MM Vol 1 - 045 - Offspring

MM Vol 1 #045

Offspring

"Amazed"

(1997)

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Genre:Alt Punk

I never knew if i was meant to treat Offspring's music other than just novelty. With catchy, funny songs like "Pretty Fly" & "Why Dont You Get A Job" they remind me of Bloodhound Gang and its pretty hard to take Offspring seriously. But then when you hear songs like "Amazed" & "Spare Me the Details" and you start thinking Blink 182, so you can forgive me if i get confused here. But whatever the case there is no denying they are extremely entertaining and i bet a buck that their concerts are a huge success. Now, if they would just visit New Zealand.....

THOUGH they've been accused of everything from lacking originality to neoconservatism to trucking in novelty songs, no one can deny that the Offspring strikes a deep chord within the mosh pits of America. Since releasing its 1994 breakthrough album, the presciently titled Smash, frontman Dexter Holland and his Southern California-based bandmates have refuted the naysayers and enjoyed multiplatinum sales, a rare occurrence these days for a band clinging to the last vestiges of the alternative movement. With the MTV-fueled "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" blasting ubiquitously from boom boxes throughout the land, the Offspring even began to garner critical respect. At the very least, "Pretty Fly"'s gleeful castigation of the 'N Sync-Backstreet Boys set reflects a philosophy that's easy to embrace.

Ixnay on the Hombre, met with a lukewarm response, generating only a fraction of the sales of Smash. Still, with nearly a million units moved to date, the album hasn't exactly languished in obscurity, and the song "Gone Away" was an alternative rock staple for a while. Regardless of the diminished attention, the band still did its part for a variety of environmental and social causes. In 1997, along with their friend Jello Biafra (ex-Dead Kennedys), Holland co-founded a benefit organization titled F.S.U., whose goal is "to promote economic justice, provide support to critical social services, help restore and maintain a healthy environment, and defend human rights." Several benefit concerts have been staged by the organization, with proceeds going to charities specified by the foundation's Board of Directors. [All Music Guide]

For Backstreet Boys see Number 119

For Blink 182 see Number 117

This song has a crowbarred rating of 73.9 out of 108 pts

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