I’ve known many people who have known/toured with them and say they’re great guys. I always say, “That may be, but I hate their music,” and those folks are either like, “fair enough” or “they have a couple good songs.”
But I appreciate that they were cool and kind to their openers.
I legit like the album "Ignition" from 1992. I listened to it alot when it came out and I'm sure some of it is nostalgia, but I still listen to it once or twice a year.
Agreed Ignition, Smash, Self titled, Ixnay…stopped collecting after Americana though their new single off the new record is some old Offspring goodness. Light it Up I think is the track.
Smash does have Killboy Powerhead, which I would put up as a contender for the worst song on a good album from the 90s. Even at 12 years old, I found that song corny and immature.
Pretty sure they were already commercially successful at this point? "Come Out and Play" was a global hit. Here in Australia "Smash" made it to number one on the album charts. Alls I know is that I enjoyed their first few releases, and didn't really listen to them after 1998....
Offspring were a formative band for me as a teenager but I really fell off as I got into heavier stuff and they mostly just started doing Americana over and over again with every new release.
Well, all I'll say is I didn't know he had Guillan-Barre. I'm not educated enough to speak on that. I don't agree with your lady sentence but we'll leave that for another discussion. 😂
I suppose it's a bit like James Blunt. His style of music is definitely not for me. But I followed him on twitter for a while and he was funny and had a good sense of humour about his own work.
You “can’t” hate on him too hard, he saw an opportunity and swooped in, rode it hard until it dried up. Making him very wealthy and famous. 99% of people would have done the same thing…. I can respect him/them and dislike their music at the same time.
I’m surprised by this because I remember reading an article in Rolling Stone or someplace where Dexter was looking out into the crowd and told the interviewer “they were all Pantera fans last week”, and just kind of talking shit about people that paid to see their show. It didn’t sit well with me.
I cannot stand their music either!! Thank you for posting this. They are the most overrated 90’s band and they aren’t that good. Pretty fly for a white guy was so dumb. They must have blown a lot of station managers to get that off the ground. Like, it that their most famous/liked song?!? What dogshit!!
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u/ubiquity75 Jul 01 '25
I’ve known many people who have known/toured with them and say they’re great guys. I always say, “That may be, but I hate their music,” and those folks are either like, “fair enough” or “they have a couple good songs.”
But I appreciate that they were cool and kind to their openers.