“ The K ids Aren’t Alright ” is like me riding thr ough my old neighborhood thinking, “ O h, that’s the g u y who went to jail,” “that’s the guy who di ed” - that’s why I put it out. I loved that punk bands were talking about real issues – that spoke to me so much more meaningfully. When we started we were into the Dead Kennedys and Ramones and Social Distortion. What I always liked, growing up, about punk bands was that they weren’t afraid to take on heavy subjects. And by the way, I don’t consider this a political record. Not to convince anybody – at the end of the day, I say what I say because I feel something abo u t it. But n ot so much this time! I hate to be in context with the word “ responsible ” because it’s so not rock ‘n’ roll – ultimately, I write songs to make happy – but I feel like if we can offer something that has value in the world, I do want to say that. The band has always tackled serious subjects, but do you consider it important to engage with politics in your music?Įvery time there’s been a Republican in office, there’s been great punk music. Fingers crossed, we’re getting over the hump, but man, I think the bad time s are still rollin g. It’s interesting to see an album called Let the Bad Times Roll at a moment when we’re all kind of hoping that things are at least starting to get better - though it’s clear, at the same time, that the world is not suddenly in great shape.Īre we trying to say the bad times are still rolling, or is this some sort of referendum on what’s happened in the past few years? We’re still facing a lot of challenges, and I don’t see it going away any time soon. It’s telling of our time that even this is controversial. I was surprised by how divided the, though maybe I shouldn’t be. But I mean, I do have some background in molecular biology, so it seemed like a nice public service announcement to put out. I never want to feel like we’re telling people what to do, cause that feels preachy I want to throw my observations out there and let you act on it. I think that’s the closest we’ve ever come to a political statement.
#The offspring album covers update#
You recently posted a n update to “Come Out And Play” with the refrain “Gotta Go Get Vaccinated.” It works pretty well! It’s why, as Holland recently told Billboard in a wide-ranging interview, he and the band crea ted the closest thing they’ll ever do to a public service announcement … with a little help from an old hit of theirs. ” In fact, it may be the most classic Offspring album in years, arriving just in time for a pop-punk revival on the charts, and for an audience ready to rock out in public as soon as possible. Holland insists it’s not a political album, and it’s true that, like most Offspring records, Let the Bad Times Roll has a few unexpected twists, like a rock instrumental version of composer Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and a piano ballad cover of beloved Ixnay track “ Gone Away. 16), and already has two top tens on the latter chart, including the title track, a rallying cry reminder of Trump – era fearmongering that would be sh iv er-inducing if it weren’t, like so many of the band’s tune s, so darn catchy. With 17 top 10s on alternative radio and 15 on mainstream rock, the band isn’t slowing down yet: its first album on Concord Records, Let the Bad Times Roll, is out today (Apr. Much of that MTV generation may remember them best for the still-hilarious “Pretty Fly ( For a White Guy),” proof of the degree to which The Offspring helped usher punk into the mainstream. Led by iron-lunged vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Dexter Holland, The Offspring broke through on alternative radio and MTV with “Come Out and Play,” kicking off a mid-to-late nineties streak of success including albums Smash, Ixnay on the Hombre and Americana, which together account for a good chunk of the band’s 17.1 million career album sales, per MRC Data. Over the course of nearly three decades, the pop-punk pioneers and road warriors not only finished out a seven-album major label contract but kept making music far beyond it, retaining a radio presence along with their senses of sanity and humor. Since its debut on the Billboard charts in 1994, The Offspring has become one of th at decade ’ s most lasting rock acts.
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