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Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the band's first song "Why Do You Want Him?", when he was only 14 (appears on the '1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours' album). Released their first album '1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours', a compilation album featuring singles from their earlier EPs, "1,000 Hours", "39/ Smooth", and "Slappy", hence the peculiar name. [1990] Their best know hit-singles are: "Longview", "Basket Case", "When I Come Around", "Welcome To Paradise", "She", "Geek Stink Breath", "Brain Stew"/ "Jaded", "Time Of Your Life", "Minority", "American Idiot", "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams", "Holiday", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and their newest single "Jesus of Suburbia". Their lesser known hits include "J.A.R.," "Stuck with Me," "Walking Contradiction," "Hitchin' A Ride," "Redundant," "Nice Guys Finish Last," "Last Ride In," "Outsider," "Warning," "Macey Day Parade," "Maria," and "Poprocks & Coke." In some songs, the lyrics don't include the title's name. For example, in "Basket Case", the phrase "basket case" is not in the lyrics. Won 2 MTV European Music Awards in 2005 for "Best Rock" and "Best Album" ("American Idiot"). Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote the song 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' about his father's death when he was a young child and how he dealt with it then and deals with it now. Members have included Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt.