Green Day has released a series of “demastered” songs
You gotta love who’s in charge of Green Day‘s marketing. In attention to their Pink Bunny coffee, they’ve found a way to draw attention to some Dookie material in an unusual way. The
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 18, 2024
An electromagnetic vortex cannon? What’s that? Oh. Coooooool. (Via Larry) What’s music news for September 18, 2024? This. More music news? Go here. BONUS: What if Hamilton were repurposed to reflect the US
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Billie Joe Armstrong has shared his “embarrassingly bad” demo of a Green Day demo he wrote on meth
Billie Joe Armstrong has had his struggles with drugs and alcohol that required at least one band hiatus so he could seek treatment. But back when he was younger, he felt he could
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Green Day’s Dookie is getting a massive 30th anniversary re-release
[A heads-up from Elisa F.G. – AC] Green Day is about to release a massive Dookie, one that’s been brewing for over three decades so if you’re a proud supporter of “The Idiot
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Ongoing History Daily: Green Day’s “Longview” problem
When Green Day was getting things together for Dookie, their 1994 major label debut, bass player Mike Dirnt decided to drop some acid hoping to get a little songwriting inspiration. This is not
Read MoreStill No Imodium for Green Day’s Dookie, 25 Years Later
Sorry for the gross headline, but it’s pretty amazing to think how an album named after diarrhea has become more beloved than the Pile of Poo emoji will ever hope to be. I
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Today is “Dookie’s” 20th Birthday
It was twenty years ago today–February 1, 1994–that an unknown indie punk band out of the Oakland area released their first major label album. Green Day’s Dookie started slow but eventually picked up
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