Green Day unveil demastered version of Dookie
Green Day are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Dookie with a peculiar new version of the iconic record.
Announced today, Dookie Demastered features the album’s 15 tracks released through various formats such as 8-track, big mouth billie bass, and a game boy cartridge. The band said this about unveiling classic songs through obscure methods:
“When an album hits a big milestone like its 30th anniversary, it gets the usual remasters on the usual formats. But Dookie isn't a usual album.
Instead of smoothing out its edges and tweaking its dynamic ranges, this version of 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.
The result is Dookie Demastered: the album that exploded the format of punk rock, re-exploded onto 15 obscure, obsolete, and otherwise inconvenient formats, the way it was never meant to be heard.”
Fans will be able to purchase each song recorded on their respective format via a special drawing. More information on the drawing and the ability to hear the entire release can be found here.
Green Day recently finished touring the U.S. in support of Dookie and American Idiot’s anniversaries. Next year, the band will have tour dates in South Africa, Australia, Europe, and Asia. Tour dates and tickets can be found here.
On October 25, Green Day will deliver the 20th anniversary deluxe edition of American Idiot, which features demos, B-sides, and live recordings. Pre-orders for the release can be made here.
Dookie Demastered tracklisting
1. Burnout (Player Piano Roll)
2. Having A Blast (Floppy Disk)
3. Chump (Teddy Ruxpin)
4. Longview (Doorbell)
5. Welcome to Paradise (Game Boy Cartridge)
6. Pulling Teeth (Toothbrush)
7. Basket Case (Big Mouth Billie Bass)
8. She (HitClip)
9. Sassafras Roots (8-Track)
10. When I Come Around (Wax Cylinder)
11. Coming Clean (X-Ray Record)
12. Emenius Sleepus (Answering Machine)
13. In The End (MiniDisc)
14. F.O.D. (Fisher Price Record)
15. All By Myself (Music Box)