Rebels with a Cause: The "Green Day" Story

For nearly two decades, Green Day has been surprising and delighting fans around the world, from their days as high school kids in the band Sweet Children, whose first gig was at a local rib joint, to the heights of success as Green Day, who now fill stadiums around the world. Traces the band's evolution, with interviews and first-hand accounts that offer insight into the music scene that set the stage for one band to go to the top of the charts, while keeping their punk banner flying high. Their 2005 multi-platinum album, American Idiot won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album, and they also won seven video awards.

Author Biography

Gillian Gaar has written the book She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, has served as a consultant on the Nirvana box set With the Lights Out, has appeared in The Nirvana Companion, Trouble Girls and The Goldmine Beatles Digest (both volumes) among other anthologies, and has written for music/entertainment magazines/online sites around the world.