The Offspring




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The Offspring

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The Offspring performing in 2008 in Fortaleza, Brazil
Pictured: Greg K., Pete Parada, Dexter Holland, Andrew Freeman and Noodles

Background information
Also known as
Manic Subsidal (1984–1986)[1]
Origin
Garden Grove, California, U.S.[2]
Genres


  • Punk rock

  • pop punk

  • skate punk

  • alternative rock
Years active
1984–present
Labels


  • Columbia

  • Black Label

  • Nemesis

  • Epitaph

  • Nitro

  • Time Bomb
Associated acts


  • Face to Face

  • Saves the Day

  • Steady Ground

  • Angels & Airwaves

  • Moth

  • Social Distortion

  • Thirty Stones
Website
offspring.com
Members

  • Dexter Holland

  • Greg K.

  • Noodles

  • Pete Parada
Past members

  • Jim Benton

  • Doug Thompson

  • Marcus Parrish

  • James Lilja

  • Ron Welty

  • Atom Willard

The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984.[2] Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, bassist Greg K., guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman and drummer Pete Parada since 2007. Over the course of their 34-year career, they have released nine studio albums and experienced several lineup changes, including switching drummers. Their longest-serving drummer was Ron Welty, who replaced original drummer James Lilja in 1987, and stayed with the band for 16 years; he was replaced by Atom Willard in 2003, and then four years later by Parada.


The Offspring is often credited—alongside fellow California punk bands Green Day, Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, Blink-182 and Pennywise—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s.[3][4][5][6] They have sold over 40 million records worldwide,[5][6][7][8] being considered one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time.[9] The Offspring achieved its first commercial success with their third studio album Smash (1994), which has sold over eleven million copies worldwide,[10] setting a record for most albums sold on an independent record label, and was the first album released on Epitaph to obtain gold and platinum status.[11] After switching record labels, from Epitaph to Columbia, in 1996, the Offspring continued their commercial success with its next four studio albums—Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (1998), Conspiracy of One (2000) and Splinter (2003)—reaching platinum, multi-platinum, platinum and gold status respectively.[12][13]Splinter was followed five years later by Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), and then four years later by Days Go By (2012). The Offspring is currently in production of their tenth studio album, tentatively due for release in early 2019.[14][15]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Early years (1984–1987)


    • 1.2 The Offspring and Ignition (1988–1993)


    • 1.3 Mainstream success with Smash (1994–1996)


    • 1.4 Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana, and Conspiracy of One (1997–2002)


    • 1.5 Ron Welty's departure, Splinter and Greatest Hits (2003–2005)


    • 1.6 Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2006–2009)


    • 1.7 Days Go By (2010–2013)


    • 1.8 Tenth studio album (2013–present)




  • 2 Style and influences


  • 3 Impact and legacy


  • 4 Band members


  • 5 Tours


  • 6 Discography


  • 7 Awards


  • 8 References


  • 9 Further viewing


  • 10 External links





History



Early years (1984–1987)




Bassist Greg K., drummer Pete Parada, and frontman Dexter Holland in 2008


The foundations for the Offspring began with guitarist/vocalist Bryan "Dexter" Holland (who was a drummer at the time) and bassist Greg Kriesel playing music together in a garage in Cypress, California in 1983.[16] After hearing the T.S.O.L. album Change Today? at a party, and following a riot at a 1984 Social Distortion show, they decided to form a band called Manic Subsidal.[17][18] Holland changed his role from drums to guitar, and the band was rounded out by singer Doug Thompson and drummer Jim Benton. Marcus Parrish briefly joined as a second guitarist, however, no recordings were made at this point.[19][20] After Thompson was forced out, Holland took over vocals, and Benton was replaced by Clowns of Death drummer James Lilja. In 1985, school janitor Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (also formerly of Clowns of Death) joined as a second guitarist, allegedly because he was old enough to purchase alcohol for the other members, who were under the legal drinking age.[17][21]


