Kerplunk was released through a company other than Lookout Records.
Kerplunk is the second studio album by American punk rock band Green Day , released on December 17 , 1991 by Lookout !. Green Day. Green Day. Lookout. Lookout Records. punk rock. punk rock. Records .. Kerplunk was Green Day 's last release on the Lookout Records label , and was also the first album to feature Tre Cool on drums .. Green Day. Green Day. Lookout. Lookout Records. Tre Cool. Tre Cool. The album sold 10,000 copies its first day and became Lookout !. Lookout. Lookout Records. 's biggest selling release .. After debuting it to their fans in the Berkeley , California area and receiving much approval from the critical 924 Gilman Street crowd , the band packed up in a cramped , converted Book Mobile and headed east .. California. California. 924 Gilman Street. 924 Gilman Street. Book Mobile. Book Mobile. Green Day developed a fan base on the east coast behind the touring support of grassroots promoter , Jak Werz .. Green Day. Green Day. Jak Werz. Jak Werz. The opportunity paid off as album sales reached over 50,000 copies .. Along with the successful live shows , major labels took notice of Kerplunk '' 's phenomenal popularity , as a result , many approached the band .. Green Day realized that they had outgrown their record distribution capacity with Lookout !. Green Day. Green Day. Lookout. Lookout Records. and eventually signed with Reprise Records .. Reprise Records. Reprise Records. With Reprise , Green Day recorded and released their next album Dookie -LRB- 1994 -RRB- .. Green Day. Green Day. Dookie. Dookie. The album officially includes only 12 tracks , but the versions released on CD and cassette also include the 4 tracks from the Sweet Children EP .. Compact disc. cassette. Compact Cassette. Sweet Children. Sweet Children ( EP ). One of those tracks is a cover of The Who 's `` My Generation '' .. The Who. The Who. My Generation. My Generation ( The Who song ). In August 2005 , Green Day pulled the album , as well as all of their other material released through the Lookout !. Green Day. Green Day. Lookout. Lookout Records. label due to unpaid royalties .. It was reissued on CD by Reprise Records , who Green Day has been with since leaving Lookout !. Green Day. Green Day. Lookout. Lookout Records. Reprise Records. Reprise Records. Compact disc. , on January 9 , 2007 .. In Europe , the album was released by Epitaph Europe , and has remained in print .. Epitaph Europe. Epitaph Records. It was reissued on vinyl on March 24 , 2009 by Reprise Records and includes a reissue of the Sweet Children EP .. Reprise Records. Reprise Records. Sweet Children. Sweet Children ( EP ). vinyl. Gramophone record. There were no official singles released from the album , although `` 2000 Light Years Away '' and `` Christie Road '' were released as mock-up singles in a Green Day singles box set entitled Green Day  : Ultimate Collectors .. Green Day. Green Day. As of November 2013 , Kerplunk '' has sold more than 1,000,000 copies in the United States and more than 4,000,000 copies worldwide .. United States. United States. The album has gone on to be among the best selling independently released albums of all time .