One thing that I believe is relevant, and little known about the band, is that when they blew up in 1994, they were shy and refused to become 'poster boys' of punk, and turned down appearances on pretty much every talk show and programme in America. They kept very low profile and turned down Letterman, SNL, Conan, 60 minutes and everything else, unlike Green Day and Blink. The only exception they made was to appear on the front cover of Spin at 95. It wasn't until 2012 when they finally agreed and appeared on Leno and Kinmel. It's all well described in a book by Ian Winwood 'Smash'.
It hurts to see Ixnay on the Hombre not mentioned at all (goes right in between Smash and Americana). Arguably their best work. Anyway definitely some great points in the video. I think their lack of "respect" simply comes from people being salty about their success, particularly their very clear departure from the skate punk sound to mainstream rock/pop.
Maybe it was after your time but after The Offspring landed this silly hit in 1998 the genre polarized here in Germany. Basically they opened the door for such bands like Blink 182 or Sum 41 which nobody, at least in this country, would pay that much attention to if Americana weren't so huge. Every time I'm in the rock bar in Germany they always play Self Esteem, so basically I don't see how their back catalog is forgettable? I see your point the silly pop songs are less memorable, but to be honest, less memorable for good. Those were actually always the downs of their records. Never saw The Offspring as a goofy skate punk band though and more as an adult band with mature, intelligent lyrics from beginning on, and I think most people will stay with bands like that rather than with less memorable lyrics of for example Blink 182 (all 90ies, early 2000s records) era. But taste is differs from human being to human being. Just my two cents.
Self esteem was the first song I ever heard from them. Still laugh my ass off when I hear it. I was born in 53 and love them. My children still like them as well. They're also covering topics that some are too cowardly to cover.
here in Brazil they are bigger outside the punk rock community, more like a rock fan thing here, that's why they are on Rock in Rio this year (huge festival in Rio)
The Offspring also played the 924 Gilman street punk venue a lot and should’ve been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the same time as Green Day was in 2015. Gilman street is in Berkeley, California
I fell in love with the Offspring in high school around 1996, after smash before ixnay. The self titled on nitro records and the Ignition record are massively overlooked. Their best work was early to mid 90s, by the early 2000s they were fading. They came out of the underground punk rock scene in 1980s Southern California, so I never quite understood why the gatekeepers of the genre always gave them shit. They traveled the country in a shitty truck and played to empty halls. They are the real mccoy, their success was deserved and it came from years of pounding the pavement playing wherever they could.
Always have been and will be my favourite band. Ignition, smash, and Americana get blazed every day. Great band live. Also take away the pop songs they have released (clearly for revenue) they are lyrically very intelligent and on point, as well as having bad ass riffs and melodies. Gone away, self esteem, come out and play, Americana, kids aren't alright all still have relevant connections that to me will be eternal. Bit pissed I am still waiting for new music to drop from them.. just as well they have a great back catalogue already. But I agree, they are underrated and don't seem to get much respect. But in England, they were definitely a huge part of the 90s.
The Offspring was credited in the Bad Religion book called “Do What You Want” and the band discusses how The Offspring was a benchmark as to what a successful punk band could be to a mainstream commercial audience 😁
I think Ian Winwood's book also mentions that Larry Livermore (Lookout records) thought that The Offspring hitting it so big on Epitaph was the guide that Green Day could have used to remain on Lookout. (I don't know if Lookout could've supported Green Day) I do wander what the late 90s would have looked like if The Offspring were more closely associated with the Fat and Epitaph bands.
Offspring fans prefer the aggresive sounding sarcastic songs of the 90s, whereas Green Day and Blink exploited the younger emo genre which emerged in the early 00s. As a result, these bands also changed their image whereas The Offspring didn't and it didn't shift as many records as a result. By the time they started to adapt in the latter 00s, it sounded a bit too much like MCR in parts or Rise Against working their way to the early 2010s. If you hear someone being nostalgic about Green Day on a mainstream radio station, it's usually about American Idiot, not Dookie because it probably came out 6 years before the dj was born.
I like all of their albums, even the last one that was a great divergence from their other albums. I have gone to see them tour at least 15 times, in several different states and venues. Fan 4 life!
