Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
The Offspring guitarist Noodles recently spoke to Clink Music Magazine about the band's upcoming plans. Of interest was a comment that the new album would feature reworkings of material left on the cutting room floor from their prior three full lengths. Noodles commented on the process ...rather than starting in the studio and starting from scratch and having to put it all aside while were touring,...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
In a new interview with Billboard , The Offspring commented on plans for their next full length and follow up to last year's Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace . The band has already planned to record with Bob Rock again, and note: [Vocalist Dexter Holland and Bob] kinda went over a couple of things that were left off the last record," he reports, "and songs that were even left off 'Splinter'...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
Punk rock institution the Offspring are currently on their first proper U.S. tour in four years, a two-month arena jaunt under the pull-no-punches banner “Shit Is Fucked Up Tour.” Bucking the trend of the Internet-accelerated, blink-and-you-miss-it promotional cycles, the band has been allowing eighth album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace to be a slow-builder: [...]
City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | 02/06/2009
In Dexter Holland's world, $120 is a fair price.
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
Greg Beharrell of Canadian rock station X92.9 recently spoke with The Offspring guitarist Noodles. In the interview, Noodles talks about why the band made Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace , as well as their experience working with producer Bob Rock and the songs off the record. Asked if The Offspring were planning their next album, Noodles said that frontman Dexter Holland was in Hawaii working with Bob...
Metal Hammer (Free subscription) | 27/05/2009
Dexter Holland and co. head our way for a show that’s incredibly close to the Reading/Leeds festivals. (more…)
A New Band A Day! (Free subscription) | 22/05/2009
Happy Mondays (of course) had a guitarist who was, variably, called 'Moose' or 'Cowhead', and Shaun Ryder himself would sometimes only answer to the moniker 'X'. The Offspring have Noodles. 60's band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Titch had... well, never mind. Bands, and their select members-club nature, are a breeding ground for mildly stupid in-joke behaviour. Part endearing trait, part eye-rolling...
Dallas Observer | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 13/05/2009
The Offspring's gonna give it to you, baby, ah ha ah ha...when they come through town, that is. Dexter Holland decided to start a punk rock band after being barred from entering a Social Distortion show in 1984. Holland's brainchild, which would later become The Offspring , has gone on to sell...
BUZZGRINDER (Free subscription) | 26/01/2009
Dexter Holland of The Offspring, who has a master’s degree in molecular biology from USC, is trying his hand at the hot sauce business. He’s calling it Gringo Bandito. Making a good hot sauce turned out to be far harder than I thought. Going to Google and typing in ’salsa’ and finding a recipe is [...]
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 24/01/2009
According to a report from the LA Times, the hot sauce launched by Dexter Holland of The Offspring has become quite a success. The sauce is being bottled at a rate of 300 gallons a month and is even being sold at Albertson's supermarkets in Southern California and Las Vegas. Holland attributes the success to a more DIY, grassroots approach to the sauce: Growing up here I was always into Mexican food...
City Pages - Culture To Go (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
All told, the Offspring frontman/hot sauce tycoon is pretty fly for a 43 year old white guy
Random Thinking (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Let’s hear it for the new song of the week off my iPod. The Offspring is a popular American punk rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984 The group’s current members are Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals), Greg K. (bass, backing vocals), and Pete Parada (drums). [...]
Chocablog (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
Easter is approaching and that can only mean one thing. Egg and rabbit shaped chocolate confections! And of course, it's our duty to eat as many as we can and tell you all about them. Mars Eggs are available individually, but in order to er write a thorough review I bought a pack of three. *cough* They [...]
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 03/03/2008
Border Patrol ranks swell in fight against terror, illegal immigration Nate Carlisle EL PASO, Texas - The United States is breeding a new generation of border enforcers, and Utah natives like Brandon Carson are among the offspring. Raised in Lindon, Carson left Utah law enforcement and joined Border Patrol in the midst of the [...]
Mean Ol' Meany (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Much has been said in the New York Times about the legality of John Sidney McCain III being able to assume the Presidency of the United States because he was not actually born in this country. What the Democrats want you to believe is there is a legitimate problem created by his being born in the Panama Canal zone on a United States military installation. His father was active-duty Navy and was sent...
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