Ĭavallo was chosen as the main producer of the album, with Jerry Finn as the mixer. Reflecting back on the period, lead vocalist Billie Joe Armstrong told Spin magazine in 1999, "I couldn't go back to the punk scene, whether we were the biggest success in the world or the biggest failure The only thing I could do was get on my bike and go forward." The group later returned in 2015 to play a benefit concert. The club banned Green Day from entering since the major label signing. Signing to a major label caused many of the band's original fans from the independent music club 924 Gilman Street to regard Green Day as sell-outs. Įventually, the band left their independent record label, Lookout! Records, on friendly terms and signed to Reprise. They were impressed by his work with fellow Californian band The Muffs, and later remarked that Cavallo "was the only person we could really talk to and connect with". The band declined these advances until meeting producer and Reprise representative Rob Cavallo. Representatives of these labels attempted to entice the band to sign by inviting them for meals to discuss a deal, with one manager even inviting the group to Disneyland. įollowing the underground success of the band's second studio album Kerplunk (1991), a number of major record labels became interested in Green Day. In 2020, Rolling Stone re-ranked the album at number 375 on another revised list. In 2003, Rolling Stone placed Dookie at number 193 on their list of the " 500 Greatest Albums of All Time", maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list. It was later certified diamond by the RIAA, and has sold close to 20 million copies worldwide, making it the band's best-selling album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. It was also a worldwide success, reaching number two in the United States and the top five in several other countries it is credited with bringing punk rock to mainstream popularity, and propelling Green Day to worldwide fame. "All by Myself" is a hidden track performed by drummer Tré Cool.ĭookie received critical acclaim upon its release, and won the band a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. The album was promoted with five singles: " Longview", " Basket Case", a re-recorded version of " Welcome to Paradise" (originally on their Kerplunk album), " When I Come Around", and the radio-only " She". Written mostly by frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, the album is heavily based around his personal experiences, with themes such as boredom, anxiety, relationships, and sexuality. The band's first collaboration with producer Rob Cavallo, it was recorded in late 1993 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. Dookie is the third studio album and the major label debut by American rock band Green Day, released on Februby Reprise Records.
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