At the end of the summer, the band stole the show at Woodstock '94, which increased the sales of Dookie. The album continued to gain momentum throughout the summer, with its second single, "Basket Case," spending five weeks on top of the American modern rock charts. Thanks to MTV's support of the initial single "Longview," Dookie became a major hit. Dookie, Green Day's major-label debut, was released in the spring of 1994. The underground success of Kerplunk led to a wave of interest from major record labels, and the band eventually decided to sign with Reprise. Throughout the early '90s, Green Day continued to attract a cult following, which only gained strength with the release of their second album, 1992's Kerplunk. Shortly after its release, they replaced Sobrante with Tre Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III), who became the band's permanent drummer. Combining their first three efforts into one compilation, Green Day issued 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours for the label. By 1991, the group had signed a contract with local independent label Lookout. Debut full-length 39/Smooth and the Slappy EP arrived soon after in 1990. That same year, the band independently released its first EP, 1000 Hours, which was well-received in the California hardcore punk scene. By 1989, the group had added drummer Al Sobrante and changed its name to Green Day. Childhood friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, vocals) and Mike Dirnt (bass) formed their first band, Sweet Children, in Rodeo, California when they were 14. Green Day arose from the Northern California underground punk scene. As they soldiered through the ensuing decades, Green Day matured without losing any of the lawless attitude they'd built their sound on, reaching a career peak with 2004 album American Idiot, (a sociopolitical rock opera and Grammy-winning international success) and expanding their sound to include nods to glam rock, soul, and larger-than-life arena rock on their 13th studio album, 2020's Father of All. This winning combination made their 1994 major label debut Dookie an enormous breakthrough hit, serving as an entry point to punk for many listeners who were coming of age when it first blasted up the charts. From the start, the band took notes from the anarchic attitudes and loud, fast, snotty approach of jittery late-'70s punk acts like The Jam and Sham 69, but elevated their blasting sound with pop elements like catchy hooks, tightly arranged song structures, and Beatlesque vocal harmonies. Since the early '90s, Bay Area trio Green Day has been one of the most celebrated and successful bands in the world, infiltrating the mainstream with their snarling, energetic, and highly melodic brand of pop-punk.
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