The Offspring

The Offspring Greatest Hits

The Offspring is a punk band originally from Orange County, Southern California. The band has made history in the world of underground music when it launched Smash albums that sold 8 million copies thanks to its hits like "Come Out and Play," "Self Esteem," and "Gotta Get Away,".

The Offpsring members Dexter Bryan Keith Holland, Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman, Greg Kriesel or better known as Greg.K and Atom Willard. It was first formed in 1984 by Dexter Holland and Greg.K who was then 18 years after they were denied entry for Social Distortion concert. The band played punk music that was influenced by ska, grunge with Seattle sound and even metal. Originally, the band was named Manic Subsidal. A band with a garage band format is quite popular at the time. The 21-year-old Noodles later joined and initially only used by Dexter and Greg because they were both underage to buy cigarettes and beer. Shortly after, Marcus Parrish, one of Ron Welty's schoolmates-who later became the band's drummer-joined.

Still with the band name Manic Subsidal, the band released the EP in 1984 in a compilation titled Party Animal: We Got Power II with his song, "Hopeless", under the banner of Mystic Records. This is where for the first and last time the band recorded a song with the band name Manic Subsidal. In the middle of this EP work, Marcus Parrish resigned.

In 1987, the band Manic Subsidal was renamed The Offspring. With a new name, The Offspring released a single titled "I'll Be Waiting" with the label Black Lable. Black Lable is actually a joke (because it never was) made by The Offspring because they are so hard to find labels to produce their work. So they named their own label of the cheap beer brands they used to buy while continuing to look for big labels. The band's formation during the release of this single is Dexter Holland (vocals and rhytm), Noodles (lead guitar), Greg.K (bass) and James Lilja (drummer). James Lilja only survived in this band in a short time, his position was immediately replaced by Ron Welty who was then 16 years old and became the youngest member of the band.

1 - The Cheats - Hand Grenades

2 - Endless - Session

3 - Curtis Suburban - Come Out and Play

4 - Atlantis Black - Have You Ever

5 - The Teenage Prayers - Beheaded

6 - Block 16 - Genocide

7 - Pisser - Killboy Powerhead

8 - Kuma - Self Esteem

9 - Sixdeep - Feelings

10 - Pure 13 - Gotta Get Away

11 - Thirty Stones - Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

12 - Apocalypstik - The Kids Aren't Alright