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Birth Date/Group Start: 1983
OFFSPRING
BIOGRAPHY
The Offspring's beginnings can be traced to 1983, when Bryan (AKA Dexter) Holland and his high school track mate Greg Kriesel decided to form a band after attending (and being turned away from) a Social Distortion show. Holland, who had developed an inordinate fondness for hardcore punk bands during his senior year (he was also class valedictorian, so go figure) laid claim to guitar duties, while Kriesel settled upon bass. Though neither had played an instrument before, the two proved fast learners, and with the addition of second guitarist Kevin Wasserman (AKA "Noodles"), and drummer Ron Welty (each of whom replaced other players), the quartet set about honing its chops.
Under the direction of producer Thom Wilson, who had manned the boards for some of the Offspring's favorite bands, the group released another 7-inch titled "Baghdad, which was then quickly followed by a full-length, self-titled debut. Though the album went nowhere, the band carried on with heroic persistence. Eventually, the group's contributions to a couple of underground punk compilations (as well as a handful of new demos) attracted the attention of Epitaph Records owner (and ex-Bad Religion guitarist) Brett Gurewitz. As Gurewitz later told Rolling Stone magazine: "[The demos] definitely had what people call the Epitaph sound — high energy, rebellious punk with great melodies and cool economical song structures." Released in 1992, the album based on those demos (titled Ignition) became an indie hit, and sold more than 380,000 copies.
Impressive as those sales were, however, they were nothing compared to the monumental success that was to greet the Offspring just two years later. Released in the heat of the so-called "punk revivalist" movement, the band's 1994 album, Smash, became just that. On the strength of the MTV favorites "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem, Smash's sales eventually topped 5 million, making the album the most commercially successful independent effort of all time. While some critics bemoaned the band's tendency toward novelty clichés and its blatant seduction of the skate-punk crowd, no one could question the group's savvy when it came to appealing to the spiked-head kids.
Released in February of 1997, the Offspring's major label debut, Ixnay on the Hombre, met with a lukewarm response, generating only a fraction of the sales of Smash. Still, with nearly a million units moved to date, the album hasn't exactly languished in obscurity, and the song "Gone Away" was an alternative rock staple for a while. Americana appears on track to eclipse Smash as a multiplatinum sensation. The album, aided by a colorful, humorous video for "Pretty Fly" (directed by McG) and the catchy single "Why Don't You Get a Job?, has been a mainstay in the Top 10 of the charts — peaking at No. 2 — almost since its release. The success of the album has led the quartet play to packed houses on an extensive tour of North America.
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