Today, as the band plays its final farewell tour, one can only hope that someone, somewhere, still has that original 128kbps “Still Waiting” demo on an iPod Classic. That’s not just an MP3. That’s a piece of history.

When All Killer No Filler dropped in May 2001, the CD was still king. The album went triple platinum in the US, driven by the juggernaut single "Fat Lip." In that ecosystem, an “exclusive” meant a Japanese import CD with a bonus track (“Grab the Devil by the Horns and Fuck Him Up the Ass” — yes, that was a real B-side). It meant a DVD single or a hidden track after 30 blank tracks.