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Yup. I donīt know the stuff before Dookie (various EPīs, "Kerplunk" and "39/Smooth", they started out very young), but "Dookie" is my favorite "punk" album...it might not be the raw hardcore and itīs simple music, but itīs nevertheless a masterpiece IMO. The lyrics are the shit, a friend of mine told me to pay attention to that, itīs really the best fucking depiction of teenage apathy i ever got to know. i love that album
"Insomniac" and "Nimrod" were two great follow-ups, most of it sounded a bit rawer than "Dookie" to me, and while theyīre not as outstanding, theyīre two albums i love listening to, especially "Nimrod".
Then, in 2000, they dropped "Warning" which is a great album. Some people say they "sold out", but i think thatīs narrow-minded bullshit. It doesnīt sound like punk alot anymore, instead of sticking to some formula, they experimented and dropped a great creative album. Listen to tracks like "Misery" or "Blood, Sex and Booze" for example, that shitīs tight as hell
Now their newest album is one of the best CDīs i know from last year. It has its punk elements, but overall itīs just a good rock album which is nothing weīre being flooded with these days. "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" is one of the best combinations of good music and radio-friendliness Iīve heard in a long while and the whole albumīs like that, easily accessible and musically good.
your thoughts on this band? anybody else into it? and does anybody know the pre-Dookie stuff and if yes, how is it?