| The Offspring return to Australia this February and March to headline the Soundwave Festival.Congratulations to Mary and David Lawrence of Bryant Pond, Maine.Thier winning entry was selected by the band and is now decorating the Offspring.Perth, AustraliaSee all dates...For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation).The Offspring in concert in 2001.The Offspring (sometimes referred to as simply "Offspring") are a popular American band from Garden Grove, California formed in 1984."Come Out and Play," "Self Esteem," and "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)".In addition to Smash, their next three albums, Ixnay on the Hombre, Americana, and Conspiracy of One, have each received platinum certification.The Offspring declined in popularity soon after the departure of drummer Ron Welty in 2003.Their next album, Splinter, was released that same year, but did not achieve the success of their previous albums, probably due to the fact that the album lacked a third U.The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, with reviving popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s.The band was started in 1984 by guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland and bassist Greg K.The band used Thompson's friend, Jim Benton, as their drummer.This led to Holland taking over on vocals, and James Lilja joining as the drummer.The band changed their name to "The Offspring" in 1985.Then in March 1989, the band teamed up with producer Thom Wilson (of Dead Kennedys, Social Distortion and The Vandals fame) to record their first album, simply titled The Offspring.The album was released in limited numbers by the label, only in a 12" vinyl format, and a proper CD release did not surface until 1995.In 1991, The Offspring teamed up with Wilson again to produce the Baghdad 7" EP.Wilson had been trying to get The Offspring to switch to Epitaph, a label run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz.Gurewitz felt that The Offspring was just not quite pronounced enough for his label, but Baghdad convinced him to give the band a shot.In 1992, Wilson and The Offspring returned to the studio to record their second album Ignition, which was released in October of that year.The album exceeded all of the label's and band's expectations.When The Offspring returned to the studio to work on their third album in 1993, the band's relations with producer Thom Wilson had begun to strain.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 Greg K then created their own record label, Nitro Records, and started signing bands.The label also signed a number of punk bands including AFI, The Vandals, and Guttermouth.Soon after Nitro Records became solely Dexter's responsibility.After two years of touring for "Smash", the band left Epitaph and signed with Columbia Records.The Offspring began writing and recording their fourth album, titled Ixnay on the Hombre, in 1996.Epitaph bands, and more into mainstream rock with songs like: "All I Want," "Gone Away," and, "I Choose."The video for "I Choose" was directed by Holland himself.In 1998, The Offspring released Americana.The Offspring's mainstream popularity.They also appeared at the infamous Woodstock 1999, where their performance was broadcast live on pay per view television.Napster logo on it and donated money to Napster creator Shawn Fanning with the profits.The band also released a new single "Defy You" exclusively for the film Orange County.Neither Welty or 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.As a result, Axl Rose filed a cease and desist order against The Offspring, and to avoid delaying the release, the band chose to simply rename the album."Hit That" used a variety of electronic samples, different from what The Offspring have done in the past.In 2005, the band released a Greatest Hits album with a DualDisc.The compilation does not contain any material from the first album and Ignition.About a month later, the band released a video DVD with all of their music videos, and some videos from a live show.Airwaves and released an album, We Don't Need to Whisper, in 2006.It was announced on July 27, 2007 that former Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada has been chosen to be The Offspring's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard.The band's first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in August of the same year.During their performance in Japan, they also debuted a new song called "Hammerhead".On September 3rd, 2007, The Offspring posted a studio cam on their fan board.On October 18th, The Offspring announced on their website that they will headline Australia's Soundwave Festival.In November 2007, the Offspring began posting short 'in the studio' videos on YouTube.The videos feature short segments of the band recording new material for the upcoming album.Music style and influences
While The Offspring are primarily considered an alternative rock, skate punk or (simply a) punk rock group, their music contains strong elements of grunge, metal and occasionally ska."Hit That", "She's Got Issues") to the degradation of United States ("LAPD", "Americana").The band cites their musical influences as, The Adolescents, Channel 3, Dead Kennedys, Descendents, The Dickies, Nirvana, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, TSOL, and The Vandals.The Offspring
Debut album; was not released on CD until 1995.Ignition
First release on Epitaph.Ixnay on the Hombre
In Europe, this album was released on Epitaph and in the U.Conspiracy of One
Last album recorded with the "classic" line up; also released as an Enhanced CD.Splinter
Though never actually a member of the band, studio drummer Josh Freese handles the drum tracks for this album, as no permanent replacement for Ron Welty had been found.Josh Freese has recorded the drum tracks for this album.Offspring on Yahoo Music.The Subgenres of Punk Rock, by Ryan Cooper of About.Rotation The Offspring, by Chris Smith of the Houston Press, posted November 30, 2000.Skate Punk on YottaMusic.The Offspring at Rockonthenet.For album and single sales information, see the Offspring discography page.Cambridge: Da Capo, 2003.Biography of The Offspring, from Lycos.Interview with Ron Welty, from Tama Drums and Hardware, obtained January 27, 2007.The Offspring at NIPP, obtained November 10, 2007.Official site
The Offspring at MySpace
The Offspring discography at MusicBrainz
The Offspring at Last.August 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.The cover printed on the 1989 original version, which has been banned in many places.For other uses, see Offspring (disambiguation).The Offspring is the debut album by The Offspring.CD until November 21, 1995 on Nitro Records and also on Epitaph Records, with a new album cover but otherwise identical.Only 1000 copies of this vinyl were made and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all.Ironically this vinyl is now the most expensive piece of The Offspring's work as it is also the rarest.The original version of the album has been banned in many places due to its front cover (pictured below).The artwork features an image of a man's body exploding as a creature, similar to the Xenomorph from the "Alien" films, holding a Fender Stratocaster guitar emerges from his chest.Drums
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