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| The Offspring discography | |
|---|---|
 The Offspring performing in 2016 | |
| Studio albums | 11 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Soundtrack albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 38 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 27 |
| Demos | 5 |
| Other appearances | 1 |
| Non-album songs | 12 |
| Cover tracks | 29 |
The Offspring, a Southern California-based punk rock band, has released 11 studio albums, three extended plays (EP), six compilation albums, five demos, three video albums, and over 30 singles.
The Offspring were formed in 1984 under the name Manic Subsidal by singer/guitarist Dexter Holland and bassist Greg K., who later recruited Noodles as their guitarist. After Manic Subsidal changed its name to The Offspring in 1986,[1] drummer Ron Welty finally joined in 1987, then the band recorded a demo a year later. The Offspring signed a record deal with short-lived label Nemesis Records, and released its first album, The Offspring, in 1989 on vinyl only. That album would not be released on CD until 1995. Two years later, after the release of the Baghdad EP and another demo, the band signed to Epitaph Records (a label owned by Brett Gurewitz), who released the band's second album, Ignition, in 1992.
In April 1994, The Offspring released Smash. At the time, Ignition had sold only 15,000 copies. Smash was a critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful yet. Debuting at number four on the Billboard 200, Smash produced three hit singles: "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away". The album was certified 6 times platinum and sold over eleven million worldwide. With sales continuing 32 years after its release, Smash has become Epitaph's best-selling album of all time and the highest-selling independent album of all time. "Come Out and Play" was the band's breakthrough single, topping the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it became the band's biggest hit from the album in the US, while "Self Esteem" was the biggest hit from the album outside of the US.
After the release of Smash, The Offspring left Epitaph and signed a record deal with Columbia Records. The year 1997 saw the release of The Offspring's major-label debut, Ixnay on the Hombre. Although not as successful as Smash, Ixnay sold over three million copies. In the following year, the band released its next album, Americana, which debuted at number two of the U.S. charts, and produced three of the band's biggest hits: "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" making the album the peak of The Offspring's mainstream popularity.
In 2000, the band released its sixth album, Conspiracy of One. They intended to release the entire album online through the band's official website, to show support for downloading music on the Internet.[2] However, under threat of legal action by Columbia through its parent company, Sony, only the first single, "Original Prankster", was released on the website (the rest of the record was leaked to fan sites).[3]
While working on a followup to Conspiracy of One, longtime drummer Ron Welty left the band in early 2003 to concentrate on his new project Steady Ground. Soon after, the band released its next album, Splinter, which spawned the band's second number one on Alternative Songs. Uncomfortable with the idea of finding an immediate replacement for Welty, The Offspring opted to have session musician Josh Freese 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, a name used to mock the name of the long-delayed album by Guns N' Roses. As a result, Axl Rose filed a cease and desist order against The Offspring. However, the order was dropped when it was realized that the announcement of the album's name came on April 1 (April Fools' Day).
The year 2005 saw the release of the band's first compilation album, Greatest Hits. It contains 13 of the band's hits between Smash and Splinter and two previously unreleased songs: lead single "Can't Repeat" and a hidden track, "Next to You" (originally by the Police). The compilation does not contain any material from the first album or Ignition. In support of the Greatest Hits album, the band played the Vans Warped Tour for the first time, and a tour in Europe and Japan followed.
After the Greatest Hits tour, The Offspring took an extended hiatus and Willard left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his current project Angels & Airwaves. He was replaced by former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada. The band's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, was released on June 17, 2008, but Parada did not record it due to contract issues. The band tapped Freese again to record the drum tracks. Second single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" went Gold in the US and became their third number one on Billboard Alternative Songs. The next album, Days Go By, was released four years later; this time, the drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Parada, making this his first recording with the band. After touring and playing festivals in support of the album and twenty years of Smash, single "Coming for You" was released in 2015 and became the band's second Billboard Mainstream Rock number one. The single would later appear on the band's tenth studio album, Let the Bad Times Roll, which was released nine years after Days Go By. The drum tracks were once again handled by both Freese and Parada, while Holland took bass duties after Greg K. was fired from the group in 2018. Let the Bad Times Roll would be the last album with Parada, who parted ways with the band in August 2021 for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination, due to suffering from Guillain–Barré syndrome. Parada was replaced on tour by Freese and was officially replaced in 2023 by Brandon Pertzborn. The band's eleventh studio album, Supercharged was released on October 11, 2024. The drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Pertzborn, while Holland and new bassist Todd Morse took bass duties.