In 1986, after changing their name to the Offspring, the band released their first single; the 7" "I'll Be Waiting". They released the single on their self-made Black Label record company, named after the brand of beer. An earlier version of "I'll Be Waiting", which was then known as "Fire and Ice", appeared on the long-out of print Subject to Blackout compilation tape, which was also released in 1986.[22] Also in 1986, the Offspring recorded a demo tape, which received a positive review in Maximum Rocknroll magazine.[23] Lilja left the Offspring in 1987 to pursue a medical career in oncology,[24] and was replaced by Ron Welty, who was 16 years old at the time.[25]



The Offspring and Ignition (1988–1993)


After recording another demo in 1988,[17] The Offspring signed a record deal with a small-time label, Nemesis Records. In March 1989, the band teamed up with producer Thom Wilson (who had worked with the Adolescents, Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion, the Vandals and Youth Brigade) to record their first album, titled The Offspring.[17] The album was released in limited numbers by the label, only on the 12" vinyl and cassette formats, and was not released on CD until 1995. A six-week national tour followed, but Noodles was later stabbed during a performance at a Hollywood anti-nuclear benefit.[17]


In 1991, the Offspring teamed up with Wilson again to produce the Baghdad 7" EP and a third demo tape. This EP and demo were instrumental to the band's signing with Epitaph Records.[26] In 1992, Thom Wilson and the Offspring returned to the studio to record their second album Ignition, which was released in October of that year. The band went on U.S. tours with Pennywise and Lunachicks, and a European tour with NOFX.[21]



Mainstream success with Smash (1994–1996)


When the Offspring returned to the studio in late 1993 to record their third album,[27][28] the band's relations with producer Thom Wilson had begun to strain. The band released what would become their biggest selling album, titled Smash (1994). Fueled by the hit singles "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem", and "Gotta Get Away", the album set the all-time record for most units sold by an independent label band at 16 million records. Smash has continued to sell consistently well in the years since its release, and has also been certified 6x platinum in the United States. The album also sold very well outside the U.S., particularly in Australia, where it debuted No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, and remained in that position for three weeks in 1995.


After the release of Smash, and armed with a newly expanded income, the band decided to buy out the rights to their first album. Holland and Kriesel then created their own record label Nitro Records and started signing bands. One of their first releases was a re-release of the band's 1989 debut album The Offspring. The label also signed a number of punk bands including the Vandals, Guttermouth, Jughead's Revenge and AFI. Soon after, Nitro Records became solely Holland's responsibility.



Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana, and Conspiracy of One (1997–2002)




The Offspring performing in 2001


Despite the success of Smash, the Offspring left Epitaph and signed with Columbia Records. Epitaph retained its rights to release the next album in Europe, while Columbia had it for all other territories. The band's attorney, Peter Paterno, had issued a letter to Epitaph stating that the band had "substantial and fundamental reasons" for wanting to leave the label and that Epitaph had "breached its contract."[29] The band began writing and recording their fourth album, titled Ixnay on the Hombre, in 1996. The album was released on February 4, 1997, which was also Noodles' 34th birthday. This album was not as successful as Smash, although it did sell four million units and spawned five singles. The album saw the band move away from the political-punk themes common to many Epitaph bands, and more into mainstream rock with songs like: "Gone Away" and "I Choose". The video for the last track was directed by Holland himself. Dexter commented that Ixnay was probably not as well-received as Smash because it was such a departure, and that many fans probably were expecting Smash Part Two.[30]


In 1998 the Offspring released Americana. Three of the album's singles: "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" became the band's biggest hits, making the album the peak of the Offspring's mainstream popularity. The former song topped the charts in nine countries, including Australia, Japan, Norway and the United Kingdom. "She's Got Issues" was also released as a single, and was a minor hit.


In 1999, the band appeared as themselves in the film Idle Hands. They played a cover version of "I Wanna Be Sedated" (originally by the Ramones) and "Beheaded" at a school dance before Holland's character is killed. They also appeared at the infamous Woodstock 1999, where their performance was broadcast live on pay-per-view television.


