“Basket Case”
Green Day is a punk band from the East Bay in California. Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool have enjoying music collectively since 1987. They’ve sold over 90 million records. They’ve won four Grammys, including twice for Best Rock Album. They put out their first album in 1990, and in 91, they put out their second album, Kerplunk!. And then they moved to a major label, and in 1994 they put out their third album, Dookie, which was big. It helped carry punk into the mainstream. And this month is its thirtieth anniversary. So for this episode, I talked to Billie Joe Armstrong in regards to the making of one in every of Green Day’s largest hits of all time: “Basket Case.”
Coming up, you’ll additionally hear from Rob Cavallo, who produced the album. Plus you’ll hear two totally different demo variations of “Basket Case,” the primary of which is mainly a completely totally different track.
Billie Joe Amstrong traces the historical past of “Basket Case,” from its origins as a cassette recording in a punk basement, all the way in which to turning into a track that helped outline an period of music.
You can purchase or stream “Basket Case” here.
For a transcript of this episode, click here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
Andy Ernst’s studio, Art of Ears
Fantasy Studios
The Muffs’ self-titled album
