The Year Punk Went Pop: The Making of Green Day's Dookie
1994 was a weird year in music history. Ace of Base had three of the Top 10 Billboard singles in the US. Kurt Cobain died. Left Eye burned down that mansion. Oh, and three different major labels got in a bidding war over a band who wrote songs about smoking pot and masturbation.
Earlier this month, Green Day's Dookie turned 24-years-old, but it's youthful exuberance and pop prowess still seems fresh all these years later. Read on to get insight into how three Berkeley punks were able to create a modern punk masterpiece in the era of grunge domination.
This is an excerpt from The Year Punk Went Pop: The Making of Green Day's Dookie, originally published by Vintage King. Read the full version here.
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