remember when the offspring used to rule

[no country for old wainds]

 

[The Ozzman]

Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre rule

 

[Einherjar86]

They were my favorite band in middle school. I still love to crank some of their tunes once in a while.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre rule

moreso than the more recent stuff yeah, first two are way better though

 

[Einherjar86]

The self-titled was great. It had Beheaded. How can you not like it? And Ignition has some insanely catchy songs on it (Kick Him When He's Down, Dirty Magic, and Nothing From Something).

I really dug Ixnay on the Hombre though too. That was an awesome album.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i like some stuff off ixnay and smash, but whilst they're miles ahead of, say, green day and all that shit, those two cater more for teenagers & feel a bit watered down comparatively. ignition did the whole grungy cynicism thing with more nuance and consistency. i like the first album the most though 'cause of its darker metal tinge

i still like the odd tune off later stuff as well, pay the man owns for example

 

[DarkBliss]

Well, I only listened to Americana at a friend's a couple of times. Don't remember much about it.

 

[no country for old wainds]

lol. get a job is like the most annoying song ever

 

[challenge_everything]

The self-titled album is the bomb. Ignition was OK, Smash was better, and they got progressively worse after that.

Incidentally, has any band ever sold out more than the Offspring? Went from actually intelligent political punk to complete vomit. It makes it hard to listen to their older stuff on its merits and not think "You're full of shit" when they sing "I'm not a trendy asshole, do what I want, do what I feel like". Yeah right.

 

[no country for old wainds]

well... i see smash as the initial sellout album, and i actually prefer a lot of the light-hearted later stuff to all the pretentious *deep* teen shit on ixnay, and nauseating stuff like the line you just pasted

the only songs on smash that hold a candle to anything on ignition are come out and play and killboy powerhead (which was a cover anyway) for me, ignition's so much more subtle and mature in everything from mood to lyrics to general songwriting

edit: actually just to clarify, i HATE get a job, HATE want you bad (first time i heard that i felt betrayed 'cause it's a fucking blink 182 song, haha), HATE original prankster and dislike pretty fly. some of the other stuff on later albums is actually pretty decent though.

edit 2: oh yeah, hit that. that song doesn't exist.

 

[challenge_everything]

Smash had plenty of good tracks - 'Not the One' is probably my favourite of all their songs, 'Something to Believe In', 'Genocide' etc etc

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah, and gotta get away and it'll be a long time and hell, even bad habit, those are all ok, just not as good as anything on ignition . well, 'cept maybe hypodermic, never liked that very much

 

[Einherjar86]

First song my band ever covered was Gotta Get Away. But none of us could sing, so all we did was play the intro and verse chords over and over again. It got pretty boring.

 

[challenge_everything]

 

[derek]

Fantastic band in their earlier days. Captured that sun kissed California in punk rock so well. The good stuff reminds be of sunny days spent listening to music and drinking beers.

 

[Unfaithfully Metalhead]

Smash is my favorite of their albums but i like most if not all their albums...

 

[The Ozzman]

So I found Smash for 2 bucks today and bought it. I haven't heard the album in over 5 years and still remember most of it. Fucking great album.

 

[Einherjar86]

Has anyone heard the new album?

 

[The Ozzman]

Probably not as it most likely sucks