As of 2015, The Offspring has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.[4] According to Nielsen SoundScan, they have sold almost 17 million albums in the United States and 4.2 million tracks,[5] of which 15 million are certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| US [6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
CAN [9] |
GER [10] |
NLD [11] |
NZ [12] |
SWE [13] |
SWI [14] |
UK [15] | ||||
| The Offspring |
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| Ignition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| Smash |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 |
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| Ixnay on the Hombre |
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9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 9 |
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| Americana |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
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| Conspiracy of One |
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9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
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| Splinter |
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30 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 98 | 27 | 56 | 13 | 27 |
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| Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 73 | 9 | 52 | 5 | 39 |
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| Days Go By |
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12 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 17 | 57 | 8 | 43 |
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| Let the Bad Times Roll |
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27 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Supercharged |
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—[j] | 4 | 3 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 44 | ||
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [6] |
AUS [7] |
AUT [8] |
CAN [9] |
FIN [39] |
GER [10] |
JPN [40] |
NZL [12] |
SWI [14] |
UK [15] | |||||
| Greatest Hits | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| Happy Hour! |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | |||
| Puck Punks: The Offspring Powerplay Hits |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Supercharged: Worldwide in '25 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Anti-Valentine's Day with The Offspring |
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| Running & Cycling with The Offspring |
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| Just the Punk Stuff |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
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| Year | Demo details | Track listing |
|---|---|---|
| 1984/1985 | First Manic Subsidal Demo[44]
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Included "Hopeless" and snippets from Garage Days (Americana video) |
| 1986 | 5 Songs
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| 1986 | 6 Songs[45]
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A-side
B-side
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| 1988 | Tehran
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A-side[46]
B-side[46]
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| 1991 | (No Title)
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| 1993 | Smash Demo Tape[48]
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A-side
B-side
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| Year | Details | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Go Ahead Punk... Make My Day[49] |
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| Year | EP details |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Baghdad |
| 1997 | Club Me
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| 2014 | Summer Nationals
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| 2026 | Americana
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [51] |
US Alt. [52] |
US Main. [53] |
AUS [7] |
CAN [54] |
GER [10] |
NLD [11] |
NZL [12] |
SWE [13] |
UK [15] | ||||
| 1986 | "I'll Be Waiting" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Offspring | |
| 1994 | "Come Out and Play" | —[k] | 1 | 10 | 8 | 43 | — | 32 | — | 23 | 98 |
|
Smash |
| "Self Esteem" | —[l] | 4 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 37 |
| ||
| 1995 | "Gotta Get Away" | —[m] | 6 | 15 | 53 | 32 | 6 | 33 | — | 26 | 43 |
| |
| "Smash It Up" | —[n] | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Batman Forever Soundtrack | ||
| 1997 | "All I Want" | —[o] | 13 | 18 | 15 | — | 6 | 51 | 27 | 36 | 31 | Ixnay on the Hombre | |
| "Gone Away" | —[p] | 4 | 1 | 16 | 28 | — | 93 | 35 | — | 42 | |||
| "The Meaning of Life" | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "I Choose" | — | 24 | 5 | 79 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1998 | "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" | 53 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | Americana | |
| 1999 | "Why Don't You Get a Job?" | 74 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| "The Kids Aren't Alright" | —[q] | 6 | 11 | 69 | —[r] | 45 | 29 | 39 | 16 | 11 | |||
| "She's Got Issues" | — | 11 | 19 | — | — | — | 89 | — | 59 | 41 | |||
| 2000 | "Original Prankster" | 70 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 44 | 34 | 5 | 6 | Conspiracy of One | |