2000 saw the band release their sixth album called Conspiracy of One. The band intended to release the entire album online through their official website, to show their support for downloading music on the internet.[31] However, under threat of legal action by Columbia through their parent company Sony, only the first single "Original Prankster" was released on their official website (the rest of the record was leaked to fan sites).[32] The band also sold T-shirts on their website with the Napster logo on it and donated money to Napster creator Shawn Fanning with the profits.


The band also released a single "Defy You" exclusively for the film Orange County.



Ron Welty's departure, Splinter and Greatest Hits (2003–2005)


Longtime drummer Ron Welty left the group in 2003 to play in Steady Ground,[33][34] a band in which he played drums and co-produced (they broke up in 2007). Neither Welty nor the remaining members have elaborated on the departure.


In 2003, the band released their seventh album Splinter. The Offspring recruited Josh Freese to record the drums for Splinter and later announced that Atom Willard would be the official replacement for Ron Welty. The album's original title was to be Chinese Democrazy (You Snooze, You Lose), from the name of the long-delayed album by Guns N' Roses. As a result, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose filed a cease and desist order against the Offspring, but eventually began to calm down when he realized this was announced on April the first. The first single "Hit That" enjoyed moderate success on MTV. "Hit That" used a variety of electronic samples, different from what the Offspring has done in the past.[35]


In 2005, the band released a Greatest Hits album in both DualDisc and regular CD editions. Greatest Hits contains 14 of the band's hits between Smash and Splinter, and two previously unreleased songs, "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You" (a cover of the Police available as a hidden track). The compilation does not include any songs from the band's first two albums. The DualDisc contains video of Dexter and Noodles discussing the band's history and a bonus acoustic version of the song "Dirty Magic." About a month later, the band released a video DVD with all of their music videos, and some videos from a live show.


During the summer of 2005, the band played the Vans Warped Tour for the first time, and followed that with a tour of Europe and Japan. After the "Greatest Hits" world tour the band took a break from writing, recording and touring. During the hiatus, Willard was recruited by Tom DeLonge for his band Angels & Airwaves and released an album, We Don't Need to Whisper, in 2006.



Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2006–2009)




Pete Parada and Noodles performing in 2009


In November 2006, it was reported that the Offspring were back in the studio recording their eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace with producer Bob Rock and "a fistful of demos". In July 2007, Dexter announced that the band had finished two more songs and the album was being recorded in Orange County, California.[36]


It was announced on July 27, 2007, that former Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada had been chosen to be the Offspring's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who went on to join Angels and Airwaves. The band's first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in August of the same year.[37] It was during these shows that the band debuted "Hammerhead" which would become the first single from the new album. Parada did not play on the new album however; Josh Freese once again handled drum duties, as he did with Splinter.[38]


The Offspring co-headlined the Australian Soundwave Festival during February and May 2008, alongside Incubus and Killswitch Engage.




The Offspring performing in 2009


On April 9, 2008, Dexter announced that the album would be called Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and would be released on June 17.[39] The album's first single, "Hammerhead", went to radio on May 6.[40] Additionally, the Offspring's official site provided an MP3 download of the song to the general public on May 5.[41] The second single from the album, "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid", had topped the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and had stayed there for 11 weeks, a record for the band. It was also the Offspring's only RIAA Gold song, proving it to be one of the most successful singles the band had released in their over-twenty-year career. Despite this, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace has never received any certification by the RIAA.


