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| | Greenday, Greenday Band, Greenday Music |
 | | Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass; born Mike Pritchard) formed their first band, Sweet Children, in Rodeo, CA, when they were 14 years old. |
 | | By 1989, the group had added drummer Al Sobrante and changed its name to Green Day. |
 | | Shortly after its release, the band replaced Sobrante with Tre Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright, III); Cool became the band's permanent drummer. |
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