The group released their second album, Ignition, on Epitaph in 1992 but it was 1994's Smash and its accompanying singles "Come Out and Play (Keep Em Separated)" and "Self Esteem" that pushed the band toward blockbuster national success. Dexter Holland and Noodles had been kicking around the Orange County scene since the mid-'80s, adopting the name the Offspring as the band's lineup firmed up toward the end of the decade.
The Offspring's Let The Bad Times Roll is out now.The Offspring is perhaps the quintessential SoCal punk band of the 1990s - survivors of the 1980s hardcore scene who revamped themselves for the heavier alt-rock era. "We do take some time to stop and smell the gold records." We don't just walk down the aisle and look at the gold records." "But as Noodles said, that's not what we rest upon. "It's been amazing that we've been able to go this long and this is what we love to do and definitely realise that we're very fortunate to still be able to do it, for sure," says Holland. "We're more of a forward-looking band, I think," says Noodles. Still punk-rocking in their 50s, how do they feel looking back at the CV? "Everybody experiencing loss with that message and that hitting home of the loss has been especially poignant in the last couple of years."Īs well as the serious songs, fans going to the live shows will also get the hits. "It's been brutal, says Holland, of the past 18 months. During the pandemic, it's a song that has taken on new meaning. They have also been performing a reworked softer version of Gone Away, from their fourth album Ixnay On The Hombre. Subscribe to the Backstage podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker people were kind of innocently thinking they were getting pain medication that they legitimately needed and didn't realise how addictive it was." "We thought this song was important to write because addiction in general is something that needs to be addressed this was almost sort of an unwitting addiction. "I think a lot of times think of our more fun, light-hearted songs, but there's always the serious side of us on albums too," says Holland. The Opioid Diaries, from Let The Bad Times Roll, looks at America's drug addiction problems, with a powerful video spelling out the statistics in black and white. And so I think those that can should do that for those people as well."Īs well as supporting health workers and helping spread the message on vaccines, The Offspring also address other issues through their music. There are some people that are legitimately unable to get vaccinated, we understand that. "We understand how vaccines work and we trust them," he tells Sky News. In October, Noodles tested positive for COVID-19, and told fans on Twitter that being vaccinated "certainly made it easier" and "might've just saved my life". Image: Drummer Pete Parada (left) has not been touring with the band this year. And so we needed to have a completely vaccinated crew and band." We looked into it, you know, we tried to work all of these different scenarios and we kept hitting roadblocks.
"He was either unable or unwilling to get vaccinated and we couldn't take an unvaccinated person on tour with us. "He wasn't really dropped from the band, even to this point," says Holland.
Headlines said he had been dropped from the band. A few months later, drummer Pete Parada said it had been decided he was "unsafe to be around" as he was unable to have the COVID-19 vaccine due to underlying health issues, and that he would not be joining the band on tour. So it was important to us."Įarlier this year, the pair reworked the band's 1994 hit Come Out And Play, changing the lyrics from "you gotta keep 'em separated" to "you've gotta go get vaccinated". "This is such an unusual time and all of those people in those services have really stepped up to help humanity. "We felt like it was so important to acknowledge," says Holland. We thought they were owed a little bit back. "The NHS and frontline workers are doing a phenomenal job, They're really kind of putting themselves on the line to keep us all safe. "We come to the UK pretty much every year, it feels like a second home to us in a lot of ways," says Noodles. r1qpp7DIPj- The Offspring September 22, 2021
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