| "Want You Bad" | — | 10 | 23 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 46 | 15 | |||
| 2001 | "Million Miles Away" | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| |
| "Defy You" | 77 | 8 | 8 | 54 | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | Orange County Soundtrack | ||
| 2003 | "Hit That" | 64 | 1 | 6 | 13 | — | 31 | 60 | 24 | — | 11 | Splinter | |
| 2004 | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | —[s] | 6 | 16 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | ||
| "Spare Me the Details" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | — | — |
| ||
| 2005 | "Can't Repeat" | —[t] | 9 | 10 | — | — | — | —[u] | — | — | — | Greatest Hits | |
| "Next to You" | — | 37 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2008 | "Hammerhead" | —[v] | 2 | 8 | 91 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
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Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace |
| "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" | 63 | 1 | 10 | 54 | 25 | 67 | — | 28 | — | — | |||
| "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" | —[w] | 7 | 38 | — | —[x] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Half-Truism" | — | 21 | 30 | — | —[y] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "Days Go By" | —[z] | 7 | 2 | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | — | Days Go By | |
| "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)" | — | — | — | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Turning into You" | — | 39 | 24 | — | —[aa] | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2015 | "Coming for You" | — | 16 | 1 | — | —[ab] | — | — | — | — | — | Let the Bad Times Roll | |
| 2018 | "Down" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| 2020 | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021 | "Let the Bad Times Roll" | — | 10 | 1 | — | —[ac] | — | — | — | — | — | Let the Bad Times Roll | |
| "We Never Have Sex Anymore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Gone Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Behind Your Walls" | — | 19 | 17 | — | —[ad] | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Bells Will Be Ringing (Please Come Home for Christmas)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| 2024 | "Make It All Right" | — | 2 | 2 | — | —[ae] | —[af] | — | — | — | — | Supercharged | |
| "Light It Up" | — | — | — | — | — | —[ag] | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Come to Brazil" | — | — | — | — | — | —[ah] | — | — | — | — | |||
| "OK, But This Is the Last Time"[73] | — | 2 | 25 | — | —[ai] | —[aj] | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2025 | "Looking Out for #1" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2026 | "Let the Good Times Roll" (featuring Electric Callboy) | — | — | 21 | — | — | —[ak] | — | — | — | — | Tanzneid (Electric Callboy album) | |
| "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (8onthebeat Mix) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones Cover) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Smash It Up" (The Damned cover) | Batman Forever |
| 1997 | "D.U.I." | I Know What You Did Last Summer |
| 1998 | "The Kids Aren't Alright" | The Faculty |
| "The Meaning of Life" | Tekken: The Motion Picture | |
| 1999 | "Beheaded (1999)"[al] | Idle Hands |
| "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones cover) | ||
| 2000 | "Bloodstains" (Agent Orange cover) | Ready to Rumble |
| "Totalimmortal" (AFI cover) | Me, Myself & Irene | |
| 2002 | "Defy You" | Orange County |
| 2006 | "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" | Click |
| 2016 | "Sharknado" | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens |
| Year | Song | Released on |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | "Sorority Bitch" (as Manic Subsidal) | Unreleased |
| 1984 | "Hopeless" (as Manic Subsidal) | We Got Power II - Party Animal compilation |
| 1986 | "Tonight I Do" | The 6 Songs demo |
| "Call It Religion" | The 6 Songs demo and the Subject to Blackout compilation[77] | |
| "Halloween" | ||
| 1991 | "Baghdad" | The Baghdad EP |
| "The Blurb" | ||
| 1997 | "D.U.I." | The Club Me EP, the "Gone Away" single, the I Know What You Did Last Summer soundtrack, The Thought Remains the Same compilation, and the Happy Hour! compilation |
| 1999 | "Beheaded" (1999 version)[al] | The "Why Don't You Get a Job?" single and the Idle Hands soundtrack |
| "Hand Grenades" | The Short Music for Short People compilation | |
| 2001 | "Defy You" | The Orange County soundtrack and the Greatest Hits compilation |
| 2005 | "Mission from God" | The Punk-O-Rama 10 compilation |
| Year | Video album details | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Americana | |
| 2000 | Huck It
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| 2005 | Complete Music Video Collection
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| Year | Song | Director / designer |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | "Jennifer Lost the War"[96] | |
| 1994 | "Come Out and Play" | Darren Lavett[97] |
| "Self Esteem" | ||
| 1995 | "Gotta Get Away" | Samuel Bayer[98] |
| 1997 | "All I Want" | David Yow[99] |
| "The Meaning of Life" | Kevin Kerslake[100] | |
| "I Choose" | Dexter Holland[101] | |
