pop culture's slide into reality TV madness and unsafe I Want a Famous Face-style obsessions - they have the shouty sheen of a daytime talk show and revel in empty trends and opportunism.
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?" get points for anticipating U.S. The breakthrough Smash hits start it out: the surf guitar wrangle "Come Out and Play," the Nirvana-baiting of "Self Esteem," and "Gotta Get Away." "All I Want" from 1997's Ixnay on the Hombre is next, and then it's the sluggish, echoing arena punk of "Gone Away." ("And it FEELS! And it FEELS LIKE! Heaven's so far away!") With that comes the switch, when Offspring tailed away from punk relativism into hyper, referential snark. It also tacks on a new song called "Can't Repeat," which despite its name is a repeat of the 1998 single "Kids Aren't Alright." After the new opener the set moves chronologically, so its songs are like bullet points on a time line of radio and MTV in the 1990s. Greatest Hits gathers every one of the band's modern rock radio warhorses into one place. 29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks.Īpparently the Offspring could keep 'em separated no longer. "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at no. 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and no. "Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at no. 8 on the Billboard 200, with 70,000 copies sold in its first week of release, and has been certified Gold & Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Greatest Hits is a 2005 compilation album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, compiling hit singles from five of their seven studio albums along with the previously unreleased songs "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", the latter of which is a cover version of The Police song included as a hidden track at the end of the album. The Offspring is currently in production of their tenth studio album, due for release in 2018. Splinter was followed five years later by Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), and then four years later by Days Go By (2012). 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. The Offspring achieved its first commercial success with their third studio album Smash (1994), which has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, 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. They have sold over 40 million records worldwide, being considered one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time. The Offspring is often credited-alongside fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid-for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s. 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. Over the course of their 34-year career, the Offspring has released nine studio albums and experienced several lineup changes, including switching drummers.
Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, bassist Greg K., guitarist Noodles and drummer Pete Parada since 2007. The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Punk Pop Producer: Jerry Finn, Thom Wilson, Dave Jerden, Brendan O'Brien