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Coming CleanGreen Day

Released: January 28, 1994

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Rob Cavallo Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

[Verse 1]
Seventeen, and strung out on confusion
Trapped inside a role of disillusion

[Chorus]
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand

[Verse 2]
Secrets collecting dust, but never forget
Skeletons come to life in my closet

[Chorus]
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand
What's happening to me

[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh

[Verse 3]
Seventeen, and coming clean for the first time
I finally figured out myself for the first time

[Chorus]
I've found out what it takes to be a man
Well, Mom and Dad'll never understand
What's happening to me

Green Day

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.

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