Also in April 2008, Epitaph Records announced that the label would be reissuing Ignition and Smash; both albums were remastered, and Smash contained a new 24-page booklet. The re-issues were released on the same day as Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, coinciding with the new album's release.[42]


The supporting tour for the album began on May 16 with a performance at the X-Fest festival in California. On May 28, it was announced on the band's website that Scott Shiflett (from Face to Face) would replace bassist Greg K. on current tour dates due to a birth in the family. Kriesel returned in mid-June.[43] In October, with the addition of touring guitarist Andrew Freeman, the band embarked on a 3-week Japanese tour followed by a tour of South America. On December 13, 2008, the Offspring headlined the nineteenth annual KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas. In an interview at the Almost Acoustic Christmas show, guitarist Noodles stated that the Offspring would be taking a break for a month or two and promised a US tour to kick off in 2009.[44] They toured North America on their "Shit is Fucked Up" tour from May through July with Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, Street Dogs, Pennywise, Shiny Toy Guns, Sum 41 and Frank Turner.[45]



Days Go By (2010–2013)


In May 2009, the band started doing preliminary work with Bob Rock in Hawaii for what would be the ninth Offspring album. They recorded sporadically through the next year. In June 2010 the Offspring headlined two dates in Western Canada.[46] The Offspring took a break from the studio in order to join 311 on their summer 2010 Unity Tour. The 19-date tour was held in amphitheaters around the U.S., also featuring Pepper as a special guest. Before the 311 and Pepper tour, the Offspring played four West Coast dates in June, which were supported by Terrible Things.[47][48] At the Las Vegas show on June 18, 2010, they debuted a new song, titled "You Will Find a Way",[49] which later became the song "Days Go By". After that the band started working on the new album. In January 2011, session drummer Josh Freese (who recorded drum tracks for the band's last two albums) mentioned on his website that he was in the studio working with the Offspring again.[50]Ronnie King had also confirmed that he would appear as the keyboardist on the album, after performing the same role on Splinter.[51] The band interrupted their work in 2011 in order to tour and took the main stage at the 2011 Reading and Leeds Festivals.[52]


After the tour, the band started recording in earnest and it was later announced that the album was in the mixing stage.[53] They headlined the PunkSpring Festival in Japan, on March 31, 2012 in Tokyo and on April 1, 2012 in Osaka, with Sum 41, New Found Glory and All Time Low.[54] At one of the shows, the Offspring performed a new song called "The Future Is Now". They were also confirmed to play at the Rock am Ring/im Park and Novarock festivals in the summer 2012.[55][56] Prior to that, the band would be playing at the 20th annual KROQ Weenie Roast, which was to take place at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California on May 5, 2012.[57]


In March 2012, the band announced on their Twitter page that the album was finished. On April 20, 2012, Kevin and Bean announced that the Offspring's new single "Days Go By" would be premiered on April 27.[58] Three days later, the band announced on their website that Days Go By would be the name of their ninth studio album, which was eventually released on June 26, 2012.[59] On April 30, 2012, the band released another song from Days Go By, "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)".


In early fall 2012, the Offspring toured with Neon Trees and Dead Sara. They were co-headliners of the Soundwave in Australia in 2013 alongside Metallica and Linkin Park. After this, they performed at the 20th annual WJRR Earthday Birthday on April 13, 2013, and at the Gulfport Music Festival a month later.[60] The Offspring spent much of the spring, summer and fall of 2013 playing shows in Europe, the United States and South America.[61] In November and December of that year, they will play Warped Tour for the first time in eight years, this time in Australia.[62]


On June 20, 2013, it was reported that the Offspring was working on a live album with engineer Ian Charbonneau. Instead of a standard release, the live album (which was recorded in Warsaw, Poland at the Orange Warsaw Festival held at Narodowy Stadium) will be available online.[63] As of September 2014, however, the live album has not been released.



Tenth studio album (2013–present)


The Offspring were expected to begin work on their tenth studio album after the Days Go By tour,[64] and had considered releasing it independently as they had fulfilled their contract with Columbia Records.[65] Guitarist Noodles stated that he hoped they would enter the studio in 2014 to begin recording their new album.[66] Vocalist Dexter Holland stated in a May 2013 interview that he had written a "punk" song about "the government keeping you down."[67] On July 16, 2013 Dexter posted 5 new photos of the recording process to the Offspring's Facebook page titled "In the Studio July 2013",[68] indicating that the band had started work on their new album, which was scheduled for a 2014 release.[69] Like Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and Days Go By, the new album will be produced by Bob Rock.[70]


