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Formed in Garden Grove, California USA, in 1984 this veteran Punk-Rock act primarily comprised singer + guitarist Bryan 'Dexter' Holland and bassist Greg Kriesel; the two started a band they named Manic Subsidal with drummer James Lilja and later were joined by lead guitarist Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman.

Just a year later, the quartet dubbed themselves The Offspring, playing as a supporting band on the Cali-Punk circuit and self-released their first single, "I'll Be Waiting".

In 1987 Lilja was fired and replaced by drummer Ron Welty. The new line-up set about recording their first album which was released on the indie label Nemesis Records in the spring of 1989.

Three years later the band delivered their last record, the "Baghdad" EP, on Nemesis; the foursome then began a collaboration with former Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, who was also the founder of Epitaph Records.
By October 1992 The Offspring released their second album, the first for Epitaph, "Ignition".

One and half years later its follow-up, "Smash", broke The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart peaking at #4 on the back of the #1 Modern Rock single "Come Out And Play", plus "Self Esteem" which debuted at #4 and #7 on The Modern and The Mainstream Rock Tracks charts, respectively; also "Gotta Get Away" made top 10 on The Modern Rock list and helped the band, sold 4 millions of records; after more than a decade after its release, "Smash", remains the highest-selling album of all time on an independent label. Along with their recordings The Offspring spent a lot of time on the road, touring with labelmates Pennywise, Rancid and Guttermouth.

1995 saw the single "Kick Him When He's Down", taken from 1992's "Ignition", climbs up to #22 on The Modern Rock chart and "Smash It Up", their contribution to the "Batman Forever" soundtrack, managed to crack the top 20 of the same chart.

In 1996 the band signed for Columbia and began recording their next album, "Ixnay On The Hombre"; the record was released in February 1997 and soon entered the top 10 of The Billboard Top 200, leading directly to their international success; it peaked at #3 in Canada, reached the #17 position in U.K. and generated two straight Mainstream Rock top 5 hits: "I Choose" and the #1 single "Gone Away" which also rose to the #4 slot on The Modern Rock Tracks; one further single, "All I Want" peaked at #13 on the same chart.

Premiered by the transatlantic hit single "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)", the band's fifth album, "Americana", was relesed in November 1998, it shot to #2 in U.S. climbed into the top 3 of the Pop Canadian Albums list and crashed into the top 10 in Britain; the first single topped the U.K. chart, peaked at #3 and #5 on Billboard's Modern and Active Rock charts, respectively, but surprisingly failed to clinch a high chart position on The Billboard Hot 100; the band debuted at U.K. #2 with the follow-up single, "Why Don't You Get A Job?", which hit #4 on The Modern Rock list and reached #10 on The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart; the album yielded two more Billboard's Modern and Active Rock top 20 hits: "The Kids Aren't Alright" and "She's Got Issues". "Americana" became the group's biggest worldwide success, with over 10 million copies sold.

The Offspring returned to the spotlight in late 2000 releasing "Conspiracy Of One", this album easily soared to the top 10 of the North-American charts spawning "Original Prankster" which barely missed the top spot of The Modern Rock Tracks and peaked at #7 on The Mainstream Rock chart; "Want You Bad" made top 10 on The Modern Rock list and the second 2001 single, "Million Miles Away", was a minor hit.

The quartet scored another Billboard's Rock top 10 hit, that year, with "Defy You", a single which they recorded for the soundtrack to the movie "Orange County".
After a 15 year term of service, drummer Ron Welty left the band for a new project in spring 2003, he was replaced by Atom Willard.
The revamped line-up released "Splinter", that fall; this album failed to match its predecessor's chart performance reaching the #30 position on The Billboard Top 200; it included "Hit That" which topped The Modern Rock Tracks and hit #6 on The Active Rock chart plus one further Modern Rock top 10 single, "(Can't Get My) Head Around You".

