Watch Green Day's punk take on a Nativity play in 1991

From left to right: Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool of Green Day arrive at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. From left to right: Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool of Green Day arrive at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Photo: Jordan Strauss, Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Photo: Jordan Strauss, Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Image 1 of / 42 Caption Close Watch Green Day's punk take on a Nativity play in 1991 1 / 42 Back to Gallery

Back in the early 1990s, Green Day's idea of a Nativity play involved ketchup, silly string, and some serious liberties from the traditional, religious script. Also, cameos from the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.

The East Bay punk band was reportedly in the greater Manchester area of England at a small DIY venue called The Den on Dec. 21, 1991 when they took a break from their regularly scheduled set to stage a little holiday pageant.

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"We got a little play going on and we can't seem to get the hang of things until people sit down," said Mike Dirnt into the mic. "Because it's a real play."

The play, reportedly captured by someone with the YouTube username "cybsworld," was recently revived by music site Noisey years after it was originally posted in 2012.

The clip, which precedes a song, features Dirnt narrating, Billie Joe Armstrong as "this one wise punk," and Tre Cool as the Virgin Mary birthing the baby Jesus.

"Is there a doctor in the house?" Tre Cool yells. "A nurse? A midwife?"

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See the whole video, which is NSFW due to some language, above.

Alyssa Pereira is an SFGATE staff writer. Email her at apereira@sfchronicle.com or find her on Twitter at @alyspereira.

