By

DanielHarbourne


Tracklist:

No.

Title

1.

"Burnout"

2:07

2.

"HavingaBlast"

2:44

3.

"Chump"

2:54

4.

"
Longview
"

3:59

5.

"
WelcometoParadise
"
(rerecordedversion)

3:44

6.

"PullingTeeth"

2:31

7.

"
BasketCase
"

3:01

8.

"
She
"

2:14

9.

"SassafrasRoots"

2:37

10.

"
WhenIComeAround
"

2:58

11.

"ComingClean"

1:34

12.

"EmeniusSleepus"
(lyricswrittenby
MikeDirnt
)

1:43

13.

"IntheEnd"

1:46

14.

"F.O.D."
(songendsat2:50,followedbyhiddentrack"AllbyMyself"performedby
TrCool
,whichstartsat4:07)

5:46

Totallength:

Length

39:38


GreenDay:

GreenDayisanAmerican
punkrock
bandformedin1986by
vocalist/guitarist
BillieJoeArmstrong
andbassist
MikeDirnt
.For
muchofthegroup'scareer,thebandhasbeenatriowith
drummer
TrCool
,whoreplacedformerdrummer
JohnKiffmeyer
in1990priortotherecordingoftheband'ssecondstudioalbum,
Kerplunk
(1992).In2012,guitarist
JasonWhite
becamea
fulltimememberafterhavingperformedwiththebandasa
sessionandtouringmembersince1999.
GreenDaywasoriginallypartofthepunksceneattheDIY
924
GilmanStreet
clubin
Berkeley,California
.Theband'searly
releaseswerewiththe
independentrecordlabel

Lookout!
Records
.In1994,itsmajorlabeldebut
Dookie
(releasedthrough
RepriseRecords
)becameabreakoutsuccessandeventually
]
shippedover10millioncopiesintheU.S.
GreenDaywaswidely
credited,alongsidefellow
Californiapunk
bands
Sublime
,
Bad
Religion
,
TheOffspring
and
Rancid
,withpopularizingandreviving
mainstreaminterestinpunkrockintheUnitedStates.
GreenDay'sthreefollowupalbums,
Insomniac
(1995),
Nimrod
(1997),and
Warning
(2000)didnotachievethemassivesuccess
of
Dookie,
thoughtheywerestillsuccessful,with
Insomniac
and
Nimrod
reachingdoubleplatinumand
Warning
achievingplatinum
status.Theband's
rockopera
,
AmericanIdiot
(2004),reignited
theband'spopularitywithayoungergeneration,sellingsixmillion

copiesintheU.S.
Theband'seighthstudioalbum,
21stCentury
Breakdown
,wasreleasedin2009andachievedtheband'sbest

chartperformancetodate.
21stCenturyBreakdownw
asfollowed
upbyatrilogyofalbumscalled
Uno!
,
Dos!
,and
Tr!
,which
werereleasedinSeptember,NovemberandDecember2012
respectively.
GreenDayhassoldmorethan75millionrecordsworldwide.The
grouphaswonfive
GrammyAwards
:
BestAlternativeAlbum
for
Dookie
,
BestRockAlbum
for
AmericanIdiot
,
RecordoftheYear
for"
BoulevardofBrokenDreams
",BestRockAlbumforthe
secondtimefor
21stCenturyBreakdown
and
BestMusicalShow
Album
for
AmericanIdiot:TheOriginalBroadwayCastRecording
.
In2010,a
stageadaptation
of
AmericanIdiot
debutedon
Broadway.Themusicalwasnominatedforthree
TonyAwards
:
BestMusical
,
BestScenicDesign
and
BestLightingDesign
,
losingonlythefirst.Alsoin2010,GreenDaywasrankedno.91in
the
VH1
listofthe"100GreatestArtistsofAllTime".OnApril18,

2015,thebandwasinductedintothe
RockandRollHallofFame
asapartofthe2015class,intheban
d'sfirstyearofeligibility.

AlbumCoverDesign:

Thenameofthealbumisareferencetothebandmembersoften
sufferingfromdiarrhea,whichtheyreferredtoas"liquiddookie",
asaresultofeatingspoiledfoodwhileontour.Initiallytheband
wastonamethealbum
LiquidDookie
however,thiswasdeemed
"toogross",andsotheysettledonthename
Dookie
.

