Green Day

USA, 1987–now

The band that carried punk to the mainstream — Bay Area speed and melody on 'Dookie', later the rock-opera ambition of 'American Idiot'.

Influenced by

• Buzzcocks
• Ramones
• Hüsker Dü
• The Clash
• Sex Pistols

Influenced

• blink-182
• Fall Out Boy
• Good Charlotte
• Simple Plan
• Yellowcard
• The All-American Rejects
• Bowling for Soup
• New Found Glory