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The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. [2] Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band 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.
The band changed its name to "the Offspring" in 1986. Lilja left the Offspring in 1987 to pursue a medical career in oncology and was replaced by Ron Welty, who was 16 years old at the time. [2] [3] The bands first touring member was Chris "X-13" Higgins, who at first provided backing vocals and later played percussion and rhythm guitar.
In 1991, the Offspring signed with Epitaph Records (home of Bad Religion, L7, NOFX, Pennywise and other similar bands). Their first release on the label was Ignition , which was released in 1992. Their last album for that label was 1994's Smash , which still holds the world record for most sales of an album on an independent label. [ 10 ]
"Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)" is a song by American punk rock band the Offspring. It is featured as the sixth track on the band's ninth studio album, Days Go By (2012), and was released as the first single outside the USA, Japan and Canada on April 30. [2]
Ixnay on the Hombre was released on February 4, 1997, and is the first Offspring album distributed via Columbia Records.Their former label Epitaph Records released it in Europe because of disagreements between the band and the label's founder Brett Gurewitz.
"Original Prankster" is a song by American rock band the Offspring. It is featured as the third track from their sixth studio album, Conspiracy of One, and was released as its first single on October 10, 2000. The song features additional vocals by Redman [1] and is included on the band's 2005 Greatest Hits album.
The Offspring spent much of 1999 on tour promoting the Americana album. They also appeared at the infamous Woodstock 1999 , where their performance was broadcast live on pay-per-view television. After some time off, the members reconvened in early 2000 to begin work on new material, nine songs of which were in the demo phase at the time.
She co-wrote the Offspring song "Session" and appeared in the music video for "I Choose". They divorced in 2012. [34] [35] He married Amber Sasse in 2013. [35] His daughter from a previous relationship, Alexa (born 1986), is also a musician and goes by the stage name Lex Land. [36] Holland also has two children from his current marriage. [37]