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Minority (Green Day Song)
"Minority" is a song by the American rock band Green Day. It was released to radio in August 22, 2000 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, '' Warning''. The song remained at No. 1 for five weeks in a row on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock chart in late 2000, making it one of the most successful songs from the band in the 2000s. The song was heard on several US radio stations prior to the scheduled August 22 release date. Around the same time, Green Day was shooting the music video for the song. At the end of August, the single debuted on ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock Airplay chart at number 17. The video first aired on September 14 on MTV's ''Total Request Live''. A retail single was released the next day. In the UK, the single first entered the Official Charts at number 18 at the end of September, and stayed on the chart for three weeks. At the end of October, a four-track maxi single was released on vinyl through Adeline Records. Track listing #"Minority" (Radio ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Day
Green Day is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Rodeo, California, in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool joining in 1990. In 1994, their major-label debut ''Dookie'', released through Reprise Records, became a breakout success and eventually shipped over 20 million copies in the U.S. Green Day has been credited with reigniting mainstream interest in punk rock. Before taking its current name in 1989, the band was named Blood Rage, then Sweet Children. They were part of the Punk rock in California, 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, including their first album, ''39/Smooth'' (1990). For most of the band's career, they have been a power trio with Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 before the recording of the band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Float (parade)
A float is a decorated platform, either built on a vehicle like a truck or towed behind one, which is a component of many festive parades, such as those of Rio Carnival, Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the São Paulo Carnival, Carnival in São Paulo, the Carnival of Viareggio, the Maltese Carnival, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, the 500 Festival Parade, the United States Presidential Inaugural Parade, and the Tournament of Roses Parade. For the latter event, floats are decorated entirely in flowers or other plant material. Float history Parade floats were first introduced in the Middle Ages. Churches used pageant wagons as movable scenery for passion plays, and craftsmen with artisan guilds built pageant wagons for their specified craft. The wagons were pulled throughout the town, most notably during Corpus Christi (feast), Corpus Christi in which up to 48 wagons were used, one for each play in the Corpus Christi cycle. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or Plucked string instrument, plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A guitar pick may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either Acoustics, acoustically, by means of a resonant hollow chamber on the guitar, or Amplified music, amplified by an electronic Pickup (music technology), pickup and an guitar amplifier, amplifier. The guitar is classified as a chordophone, meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood, with its strings made of catgut. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idiot
''American Idiot'' is the seventh studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on September 21, 2004, by Reprise Records. The album was produced by Rob Cavallo in collaboration with the group. Recording sessions for ''American Idiot'' took place at Studio 880 in Oakland and Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, both in California, between 2003 and 2004. A concept album, dubbed a "punk rock opera" by the band members, ''American Idiot'' follows the story of Jesus of Suburbia, a lower-middle-class American adolescent anti-hero. The album expresses the disillusionment and dissent of a generation that came of age in a period shaped by tumultuous events such as 9/11 and the Iraq War. In order to accomplish this, the band used unconventional techniques for themselves, including transitions between connected songs and some long, chaptered, creative compositions presenting the album themes. Following the disappointing sales of their previous album '' Warning'' (2000), the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sessions (Green Day Album)
{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 Live at the BBC or BBC Recordings are pop and rock music recordings originally made for or by the BBC Light Programme or BBC Radio 1. Many recordings were released under several name variants. Live at the BBC * ''Live at the BBC'' (The Beatles album), 1994 *''On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2'' (The Beatles album), 2013 * ''Live at the BBC'' (The Beautiful South album) * ''Live at the BBC'' (Robert Cray album), 2008 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Curved Air album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Sandy Denny album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Dire Straits album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Electric Light Orchestra album), 1999 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Fairport Convention album), 2007 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Fleetwood Mac album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Free album), 2006 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Focus album), 2004 * ''Live at the BBC'' (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel album), 1995 * ''Live at the BBC'' (The Housemartins album) *'' Live at the BBC: 1967–1970'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullet In A Bible
''Bullet in a Bible'' is a live album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 15, 2005, by Reprise Records. Recorded during their American Idiot World Tour, it was directed by Samuel Bayer, who was the director of all the videos from ''American Idiot''. Background and release ''Bullet in a Bible'' documents one of the two biggest shows that Green Day have performed in their career; they played in front of a crowd of over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in United Kingdom on June 18–19, 2005. This was also the hottest weekend of the year, because the United Kingdom was in the middle of a heatwave, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius. The band was supported by Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, and Hard-Fi during their ''American Idiot'' world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows were included on the disc; missing out were the tracks " Jaded", "Knowledge", " She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "We Are the Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tune In, Tokyo
Tune may refer to: Music * Tune (folk music), a piece of short instrumental music, usually with repeating sections, and often played a number of times * Melody * Song * Tune-family People * Clayton Tune (born 1999), American football player * David Tune (born 1954), Australian public servant *Dire Tune (born 1985), Ethiopian distance runner *Tommy Tune (born 1939), American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer Places * Tune, Denmark * Tune, Norway Other uses * ''The Tune'', a 1992 animated film by Bill Plympton * Tune Pakistan, video sharing website, also known by its domain name ''tune.pk'' * Tune Ventures, a Malaysian investment company See also * * * Looney Tunes, a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series * Tone (other) * Toon (other) * Tuner (other) Tuner may refer to someone or something which adjusts or configures a mechanical, electronic, or musical device. Electronic * Antenna tuner, an adjustable devi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flip Off
"The finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the (middle) finger, flipping the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene hand gesture. The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "shove it up your ass/arse", "up yours", or "go fuck yourself". It is performed by showing the back of a hand that has only the middle finger extended upwards, though in some locales, the thumb is extended. Extending the finger is considered a symbol of contempt in several cultures, especially in the Western world. Many cultures use similar gestures to display their disrespect, although others use it to express pointing without intentional disrespect. The gesture is usually used to express contempt but can also be used humorously or playfully. The gesture dates back to ancient Greece and it was also used in ancient Rome. Historically, it represented a phallus. In the early 1800s, it gained increasing recognition as a sign of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Supervideos!
''International Superhits!'' is the first greatest hits compilation by American rock band Green Day, released November 13, 2001, through Reprise Records. It collects all of the band's singles released between 1994 and 2000 as well as a rerecording of "Maria", a B-side from ''Waiting'', and a previously unreleased track, "Poprocks & Coke". A DVD and VHS titled ''International Supervideos!'' was released simultaneously, collecting fifteen of the band's music videos spanning the same period. Both releases have been certified Platinum in the United States for sales of over 1 million copies and 3× Platinum in the United Kingdom for sales of 900,000. Reception Upon its release, ''International Superhits!'' charted in ten countries. The album peaked at no. 40 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the United States and was a success in several other countries, peaking as high as no. 4 in Japan; the lowest peak in any country was in Germany at no. 67. It was certified Gold in Canada eight days a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longview (song)
"Longview" is a song by American Rock music, rock band Green Day, released as their debut single. It is the fourth track on the band's third studio album, ''Dookie'' (1994). "Longview" was serviced to US radio on February 1, 1994, and was physically released on June 6, 1994, by Reprise Records, Reprise and Warner Music Group, WEA International. The song was the band's first single to top the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Alternative Airplay, Modern Rock Tracks chart in the US. The music video for the song received heavy airplay on MTV and is largely credited for breaking Green Day into mainstream popularity. It was directed by Bay Area music video director Mark Kohr, who later collaborated with the band on future music videos. In 1995, Green Day received four Grammy Award nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance, Best Hard Rock Performance for "Longview". The song was ranked at number three on the list of the "Best Singles of 1994" by ''Rolling Ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