I absolutely love The Offspring but I think the reason a lot of people don't want to relate to them is because they aren't egotistical jerks (like Armstrong) or some clowns that stay famous because of offstage antics (Courtney 'Hole')
Met dexter and Greg in 1997 in NYC before the Roxy gig. Super cool guys very down to earth. My favorite band as well. They could not be touched from 1994-1999.
The Offspring is the best punk band of the 90s and I personally don't think it's even close. Ignition and Smash are both perfect albums, and Americana and Ixnay both still hold up.
I'd consider myself an Offspring superfan and I can't say I disagree with anything you said. I think the catchiness and dated references of their hit singles led people into thinking they were this sort of one- or two-hit wonder band, or some kind of guilty pleasure band. People don't really take them seriously, because Offspring themselves don't take themselves too seriously. Green Day tried to be "about something" with American Idiot, but Offspring never really tried to be about anything. And their cheesy breakout hits of the 90s and early 00s completely overshadowed the breadth of their deep cuts (songs like Pay The Man and Amazed, to name a couple). So people just kind of saw them as this passing fad that didn't really belong among a particular group or genre. Here's to hoping for some moderate success with Let The Bad Times Roll! Although the title track already has some dated references...
My all time fav band. Noodles got me into guitar playing, and i m waiting for the new video premiere right now. I went on to other bands too, but i put Offspring on once and a whiile. Five finger death punch did a cover of Gone away.
the reason why offspring isn't as celebrated nowadays is that a great majority of their material is SO unabashedly of the time it was made that it doesn't really resonate anymore i feel like. also they really tried to ride trends hard post-smash. it really dates every project because their sound has not been consistent between albums. they just did the style that was big during the time and then added a few straight up punk songs in between. i think this approach just alienated the audience overtime
but most bands that are still successful do exactly this, look at Blink 182. i agree Offspring also did this, but not to the extent that they became sellouts - which is a good thing - and i think that's the problem with them not being that relevant anymore.
If the Offspring don't have "nostalgic currency" as you put it so well, it's probably just because they don't have any songs that are tearjerkers. Green Day, Blink-182, and a zillion and one others that are well-known for tearjerker songs have the nostalgic currency. The Offspring are known for energy and intensity, not for having legions of young girls bawling their eyes out in their blacklight-lit rooms surrounded by Hello Kitty shit. You're ranking their image, not their music--their music is very good.
You might wanna check out the San Francisco 1994 live recorded show on TH-cam cause it’s wild with many highlights and I’ve seen it about 30 times since last February.
One additional thing I noticed, The Offspring never really hit it big with an actual straightforward pop punk song. Which hurts in solidifying an identity since that's what's they're supposed to do best. All Offspring's biggest hits were a step or two removed from the pop punk genre. Green Day hit it big with pop punk classics like "Basketcase" and others like it. Blink 182 had "What's My Age Again", "Damnit" and others. With Offspring, "Self-Esteem" was grunge, "Gone Away" was rock, "Pretty Fly" was pop/rock and after that, most of their singles just got further and further away from punk rock/pop punk. They largely had to abandon their normal playbook to write a hit, unlike Blink and Greenday. "Come Out & Play" and "The Kid's Aren't Alright" are the closest they came in their prime to a successful punk rock hit. But CO&P, while great, feels in part like a novelty song, and TKAA was still more of a minor hit, although it's aged fairly well. I recall reading that Dexter was disappointed that "Want You Bad" wasn't bigger than it was. I think that was Dexter's last ditch effort to write a hit pop punk song in the band's heyday.
I think this is a great analysis. The only thing I disagree with is the humor. As PC the world is today, do you really think “She’s got issues” wouldn’t fly?
As an offspring fan in 2021 ahahaha their hit songs are kinda dated but albums like Ixnay on the Hombre, Smash and Ignition are legit certified punk classics
@@devilsoffspring5519 My Generation had great taste in music, we listen to real bands who played real instruments and even wrote their own songs you silly Muggle.
@@michaelbanks2401 Yeah, and people who were older than you were always talking about what crap it all was and how 'kids today' listen to total shit, because music back in their day was *real.* That's what I meant.
