Green Day’s breakout album Dookie is celebrating its 30th anniversary this coming year, and the band wants us to know that they’ve taken notice.
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Green Day recently posted a teaser picture across all their platforms, showing each member’s hands around a reel-to-reel machine. They captioned the picture, “#Dookie30” with two side-eye emojis, just to keep things vague.
Dookie was originally released in 1994 and marked the band’s first major label success. Songs like, “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around” launched the album into mainstream popularity and reinvigorated vast interest in punk music. Dookie eventually went on to win the band their first GRAMMY for Best Alternative Performance. Overall, it is now considered a defining album of 90s Rock.
Dookie’s 30th anniversary will be on February 1, 2024, and Green Day made it clear that they are keeping that day in mind.
It’s worth noting that the band has already redone and re-released an anniversary album. Their 1997 album Nimrod hit its 25-year anniversary just last year, and Green Day pulled out all the stops to celebrate it. As if a re-recording of hits like “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" and “Nice Guys Finish Last" wasn’t enough, the Nimrod 25 collection also features two previously unreleased songs, eight unreleased demos, and a new live album from 1997- making the collection 52 songs in total.
Could a Dookie re-release be on the horizon as well? And if so, will it be another collection full of previously axed songs and live performances? All we know for now is that Green Day is keeping their eyes on the album, and that we ought to keep an eye on it as well. Listen to Audacy’s Green Day Radio to get ready as we find out more!
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