Ever wondered what Green Day‘s ode to soul-sucking boredom “Longview” would sound like if it was re-recorded on a doorbell? How about the hard-charging Dookie classic “Welcome to Paradise” rendered in 8-bit glory on a Game Boy cartridge?
Well, then you’re in luck, because on Wednesday (Oct. 9) the band announced that as part of the ongoing 30th anniversary celebration of their breakthrough 1994 major label debut the punk-pop trio has added to the already super-stuffed deluxe edition box that dropped last September with an innovated Dookie Demastered edition featuring all 15 songs recorded on what a press release described as “obscure, obsolete and otherwise inconvenient limited-edition formats.”
The collaboration with BRAIN features purposely lo-res, glitchy versions of the songs rendered on everything from the long-dead 8-track format (“Sassafras Roots”), to floppy disc (“Having a Blast”), wax cylinder (“When I Come Around”) and, of course, a toothbrush (“Pulling Teeth”).
“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,” reads a press release. “The listening experience is unparalleled, sacrificing not only sonic quality, but also convenience, and occasionally entire verses. It’s Dookie, the way it was never meant to be heard.”
All 15 formats can be played here, with fans encouraged to enter a drawing for a chance to buy one of the one-of-a-kind recordings in a drawing that ends on Friday (Oct. 11) at 11 a.m. ET. Green day have been celebrating the Dookie anniversary, as well as the 20th anniversary of American Idiot, on their massive Saviors stadium tour, which will hit Corona Capital stadium in Mexico City on Nov. 15.
Check out the promo video for Dookie Demastered and the format track list below.
Green Day Dookie Demastered track list:
“Burnout” – Player Piano Roll
“Having A Blast” – Floppy Disk
“Chump” – Teddy Ruxpin
“Longview” – Doorbell
“Welcome To Paradise” – Game Boy Cartridge
“Pulling Teeth” – Toothbrush
“Basket Case” – Big Mouth Billy Bass
“She” – HitClip
“Sassafras Roots” – 8-track
“When I Come Around” – Wax Cylinder
“Coming Clean” – X-Ray Record
“Emenius Sleepus” – Answering Machine
“In The End” – MiniDisc
“F.O.D.” – Fisher Price Record
“All By Myself” – Music Box
