If nothing else, the Offspring’s platinum-selling 1994 album “Smash” made one Chicago musician extremely happy. His name is Rick Sims, and he used to lead a band called the Didjits. When the Offspring ...

In August 1994, Jason Mclean was gearing up to celebrate his 21st birthday. As a punk rock diehard, he was ready to party in a fashion that suited him best: a backyard brouhaha. What he didn’t expect ...

As The Offspring played to a sea of fans who were screaming out the lyrics to the opening song, “Come Out and Play,” and its closer, “Self Esteem,” during the Lollapalooza music festivals in Argentina ...

The Offspring triggered a bout of nostalgia for '90s pop-punk fans when they appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, June 17, to perform their 1994 radio hit Come Out And Play. "On the radio, with ...

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It'd be nearly impossible for The Offspring guitarist Kevin Wasserman to forget his first trip to Alaska. The trip coincided with the biggest achievement in the band's career, as well as one of the ...

The Offspring is even more venerable than most fairweather fans realize. In 1994, when Dexter Holland, Greg K. and Noodles experienced their first mainstream success thanks to “Self-Esteem” and “Come ...

Noodles turned 52 years old this year. Guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman, that is. He is the oldest member of the venerable punk band The Offspring. But the others aren’t far behind. Drummer Pete ...

This post is in partnership with Consequence of Sound, an online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Back before Bad Religion spearheaded a ...