| 1998 | "Gone Away" | Nigel Dick[102] |
| "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" | McG[103] | |
| 1999 | "Why Don't You Get a Job?" | |
| "The Kids Aren't Alright" | Yariv Gaber[104] | |
| "She's Got Issues" | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris[105] | |
| 2000 | "Original Prankster" (featuring Redman) | David Meyers[106] |
| 2001 | "Want You Bad" | Spencer Susser[107] |
| "Million Miles Away" | Jennifer Lebeau[108] | |
| "Defy You" | David Meyers[109] | |
| 2003 | "Da Hui" | Paul Cobb[110] |
| 2004 | "Hit That" | John Williams and David Lea[111][112] |
| "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | Joseph Kahn[113] | |
| 2005 | "Can't Repeat" | Ramon & Pedro[114] |
| 2008 | "Hammerhead" | Teqtonik |
| "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" | Chris Hopewell[115] | |
| 2009 | "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" | Lex Halaby[116] |
| "Stuff Is Messed Up" | F. Scott Schafer and Sean Evans[117] | |
| 2012 | "Days Go By" | Lex Halaby[118] |
| "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)" | Mickey Finnegan[119] | |
| 2014 | "Dividing By Zero / Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell" | Anthony F Schepperd[120] |
| 2015 | "Coming for You" | Josh Forbes[121] |
| 2020 | "Here Kitty Kitty" | The Offspring |
| "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | ||
| 2021 | "Let the Bad Times Roll" | Marc Klasfeld |
| "We Never Have Sex Anymore" | F. Scott Schafer[122] | |
| "This is Not Utopia" | Samuel Bayer[123] | |
| "The Opioid Diaries" | Daveed Benito[124] | |
| "Gone Away (Live 2021)" | The Offspring[125] | |
| 2022 | "Behind Your Walls" | Jeb Hardwick |
| "Bells Will Be Ringing (Please Come Home For Christmas)" | The Offspring | |
| 2024 | "Make It All Right" | Margaret Bialis |
| 2025 | "Ok, But This Is The Last Time" | Marc Klasfeld |
| "Come To Brazil" | CiRCUS HEaD | |
| "Truth In Fiction" | The Offspring | |
| 2026 | "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" (8onthebeat Mix) | Pedro Aranda Mejia and David Francisco Aranda Mejia |
| "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Ramones Cover) | The Offspring |
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The Offspring (initially formed under the name Manic Subsidal) is an American rock band formed in Garden Grove, California in 1984. The band currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland, lead guitarist Noodles, bassist Todd Morse, multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy, and drummer Brandon Pertzborn. They played a key role in reviving mainstream interest in punk rock during the 1990s, having sold more than 45 million records and becoming one of the genre's best-selling bands. The Offspring achieved a local following with their early releases, including their 1989 album The Offspring and the seven-inch EP Baghdad (1991). They signed with independent label Epitaph Records and released two albums: Ignition (1992) and Smash (1994). Smash, which contained the band's first major hit "Come Out and Play", is one of the best-selling albums released on an independent record label, selling over 11 million copies worldwide and helping to propel punk rock into the mainstream. The success of Smash attracted attention from major labels including Columbia Records, with whom the Offspring signed in 1996; their first album for the label, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), did not match its predecessor's success, but received favorable reviews and gold and platinum RIAA certifications. The band reached further success with its fifth album Americana (1998), from which three of the singles − "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" − became mainstream radio and MTV staples, while the album went on to sell over five million units in the US and achieved the Offspring's highest chart position on the Billboard 200, peaking at number two. Although the Offspring's first two albums of the 2000s, Conspiracy of One (2000) and Splinter (2003), were not as successful as those from the previous decade, both were critically acclaimed, with the former going platinum and the latter being certified gold. The Offspring's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), cemented their comeback on the strength of its second single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid", which topped the Billboard rock charts for eleven weeks and has since obtained platinum status. The band released no new studio albums between Days Go By (2012) and Let the Bad Times Roll (2021), but continued touring and released a series of one-off songs in the interim. Their latest studio album, Supercharged, was released in 2024. The Offspring's longest-serving drummer was Ron Welty, who replaced original drummer James Lilja in 1987. He was replaced by Adam "Atom" Willard in 2003, who himself was replaced four years later by Pete Parada. Parada parted ways with the band in 2021 after he refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and was officially replaced two years later by Pertzborn. Greg "K." Kriesel (one of the Offspring's co-founders) was the band's bassist until he was fired in 2018. Kriesel was replaced by Todd Morse, who had been the Offspring's touring guitarist since 2009. Morse's position as touring musician was filled by Nimoy, who later became an official member in 2023.
