Green Day, inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015, have opened minds and touched hearts for over 30 years with their incredible discography, energetic live performances, and powerful, revolutionary message. Bringing the punk sound to mainstream music, Green Day have sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music acts of all time. We at the Rock Hall would like to recognize the band’s astounding achievements over their tenure, with this year marking the 30th anniversary of their 1994 breakout album, Dookie, as well as the 20th anniversary of their 2004 modern-music masterpiece, American Idiot.

To celebrate these milestones, the Rock Hall will be hosting Green Day Fan Day on Friday, November 1, 2024. With activations ranging from band artifact spotlights to backdrop photo-ops to exclusive merchandise giveaways, no fan will want to miss this day at the museum! To top off the event, Green Day’s 1968 Mercury Monterey convertible, featured in the “Holiday”/“Boulevard of Broken Dreams” music video, will be displayed outside the museum for a special sweepstakes opportunity sponsored by Propeller. Enter for a chance to win this iconic car! All proceeds go to Wheels for Wishes, benefiting Make-A-Wish. Calling out to idiot America, we hope to see you there!

Formed in Berkeley, California, in 1988, Green Day’s lineup features lyricist, guitarist, and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool. Green Day first gained notoriety with the release of their 1994 breakout album, Dookie. From these short, punchy punk hits, the band’s sound evolved, including the soaring rock ballads and anthems of 2004 and 2009 rock operas American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, respectively. Green Day have opened minds and touched hearts around the world with their incredible discography, energetic live performances, and powerful, revolutionary message. Bringing the punk sound to mainstream music, Green Day have sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music acts of all time. Green Day were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015.

Parking: Paid meters and parking lots are available around the museum on East 9th St., Erieside Ave., Alfred Lerner Way (in front of FirstEnergy Stadium) and at the Great Lakes Science Center. You can also use these links to park in other downtown lots, reserve your parking spot in advance or to take public transportation.

¡Únete al Rock & Roll Hall of Fame para celebrar el Día del Cine Casero 2024! El Día de la Película Casera es una celebración anual del cine amateur y, para el Rock Hall, es también una celebración de nuestra comunidad musical local y de la historia de la escena musical del noreste de Ohio.

La proyección oficial del Home Movie Day tendrá lugar en el Museo el 2 de noviembre de 2024, pero necesitamos tu ayuda para conseguirlo. La Biblioteca y Archivos está buscando tus películas caseras de música del noreste de Ohio, ya sea una película de 8 mm filmada en las Series Mundiales de Rock de 1974, un vídeo de iPhone de una banda de un bar local, ¡o cualquier cosa intermedia! Estamos especialmente interesados en documentar a músicos BIPOC, LGBTQ+ y mujeres de la zona.

Los formatos aceptados son:

1. Bobinas de película (16 mm, 8 mm, super 8 mm)
2. Cinta de vídeo (VHS, Betas, U-matic, HD y DVCam, MiniDV)
3. Soportes ópticos y vídeos digitales (DVD, archivos de vídeo MOV, MP4)

Si estás interesado en participar y/o donar materiales, ponte en contacto con
library@rockhall.org
o llama al 216-515-1956.

Crédito de la foto: Colección Anastasia Pantsios, Biblioteca y Archivos, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

Radio host and author Steve Traina will discuss his new book La Cave: Cleveland’s Legendary Music Club and the ‘60s Folk-to-Rock Revolution, showcasing some of the archival materials related to La Cave that Traina recently donated to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Library & Archives. Followed by a book signing.

Steve Traina is the longtime host of the music history program Steve’s Folk Radio Show on WRUW-91.1 FM in Cleveland. He spent many of his formative teenage nights at La Cave, courtesy of an older sister’s intercession. It made a deep impression on him. A common refrain from many attendees is “I grew up there.” So did America during the years La Cave existed, 1962 to 1969. In 2009 Steve met Stan Kain and Larry Bruner, former Resident Wizards of La Cave, and, pack rats both, they gifted Steve their incredible collections of La Cave memorabilia in anticipation of him telling their story. In his spare time, Steve is the father of six and grandfather of nine music lovers.

Parking: Paid meters and parking lots are available around the museum on East 9th St., Erieside Ave., Alfred Lerner Way (in front of FirstEnergy Stadium) and at the Great Lakes Science Center. You can also use these links to park in other downtown lots, reserve your parking spot in advance or to take public transportation.

AMS Lecture Series:

Last year, hip hop turned 50 years old. And over this half century, it has utterly transformed U.S. culture: look around, and it’s hard to see or hear something that hasn’t been influenced by the young people of color who fashioned, developed, and championed hip hop culture. Hip hop isn’t so much part of today’s mainstream as it is the mainstream. How exactly did this happen? How did this minority subcultural movement find its way out of the community center and block parties of the South Bronx and into the ears, eyes, and hearts of people across the United States? Join Amy Coddington as she analyzes the critical role commercial radio stations had in this transformation, examining how the racial organization of the radio industry influenced the way hip hop music was sold to the American public. The American Musicological Society and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF) in Cleveland, Ohio, collaborate on a lecture series that brings scholarly work to a broader audience and showcases the musicological work of the top scholars in the field. The AMS / Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Lectures provide a public forum that brings music research to a broader audience.

Speaker Bio:

Amy Coddington is an assistant professor of music at Amherst College, where she teaches classes on American popular music. Her book How Hip Hop Became Hit Pop: Radio, Rap, and Race (University of California Press, 2023) explores how rap broke through to a white mainstream audience in the 1980s and 1990s through programming on commercial radio stations. She has published related essays in the Journal of the Society for American Music and The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Music.