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The Offspring is tagged as: punk rock, punk, rock, alternative, alternative rock

Born in the mid 80’s through high school friends Bryan ‘Dexter’ Holland, and Greg Kriesel, alongside their friend and school custodian Kevin ‘Noodles’ Wasserman, the Offspring have been a dominant force in the punk rock world for over a decade. After their high school band ‘Manic Subcidal’ gained a drummer in Ron Welty, only 16 at the time, the band decided on a name change and began recording songs in 1987 under the name ‘the Offspring’. | |Earning a deal with small time punk label ‘Nemesis’ in 1989, the Offspring began recording in a professional studio. Their first LP was titled ‘Baghdad’, featuring the title song (later reworded to Tehran to fit in with the gulf war, and rerecorded for the self titled album) also featured a punk version of Jimi Hendrix’ ‘Hey Joe’ and ‘Get It Right’ - a song to later be re-recorded and released for 1992 album ‘Ignition’.
The band later released their first album on the label, and despite it’s low quality recording it proved a hit. The cutting edge lyrics and varied style began to shape a new style of music the Ramones had made pioneered years before. The album is now available under Dexter’s label Nitro Recor...
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Top 10 The Offspring Songs
The Kids Aren't Alright
Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
Self Esteem
Why Don't You Get A Job?
Hit That
Original Prankster
Want You Bad
You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
All I Want
Staring at the Sun
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Top 10 The Offspring Albums
Americana
Smash
Conspiracy of One
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
Splinter
Greatest Hits
Ixnay on the Hombre
Ignition
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You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
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