The Offspring has announced the name of their new drummer. He's Atom Willard, formerly of the punk act Rocket From The Crypt. Willard will appear with the band on their fall...
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Punk rockers the Offspring have officially changed the title of their upcoming new album to Splinter. The previous title, Chinese Democracy, had already been announced...
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There's been various rumors flying around about the title of the new Offspring album, but it appears the band is planning to use the name Chinese Democracy.
This is in...
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The Offspring, Rancid, Pennywise, Bad Religion, and NOFX are among the bands featured on Punk-O-Rama Volume 1, a DVD in stores February 25 from Epitaph Records.
The disc...
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Offspring guitarist Noodles has had a busy summer as a father, the buyer of a new home, and the founder of a new surf, skate, and music magazine.
"All my writing lately...
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The Offspring, TSOL, and the Line will play Anaheim's House Of Blues on Saturday (July 13), in a benefit for They Will Surf Again and Life Rolls On, to raise money for a...
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The Offspring and Social Distortion share the marquee at Tony Hawk's Boom Boom Huckjam, which debuts Saturday (April 27) at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The...
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The Offspring has been playing a few scattered shows recently. The band visited Russia and played the Recording Artists Coalition concert in Long Beach, California last...
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The Ramones tribute album, set for a spring release, is just about completed. The Offspring, Green Day, Rob Zombie, and Eddie Vedder are among the acts that have completed...
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The attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C. yesterday (September 11) come as no surprise to the Offspring's frontman, Dexter Holland. He's been thinking about...
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The Damned, one of punk rock's seminal bands, is getting a helping hand from modern-day punk Dexter Holland of the Offspring. Grave Disorder, the forthcoming album by the...
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Fourteen-year-old Ashley Hitchcock ended up besting the other three finalist to win the "One Million Dollar Giveaway" sponsored by the Offspring Tuesday (November 14) in...
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Days after MTV video censors allegedly put the kibosh on the first version of Stone Temple Pilots' "No Way Out" comes news that the Offspring's "Original Prankster" has...
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The Offspring just played a few U.K. shows before returning to America. The band will kick off a U.S. tour with MxPx and Cypress Hill on November 18 in Los Angeles -- four...
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The Offspring initially wanted to make their November 14 release Conspiracy Of One available as free downloads on its website, but the band's record company, Sony, nixed...
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9/22/00, 8 p.m. ET - The Offspring's plan to release its entire new album, A Conspiracy Of One, as free downloads on its own website (offspring.com) has been squelched by...
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Southern California punk band the Offspring has taken matters into its own hands by offering its entire next album, Conspiracy Of One, as free downloads. The group will...
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The Offspring and Napster have worked out their differences regarding the sale of T-shirts and other products featuring the Napster name.
In a joint statement released on...
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The Offspring have weighed in on the Napster controversy, joining Limp Bizkit in support of the company's digital music distribution software (LAUNCH, 4/25).
"We have been...
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The Offspring, Pennywise, X, and Social Distortion's Mike Ness are among the artists slated to perform at a concert in Irvine, California on May 6 to benefit the family of...
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(7/26/99, 1 p.m. PDT) -Mostly hard and heavy acts, including the Offspring, Korn, and Bush, rocked Woodstock '99 on Friday (July 23) night.
Although it did not make the...
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If you caught the horror flick spoof Idle Hands over the weekend, you may have been surprised to catch a glimpse of Offspring singer Dexter Holland (LAUNCH, 10/30/98).
The...
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Summer may be three months away, but the festivals are already beginning to take shape. As previously reported, this year's Vans Warped Tour will feature a lineup that...
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The Offspring's Americana is shaping up to be one of the biggest hits of 1999, having sold more than 2 million copies in the U.S. alone since its release in November, but...
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The title of Britney Spears's debut does indeed seem to be prophetic, as ...Baby One More Time lands in the top spot of the album chart for the third week, with sales...
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When the Offspring's major-label debut, 1997's Ixnay On The Hombre, sold a mere 1 million copies, some wrote the band off as a punk flash-in-the-pan. After all, the band's...
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Like Lollapalooza in 1998, Board AID, an annual Warp magazine-sponsored benefit concert, is taking some time off to regroup. Though there's talk of a version of Board AID...
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The Offspring was forced to cancel the last two shows of its U.S. tour--Dec. 13 and14 at Soma in San Diego, Calif.--because frontman Dexter Holland is sick and lost his...
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The Offspring is completely hands-on with its records, including Americana, which is due tomorrow (Nov. 17). The band--which kicked off its latest tour last night (Nov. 15)...
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Ex-Dead Kennedys frontman/ First Amendment crusader Jello Biafra and Offspring singer Dexter Holland have joined forces to form FSU, a charity organization modeled after...
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Veteran Southern California punk rock band the Offspring may be preparing a home video titled Americana for the small screen (myLAUNCH, 10/26), but the band also has plans...
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Everybody pretty much knows by now that the Offspring isn't a typical punk rock success story from Orange County. After all, lead singer Dexter Holland also runs a record...
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Many musicians, from members of the Offspring to Joey Ramone, are acting up in major and independent features this Winter and next year. Velvet Goldmine, director Todd...
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