ON THIS DATE IN 1994 A BAND’S 3RD ALBUM WAS RELEASED…IT WAS THEIR FIRST ON A MAJOR LABEL…THE FIRST 2 WERE INDIE RELEASES THAT GARNERED BIG ATTENTION…39/SMOOTH AND KERPLUNK…THIS ALBUM’S TITLE AND ARTWORK WERE DEFINITELY NOTEWORTHY…DOOKIE…HEHEHE…30 YEARS LATER AND I STILL GIGGLE AT THE JUVENILE TITLE. BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG, MIKE DIRNT, AND TRE COOL WERE THE PLAYERS IN THE PUNK OUTFIT GREEN DAY THAT STILL CRANK OUT THE TUNES TO THIS DAY. THE SINGLES FROM DOOKIE RESONATED WITH MY SITUATION IN LIFE AT THE TIME, WRITTEN MOSTLY BY BILLIE JOE, THE LYRICS WERE BASED ON HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THEMES A LOT OF US GO THROUGH ON THE DAILY, LIKE BOREDOM, ANXIETY, RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY WITH THE SINGLES “LONGVIEW”, “BASKET CASE”, “WHEN I COME AROUND” AND A RE RECORDED VERSION OF “WELCOME TO PARADISE” THAT ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THEIR SECOND ALBUM IN 91, KERPLUNK. DOOKIE DEFINITELY SOUNDTRACKED A BIG PART OF MY LIFE AND THE PUNKS ARE STILL AT IT WITH A NEW ALBUM RELEASED JUST A WEEK OR SO AGO AND A BIG OL TOUR SET FOR THIS SUMMER…DOOKIE IS 30 TODAY…AND SOMEDAYS I AM STILL A “BASKET CASE”…THAT’S TODAY’S ROXY’S ROCK REWIND…SING IT LOUD! IT’S 105.7 THE X!
