Previously unreleased cover “Alison (Demo)”
Five-time Grammy Award-winning band Green Day unveil the previously unreleased cover of Elvis Costello’s “Alison,” which the band demo’d while recording Nimrod in 1997. The song is being released as a part of the Nimrod 25 – 25th Anniversary Edition box set, out January 27th.
Nimrod 25 includes the original album, one disc of previously unreleased demos, and a live set from Philadelphia’s Electric Factory recorded on November 14, 1997 one month after the album’s release. The 20-song live set includes several songs from Nimrod, plus fan favorites from their previous albums and singles. The 14 track demos disc includes two unreleased Green Day songs (“You Irritate Me” and “Tre Polka”).
Nimrod was originally released on October 14 1997. The Billboard Top 10 LP was driven by the hit singles “Hitchin’ A Ride,” “Redundant,” “Nice Guys Finish Last” and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life),” the latter of which has sold five million copies in the US alone. The song was written as a spiteful ballad and has evolved into the soundtrack of everyone’s seminal life moments, even being featured in the Seinfeld series finale. The album certified triple Platinum in the US and has been certified multi-Platinum, Platinum or Gold in several other countries, including the UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and Spain.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band brought their sold out Hella Mega headline stadium run to the UK and Europe this past summer, as well as, headlining festivals including Innings, Shaky Knees, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Rio In Rio, Sea Hear Now, & Firefly. Green Day played the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix performing to over 65,000 fans, the largest crowd in over three years.