Hey, man. Your video popped up while searching for Offspring's new song after Anthony Fantano shitted on it and I'm impressed. I came up in the 90s punk scene and think you have a pretty good perspective, my dude. I liked and subscribed. Keep it up.
iM A die hard fan in ny 40s. Dont listen to them because of their charisma or the way they look, I listen to them because they still make meaningful rock music that should be relevant to any smart individual that doesnt want to look like a cookie cutter punk rocker=most punk rock fans from the 90's (all trying to look the same as a hot topic character). Let The Bad Times Roll is a GREAT rock album by smart accomplished rockers... Be smart, don't be stupid, this world needs you to think just a little bit more... You can do it!
The Offspring only have two truly great albums, Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre. Their early stuff is pretty solid, but doesn’t stand out as exceptional. Their later post-Smash albums weren’t nearly as good, but all their albums have several really good songs on them, and each album seems to have one or two radio hits on it. Overall, they’re definitely a great band, it’s just that all their best songs are spread out over many albums, buried amongst a lot of relatively mediocre filler tracks (especially on their most recent albums). One day they’ll be able to release an absolutely killer anthology compilation album though.
There is a Guitar Center Session that features Offspring. They sound great. But read the comments…they are accused of using studio overdubs and versions of Autotune….by their own fans! No, it can’t be clean living and hard work, they must be cheating.
Saw them on the Smash tour when I was 12 and picked up Ignition at the show. Loved both albums and Ixnay but they lost me at Americana. They deserve respect for helping shape west coast punk which became pop punk and bringing punk mainstream through great songs. I think they don’t get respect as they became too successful then tried to chase hit songs with kind of corny formulas like copying other successful songs.
Seems like they just hit their peak really early in their music careers (during the SMASH days). When Ixnay on the Hombre came out, I noticed that they were beginning to write a few off-sounding songs that didn't quite make sense for the genre they were a part of. And the more albums they came out with after that, the more I kept seeing these silly songs. And the silly songs began to outweigh the serious songs. I think I counted 2 songs from Days Go By that were actually comparable to their punk-style speed rock. One positive thing I can say is that the sound quality of their recordings got better over the years. But what good is that when the song-writing gets worse and worse. I used to be a fan. In fact, they were in my top 5 favorite bands during their early years. Smash still shines. But they just went downhill over the years and stopped taking the music seriously.
In all fairness, some of their "silly" songs turned out excellent, or at least one of them. I'm talking about Spare Me The Details, from the album Splinter, which is just great!
You nailed it. My first "rock" album was Smash and I just loved Ixnay and Americana. But as soon as I saw the Original Prankster video on MTV, it sounded just as if they were trying to replicate Pretty Fly... totally comercial act and it sounded somewhat a 'fake' attitude. Blink 182 were like this goofy punk, but they sounded true, and in my opinion their hits aged better than those poppy tunes from The Offspring.
Yeah I’m definitely a super fan lol. Check out my Instagram @offspringpunk to see my Offspring collection. I also have a offspring fan page on Facebook. Just search “Offspring Fan Page”
i've been a fan since i was 15 in 2007 i have everything up to Greatest Hits on cassette and loved Rise and fall Days Go By was.....meh hopefully there new album is better
@@ThePunkAughts When I was a kid the first cd I got from the library was ixnay on the hombre (not sure if I typed the right) smash was an amazing album and the song the kids aren’t all right is a favorite
these guys used to be 1 of my favorite bands but it just went downhill after splinter ,overtime i wouldn't say they`ve been forgotten but rather just gotten worse & very generic & boring
@@ThePunkAughts the new song is generic forgettable,coming for you was decent but also nothing really new introduced,i will give the album a fair shot but i`m not holding my breath if coming for you & the new song is whats to be expected
@@dynamo4543 they released a cover ep which was cool and fast and a single which was also pretty fast for what they normally do. Dexter even shouted again.
"Evolving social norms." Or....... in reality, social engineering and cultural degeneration. Also 99% of the offsprings best songs were not played on the radio or in the mainstream.