On October 23, 2013, bassist Greg K. told May the Rock Be With You that the Offspring had been "working on a couple of singles", but was unsure what they were "going to do with them." Then he added, "As far as a full scale album there's nothing in the works, if we do something it wouldn't be until at least next year, but we're still moving forward and still going to keep trying to put out new stuff."[71]


The Offspring spent the summer of 2014 on tour commemorating the 20th anniversary of their third album Smash. They headlined the Summer Nationals 2014 tour from July to September, with support from their former labelmates Bad Religion and Pennywise as well as the Vandals, Stiff Little Fingers and Naked Raygun.[72][73] To coincide with the Summer Nationals tour, the Offspring released cover versions of Pennywise's "No Reason Why", and Bad Religion's "Do What You Want" and "No Control" on their YouTube account.[74] These cover versions were released on the EP Summer Nationals, which was released digitally in August 2014.[75][76]


On December 24, 2014, Radio Contraband announced on their Facebook page that they would premiere the Offspring's new single, "Coming for You", on January 30, 2015.[77][78] "Coming for You" was posted on the Offspring's YouTube account on January 30, 2015. It was unclear if "Coming for You" would be released as a one-off single or would appear on the band's upcoming tenth studio album, but a tweet from frontman Dexter Holland heavily implied the album was in an unfinished state.[79][80][81][82] However, according to guitarist Noodles, "Coming for You" is expected to appear on the album.[82] The Offspring toured in support of the "Coming for You" single and performed their 1998 album Americana in its entirety at the Amnesia Rockfest on June 19, 2015, in Montebello, Canada.


The Offspring reclaimed the rights to their Columbia Records albums in 2014. The band started auctioning off the rights to those albums in August 2015, as well as their songwriting credits, for around $30 million. Sony Music Entertainment (the owner of Columbia Records) and Round Hill Music were allegedly interested in bidding for the Offspring's music.[83] In January 2016, Round Hill acquired the band's Columbia Records catalogue, along with their career-long music publishing rights, for $35 million.[84][85] In December 2016, Round Hill signed a distribution deal with Universal Music Enterprises for the Offspring's Columbia catalog (including the Greatest Hits album).[86][87]


By September 2015, the band had finished 2-3 tracks.[88][89] A month later, Noodles posted a picture of himself, Holland, Parada and Bob Rock in the studio on his Instagram page, which indicated that they were recording their tenth studio album.[90][91] In a November 2015 interview Noodles said that he hoped the album would be released in 2016.[92][93] However, in an August 2016 interview with EMP LIVE TV, Noodles said they had five or six songs done and they would release one or two songs soon. In the same interview, Noodles hoped the album would be finished by the end of 2016.[94] In an October 2016 interview with Alaska Dispatch News, Noodles stated that the band was "planning on getting in the studio soon" to record the album, planned for release in 2017.[95] On January 3, 2017, Noodles posted a picture of the band (except Greg K) in studio on his Twitter page, "Here's a selfless selfie that I just took. Working!", implying that the band had finished or was still recording the album.[96]


On July 20, 2016, a new Offspring song "Sharknado" was premiered, and was recorded for the film Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.[97][98][99]


In a May 2017 interview, Holland stated, "I actually plan to spend a lot more time in the studio. We didn't put it on hold but we've been less active on the recording side for the last few years so I would like to put out another record. The band is number one for me and what I am most passionate about."[100]


Noodles was absent from the Offspring's summer 2017 tour with Sublime with Rome,[101] due to a "sudden family matter"; filling in for him on dates were Tom Thacker and Joanah Nimory.


