Twenty-five years ago, Green Day hit the brakes on pure punk fury and swerved into strange new territory. Warning, released in 2000, was the moment Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool traded some of their bratty bite for acoustic guitars, folk edges, and sharp, politically charged songwriting. The record split fans at the time, but it’s since been reclaimed as one of the band’s smartest and most underrated works. Now it’s getting the royal treatment.
On November 14, Green Day will drop Warning (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition), a mammoth reissue stuffed with demos, B-sides, and a full-throttle 2001 live set from Tokyo’s SHIBUYA-AX. The deluxe package runs 49 tracks deep and comes in multiple formats, including a 5LP set pressed on Green Galaxy, Yellow Marble, and Orange Galaxy vinyl. Alongside the music, fans get a 24-page booklet, poster, patches, buttons, and even a bright yellow Warning construction sign if they spring for the indie version. The CD box packs in its own 32-page book and extras.
The band just teased the release with “Castaway (Demo),” a raw early cut that’s never been on streaming until now. It’s the kind of rough snapshot that shows where the band’s heads were at when they were shifting from punk chaos toward something stranger and more melodic.
The reissue puts the spotlight back on a record that gave us “Minority,” “Waiting,” and the title track, songs that still roar from stadium stages today. While Warning never sold like Dookie or American Idiot, it’s aged into a cult classic. Louder called it an “overlooked folk-punk gem,” while Stereogum recently ranked it near the top of Green Day’s discography, saying, “When the dust settles, Warning ends up being one of the best.”
Of course, Green Day aren’t just living in the past. They just wrapped the biggest tour of their career, tearing through 106 shows across 33 countries and selling more than 2.5 million tickets. Their latest single “One Eyed Bastard” just topped the Mediabase Alternative chart, making them the first band since 2003 to rack up four #1s there. It’s proof that even as they look back at Warning, the trio are still burning forward.
Warning (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives November 14. For a record once called “too weird” for Green Day, this reissue might finally cement its place as one of their most vital albums.
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