After the rock-opera bloat, the Broadway sojourn, the public tantrum and rehab stint, and the general public indifference to the three-albums-in-one-year stunt, it's probably not a bad idea for the former scabby punks in Green Day to remind people of why they liked the band in the first place. At a show at London's Brixton Academy two nights ago, the three guys in the band (who, notably, did not appear to be rocking eyeliner) played Dookie, their 1994 breakout album, front-to-back. Before the onslaught started, Billy Joe Armstrong noted that the album turns 20 next year, so who knows, maybe they're planning a tour like this. Or maybe it was just a glorious one-off. Either way, a fan filmed the entire thing an uploaded it to YouTube, and you can watch it below.
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(vai the AV Club)
Hands up, everyone who totally forgot how good this album is. (They also played a bunch of other songs at the show; this wasn't the whole thing.)
