We're still perplexed as to how it's been 25 years since Green Day gave us Dookie - the album that spawned five hit singles and catapulted the band into being a household name. 

You can read more about the album here, but for now, we wanted to tap into the minds of the three dudes that were responsible for it. Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt have taken to social media with some recollections about Dookie. 

Billie Joe - "We wanted to think of something special to do but we couldn’t quite come up with anything", he continued, "Dookie makes me think about Berkeley a lot. Our house on Ashby and Ellsworth a block from telegraph avenue. Living in a basement with a band called East Bay Weed Company."

 

 

 

 

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Random thoughts and gratitude for the 25 year anniversary of the big D: We wanted to think of something special to do but we couldn’t quite come up with anything.. Maybe play the record in its entirety at the pyramids in Egypt. Or jam it Machu Picchu ? Exclusive in Viggiano.? Never quite came to fruition.. But never despair. 2019 still has time.. Dookie makes me think about Berkeley a lot. Our house on Ashby and Ellsworth a block from telegraph avenue. Living in a basement with a band called East Bay Weed Company. Our friend Ben Mattick... socialist college girls living up stairs. Coming up with she and coming clean. Riding bikes and bong hits. Turning 21. Pete’s Wicked Ale. Hysterical laughter. Maniacal laughter. Butterball turkey. “The Ashby house” was our little punk house. I would write songs all night and wake up at 2:00 pm. Have a bagel and a coffee on the front steps.. debilitating panic attacks.. my guitar, my Marshall, my 4 track tape recorder. Weird A &R dudes sniffing around. Eventually Meeting producer Rob Cavallo.. we learned so much from him. Playing Beatles songs over and over... Richie Bucher’s amazing ep cover he did for a band called Ral inspired us to ask him to do the cover art for Dookie. Mike’s G3 bass. Tre’s Noble coolly snare... driving in my old Ford Fairlane hearing Longview on the radio for the first time. Blair Hess. our first show in Italy at a place called in bloom. Wild nights in Barcelona.. having a lot of uncertainty about our future but not giving a shit. Wanting and dreading to be a rock star.. if that’s even possible.. Local punk scene backlash... Fist fights at Gilman street... stress stress stress!! You have to have gratitude for the bad and the ugly too.. Well... that’s the random thoughts I have for now... I hope people keep listening.. cause we’ll keeping playing... love BJ

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Tre Cool -  "The album that changed my life forever is 25 years old today! Dookie! came out (no pun intended) Feb 1 1994 disproving those who jawed about punk being dead or not being appealing on a commercial scale. Well... Fuck y’all. We’re still here."

 

 

 

 

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The album that changed my life forever is 25 years old today! Dookie! came out (no pun intended) Feb 1 1994 disproving those who jawed about punk being dead or not being appealing on a commercial scale. Well... Fuck y’all We’re still here #greenday #dookie25

A post shared by Tre' Cool (@trecool) on Feb 1, 2019 at 9:23am PST

Mike Dirnt - "Well, believe it or not, Insomniac was almost named Donkie just to fuck with people!!!"

 

 

 

 

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Remember that time 25yrs ago we put out a record and called it Dookie! Well, believe it or not, Insomniac was almost named Donkie just to fuck with people!!!

A post shared by Mike Dirnt (@mikedirnt) on Feb 1, 2019 at 9:09am PST

Check out this live clip of Green Day playing the explosive "Welcome To Paradise"...

Now, remind yourself of the great music videos that accompanied the hits on Dookie...