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The Offspring is a punk rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. The bands current lineup consists of lead vocalist Dexter Holland, guitarist Noodles, drummer Pete Parada and bassist Todd Morse. Over the course of their 36year career, they have released nine studio albums.The Offspring is often creditedmdashalongside fellow California punk bands Green Day, Rancid, Bad Religion, NOFX, Pennywise and Jawbreakermdashfor reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s. They have sold over 40 million records worldwide, making them one of the bestselling punk rock bands in history. The Offspring achieved its first commercial success with their third studio album, Smash 1994, which has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, setting a record for most albums sold on an independent record label, and was the first album released on Epitaph to obtain gold and platinum status. After switching record labels from Epitaph to Columbia in 1996, the Offspring continued their commercial success with its next six studio albums Ixnay on the Hombre 1997, Americana 1998, Conspiracy of One 2000, Splinter 2003, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace 2008 and Days Go By 2012 the first four were certified platinum, multiplatinum, platinum and gold status by the RIAA respectively.The legendary SoCal punk group The Offspring are back with their 10th album and first new offering since 2008. After releasing two standalone tracks in 2020 the overthetop cover of Joe Exotics ofTiger King infamy Hey Kitty Kitty and a rendition of Darlene Loves classic Christmas Baby Please Come Home the band is ready to plant their punk rock flag in the sand once again with their blistering new albumLet the Bad Times Roll.With the help of producer Bob Rock, Dexter Holland describes the album as the most cathartic thing weve done. The messages might be dark, but at the end whats left is that communication is important, working through feelings is important and most of all, hope is important.Then let the bad times roll for now, in the hopes that good times lie ahead. The Offspring CD is available for home delivery from Vinyl Records London, only £11