American Idiot 20

I know I'm four days late but it's finally here, the 20th anniversary reissue of American Idiot! I love it and it even came with some goodies! Here are the photos that I took.

Here are the front, back, and side of the box.

I saved the sticker that was on the plastic wrap.

And now for the inside: The original American Idiot album that comes in a special sleeve.

B-Sides & Bonus Tracks. Has six live songs from Green Day's March 19, 2005 concert at the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan; four b-sides and four songs from the VH1 Storytellers special from February 15, 2005.

Demos. I listened to the demos at work and my favorite is "Lowlife", an early version of "Dearly Beloved", the fourth suite in "Jesus Of Suburbia".

Live at Irving Plaza. Green Day performed at the Irving Plaza in New York City on September 21, 2004, American Idiot's release date. Has all of the songs from the album, plus "Minority" and their cover of Queen's "We Are The Champions".

Two Blu-ray discs. First one is the Heart Like A Hand Grenade documentary from the 2010's; second one is a new documentary, 20 Years Of American Idiot, and BBC Live, which has Green Day's appearances on Top Of The Pops and Later... With Jools Holland. Unfortunately I don't have a Blu-ray player....

Heart Like A Hand Grenade.

20 Years Of American Idiot and BBC Live.

And finally the goodies. A 44-page booklet.

Front.

Back.

A cloth patch.

Four stickers.

A set of three enamel badges.

All in all, I love this box set and seeing the patch, stickers and badges brought back memories of me getting Green Day merchandise from Hot Topic during that time.