Welcome to paradise: A British Green Day superfan s punk pilgrimage to the East Bay
Charlotte Bailey
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Writer Charlotte Bailey on her rented Dodge Charger.Charlotte Baile
Cruising down Interstate 580, I swung my rented Dodge Charger off the exit ramp to Berkeley and downtown Oakland, Green Day’s 1994 album Dookie blaring from the stereo. One track in particular seemed poignant for the pilgrimage I was undertaking:
“Pay attention to the cracked streets and the broken homes
Some call it slums, some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home
Welcome to Paradise”