Green Day receives key to Bay Area city where punk-rock icons would ditch high school
We felt like we had a home” in Pinole, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong told a crowd of hundreds in front of the local 7-Eleven.
Pinole Honors Punk Icons Green Day With Key to the City
Hundreds of fans lined up outside a 7-Eleven to cheer on Green Day as the band was presented with Pinole's key to the city, a commemorative plaque and mural honoring their impact.
See Green Day return to Northern California town where band went to school, music was made
While lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong is originally from nearby Rodeo, California, Pinole is where much of Green Day’s music was shaped. Bassist Mike Dirnt, who was also grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and drummer Tre Cool joined Armstrong at the gathering.
Green Day receives key to the city in Bay Area hometown of Pinole
PINOLE, California (KGO) -- One of the biggest rock bands to come out of the Bay Area was back in familiar territory on Sunday. Members of Green Day were in Pinole, their hometown, for a very special occasion. They received the key to the city in a ...
Green Day returns to Bay Area town where punk rockers went to school and 7-Eleven behind the music
While the punk rockers who make up Green Day are from nearby Rodeo, it was in Pinole among the Slurpees at 7-Eleven in the 1980s where the teens would gather on their way to and from Pinole Valley High School that would shape their music.
City of Pinole honors Green Day with Key to the City
The City of Pinole presented legendary punk rock band Green Day with the Key to the City on Sunday, Sept. 22. The ceremony attended by fans and city officials occurred […]
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