The Offspring Then and Now

The Offspring have had a nearly twenty five year career but over time they have changed quite a bit. The Subject of this THEN and NOW blog is mainly Smash and Rise and Fall Rage and Grace.

Lyrics

THEN: Old Offspring lyrics are very topical they are what they are you don't have to read much into them.

NOW: The Offspring have taken a more conceptual take on their lyrics its gone from being straight forward to being well hidden Rise and Fall getting a majority of the argument due to it having a sound similar to American Idiot and talking about sell outs.

Music

THEN: The Offspring were simplistic punk with a few riffs that's really all to say.

NOW: They have gotten harder as they have gotten older they went from 90s new wave punk to pop-metal.

The Look

THEN: Dexter had long hair noodles wears backwards baseball cap.

NOW: Dexter has short hair noodles wears a backwards baseball cap.

In summary The Offspring has changed quite a bit and I personally don't like the change I think Smash and Americana rock and that RFRG is not nearly as good they have lost their angst and their new style of "light" metal doesnt have the same raw sound of their past.

21st Century Breakdown First Listen

This is my first kind of blog like this I hope you enjoy me observations

1. Song of the Century is a great opening song eerie and wax sounding

2. 21st century breakdown has a Warning sound with a lot of early 90s influence that breaks down into late 70s early 80s power ballad sound

3.Know your Enemy is similar to St Jimmy with the hard hitting beat and the guitar Riffs

4. Viva La Gloria! Is a love song it starts as very pop sounding and moves into an Extraordinary Girlsesqe pop rock style.

5. Before The Lobotomy The American Idiot Album meets the 90s Ska Style of Vocals and Guitar another 70s or 80s rock ballad part at the end

6. Christians Inferno Henry Rollins, Bad Religion, and new Backstreet Boys if that even makes sense but it’s a good song

7. Last Night On Earth Beautiful love song that doesn’t get ruined by making it punk rock, This makes me cry and no I’m not gay its just a touching emotional song that feels attached to some real emotions. This song will be played at every prom from now on learn to slow dance people.

8. East Jesus Nowhere we go from lovey dovey to a hard, rough, dark U2ish song

9. Peacemaker a sublime style song with that is like a track from Warning called Misery.

10. The Last American Girls I don’t know how to Describe this one it is sorta a mix Between Bowling For Soup and one of Green Days first hits Redundant.

11.Murder City it’s another early 90s punk song style very much like Sublime Bad Religion or The Offspring (Pre 2001 not their new reinvention…This is for another blog)

12. Another Misery style song like Peacemaker

13. Restless Heart Syndrome This reminds me of One is the Loneliest Number I have no clue why it’s a very calm but dreary song.

14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades Kid rock meets 1970s British punk maybe a little Violent Fems like

15. The Static Age reminds me of Church on Sunday not lyrically but melodically lyricly it reminds me of Macys Day Parade.(This album is A LOT like Warning but it’s a little bit heavier)

16. 21 Guns An Adult contemporary song about depression and guess what how they don’t like the war ZOMG. Its very Weezer like. There is also a Power Ballad type thing in the middle. BUT VERY WEEZER sounding.

17. American Eulogy Kinda Homecoming or Jesus of Suburbia style Except its 2 songs in one not like 5 or 6 in one. The second half being my favorite part that reminds me of Minority (My Favorite song from warning)

18. See The Light the last song on the album it ends the album with a bang of some pretty cool but not complicated solos reminiscent of The Who with semi-religious semi-rebellious lyrics.

Altogether I have to Say this is better then Warning, Nimrod, and American Idiot combined I am going to buy this album on may 15th but until then go to Rhapsody and listen there. I give this album a HONEST 98%, If they didnt add the few political lyrics in it would be a 100%