The Offspring released its "Greatest Hits" in June 2005, a retrospective compilation which offers the new song "Can't Repeat"; the track was heavily aired on Alternative and Active Rock stations as it climbs up to #9 and #10 respectively on the Billboard charts.

In mid 2007, the Orange County punksters announced on their official website that ex-Saves The Day, Pete Parada would be the band's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who departed to join Angels & Airwaves.
"Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace", the eighth studio album from The Offspring arrived in June 2008; the disc is the band's first full-length studio release in four and a half years, the longest gap between The Offspring's studio albums to date. It debuted at #10 on The Billboard 200 and at #4 in Canada and yielded three Hot Modern Rock top 10 smashes including the #1 single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid", "Hammerhead" and "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?".

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The Offspring

(1989)

1. Jennifer Lost The War
2. Elders
3. Out On Patrol
4. Crossroads
5. Demons
6. Beheaded
7. Tehran
8. A Thousand Days
9. Blackball
10. I'll Be Waiting

 

Ignition

(1992)

1. Session
2. We Are One
3. Kick Him When He's Down
4. Take It Like A Man
5. Get It Right
6. Dirty Magic
7. Hypodermic
8. Burn It Up
9. No Hero
10. L.A.P.D.
11. Nothing From Something
12. Forever And A Day

 

Smash

(1994)

1. Time To Relax
2. Nitro (Youth Energy)
3. Bad Habit
4. Gotta Get Away
5. Genocide
6. Something To Believe In
7. Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
8. Self Esteem
9. It'll Be A Long Time
10. Killboy Powerhead
11. What Happened To You?
12. So Alone
13. Not The One
14. Smash

 

Batman Forever
[soundtrack]

(1995)

INCLUDES:

- Smash It Up

 

Ixnay On The Hombre

(1997)

1. Disclaimer
2. The Meaning Of Life
3. Mota
4. Me And My Old Lady
5. Cool To Hate
6. Leave It Behind
7. Gone Away
8. I Choose
9. intermission
10. All I Want
11. Way Down The Line
12. Don't Pick It Up
13. Amazed
14. Change The World

 

Americana

(1998)

1. Welcome
2. Have You Ever
3. Staring At The Sun
4. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
5. The Kids Aren't Alright
6. Feelings
7. She's Got Issues
8. Walla Walla
9. The End Of The Line
10. No Breaks
11. Why Don't You Get A Job?
12. Americana
13. Pay The Man

 

Conspiracy Of One

(2000)

1. intro
2. Come Out Swinging
3. Original Prankster
4. Want You Bad
5. Million Miles Away
6. Dammit, I Changed Again
7. Living In Chaos
8. Special Delivery
9. One Fine Day
10. All Along
11. Denial, Revisited
12. Vultures
13. Conspiracy Of One

 

Orange County
[soundtrack]

(2001)

INCLUDES:

- Defy You

 

Splinter

(2003)

1. Neocon
2. The Noose
3. Long Way Home
4. Hit That
5. Race Against Myself
6. (Can't Get My) Head Around You
7. The Worst Hangover Ever
8. Never Gonna Find Me
9. Lightning Rod
10. Spare Me The Details
11. Da Hui
12. When You're In Prison

 

Greatest Hits

(2005)

1. Can't Repeat [NEW TRACK]
2. Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)
3. Self Esteem
4. Gotta Get Away
5. All I Want
6. Gone Away
7. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
8. Why Don't You Get A Job?
9. The Kids Aren't Alright
10. Original Prankster
11. Want You Bad
12. Defy You
13. Hit That
14. (Can't Get My) Head Around You

 

Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace

(2008)

1. Half-Truism
2. Trust In You
3. You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
4. Hammerhead
5. A Lot Like Me
6. Takes Me Nowhere
7. Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
8. Nothingtown
9. Stuff Is Messed Up
10. Fix You
11. Let'S Hear It For Rock Bottom
12. Rise And Fall

 

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