Green Day interview on ROVE (with Rove McManus via satellite).
Includes: First Green Day gig, fans over the years, people having sex in the crowd, weirdest habit, Australian tour announcement & tattoos.
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Broadcast date: 21 June, 2009 - Episode 19 of 2009 (s10e19) 21-06-09
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Selling nearly 50 million records worldwide, Green Day has won critical acclaim and bucket loads of accolades.
These include three Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album for Dookie, Best Rock Album for American Idiot, and Record of the Year for their smash hit "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". Green Day recently released their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock, and Alternative charts. 21st Century Breakdown is Green Days first studio album since 2004s two-time Grammy Award- winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
Need a reminder?
Two Grammy awards for Best Alternative Music Album (Dookie) & Best Rock Album (American Idiot)
7 MTV American Music Awards
2 MTV Australian Music Awards
Best Rock album and Favourite Artist (Alternative Category) at The American Music Awards.
The American Idiot record spawned 5 massive world wide singles, American Idiot, Holiday, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends and the 9 minute epic Jesus Of Surburbia
Worldwide sale of American Idiot have now reached over 10.6 million copies.
Nominated for for Artist Of The Year and Song Of The Year at the American Radio Music Awards.
Picked up 6 Billboard Music Awards:
- Pop Group Of The Year
- Billboard 200 Album Group Of The Year
- Hot 100 Group Of The Year
- Rock Artist Of The Year
- Rock Song Of The Year (Boulevard Of Broken Dreams)
- Modern Rock Artist Of The Year
Vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool are one of the most famous three-pieces in the world and this Sunday theyll pull up a pew to join Rove for a chat about rock, roll and all things in between.
Tre cool swallows, funny GD Australian interview.
20 июн 2009