User:NatalieLOVESgreenday/Emily'sArmy

Emily's Army is a bay area punk rock band consisting of Max Becker (bass player and singer), Cole Becker (guitarist and singer), Joey Armstrong (drummer). Guitar player Travis Neuman no longer plays with the band.

They are well known for playing at 924 Gilman Street, and being the youngest band ever to play there. At First, the band was originally named The Raining Souls and did not yet include Travis Neumann. It was later briefly changed to The Clocks. After realizing there were already many bands with the name, they changed it to Emily's Army in honor of Max's and Cole's cousin Emily. Emily has the condition known as Cystic Fibrosis, which is an incurable disease of the lungs and digestive tract. This name has and still does create much more awareness for CF. In 2008, Max, Cole, and Joey added Travis to the group. Shortly after these changes within the band, they increased greatly in popularity not only in the punk-underground but all across the world. Many Green Day fans from all over the world discovered their music around this time, because Joey happens to be the son of Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. Although they have made appearances with their side project Foxboro Hot Tubs, Emily's Army really doesn't compare themselves in any way to them, or to Green Day, and appreciate others to do the same. They are currently signed to Rise Records. They are proud to be a young, up-and-coming, successful, underground punk rock band.

Influences: The young men have been influenced by: The Clash, Operation Ivy, Rancid, Elvis Costello, The Who, Cheap Trick, The Ramones, The Replacements, The Influents, Stiff Little Fingers, The Beatles, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Pinhead Gunpowder, The Beach Boys, The Exploited, The Sex Pistols, The Strokes, The Offspring, and  Green Day