For the 30th anniversary of their groundbreaking album “Dookie,” Green Day decided to do something unconventional. Instead of the usual remasters, they released the songs on a variety of random, demastered formats.
Collaborating with Brain, Green Day created “Dookie Demastered”: an album that re-exploded the format of punk rock, now available on 15 obscure, obsolete, and otherwise inconvenient limited-edition formats.
“Dookie” has been meticulously mangled to fit on formats with uncompromisingly low fidelity, from wax cylinders to answering machines to toothbrushes. The listening experience is unparalleled, sacrificing not only sonic quality but also convenience, and occasionally entire verses. It’s “Dookie,” the way it was never meant to be heard.
* Burnout – Player Piano Roll
* Having A Blast – Floppy Disk
* Chump – Teddy Ruxpin
* Longview – Doorbell
* Welcome To Paradise – Game Boy Cartridge
* Pulling Teeth – Toothbrush
* Basket Case – Big Mouth Billy Bass
* She – HitClip
* Sassafras Roots – 8-track
* When I Come Around – Wax Cylinder
* Coming Clean – X-Ray Record
* Emenius Sleepus – Answering Machine
* In The End – MiniDisc
* F.O.D. – Fisher Price Record
* All By Myself – Music Box
The album that exploded punk rock 30 years ago, re-exploded onto obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient formats.
