In August 1994, Jason Mclean was gearing up to celebrate his 21st birthday. As a punk rock diehard, he was ready to party in a fashion that suited him best: a backyard brouhaha. What he didn’t expect ...

Smash was a huge leap in songcraft from anything The Offspring had done before it, but you can hear flashes of its brilliance on The Offspring’s first two albums. Their 1989 self-titled debut album ...

Has it really been 20 years since The Offspring's 'Smash' hit stores? To mark today's 20th anniversary of The Offspring's 'Smash' album, the band has announced a variety of special 20th anniversary ...

"You gotta keep ‘em separated.” With five words, The Offspring created one of the most memorable moments of the 1990s. “Come Out and Play,” the lead single from the band’s 1994 album, Smash, helped ...

Though The Offspring famously sang, "You gotta keep 'em separated," Loudwire wants to unite you with the album that made that line famous. We're teaming with the band to provide you with the ...

In February 1994, Brett Gurewitz was driving to his home in Studio City, California in his 1984 Volvo station wagon, listening to the final mixes of Smash, The Offspring’s forthcoming third album.

In 1993, the Offspring went to Europe to open for NOFX, and what they discovered was a revelation. “We were sleeping on their bus. Those guys [in NOFX] would get hotel rooms – not great hotel rooms, ...

In 1994, two young, fast, loud and snotty bands took California punk to new melodic heights and unheard of levels of international exposure – and went multi-platinum in the process. In the year punk ...

Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on Orlando news, culture, and events. Get Orlando Weekly’s free daily newsletter. Sign up The Offspring dominated alt rock radio in the mid- to ...

As The Offspring played to a sea of fans who were screaming out the lyrics to the opening song, “Come Out and Play,” and its closer, “Self Esteem,” during the Lollapalooza music festivals in Argentina ...

The Offspring’s main men – the singer born Brian Holland but called Dexter and the guitarist whose mother named him Kevin Wasserman but who everyone knows as Noodles – tend not to say much of ...