30 years ago today, Green Day released their breakout album Dookie with "Longview," "Basket Case," and "When I Come Around," and became a cultural phenomenon, shaping the trajectory of punk's mainstream resurgence in the 1990s.
@ThatEricAlper I bought the album when it came out while I was dating my future wife. We had already said that we wouldn’t double up on cds, since what’s mine is yours and vice versa. She bought the album anyway because she didn’t want to share during our long distance relationship!😊
@ThatEricAlper Top twenty album that shaped my life … context.. I idolize all artists before, but this album , opened the door to everyone else to start a conversation about what brought that album to be …
@ThatEricAlper I remember wearing out the cassette on my Walkman my freshman year of college. Love this album.
@ThatEricAlper Wow. I still remember when it was new.
@ThatEricAlper Just received Saviors in the mail today. How fitting.
@ThatEricAlper One of the first CD’s I ever bought