Anniversary Edition)

1. Nice Guys Finish Last (2:48)
2. Hitchin' a Ride (2:51)
3. The Grouch (2:11)
4. Redundant (3:17)
5. Scattered (3:02)
6. All the Time (2:10)
7. Worry Rock (2:26)
8. Platypus (I Hate You) (2:21)
9. Uptight (3:03)
10. Last Ride In (3:48)
11. Jinx (2:12)
12. Haushinka (3:24)
13. Walking Alone (2:45)
14. Reject (2:05)
15. Take Back (1:09)
16. King for a Day (3:13)
17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (2:34)
18. Prosthetic Head (3:37)
19. Nice Guys Finish Last - Demo (2:53)
20. Place Inside My Head - Demo (2:32)
21. The Grouch - Demo (2:09)
22. Walking Alone - Demo (2:33)
23. Jinx - Demo (1:51)
24. Alison - Demo (2:34)
25. Espionage - Demo (3:16)
26. You Irritate Me - Demo (1:36)
27. Tre Polka - Demo (2:38)
28. When It’s Time - Demo (2:20)
29. Desensitized - Demo (2:27)
30. Chain Saw - Demo (1:33)
31. Reject - Demo (2:04)
32. Black Eyeliner - Demo (3:13)
33. Going to Pasalacqua - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (4:13)
34. Welcome to Paradise - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (4:12)
35. Geek Stink Breath - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:38)
36. Nice Guys Finish Last - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:57)
37. Hitchin' a Ride - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (4:17)
38. The Grouch - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (3:14)
39. Chump - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:41)
40. Longview - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (3:36)
41. 2000 Light Years Away - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (6:06)
42. Brain Stew - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (3:15)
43. Jaded - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:26)
44. Knowledge - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (6:08)
45. Basket Case - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:48)
46. She - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:34)
47. F.O.D. - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:39)
48. Paper Lanterns - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (9:54)
49. Scattered - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (3:19)
50. Prosthetic Head - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (4:05)
51. When I Come Around - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (3:22)
52. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) - Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97 (2:09)

Dookie (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1
1. Burnout (2:07)
2. Having a Blast (2:44)
3. Chump (2:53)
4. Longview (3:58)
5. Welcome to Paradise (3:44)
6. Pulling Teeth (2:30)
7. Basket Case (3:02)
8. She (2:13)
9. Sassafras Roots (2:37)
10. When I Come Around (2:57)
11. Coming Clean (1:34)
12. Emenius Sleepus (1:43)
13. In the End (1:46)
14. F.O.D. (2:52)
15. All by Myself (1:37)
Disc 2
1. Burnout - 4-track demo (2:06)
2. Chump - 4-track demo (2:14)
3. Pulling Teeth - 4-track demo (2:18)
4. Basket Case - 4-track demo (3:07)
5. She - 4-track demo (2:15)
6. Sassafras Roots - 4-track demo (2:32)
7. When I Come Around - 4-track demo (2:01)
8. In the End - 4-track demo (1:53)
9. F.O.D. - 4-track demo (2:55)
10. When It's Time - 4-track demo (2:34)
11. When I Come Around - Cassette demo (2:59)
12. Basket Case - Cassette demo (2:56)
13. Longview - Cassette demo (3:53)
14. Burnout - Cassette demo (2:06)
15. Haushinka - Cassette demo (3:32)
16. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) - Cassette demo (3:00)
17. Having a Blast - Cassette demo (2:48)
Disc 3
1. Christie Rd. - Outtake (3:44)
2. 409 in Your Coffeemaker - Outtake (2:49)
3. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) - Outtake (2:51)
4. On the Wagon - Outtake (2:47)
5. Tired of Waiting for You - Outtake (2:32)
6. Walking the Dog (demo) - Outtake (2:49)
Disc 4
1. Welcome to Paradise - Live at Woodstock 1994 (5:14)
2. One of My Lies - Live at Woodstock 1994 (3:05)
3. Chump - Live at Woodstock 1994 (2:34)
4. Longview - Live at Woodstock 1994 (3:37)
5. Basket Case - Live at Woodstock 1994 (3:16)
6. When I Come Around - Live at Woodstock 1994 (2:45)
7. Burnout - Live at Woodstock 1994 (2:29)
8. F.O.D. - Live at Woodstock 1994 (2:34)
9. Paper Lanterns - Live at Woodstock 1994 (8:15)
10. Shit Show - Live at Woodstock 1994 (5:52)
Disc 5
1. Welcome to Paradise - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (4:17)
2. One of My Lies - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:38)
3. Chump - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:35)
4. Longview - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:21)
5. Burnout - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:04)
6. Only of You - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:10)
7. When I Come Around - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:49)
8. 2000 Light Years Away - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:05)
9. Going To Pasalacqua - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:39)
10. Knowledge - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:11)
11. Basket Case - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:47)
12. Paper Lanterns - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (8:24)
13. Dominated Love Slave - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (1:55)
14. F.O.D. - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (2:30)
15. Road To Acceptance - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (6:39)
16. Christie Rd. - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:26)
17. Disappearing Boy - Live at Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994 (3:46)

