The six members were drawn from all across the globe by an ancient prophecy, which “predicted their rise to world power and eventually their demise.” The Network released this statement on their site: “The Network has been sent here to rid us of the mediocre music that has inhabited our planet for too long. Their quest is to dominate the airwaves thus getting rid if the mindless shit that has been dominating the radio and television for the last 20 years. Tired of music cross breeding (i.e. rap merging with metal, and American Idol faux singing style etc), the boys knew they had a job to do. Music needs to be dangerous again. Music needs to think. The band has painstakingly set up a factory in Oakland that will produce music, art and film. To educate the people that the moral majority is neither moral nor the majority anymore. The mediocre masses have had their day, now the day finally belongs to us.

They released their debut album Money Money 20/20 on September 30, 2003 by Adeline Records, a label co-owned by Billie Joe. The original release contained a DVD with music videos for six of the songs, while the re-released version in November 2004 had bonus tracks “Hammer of Gods” and a Misfits cover “Teenagers From Mars.” They also released a DVD on the same day entitled Disease is Punishment, featuring live tracks from their first show.

Now, there is some controversy over the members of The Network. Many people are under the impression that the leader of the band, Fink, is none other than Billie Joe Armstrong, while Van Gough and The Snoo are thought to be Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool respectively. Billie Joe actively denies this, and left a recorded statement on the Green Day website. Armstrong says, "I just wanted to talk about the rumours and the bullshit that has been going on lately. All I gotta say is fuck The Network. These guys are totally spreading rumors. I try to do those guys a favor by bringing them to this country and putting out their record and this is how I get repaid, by talking shit about my band. Unfortunately there is a contract and I have to put out their record. The only thing I can say is "Fuck you, Network. Bring it on".”

Of course, it is obvious to any true Green Day fan, or even anybody for that matter, that the three members of The Network are unmistakebly the three members from Green Day. Billie Joe’s voice can be heard clearly on the record, and even with masks you can still recognize all three, although Mike is the hardest to pick. Warner/Chapell Music actually proved that “members of Green Day are invloved in The Network by citing the three Green Day members as having writing credits for The Network’s album Money Money 20/20.” Billie Joe has also written for Pinhead Gunpowder under the alias Wilhelm Fink. Both Fink and Billie Joe are Aquarius, and in the song Spike, it mentions that ‘Brandon’ moves into a warehouse in Oakland,  just like Billie Joe did in the early 1990’s. Billie Joe also financed the band, instead of Fink as The Network claim.

Other members of the band are thought to be Reto Peter (possibly Captain Underpants), a Swiss producer, and Chris Dugan (suggested to be Z), a sound engineer. The idea that Reto Peter is Captain Underpants is supported by the use of Swiss German in the fake press conference. One of the songs is also called Reto. Chris Dugan is also sound engineer for Money Money 20/20 and mixer for the live DVD. The last member, Balducci, is thought to be Green day’s touring partner Jason White, while the manger ‘Dr. Svengali’ is John Roecker.