Sure, thank John Kiffmeyer and Rob Cavallo, Pat etc, but you know who deserved a tiny mention

John Kiffmeyer Green Day. Green Day, Top music artist and bands, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool, HD phone His reputation in the Punk community is what helped Green Day become what they are today. As noted in the book "Green Day: Rebels With a Cause," John Kiffmeyer didn't leave Green Day in 1990 because of the usual reasons, e.g

He eventually decided to focus on his educational endeavors and quit the band to become a full-time college student. Not wanting to spend the rest of his life in a punk outfit, Kiffmeyer would later walk away from Green Day, wanting to pursue a college education outside his local squats

Green Day reunite with original drummer to perform as Sweet Children

Their drummer, John Kiffmeyer, debates leaving the band for college but instead decides to wait a year to see how the band goes on [2]: 12 The group was popular in the East Bay, and mainstays at the club 924 Gilman Street.He chose his stage name Al Sobrante for an evident pun on his birthplace. John Kiffmeyer (born July 11, 1969), better known by his stage name Al Sobrante (a pun on "El Sobrante", his hometown), was the original drummer of Green Day.He was replaced by Tré Cool starting with Kerplunk.

News Photo John Kiffmeyer, Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike... Hello Green, Jason White, Theatre. While the band were left high and dry, they ran into some luck when they heard their indie contemporaries, The Lookouts, featuring a wild young drummer named Tre Cool. Their drummer, John Kiffmeyer, debates leaving the band for college but instead decides to wait a year to see how the band goes on

April 16 Cleveland Green Day with their original drummer John Kiffmeyer on stage at the. It is 1991, Green Day has so far released one album, 39/Smooth, along with a few EP's Kiffmeyer returned to Green Day in 1997 to fill in for drummer Tré Cool on the band's European tour.