Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci a 1996, Green Day ya fara aiki a kan sabon kundin a 1997. Tun daga farko, duka ƙungiyar da Cavallo sun yarda cewa kundin ya bambanta da kundin da suka gabata. Sakamakon ya kasance Nimrod, wani gwaji na gwaji daga nau'in kiɗan pop-punk na ƙungiyar. An fitar da sabon kundin a watan Oktoba 1997. Ya ba da nau'ikan kiɗa iri-iri, daga pop-punk, dutsen raƙuman ruwa, da ska, zuwa waƙoƙin kiɗa. Nimrod ya shiga jerin a lamba 10. Nasarar "Good Riddance (Lokacin Rayuwarka) " ya sami ƙungiyar MTV Video Award don Mafi kyawun Bidiyo. An kuma yi amfani da waƙar a cikin kashi na biyu na "clip show" na Seinfeld da kuma a cikin ɓangarori biyu na ER.  Tambaya: A wace shekara ce Green Day ta fara aiki a kan sabon kundi bayan hutunsu?
Shekarar 1997