The Offspring probably get no respect because the singles are Pop punk which they use to pay the bills,BUT they have slammin shit on their albums Hassan chop among others from the latest album are pure punk,but they hide it on their albums
One thing that I believe is relevant, and little known about the band, is that when they blew up in 1994, they were shy and refused to become 'poster boys' of punk, and turned down appearances on pretty much every talk show and programme in America. They kept very low profile and turned down Letterman, SNL, Conan, 60 minutes and everything else, unlike Green Day and Blink. The only exception they made was to appear on the front cover of Spin at 95. It wasn't until 2012 when they finally agreed and appeared on Leno and Kinmel.
It's all well described in a book by Ian Winwood 'Smash'.
Winwood's book is great, that was part of the inspiration behind making this vid. Thank you for watching!
Yes they were a lot smarter than everyone else was.
It hurts to see Ixnay on the Hombre not mentioned at all (goes right in between Smash and Americana). Arguably their best work. Anyway definitely some great points in the video. I think their lack of "respect" simply comes from people being salty about their success, particularly their very clear departure from the skate punk sound to mainstream rock/pop.
Heck gone away was covered by other band that i can remember its name
Yes! My first album ❤️
My favorite record of theirs, I really got into around 1996 after smash and before ixnay. Ignition is also a very good punk rock record.
Ixnay rules
They're in my top five favorite bands. I'm super pumped their new album comes out on my birthday!
Maybe it was after your time but after The Offspring landed this silly hit in 1998 the genre polarized here in Germany. Basically they opened the door for such bands like Blink 182 or Sum 41 which nobody, at least in this country, would pay that much attention to if Americana weren't so huge.
Every time I'm in the rock bar in Germany they always play Self Esteem, so basically I don't see how their back catalog is forgettable? I see your point the silly pop songs are less memorable, but to be honest, less memorable for good. Those were actually always the downs of their records. Never saw The Offspring as a goofy skate punk band though and more as an adult band with mature, intelligent lyrics from beginning on, and I think most people will stay with bands like that rather than with less memorable lyrics of for example Blink 182 (all 90ies, early 2000s records) era. But taste is differs from human being to human being. Just my two cents.
Self esteem was the first song I ever heard from them. Still laugh my ass off when I hear it. I was born in 53 and love them. My children still like them as well. They're also covering topics that some are too cowardly to cover.
here in Brazil they are bigger outside the punk rock community, more like a rock fan thing here, that's why they are on Rock in Rio this year (huge festival in Rio)
The Offspring also played the 924 Gilman street punk venue a lot and should’ve been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the same time as Green Day was in 2015.
Gilman street is in Berkeley, California
I fell in love with the Offspring in high school around 1996, after smash before ixnay. The self titled on nitro records and the Ignition record are massively overlooked. Their best work was early to mid 90s, by the early 2000s they were fading. They came out of the underground punk rock scene in 1980s Southern California, so I never quite understood why the gatekeepers of the genre always gave them shit. They traveled the country in a shitty truck and played to empty halls. They are the real mccoy, their success was deserved and it came from years of pounding the pavement playing wherever they could.
Really seems like their peak in performance and their peak in popularity happened at two different times.
Always have been and will be my favourite band. Ignition, smash, and Americana get blazed every day. Great band live. Also take away the pop songs they have released (clearly for revenue) they are lyrically very intelligent and on point, as well as having bad ass riffs and melodies. Gone away, self esteem, come out and play, Americana, kids aren't alright all still have relevant connections that to me will be eternal. Bit pissed I am still waiting for new music to drop from them.. just as well they have a great back catalogue already. But I agree, they are underrated and don't seem to get much respect. But in England, they were definitely a huge part of the 90s.
Yeah. I think it's weird that are considered both legends and a little forgotten. I love Gone Away and Kids aren't Alright. Thank you for watching!
I got more f yeah whoas then a Mexican on gringo bandito
The Offspring was credited in the Bad Religion book called “Do What You Want” and the band discusses how The Offspring was a benchmark as to what a successful punk band could be to a mainstream commercial audience 😁
I think Ian Winwood's book also mentions that Larry Livermore (Lookout records) thought that The Offspring hitting it so big on Epitaph was the guide that Green Day could have used to remain on Lookout. (I don't know if Lookout could've supported Green Day) I do wander what the late 90s would have looked like if The Offspring were more closely associated with the Fat and Epitaph bands.
