Green Day: Billy Joe (guitar, vocals); Mike (bass); Tre Cool (drums).Additional personnel: Al Sobrante (drums).Recorded at Art Of Ears Studio, San Francisco, California in May and September 1991.All lyrics written by Billie Joe except "Dominated Love Slave" (Tre) and "My Generation" (The Who).Lyricists: The Who; Tré; Billie Joe.Personnel: Billy Joe, Billie Joe (vocals, guitar); Tre Cool (guitar, drums); Al Sobrante (drums).Audio Mixer: Andy Ernst.Liner Note Author: Laurie Lo.Recording information: Art Of Ears Studio, San Francisco, CA (05/1991/09/1991).In many ways Green Day's first "proper" album--the debut 1039/SMOOTHED OUT SLAPPY HOURS was stitched together from multiple sessions and didn't feature the definitive lineup with drummer Tre Cool--KERPLUNK is an early-1990s milestone. One listen to this album makes it clear why Green Day, rather than any of their Bay Area peers, were the band that won the major-label lottery; they were simply better than the vast majority of their contemporaries.
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