The Offspring, a Southern California-based punk rock band, has released 11 studio albums, three extended plays (EP), six compilation albums, five demos, three video albums, and over 30 singles. The Offspring were formed in 1984 under the name Manic Subsidal by singer/guitarist Dexter Holland and bassist Greg K., who later recruited Noodles as their guitarist. After Manic Subsidal changed its name to The Offspring in 1986, drummer Ron Welty finally joined in 1987, then the band recorded a demo a year later. The Offspring signed a record deal with short-lived label Nemesis Records, and released its first album, The Offspring, in 1989 on vinyl only. That album would not be released on CD until 1995. Two years later, after the release of the Baghdad EP and another demo, the band signed to Epitaph Records (a label owned by Brett Gurewitz), who released the band's second album, Ignition, in 1992. In April 1994, The Offspring released Smash. At the time, Ignition had sold only 15,000 copies. Smash was a critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful yet. Debuting at number four on the Billboard 200, Smash produced three hit singles: "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away". The album was certified 6 times platinum and sold over eleven million worldwide. With sales continuing 32 years after its release, Smash has become Epitaph's best-selling album of all time and the highest-selling independent album of all time. "Come Out and Play" was the band's breakthrough single, topping the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it became the band's biggest hit from the album in the US, while "Self Esteem" was the biggest hit from the album outside of the US. After the release of Smash, The Offspring left Epitaph and signed a record deal with Columbia Records. The year 1997 saw the release of The Offspring's major-label debut, Ixnay on the Hombre. Although not as successful as Smash, Ixnay sold over three million copies. In the following year, the band released its next album, Americana, which debuted at number two of the U.S. charts, and produced three of the band's biggest hits: "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" making the album the peak of The Offspring's mainstream popularity. In 2000, the band released its sixth album, Conspiracy of One. They intended to release the entire album online through the band's official website, to show support for downloading music on the Internet. However, under threat of legal action by Columbia through its parent company, Sony, only the first single, "Original Prankster", was released on the website (the rest of the record was leaked to fan sites). While working on a followup to Conspiracy of One, longtime drummer Ron Welty left the band in early 2003 to concentrate on his new project Steady Ground. Soon after, the band released its next album, Splinter, which spawned the band's second number one on Alternative Songs. Uncomfortable with the idea of finding an immediate replacement for Welty, The Offspring opted to have session musician Josh Freese 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, a name used to mock the name of the long-delayed album by Guns N' Roses. As a result, Axl Rose filed a cease and desist order against The Offspring. However, the order was dropped when it was realized that the announcement of the album's name came on April 1 (April Fools' Day). The year 2005 saw the release of the band's first compilation album, Greatest Hits. It contains 13 of the band's hits between Smash and Splinter and two previously unreleased songs: lead single "Can't Repeat" and a hidden track, "Next to You" (originally by the Police). The compilation does not contain any material from the first album or Ignition. In support of the Greatest Hits album, the band played the Vans Warped Tour for the first time, and a tour in Europe and Japan followed. After the Greatest Hits tour, The Offspring took an extended hiatus and Willard left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his current project Angels & Airwaves. He was replaced by former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada. The band's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, was released on June 17, 2008, but Parada did not record it due to contract issues. The band tapped Freese again to record the drum tracks. Second single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" went Gold in the US and became their third number one on Billboard Alternative Songs. The next album, Days Go By, was released four years later; this time, the drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Parada, making this his first recording with the band. After touring and playing festivals in support of the album and twenty years of Smash, single "Coming for You" was released in 2015 and became the band's second Billboard Mainstream Rock number one. The single would later appear on the band's tenth studio album, Let the Bad Times Roll, which was released nine years after Days Go By. The drum tracks were once again handled by both Freese and Parada, while Holland took bass duties after Greg K. was fired from the group in 2018. Let the Bad Times Roll would be the last album with Parada, who parted ways with the band in August 2021 for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination, due to suffering from Guillain–Barré syndrome. Parada was replaced on tour by Freese and was officially replaced in 2023 by Brandon Pertzborn. The band's eleventh studio album, Supercharged was released on October 11, 2024. The drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Pertzborn, while Holland and new bassist Todd Morse took bass duties. As of 2015, The Offspring has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. According to Nielsen SoundScan, they have sold almost 17 million albums in the United States and 4.2 million tracks, of which 15 million are certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
The Offspring is the debut studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released in October 1989, by Nemesis Records. After being out of print for years, the album was re-released by Nitro and Epitaph Records in 1995 with a different album cover. Both the re-releases on the two respective labels are nearly identical. The Offspring has rarely played any songs from this album live since the early-to-mid-1990s when they were touring for either Ignition or Smash.
Ignition is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released in September 1992, by Epitaph Records. Issued during the alternative rock and grunge era, the album brought the band small success in Southern California as they started to gather a following. This success would continue to grow with their next album, Smash (1994). Ignition was certified gold on January 22, 1996, nearly two years after the release of Smash, and has sold over one million copies worldwide. For the album's 20th anniversary in 2012, The Offspring played Ignition in its entirety for some selected concerts. They also performed the album in 2017 at a benefit concert for 924 Gilman Street. The band re-recorded Ignition's sixth track "Dirty Magic" for their ninth studio album Days Go By, released twenty years later.
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