Some say Dookie is among the best albums in pop-punk history, but after 30 years, I sure wish I could spice things up a bit. I want to hear the anthemic vocal harmonies of “Welcome To Paradise” compressed into a tinny 8-bit jingle. I want to dust off my old precarious phonograph just to hear the guitar riffs of “When I Come Around.” I want that fat, glorious bassline of “Longview” reduced to nothing more than the chime of a doorbell.
Some celebrate three decades of their most iconic album with an updated hi-fi remaster, but Green Day are honoring 30 years of Dookie with Dookie Demastered, a collection of 15 formats that together allow you to listen to the album in some of the most inconvenient ways imaginable. Each track on the album correlates to an object — many of which are near obsolete — that will play some semblance of its song. There’s a toothbrush, a floppy disc, a Teddy Ruxpin, and more that will be an absolute pain in the ass to listen to. Will it sound good? Absolutely not. Will you even be able to hear the whole song? Unlikely. But is it kind of funny? Yeah, I guess so. Who’s the sellout now?
You can check out demonstrations for each “song” here, and enter for your chance to purchase one. See the full tracklist with their formats below.
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TRACKLIST:
01 “Burnout” – Player Piano Roll
02 “Having A Blast” – Floppy Disk
03 “Chump” – Teddy Ruxpin
04 “Longview” – Doorbell
05 “Welcome To Paradise” – Game Boy Cartridge
06 “Pulling Teeth” – Toothbrush
07 “Basket Case” – Big Mouth Billy Bass
08 “She” – HitClip
09 “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