Saviors

1. The American Dream Is Killing Me (3:06)
2. Look Ma, No Brains! (2:03)
3. Bobby Sox (3:44)
4. One Eyed Bastard (2:52)
5. Dilemma (3:18)
6. 1981 (2:09)
7. Goodnight Adeline (2:56)
8. Coma City (3:28)
9. Corvette Summer (3:02)
10. Suzie Chapstick (3:16)
11. Strange Days Are Here to Stay (3:05)
12. Living in the '20s (2:06)
13. Father to a Son (3:54)
14. Saviors (2:55)
15. Fancy Sauce (4:01)

American Idiot (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1
1. American Idiot (2:54)
2. Jesus of Suburbia (9:08)
3. Holiday (3:52)
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (4:20)
5. Are We the Waiting (2:43)
6. St. Jimmy (2:55)
7. Give Me Novacaine (3:26)
8. She's a Rebel (2:00)
9. Extraordinary Girl (3:33)
10. Letterbomb (4:06)
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends (4:45)
12. Homecoming (9:19)
13. Whatsername (4:12)
Disc 2
1. American Idiot - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (4:17)
2. Jesus of Suburbia - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (9:22)
3. Holiday - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (4:33)
4. Are We the Waiting - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (3:18)
5. St. Jimmy - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (2:57)
6. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05 (4:41)
7. Favorite Son (2:05)
8. Shoplifter (1:49)
9. Governator (2:31)
10. Too Much Too Soon (3:30)
11. Are We the Waiting - Live from VH1 Storytellers (2:57)
12. St. Jimmy - Live from VH1 Storytellers (3:06)
13. Give Me Novacaine - Live from VH1 Storytellers (3:36)
14. Homecoming - Live from VH1 Storytellers (9:24)
Disc 3
1. American Idiot - Demo (2:52)
2. American Idiot (Alt. Version) - Demo (2:34)
3. Jesus of Suburbia - Demo (2:21)
4. Holiday/Blvd. of Broken Dreams - Demo (8:23)
5. Are We We Are/St. Jimmy Opera - Demo (5:37)
6. Novacaine - Demo (3:33)
7. She’s a Rebel - Demo (2:15)
8. Radio Baghdad - Demo (3:34)
9. Cluster Bomb - Demo (2:47)
10. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Demo (4:59)
11. Homecoming (Nobody Likes You) - Demo (10:18)
12. Everyone’s Breaking Down - Demo (3:51)
13. Just Another Year - Demo (1:55)
14. Lowlife - Demo (3:44)
15. Whatsername - Demo (4:04)
Disc 4
1. American Idiot - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (4:31)
2. Jesus of Suburbia - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (9:37)
3. Holiday - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (4:09)
4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (4:33)
5. Are We the Waiting - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (2:40)
6. St. Jimmy - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (3:14)
7. Give Me Novacaine - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (3:43)
8. She's a Rebel - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (1:55)
9. Extraordinary Girl - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (3:30)
10. Letterbomb - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (4:19)
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (4:56)
12. Homecoming - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (9:57)
13. Whatsername - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (5:01)
14. Minority - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (6:44)
15. We Are the Champions - Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04 (5:16)

Saviors (édition de luxe)

1. The American Dream Is Killing Me (3:06)
2. Look Ma, No Brains! (2:03)
3. Bobby Sox (3:44)
4. One Eyed Bastard (2:52)
5. Dilemma (3:18)
6. 1981 (2:09)
7. Goodnight Adeline (2:56)
8. Coma City (3:28)
9. Corvette Summer (3:02)
10. Suzie Chapstick (3:16)
11. Strange Days Are Here to Stay (3:05)
12. Living in the '20s (2:06)
13. Father to a Son (3:54)
14. Saviors (2:55)
15. Fancy Sauce (4:01)
16. Smash It Like Belushi (2:48)
17. Stay Young (4:10)
18. Fuck Off (2:03)
19. Ballyhoo (2:45)
20. Suzie Chapstick - Acoustic (3:01)
21. Father to a Son - Acoustic (3:53)
22. Underdog (2:14)