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Basket Case by Green Day

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Green Day Is An American Rock Band Formed In The East Bay Of California In 1987 By Lead Vocalist And Guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong Together With Bassist And Backing Vocalist Mike Dirnt. For Most Of The Band's Career They Have Been A Power Trio With Drummer Tré Cool Who Replaced John Kiffmeyer In 1990 Before The Recording Of The Band's Second Studio Album Kerplunk 1991 . Before Taking Its Current Name In 1989 Green Day Was Called Blood Rage Then Sweet Children And They Were Part Of The Late 1980s/early 1990s Bay Area Punk Scene That Emerged From The 924 Gilman Street Club In Berkeley California. The Band's Early Releases Were With The Independent Record Label Lookout! Records. In 1994 Their Major-Label Debut Dookie Released Through Reprise Records Became A Breakout Success And Eventually Shipped Over 10 Million Copies In The U.S. Alongside Fellow California Punk Bands Bad Religion The Offspring Rancid NOFX Pennywise And Social Distortion Green Day Is Credited With Popularizing Mainstream Interest In Punk Rock In The U.S. Though The Albums Insomniac 1995 Nimrod 1997 And Warning 2000 Did Not Match The Success Of Dookie They Were Still Successful With The First Two Reaching Double Platinum Status While The Last Achieved Gold. Green Day's Seventh Album A Rock Opera Called American Idiot 2004 Found Popularity With A Younger Generation Selling Six Million Copies In The U.S. Their Next Album 21st Century Breakdown Was Released In 2009 And Achieved The Band's Best Chart Performance. It Was Followed By A Trilogy Of Albums ¡Uno! ¡Dos! And ¡Tré! Released In September November And December 2012 Respectively. The Trilogy Did Not Perform As Well As Expected Commercially In Comparison To Their Previous Albums Largely Due To A Lack Of Promotion And Armstrong Entering Rehab. Their Twelfth Studio Album Revolution Radio Was Released In October 2016 And Became Their Third To Debut At No. 1 On The Billboard 200. The Band's Thirteenth Studio Album Father Of All Motherfuckers Was Released On February 7 2020 And Was Their Final Album Released By Reprise. On October 24 2023 The Band Announced That Their Fourteenth Studio Album 'Saviors' Will Come Out January 19 2024. In 2010 A Stage Adaptation Of American Idiot Debuted On Broadway. The Musical Was Nominated For Three Tony Awards Best Musical Best Scenic Design And Best Lighting Design Winning The Latter Two. The Band Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2015 Their First Year Of Eligibility. Members Of The Band Have Collaborated On The Side Projects Pinhead Gunpowder The Network Foxboro Hot Tubs The Longshot And The Coverups. They Have Also Worked On Solo Careers. Green Day Has Sold Roughly 90 Million Records Worldwide Them One Of The World's Best-Selling Artists. The Group Has Been Nominated For 20 Grammy Awards And Has Won Five Of Them With Best Alternative Album For Dookie Best Rock Album For American Idiot And 21st Century Breakdown Record Of The Year For "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" And Best Musical Show Album For American Idiot The Original Broadway Cast Recording. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Basket Case

"Basket Case" Is A Song By Green Day From Their Third Album Dookie. After The Single Was Released The Song Ended Up Being A Huge Hit Spending Five Weeks At The Top Of The Modern Rock Tracks Chart. The Song Was Written By Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong About His Struggle With Anxiety Before He Was Diagnosed With A Panic Disorder He Thought He Was Going Crazy. The Music Video Featuring The Band Members In A Mental Institution Received Heavy Airplay On MTV. This Song And Its Music Video Helped Propel Dookie To Become A Major Success Among Most Mainstream Rock Listeners. Dookie Went On To Become A Multi-Platinum Album Featuring This Song As Well As Hit Singles "Longview" "When I Come Around" "Welcome To Paradise" And "She". In 1995 Green Day Was Nominated For A Grammy For Best Rock Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group For "Basket Case". In 2006 On Mike Davies And Zane Lowe's Lock Up Special On BBC Radio 1 The Listeners Voted "Basket Case" The Greatest Punk Song Of All-Time. The Song Can Also Be Found On Their 2001 Greatest Hits Compilation International Superhits!. The Music Video Can Be Found On Their International Supervideos! DVD. A Live Version Is Also Found On Bullet In A Bible A Live Album Of Green Day Performing At The Milton Keynes National Bowl In 2005.

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