American rock band Green Day released their hit song “Good Riddance” on their fifth album Nimrod in 1997. The story goes that lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong had written it years prior, but took three years to share it with band mates, and then it was a few more years before it was included on an album.

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" by American punk band Green Day was written by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. Although the central theme of loss is illustrated in the video by a relationship broken apart by war, Armstrong wrote it about the death of his father.

From 2009, this punk rock song from the album "21st Century Breakdown" was a hit single, and nominated for a Grammy. This music video also won several MTV awards in 2009.