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Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

With 1990's 39/Smooth, a young trio going by the name of Green Day started to generate some buzz in the Bay Area's burgeoning punk scene. With their sophomore set Kerplunk, they became one of Lookout Records' most successful acts, but the word got out on these upstarts and major labels came calling.

Pop-punk for the masses.

Pop-punk for the masses.

With 1990s 39/Smooth, a young trio going by the name of Green Day started to generate some buzz in the Bay Areas burgeoning punk scene. With their sophomore set Kerplunk, they became one of Lookout Records most successful acts, but the word got out on these upstarts and major labels came calling. "I think we just wanted to see what the possibilities were," recalled frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to Green Day Authority. "Up to that point, Kerplunk was movin right along and we were booking our ...