Green Day songs are some of the most essential classic rock tunes of the 1990s and 2000s. However, the band drew significant influence from The Who, one of the most iconic bands of the 1960s and 1970s ...

Like so many ’60s pop bands, The Who was a singles band. Albums were often an afterthought, and the rest of the songs on the records were nothing more than filler. Radio play drove the sales.