Offspring fans prefer the aggresive sounding sarcastic songs of the 90s, whereas Green Day and Blink exploited the younger emo genre which emerged in the early 00s. As a result, these bands also changed their image whereas The Offspring didn't and it didn't shift as many records as a result. By the time they started to adapt in the latter 00s, it sounded a bit too much like MCR in parts or Rise Against working their way to the early 2010s. If you hear someone being nostalgic about Green Day on a mainstream radio station, it's usually about American Idiot, not Dookie because it probably came out 6 years before the dj was born.
I've always been a big Offspring fan since 2001, I still am.
I like all of their albums, even the last one that was a great divergence from their other albums. I have gone to see them tour at least 15 times, in several different states and venues. Fan 4 life!
They'll never come to my state :(
It's lonely at the top. I'm pretty sure the Offspring are still the most successful punk band of all.
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It’s weird to me that one of their biggest hits actually came in 2007, about 6 years after I outgrew them.
I absolutely love The Offspring but I think the reason a lot of people don't want to relate to them is because they aren't egotistical jerks (like Armstrong) or some clowns that stay famous because of offstage antics (Courtney 'Hole')
TLDR: After 1998 all their biggest hits were jokes and jokes don't hold up too well.
I listen to The Offspring daily, but mostly pre-Americana fast paced, angry stuff...
That stuff is pretty underrated.
@@ThePunkAughts very punk too unlike the 2000s
Super fan here! 👓🍜🎸🖤
Met dexter and Greg in 1997 in NYC before the Roxy gig. Super cool guys very down to earth. My favorite band as well. They could not be touched from 1994-1999.
The Offspring is the best punk band of the 90s and I personally don't think it's even close. Ignition and Smash are both perfect albums, and Americana and Ixnay both still hold up.
I'd consider myself an Offspring superfan and I can't say I disagree with anything you said. I think the catchiness and dated references of their hit singles led people into thinking they were this sort of one- or two-hit wonder band, or some kind of guilty pleasure band. People don't really take them seriously, because Offspring themselves don't take themselves too seriously. Green Day tried to be "about something" with American Idiot, but Offspring never really tried to be about anything. And their cheesy breakout hits of the 90s and early 00s completely overshadowed the breadth of their deep cuts (songs like Pay The Man and Amazed, to name a couple). So people just kind of saw them as this passing fad that didn't really belong among a particular group or genre. Here's to hoping for some moderate success with Let The Bad Times Roll! Although the title track already has some dated references...
My all time fav band.
Noodles got me into guitar playing, and i m waiting for the new video premiere right now.
I went on to other bands too, but i put Offspring on once and a whiile.
Five finger death punch did a cover of Gone away.
terrible cover.
Smash is one of my favorite albums still today
I’m definitely a super fan since 1996
Did you like "Let the bad times roll"?
the reason why offspring isn't as celebrated nowadays is that a great majority of their material is SO unabashedly of the time it was made that it doesn't really resonate anymore i feel like. also they really tried to ride trends hard post-smash. it really dates every project because their sound has not been consistent between albums. they just did the style that was big during the time and then added a few straight up punk songs in between. i think this approach just alienated the audience overtime
but most bands that are still successful do exactly this, look at Blink 182. i agree Offspring also did this, but not to the extent that they became sellouts - which is a good thing - and i think that's the problem with them not being that relevant anymore.
If the Offspring don't have "nostalgic currency" as you put it so well, it's probably just because they don't have any songs that are tearjerkers. Green Day, Blink-182, and a zillion and one others that are well-known for tearjerker songs have the nostalgic currency.
The Offspring are known for energy and intensity, not for having legions of young girls bawling their eyes out in their blacklight-lit rooms surrounded by Hello Kitty shit.
You're ranking their image, not their music--their music is very good.
❤️Nice to meet you, I am an Offspring super fan in May 2021!❤️
I've been wondering about this for over a decade
Super fan since Come Out and Play in 1994 when I was 24 🎶🎉
The Offspring has always been my favorite band, however you have a point there.
I love this band. I have seen them live a ton of times.
why did noodles cut his long hair in 94?
You might wanna check out the San Francisco 1994 live recorded show on TH-cam cause it’s wild with many highlights and I’ve seen it about 30 times since last February.
