Want You Bad and Special Delivery were played in the game Crazy Taxi 3.
Come Out Swinging, One Fine Day, Walla Walla, No Brakes, and Americana were played in the game Crazy Taxi 2.
All I Want, Way Down the Line, The Meaning of Life and Change the World were played in the game Crazy Taxi.
Atom Willard played in Rocket from the Crypt for ten years and has more recently played with Moth, Alkaline Trio and Melissa Auf Der Maur. The Offspring held auditions for a new drummer, ultimately selecting Atom Willard. On March 18, 2003, Ron Welty left The Offspring to devote his energies to a new band " Steady Ground". The Offspring appeared as an unnamed punk band in the 1999 horror-comedy Idle Hands, where Dexter Holland was scalped by the titular possessed hand. However, the rumour turned to be false, according to source ( ). Two sources ( Pause & Play and Top Hits Online) have stated that the album was supposed to be released in November 2005. The band is also working on their eighth album of new material which is slated for release sometime in 2006. The first single from which is "Can't Repeat". The band has also recently released a greatest hits album, unsurprisingly entitled: Greatest Hits, which was released on June 21, 2005. The band's most recent studio album is Splinter, which draws inspiration from their older works. (The Offspring have recorded covers of "Smash It Up" by The Damned and "Total Immortal" by AFI, both released as singles.)Īlthough Smash was the album that first brought The Offspring major commercial success and recognition, it was the release of the single " Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" from the 1998 album Americana which established the band as a regular feature on MTV and in the pop charts. The label has released works by many punk groups, including AFI and The Damned. In 1995 the band formed their own record label, Nitro Records. Songs like "Jennifer Lost the War" and "Kill the President" on The Offspring, "L.A.P.D." on Ignition, "It'll Be a Long Time" and "Not the One" on Smash, and "Meaning of Life" and "Change the World" on Ixnay on the Hombre, communicated the band's general position on some issues, although the band has not been known to be outspoken or particularly politically active, they did release the track 'Baghdad' on the first Rock Against Bush compilation released by Fat Wreck Chords. On each album, The Offspring tend to have a few songs based on current social/political subject matter, a testament to their punk roots. The commercial success of this record was somewhat disappointing, only going on to sell four million copies. They released their follow up to Smash in 1997, entitled Ixnay on the Hombre. However, vocalist Dexter Holland, in a letter to the fans, stated that they left because Epitaph's owner was taking immoral actions and was concerned only about profit and that the contract they signed with Columbia was for less money. Many punk rock purists criticized this decision, feeling that The Offspring jumped from an independent to a major label, solely for financial gain. In 1996, The Offspring jumped ship from Epitaph Records and signed with Columbia Records. Along with Green Day's Dookie, it is considered to have catalysed the punk rock revival of the 90s. It was 1994's album, Smash, that brought Offspring into the mainstream it sold over eleven million copies worldwide. Although their first album, The Offspring, was very similar to late 1980s punk, the next album, Ignition, saw them move away from more traditional punk, heading into the punk of the mid- 1990s with songs like "Dirty Magic".