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The Offspring
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A picture of the former line up in the band
Background Information
A.K.A. Manic Subsidal (1984–1986)
Origin Huntington Beach, California
Genre Punk rock, skate punk, pop punk, alternative rock, ska punk
Years active 1984–present
Label(s) Columbia, Black Label, Nemesis, Epitaph, Nitro
Website http://www.offspring.com/
Members
Dexter Holland
Noodles
Todd Morse
Jonah Nimoy
Brandon Pertzborn
Former Members
Greg K.
James Lilja
Ron Welty
Atom Willard
Pete Parada

The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Orange County, California. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, lead guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, bassist Todd Morse, multi instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy and drummer Brandon Pertzborn. Over the course of their 40-year career, the Offspring has released ten studio albums and have also experienced a number of lineup changes, most notably with their drummer. Their longest-serving drummer was Ron Welty, who replaced original drummer James Lilja in 1987 and stayed with the Offspring for 16 years. Welty was replaced by Adam "Atom" Willard in 2003, who was replaced four years later by Pete Parada, who remained as the drummer for the Offspring until he was fired from the band in 2021 after his doctor recommended against the COVID-19 vaccine. He was officially replaced two years later by Pertzborn. Gregory "Greg K." Kriesel (one of the Offspring's co-founders) was their bassist until 2018, when he was fired from the band due to business disputes, thus leaving Holland as the sole remaining original member. Kriesel was replaced by Todd Morse of H2O, who had been the Offspring's touring guitarist since 2009.

The Offspring is credited—alongside fellow California skate punk, ska punk, and pop punk bands Bad Religion, NOFX, Sublime, Green Day, and Rancid—for popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States in the 1990s. They have sold over 40 million records worldwide.

The Offspring's first three albums for the independent record labels Nemesis and Epitaph earned them a following. Their 1994 third studio album Smash became a breakout success and eventually sold over 16 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling records on an indie label. Smash is also notable for being the first album released on Epitaph to obtain gold and platinum status. The critical praise given to Smash garnered attention from labels, including Columbia Records, with whom The Offspring would sign in 1996. The Offspring continued to be popular with their next four albums—Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (1998), Conspiracy of One (2000) and Splinter (2003), reaching platinum, multi-platinum, platinum and gold status respectively. Splinter was followed five years later by Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008), which was also successful, due to the album's second single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" reaching number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart for 11 weeks and becoming their only gold single in America to date. Their Ninth studio album, Days Go By, was released on June 26, 2012. The Band would then go on a Nine Year Hiatus before releasing their tenth studio album Let The Bad Times Roll in 2021 with the band confirming that an Eleventh album is in the works.that

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