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The Biggest Punk Rock Band in the World: Green Day

Ian Fortnam, unpublished, 2002

THE FACTS speak for themselves. With worldwide album sales currently in excess of 23 million, their Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum Dookie debut boasting an almost unprecedented 226-week tenure in the UK album chart and a round dozen hit singles under their belts, Green Day are, quite simply, the most massive punk band that the world has ever known.

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