Green Day to Defy Reissue Expectations With “Dookie Demastered” Collection
Photos courtesy of BRAIN/Green DayTo further commemorate the 30th anniversary of their 40x Platinum-certified album Dookie, Green Day has announced the launch of their new project “Dookie Demastered”—re-releasing the album into 15 “obscure, obsolete or bizarre formats.”
Green Day collaborated with BRAIN to recreate the original tracks into accompanying objects to go with each one. “Basket Case” is represented by a Big Mouth Billy Bass, “When I Come Around” is a wax cylinder and “Chump” has a life-size Teddy Ruxpin bear. Other formats include a floppy disk, a doorbell, a Game Boy cartridge, HitClips, a singing toothbrush and other “inconvenient” configurations.
The project is meant to portray Dookie “the way it was never meant to be heard” by opting for fun, low-fidelity formats instead of the traditional smooth treatment that remastering processes usually go through. “Dookie Demastered” will be “meticulously mangled,” in the name of sacrificing high listening quality and convenience, and, at times, whole verses to honor the original punk-rock explosion that Dookie led to with its release.
All of the formats will be available to play on dookiedemastered.com, and drawings for a chance to purchase one will run until Friday, October 11 at 8AM PT/11AM ET.