One additional thing I noticed, The Offspring never really hit it big with an actual straightforward pop punk song. Which hurts in solidifying an identity since that's what's they're supposed to do best.
All Offspring's biggest hits were a step or two removed from the pop punk genre. Green Day hit it big with pop punk classics like "Basketcase" and others like it. Blink 182 had "What's My Age Again", "Damnit" and others. With Offspring, "Self-Esteem" was grunge, "Gone Away" was rock, "Pretty Fly" was pop/rock and after that, most of their singles just got further and further away from punk rock/pop punk. They largely had to abandon their normal playbook to write a hit, unlike Blink and Greenday.
"Come Out & Play" and "The Kid's Aren't Alright" are the closest they came in their prime to a successful punk rock hit. But CO&P, while great, feels in part like a novelty song, and TKAA was still more of a minor hit, although it's aged fairly well.
I recall reading that Dexter was disappointed that "Want You Bad" wasn't bigger than it was. I think that was Dexter's last ditch effort to write a hit pop punk song in the band's heyday.
The Offspring is sick
some of the best songs you've ever heard were written by some of the members of the offspring. legit professionals.
My top three of the 90's/early 2000's: Offspring, Bad Religion, NoFx
If you haven’t heard their FIRST album “the offspring” from 1989, you’re missing the fuck out!!!!
Jennifer Lost The War... First track, first album. Some of Greg K's best bass playing.
They're my favorite band, but their new stuff is just..it's just not them.
I think this is a great analysis. The only thing I disagree with is the humor. As PC the world is today, do you really think “She’s got issues” wouldn’t fly?
Also, they were in the DIY scene for 10 years before they broke out, so they don’t get the respect for being authentic as they should.
And I love the “middle child” reference. It was great.
As an offspring fan in 2021 ahahaha their hit songs are kinda dated but albums like Ixnay on the Hombre, Smash and Ignition are legit certified punk classics
My favorite band
Very valid points.. I, myself am guilty of kinda forgetting about them a lot even.
And The Offspring are truly worried about what you think.
I will choose to spend a weekend with The Offspring, EASY!
Been following them since ixnai
Kids today have no taste in music
Neither did you at their age. Remember, YOU were once the "kids today."
@@devilsoffspring5519 My Generation had great taste in music, we listen to real bands who played real instruments and even wrote their own songs you silly Muggle.
@@michaelbanks2401 Yeah, and people who were older than you were always talking about what crap it all was and how 'kids today' listen to total shit, because music back in their day was *real.*
That's what I meant.
Hey, man. Your video popped up while searching for Offspring's new song after Anthony Fantano shitted on it and I'm impressed.
I came up in the 90s punk scene and think you have a pretty good perspective, my dude. I liked and subscribed. Keep it up.
Thank you so much! I look forward to diving in to so much more!
iM A die hard fan in ny 40s. Dont listen to them because of their charisma or the way they look, I listen to them because they still make meaningful rock music that should be relevant to any smart individual that doesnt want to look like a cookie cutter punk rocker=most punk rock fans from the 90's (all trying to look the same as a hot topic character). Let The Bad Times Roll is a GREAT rock album by smart accomplished rockers... Be smart, don't be stupid, this world needs you to think just a little bit more... You can do it!
ixnay?
The Offspring only have two truly great albums, Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre.
Their early stuff is pretty solid, but doesn’t stand out as exceptional. Their later post-Smash albums weren’t nearly as good, but all their albums have several really good songs on them, and each album seems to have one or two radio hits on it.
Overall, they’re definitely a great band, it’s just that all their best songs are spread out over many albums, buried amongst a lot of relatively mediocre filler tracks (especially on their most recent albums). One day they’ll be able to release an absolutely killer anthology compilation album though.
Yeah, sort of a strange career.
There is a Guitar Center Session that features Offspring. They sound great. But read the comments…they are accused of using studio overdubs and versions of Autotune….by their own fans! No, it can’t be clean living and hard work, they must be cheating.
I'm a die hard fan bro why don't you get a job.