In an interview during their appearance at Rock in Rio in September 2017, Noodles and Holland talked about the new Offspring album, with the former commenting, "We've got a few songs already done. We wanna do a couple more, and we definitely want to get something out soon. Our fans have waited long enough, I think, so we wanna get something in their hands that they can listen to and hold, and put in their ears." Holland added that the album will "for sure" be released in 2018.[102] In an October 2017 interview, however, Holland said, "I think I want to do like an EP. It's kind of what people are doing these days and it makes for less time in between stuff. It has been five years for us so we have a few songs together and I'm hoping to get something out by early next year."[103] In the same month, bassist Greg K. mentioned a possible 2018 release date for the new Offspring album, and revealed that one of the reasons for the album's slow progress is because they have been working on songs here and there. He also stated that the band is no hurry to finish the album.[104]


On December 13, 2017, The Offspring posted Twitter and Instagram photos of their December calendar, with the second and third week of the month labeled "studio", and wrote, "Who's ready for new music in 2018?".[105] In the same month, Noodles told Front Row Live, "We're working on it. We were in the studio all this week. We finished up for the holidays on Tuesday, Wednesday, and then we're gonna get back in the studio as soon as the new year [rolls around], in January."[106] On February 23, 2018, the band announced via Instagram that they had finished tracking down drums for the album.[107] On April 9, 2018, the same day they were announced as the co-headliner of a summer 2018 tour with 311,[108] The Offspring were asked on Twitter if their new album will be released soon, and replied, "We're hoping by summer."[109]


In April 2018 interview with WRIF's Meltdown, Noodles confirmed that ten songs were completed for the new Offspring album, and added, "a couple of more that just need lyrics. And then we may do one or two more, and it's gonna be a done deal." He also stated that the album is expected to be released in the fall.[110] In the same month, Noodles stated that The Offspring might debut one of the songs, tentatively titled "Ripping", from the new album on their summer tour.[111]


On June 9, 2018, the Offspring debuted one song that is expected to appear on the new album, "It Won't Get Better", while performing at the Greenfield Festival in Switzerland.[112]


On July 20, 2018, The Offspring and 311, who will touring together in 2018's Never Ending Summer tour, announced the Offspring will release a cover of 311's "Down" and 311 will release a "reggaefied" cover of the Offspring's "Self Esteem", which 311's lead singer Nick Hexum said is "probably my favorite song of theirs."[113]


On August 30, 2018, Noodles revealed to Music Feeds that The Offspring was working on two separate albums. He stated, "We have a whole record or more worth of stuff here — I think we're looking at making two records out of it — you know, like, splitting 'em up and coming out with a pretty straightforward punk and rock record that sounds like us, and then maybe saving some of the crazier stuff for another record."[14] A few days later, he told WHIO-AM that the album will be released around the beginning of 2019, and added, "We don't have a record deal right now and we're trying to work something out. We don't know what we're going to do with that."[15]



Style and influences


The Offspring has been labeled under multiple genres, such as punk rock,[114][115]pop punk,[116][117][118]skate punk,[119][120][121] and alternative rock.[122][123] A signature style of the Offspring are their chorused "whoas", "heys", or "yeahs". The band's former labelmates NOFX poked fun at them for this in their song "Whoa on the Whoas". Several tracks also incorporate elements of Eastern music, which can be heard on the likes of "Pay the Man" and the verse hook from "Come Out and Play". Their lyrics cover a wide range of topics, like personal relationships, such as in their songs "She's Got Issues", "Self Esteem" and "Spare Me the Details", and the degradation of the United States, politics, and society in general with songs like "It'll Be a Long Time", "Americana" and "Stuff Is Messed Up". The lyrics generally reflect a sarcastic viewpoint, which, along with the language, can be offensive to some. This is acknowledged in the opening track from their album Ixnay on the Hombre, "Disclaimer", which is sarcastic itself. Like "Disclaimer", the first track of most of the Offspring's albums are an introduction of some sort, "Time to Relax" (from Smash), "Welcome" (from Americana), "Intro" (from Conspiracy of One), and "Neocon" (from Splinter) are also examples of this. The Offspring's influences include The Dickies, the Sex Pistols, T.S.O.L., Agent Orange, the Adolescents, the Ramones, The Clash, the Dead Kennedys and Suicidal Tendencies.[124][125][126][127][128][129][130]



