How The Offspring "Sold Out"

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1994 was the year where punk truly went pop. Especially in the US. For the most part punk was an underground concern, there was no chance that you could become rich, famous or even financially secure playing punk rock. But then, post-Nirvana, louder more alternative sounds made it to the radio and MTV. And alongside Green Day, The Offspring brought day-glo anarchy to the masses, selling several million copies of their third album, Smash. Their tales of road rage, lopsided relationship dynamics and gang violence pinned to start-stop buzzsaw guitars smashed all previous expectations of what was chartworthy. Then four years later, they did it again with “Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)”, a satirical look of a hapless poseur. Smart and dumb in equal measure, this is how The Offspring popped punk. #poppunk #theoffspring #musicdocumentary Fact-checking by Chad Van Wagner. 00:00 Introduction 00:53 The Early Days of The Offspring 07:53 The Creation of Smash 15:04 The Breakthrough of Smash 20:48 Ixnay On The Hombre & Americana 28:25 Lasting Impact & Legacy Soundtrack Luar - Citrine (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats) Jesse Gallagher - The Golden Present Luar - Anchor (https://soundcloud.com/luarbeats) You can also follow me here: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/trashtheory.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TrashTheoryYT Or support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TrashTheory Sources Smash! Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX and The ‘90s Punk Explosion by Ian Winwood, 2018, Da Capo Press “Aggro Avengers” Jonathan Gold, Spin, Oct 1994 “The Year Punk Broke” Jonathan Gold, Spin, Nov 1994 “Staring at The Brood Boys” Mark Sutherland, NME, Dec 1994 “Offspring: Go Ahead, Skate Punk…” Neil Perry, Vox, Dec 1994 “Revenge of The Nerds” Chuck Eddy, Spin, Mar 1995 “Smashing Punk Kings” Jennifer Nine, Melody Maker, Apr 1995 “The Offspring: Spawn To Be Wild” Steven Wells, NME, Feb 1997 “The Offspring: The Yob Rules” Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, Aug 1997 “Walking In The Sun” Paul Travers, Kerrang!, Nov 1998 “You Gotta Keep ‘Em Alienated” Rob Brunner, Spin, Dec 1998 “The Offspring: Feature” Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, Jan 1999 “London Calling” Ben Myers, Melody Maker, Jan 1999 “How to Survive in Suburbia” Richard Cromelin, LA Times, Jan 1999 “California Über Alles: US '90s Punk part 1” Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, Jan 1999 “California Über Alles: US '90s Punk part 2” Ian Fortnam, Kerrang!, Feb 1999 “White Punks On Dope” Chris Norris, Spin, Mar 1999 “The Offspring: Come Out & Spray” Ben Myers, Kerrang!, Jul 1999 “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” Iain Moffat, Rock Sound, Dec 2000 “Let’s Go to Work…” Joshua Sindell, Kerrang!, Jan 2001 “In Gob We Trust!" Michael Odell, Q Magazine, Jan 2001 “The violence. The drugs. The death. From Black Flag and Social Distortion to Bad Religion and The Offspring, this is the story of 20 years of LA punk.” Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, Jan 2002 “Days Of Our Lives” Rae Alexander, Kerrang!, Jul 2005 “The Offspring’s ‘Smash’: The Little Punk LP That Defeated the Majors” Richard Bienstock, Rolling Stone, Apr 2014 “The Offspring's Smash — Dexter Holland opens up about the life-changing record” Dan Condon, Double J, Nov 2018 “Noodles: "I Didn't Even Quit My Job As A Janitor"” Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, Mar 2019 “Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – The Offspring” Gary Ryan, NME, Feb 2021 “How The Offspring’s Smash changed American punk forever” Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, Apr 2021 “The story of The Offspring in 10 songs” Ian Winwood, Kerrang!, Apr 2021 “Platinum pop-punks the Offspring: "We're outcasts among outcasts"” Stevie Chick, The Guardian, Apr 2021 “How the Offspring’s Lead Singer Went from Punk to Ph.D.” Alex Scordelis, VICE, May 2022 “The story behind The Offspring's Smash: How a school janitor, a college nerd, a $5000 video and 11 million album sales turned the music industry upside down” Ian Winwood, Louder, Apr 2023 “The Offspring reflects on 30 years of ‘Smash’ with plenty of self-esteem” Daniel Kohn, LA Times, Apr 2024