Saw them on the Smash tour when I was 12 and picked up Ignition at the show. Loved both albums and Ixnay but they lost me at Americana. They deserve respect for helping shape west coast punk which became pop punk and bringing punk mainstream through great songs. I think they don’t get respect as they became too successful then tried to chase hit songs with kind of corny formulas like copying other successful songs.
Seems like they just hit their peak really early in their music careers (during the SMASH days). When Ixnay on the Hombre came out, I noticed that they were beginning to write a few off-sounding songs that didn't quite make sense for the genre they were a part of. And the more albums they came out with after that, the more I kept seeing these silly songs.
And the silly songs began to outweigh the serious songs. I think I counted 2 songs from Days Go By that were actually comparable to their punk-style speed rock.
One positive thing I can say is that the sound quality of their recordings got better over the years. But what good is that when the song-writing gets worse and worse.
I used to be a fan. In fact, they were in my top 5 favorite bands during their early years.
Smash still shines. But they just went downhill over the years and stopped taking the music seriously.
In all fairness, some of their "silly" songs turned out excellent, or at least one of them. I'm talking about Spare Me The Details, from the album Splinter, which is just great!
@@devilsoffspring5519 actually that one IS quite catchy!
You nailed it. My first "rock" album was Smash and I just loved Ixnay and Americana. But as soon as I saw the Original Prankster video on MTV, it sounded just as if they were trying to replicate Pretty Fly... totally comercial act and it sounded somewhat a 'fake' attitude. Blink 182 were like this goofy punk, but they sounded true, and in my opinion their hits aged better than those poppy tunes from The Offspring.
Fuck haters man, The Offspring are the best ever
superfan reporting
They do exist! LOL Thanks for watching! What do you think of the new stuff that they just released?
@@ThePunkAughts it’s sick
It's because Dexter makes Milo look like Darby
I don't think the offspring ever found a niche identity like blink, greenday, or even afi did.
Agree, outside of humor they are hard to define.
Uhh because they aren't pop punk
what are they, then?
@@charlesdansereau-menard3347 yo daddy
@@onwardyuh4008 my daddy died 12 years ago, nice try ;)
Спасибо, когда будет « No respect, No respect - NOW
Yeah I’m definitely a super fan lol. Check out my Instagram @offspringpunk to see my Offspring collection. I also have a offspring fan page on Facebook. Just search “Offspring Fan Page”
i've been a fan since i was 15 in 2007 i have everything up to Greatest Hits on cassette and loved Rise and fall Days Go By was.....meh hopefully there new album is better
I just think some of their biggest songs are really corny and don’t represent them well. They have a lot of good tunes.
don't see why americana was/is considered their best record
Agreed. Smash or Ignition.
Neither do I, and Americana is really good!
Agreed. First song on the album is in their top five for me, after that its good but not great.
If I made a top 10 songs by the offspring it would be amazing. Pretty fly would not be on that list
What era would you lean on most?
@@ThePunkAughts
When I was a kid the first cd I got from the library was ixnay on the hombre (not sure if I typed the right) smash was an amazing album and the song the kids aren’t all right is a favorite
They rip it up live though.
1989 ST best album followed by ignition after that, swan dive off a cliff.
smash?
Ixnay is god tier
these guys used to be 1 of my favorite bands but it just went downhill after splinter ,overtime i wouldn't say they`ve been forgotten but rather just gotten worse & very generic & boring
Yes, also true. What do you think of the stuff that was just released?
@@ThePunkAughts the new song is generic forgettable,coming for you was decent but also nothing really new introduced,i will give the album a fair shot but i`m not holding my breath if coming for you & the new song is whats to be expected
@@dynamo4543 they released a cover ep which was cool and fast and a single which was also pretty fast for what they normally do. Dexter even shouted again.
@@shagstars that was actually good
"Evolving social norms." Or....... in reality, social engineering and cultural degeneration. Also 99% of the offsprings best songs were not played on the radio or in the mainstream.
Dude... having 3K views in 6 month... and you are talking about respect? Lol
They were trash ever since bob rock started producing them. The sound quality took a massive dive and he just ruined all their songs.
The Offspring probably get no respect because the singles are Pop punk which they use to pay the bills,BUT they have slammin shit on their albums
Hassan chop among others from the latest album are pure punk,but they hide it on their albums