Itsalbumartworkcausedcontroversy,whichdepictsbombsbeing
droppedonpeopleandbuildings.Inthecenter,thereisan
explosion,withtheband'snameatthetop.Armstronghassince
explainedthemeaningoftheartwork:
Iwantedtheartworktolookreallydifferent.Iwanted
ittorepresentthe
EastBay
andwherewecome
from,becausethere'salotofartistsintheEastBay
scenethatarejustasimportantasthemusic.Sowe
talkedtoRichieBucher.Hedida7inchcoverforthis
bandcalledRaooulthatIreallyliked.He'salsobeen
playinginbandsintheEastBayforyears.There's
piecesofusburiedonthealbumcover.There'sone
guywithhiscameraupintheairtakingapicturewith
abeard.Hetookpicturesofbandseveryweekendat
Gilman's
.Therobedcharacterthatlookslikethe
MonaLisa
isthewomanonthecoverofthe
first
BlackSabbathalbum
.
AC/DC
guitarist
AngusYoung
isintheresomewheretoo.Thegraffitireading
"TwistedDogSisters"referstothesetwogirlsfrom

Berkeley.Ithinktheguysaying"Thefritter,fatboy"
wasareferencetoalocalcop.
ThebackcoveronearlyprintsoftheCDfeaturedaplushtoyof
Ernie
from
SesameStreet,
whichwasairbrushedoutoflater
printsforfearoflitigationhowever,CanadianandEuropean

printsstillfeatureErniestillintactonthebackcover.
Somerumors
suggestthatitwasremovedbecauseitledparentstothinkthat
Dookie
wasachild'slullabyalbumorthatthecreatorsof
Sesame
Street
hadsuedGreenDay.

CommercialSuccess:

Dookie
wasreleasedtocriticalacclaim.BillLambat
About.com
regardsitasanalbumthatonlygetsbetterwithtime,callingit
"oneofthelandmarkalbumsofthe1990s".
StephenThomas
Erlewine
of
AllMusic
described
Dookie
as"astellarpieceof
modernpunkthatmanytriedtoemulatebutnobodybettered".In
1994,
Time
claimed
Dookie
asthethirdbestalbumoftheyear,
andthebestrockalbumof1994.JonParelesfrom
TheNewYork
Times
,inearly1995,describedthesoundof
Dookie
as,"Punk
turnsintopopinfast,funny,catchy,highpoweredsongsabout
whiningandchannelsurfingapathyhasrarelysoundedso
passionate."
RollingStone
's
PaulEvansdescribedGreenDayas
"convincingmainlybecausethey'vegotpunk'ssnottyantivalues
downcold:blame,selfpity,arrogantselfhatred,humor,
narcissism
,fun".

NeilStraussofThe
NewYorkTimes,
whilecomplimentaryonthe
album'soverallquality,notedthat
Dookie
's
pop
soundonly
remotelyresembled
punkmusic
.Thebanddidnotrespond
initiallytothesecomments,butlaterclaimedthattheywere"just
tryingtobethemselves"andthat"it'sourband,wecando
whateverwewant".Dirntclaimedthatthefollowupalbum,
Insomniac
,oneoftheband'shardestalbumslyricallyand
musically,wasthebandreleasingtheirangeratallthecriticism
fromcriticsandformerfans.

Alongwith
TheOffspring
's
Smash
,
Dookie
hasbeencreditedfor
helpingbringpunkrockbackintomainstreammusicculture.
ThomasNassiffat
Fuse
citeditasthemostimportant
poppunk
album.

InApril2014,
RollingStone
placedthealbumatNo.1onits
"1994:The40BestRecordsFromMainstreamAlternative's
GreatestYear"list.Amonthlater,
Loudwire
placed
Dookie
atNo.
1onits"10BestHardRockAlbumsof1994"list.
GuitarWorld
ranked
Dookie
atnumberthirteenintheirlist"Superunknown:50
IconicAlbumsThatDefined1994".

1994:

Serbs
'heavyweaponspound
Sarajevo
(Jan.56).

Thousandsdeadin
Rwanda
massacre(April6)

SouthAfrica
holdsfirstinterracialnationalelection
(April29)
NelsonMandela
electedPresident.

Israel
signsaccordwith
Palestinians
(May4),peace
treatywith
Jordan
(Oct.17).

IRA
declaresceasefirein
NorthernIreland
(Aug.31).
UlsterProtestantsdeclareceasefire(Oct.13).

Aristide
returnsto
Haiti
(Oct.4),formsGovernmentwith
PrimeMinisterandfullCabinet(Nov.9).

USsendsforcesto
PersianGulf
(Oct.7).