Impact and legacy


With the mainstream success of Smash, going six times multi-platinum and earning worldwide airplay, the Offspring's impact persists to this day. As one of the most popular punk bands of the 1990s, they are credited with reviving popular interest in punk rock and bringing the genre back into the mainstream,[131] and have influenced younger artists such as Simple Plan.[132] The Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ listed the Offspring at No. 21 in the "Top 106.7 biggest KROQ bands of all time" memorial,[133] with 30 appearances on the station's year-end countdowns as of 2008.[134]


The Offspring's music has appeared in movies, such as The Chase, Batman Forever, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Varsity Blues, Wanted, Idle Hands (which also features a cameo by the band, while Dexter Holland plays himself), Me, Myself & Irene, Loser, Tomcats, Bubble Boy, The Animal, American Pie 2, Orange County, The New Guy, Bowling for Columbine, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Click, How to Eat Fried Worms (for the trailer) and Sharknado: The 4th Awakens.[135] "Mota", "Amazed", "The Meaning of Life" (all from Ixnay on the Hombre) were featured in Warren Miller's 1997 documentary Snowriders II.[136]


"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" can be heard in the King of the Hill episode "Escape From Party Island". "Original Prankster" was featured in The Cleveland Show episode "American Prankster". "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" was featured in the 90210 episode We're Not in Kansas Anymore, while "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" appeared in the episode Zero Tolerance.


In video games, the Offspring's songs have appeared in Crazy Taxi, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and SingStar Rocks!. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" appears in Guitar Hero: Van Halen. "Hammerhead", "Gone Away", "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Self Esteem", "All I Want", "The Kids Aren't Alright", "A Lot Like Me" and "Days Go By" are downloadables for the Rock Band series. "Hammerhead" was also featured in the football video game Madden NFL 09. "Days Go By" was featured in NHL 13.


"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" received a parody treatment by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Pretty Fly for a Rabbi".



Band members


Main article: List of the Offspring band members

Current members



  • Dexter Holland – lead vocals, rhythm and lead guitars,[137]piano (1984–present)


  • Greg K. – bass, backing vocals (1984–present)


  • Noodles – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1985–present)


  • Pete Parada – drums, percussion (2007–present)



Tours




  • Early Shows, 1984–1988

  • Self Titled Tour, 1989–1990

  • Ignition Tour, 1992–1993

  • Smash Tour, 1994–1996

  • Ixnay on the Hombre Tour, 1997

  • Americana Tour, 1998–1999

  • Conspiracy of One Tour, 2000–2001

  • Post Conspiracy of One & Defy You Tour, 2002

  • Splinter Tour, 2003–2004

  • Warped Tour 2005

  • SummerSonic Tour, 2007

  • Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Tour, 2008

  • Shit Is Fucked Up Tour, 2009

  • Unity Tour with 311, 2010

  • European Tour, 2011

  • Days Go By Tour, 2012–2014

  • Warped Tour 2013


  • Smash: 20th Anniversary Tour, 2014

  • Coming for You Tour, 2015


  • World Tour, 2016


  • World Tour, 2017


  • World Tour, 2018

  • Unity Tour with 311 & Never-Ending Summer Tour, 2018




Discography


Main articles: The Offspring discography and List of songs recorded by the Offspring

Studio albums



  • The Offspring (1989)


  • Ignition (1992)


  • Smash (1994)


  • Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)


  • Americana (1998)


  • Conspiracy of One (2000)


  • Splinter (2003)


  • Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008)


  • Days Go By (2012)



Awards


  • List of awards and nominations received by the Offspring


References





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Further viewing



  • The Offspring: Complete Music Video Collection (2005)


External links








  • Official website


  • The Offspring at Curlie


  • The Offspring discography at MusicBrainz


  • The Offspring's 'Smash': The Little Punk LP That Defeated the Majors (Rolling Stone article)










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