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The Lookouts were an American punk rock band that existed from 1985 to 1990 on Iron Peak, a remote rural mountain community outside of Laytonville,... CA. The members were Lawrence Livermore on guitar and vocals, Kain Kong on bass and vocals and Tre Cool on drums and vocals. All three have contributed on songwriting. The band is most famous for being Tre Cool's first band before joining Green Day. Looking to start a punk band, Livermore had trouble finding members, citing the majority of the local musicians being hippies and "completely uninterested in the music we wanted to make". Eventually, Livermore recruited a 12 year old neighbor, Frank Edwin Wright III to play drums and 14 year old Kain Kong On Bass. Although he had never played drums before, young Frank showed an instant affinity for them, possibly because, as Livermore said, "he loved making a lot of noise and getting everyone to look at him." Claiming that the members needed "punk rock names," Livermore began calling him "Tre," a play on the French word "très," or "very." The last name "Cool" was added later.
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The Foxboro Hot Tubs band is a side project of Green Day. All members of the band perform live with Green Day . Their debut album, Stop Drop and... Roll!!! was released on April 22, 2008. As with Green Day's other side project , Billie Joe Armstrong adopted an alter ego who goes by the name Reverend Strychnine Twitch. In 2008, the band embarked on a small tour in the Bay Area, touring tiny club venues. The band was brought to the attention of Green Day fans through messages sent to a select few members of the Idiot Club in December 2007, with three songs on their website. They formed with the idea that they "love to play music and be spontaneous, and after a few late night jams and a few too many bottles of wine, we were inspired to record some rockin' eight-track recordings". While the band's history is, as yet, unknown, they comprise the official and backing members of Green Day , who are performing "garage" music under a nom de plume. Fans of Green Day have noted, on the band's MySpace site, many musical similarities between the band and Green Day.
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The Network is a six-piece New Wave band. They released their debut album Money Money 2020 on Adeline Records on September 30, 2003. A re-release of... the album, with two bonus tracks, followed in 2004. The band has not played a live performance since about late 2004 and is believed to have disbanded around 2005. The band is most likely punk rock band, Green Day, wearing mask and costumes. The band formed in 2003, and the band started working on matierial on mid 2003 and then invited members of Devo to take part in the project. After rumors started surfacing that Green Day was starting a new project, they came up with nicknames to hide their identities. The group recorded and released Money Money 2020 in 2003. Since Armstrong's voice is clearly heard in several songs of the album, fans of Green Day started to think that Money Money 2020 was Green Day's stolen album Cigarettes and Valentines. After 2 years of that speculation, Armstrong stated that he was not in the project, nor any members of Green Day, and has said many times "Fuck The Network". That being said, fans did not believe Armstrong, and The Network then ceased touring together and recording together.
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Lookout Records was an independent record label based in Berkeley, California focusing on punk rock. Larry Livermore and David Hayes formed the label in 1987. From the start, Lookout released punk rock records, but over time expanded its scope to include various types of pop rock, reggae fusion,... acoustic rock, pop punk, and indie rock. Former Lookout bands that have since achieved major label success include Green Day and The Donnas. Lookout became famous for releasing albums that featured a very distinctive pop punk sound including bands such as Screeching Weasel, The Mr T Experience, The Queers, Green Day, Sweet Baby, Squirtgun, The Wanna-Bes and others. In recent years, a number of Lookout recording artists have ended their dealings with the label, rescinding their master rights from the label and re-issuing albums on other labels. These bands have cited various reasons including non-renewal of licensing agreements, distribution problems, and breach of contract over unpaid royalties.
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Adeline Records is a record label which was formed in Oakland, California in late 1997. It is co-owned by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, his wife Adrienne Armstrong, and Jim Thiebaud, professional skateboarder. Armstrong's close friend and bandmate, Jason White currently oversees... the day-to-day operation of the label, and Green Day's manager, Pat Magnarella, has recently agreed to deal with Adeline's record label. Adeline Records was named after a street that runs through Berkeley and North Oakland, California. Adeline Records also sells clothing for men and women as well as other clothing, providing advertising for the label. The range is called "Adeline Street" and includes clothes , accessories and jewellery for men, women, and children. The Adeline street logo is a skull and crossbones with a heart in the center of the crossed bones in pink for women and khaki for men.
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