
Sometimes, taking an underground punk rock band, turning them into global superstars and allowing them to mix with 'proper' A-listers is like pouring oil into water. You might be able to take the band out of punk rock, but can you ever truly take the punk rock out of the band? Well, for one Oscar-winning actress, her run-in with Green Day, very soon after their transition from underground misfits into international pop success story, was...ah...a bit of a crappy experience.
By early 1997, Green Day’s 1994 album Dookie was well on its way to going twice diamond in the US alone (that’s 20 million albums sold). They had also won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album and received nine nominations at the 1995 MTV Awards. They were hot shit, basically.