Greenday

I was 12, in the sixth grade (1994) and didn't know much about anything (still don't). I had just gotten a stereo with CD player one year before and the first two CDs that were given to me will remain un-mentioned.

With some money from Christmas that year I went and purchased Greenday's first commercially-produced album, Dookie. A couple of my buddies in the neighborhood also got it, but their parents took it away from them once they learned how many times the F-word was used in the lyrics.

My parents didn't ever really ask or seem to concerned about any of the music I've listened to, especially when I was growing up. I guess it pays to be a good kid sometimes.

I still have the Dookie CD and pop it in every now and then; Welcome to Paradise brings me back to living in Delaware, hating life and not knowing much about anything. All great feelings to be reminded of on a given day.