The 1st real punk album I ever owned was “Smash” by the Offspring in 1994 and so when I was 19 years old and all of a sudden Sum 41 was opening for The Offspring my mind then was kinda blown. Sum 41 and Offspring have been friends ever since 2000. I am happy to have my old friend Dexter Holland or should I say Dr. Dexter Holland on the show this week. We talk about his school history, we talk about the early 90’s punk explosion, we talk about a lot! Tune in to hear my conversation with the… Read more »
Part two of Darrin’s chat with Dexter Holland, singer/guitarist/songwriter for The Offspring, airs. They’re talking music, hot sauce (Gringo Bandito) science, flying and the band’s tour with Sum 41.
Plus, #WeedNews and #MusicNews.
Part one of Darrin’s chat with Dexter Holland, singer/guitarist/songwriter for The Offspring, airs. They’re talking music, hot sauce (Gringo Bandito) science, flying, and the band’s tour with Sum 41.
Plus, #WeedNews and #MusicNews.
The Offspring has released their single “Light It Up” from their forthcoming record SUPERCHARGED. Preceded by single “Make It All Right,” the LP is set to be released on October 11, and promises to have “pure energy from the start to the finish.” Lead vocalist Dexter Holland shares, “This song is a full-speed-ahead juggernaut. This character in the song is fed up, he’s had enough, and he’s gonna light it up. He’s ready for a fight. And I definitely sense a lot of that around me.” Holland continues, “Growing up, some of my favorite songs were by punk bands that… Read more »
Today, The legendary band, The Offspring announces a special limited-edition 15th-anniversary reissue package of their acclaimed record, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, out June 16 via Round Hill Records/UMe. Available for the first time on vinyl in many years, this special edition will feature a bonus 45 with two new live tracks recorded at Hellfest in 2022, re-imagined artwork on the cover, and art lithos for each song. The Offspring will also offer a digital version of the record that will be released along with new animated artwork for streaming services. The fans are truly getting the full hook up with this re-release! The Offspring cracked the… Read more »
Who’s on air this week? Scroll through idobi’s Guest ‘Gram to get the 411.
Who’s on air this week? Scroll through idobi’s Guest ‘Gram to get the 411.
Sometimes, Washington is as hot as Bangkok. OK, I stole that line, but it was baking hot at RFK Stadium Saturday for the HFStival, the annual, all-day, relentlessly eclectic rock extravaganza put on by local radio station WHFS-FM (99.1). An estimated crowd of 60,000 blazed under a pre-summer sun, moseying in and out of the stadium from parking-lot attractions that included a forest of beer trucks, giant inflatable corporate logos, two more bandstands – one for national acts, the other for local acts such as Washington Social Club and Jimmie’s Chicken Shack – and, for the truly adventurous, a Ferris… Read more »
Splinter, the eagerly-awaited new album from The Offspring, will be released by Columbia Records on Tuesday, December 9. The first single from Splinter, “Hit That,” is the #1 most added track at modern rock and rock formats this week. Splinter is The Offspring’s 7th album and is produced by Brendan O’Brien – who worked with The Offspring on Conspiracy Of One and has helmed projects by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Rage Against The Machine, Korn, and many others – and features legendary drummer Josh Freese (the Vandals, A Perfect Circle) on each of the album’s 12 tracks. “After seven albums, it… Read more »
Beck, Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder, and Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness have been added to an already impressive list of top-shelf acts that will perform in Los Angeles on February 26 to help raise funds for the Recording Artists Coalition (RAC). However, LAUNCH has learned that Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, Korn, and Rob Zombie are no longer participating in the potentially historic night of music. Beck, Vedder, and Ness will co-headline a show at the Wiltern Theater. Playing elsewhere on the same night, for the same cause, will be the Eagles, Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Nicks at the… Read more »