The Offspring's second album for Epitaph did the impossible: it landed in the Top Five, unheard of for independent records. The Offspring crossed over due to the raucous, Eastern-tinged single "Come Out and Play," which stopped and started just like Nirvana, only without the Seattle trio's recklessness. The record stayed in the charts because the Offspring sounded relentlessly heavy, no matter how much the band claimed to be punk. Their tempos are slower than traditional hardcore, and their attack is as heavy as Metallica. But they acted like they were punk, with odes to no "Self Esteem" and singing about fighting in school. Nothing on the album matches the incessant catchiness of the singles, but Smash is a solid record, filled with enough heavy riffs to keep most teenagers happy.
Brilliant into with fast drums, leading into a neat wal of sound.Gets my heart going every time, I like this kind of music, music that makes you sit up and listen, with lots of energy.Contrast to Portishead, of whom I am a fan, but you need to be in the mood, whereas The offspring always seem to be suitable.moved on to "beheaded" coz it makes me laugh ...
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bq. "Before you started tokin',You used to have a brainBut you don't get even the simplest of thing.I can draw a picture, Or even use my hands, I try to explain but you just don't understand.bq. Man you're really losin' it, And you've really done a lot of junk now. But you keep abusin' it,What in the world happened to you?"--??"What Happened To You?"?? by Offspring==============================...
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bq. "Before you started tokin',You used to have a brainBut you don't get even the simplest of thing.I can draw a picture, Or even use my hands, I try to explain but you just don't understand.bq. Man you're really losin' it, And you've really done a lot of junk now. But you keep abusin' it,What in the world happened to you?"--??"What Happened To You?"?? by Offspring==============================...
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Brilliant into with fast drums, leading into a neat wal of sound.Gets my heart going every time, I like this kind of music, music that makes you sit up and listen, with lots of energy.Contrast to Portishead, of whom I am a fan, but you need to be in the mood, whereas The offspring always seem to be suitable.moved on to "beheaded" coz it makes me laugh ...
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