The Offspring, a Southern California-based punk rock band, has released 11 studio albums, three extended plays (EP), six compilation albums, five demos, three video albums, and over 30 singles.
The Offspring were formed in 1984 under the name Manic Subsidal by singer/guitarist Dexter Holland and bassist Greg K., who later recruited Noodles as their guitarist. After Manic Subsidal changed its name to The Offspring in 1986, drummer Ron Welty finally joined in 1987, then the band recorded a demo a year later. The Offspring signed a record deal with short-lived label Nemesis Records, and released its first album, The Offspring, in 1989 on vinyl only. That album would not be released on CD until 1995. Two years later, after the release of the Baghdad EP and another demo, the band signed to Epitaph Records (a label owned by Brett Gurewitz), who released the band's second album, Ignition, in 1992.
In April 1994, The Offspring released Smash. At the time, Ignition had sold only 15,000 copies. Smash was a critically acclaimed album, also the band's most successful yet. Debuting at number four on the Billboard 200, Smash produced three hit singles: "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away". The album was certified 6 times platinum and sold over eleven million worldwide. With sales continuing years after its release, Smash has become Epitaph's best-selling album of all time and the highest-selling independent album of all time. "Come Out and Play" was the band's breakthrough single, topping the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, and it became the band's biggest hit from the album in the US, while "Self Esteem" was the biggest hit from the album outside of the US.
After the release of Smash, The Offspring left Epitaph and signed a record deal with Columbia Records. The year 1997 saw the release of The Offspring's major-label debut, Ixnay on the Hombre. Although not as successful as Smash, Ixnay sold over three million copies. In the following year, the band released its next album, Americana, which debuted at number two of the U.S. charts, and produced three of the band's biggest hits: "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" making the album the peak of The Offspring's mainstream popularity.
In 2000, the band released its sixth album, Conspiracy of One. They intended to release the entire album online through the band's official website, to show support for downloading music on the Internet.The Offspring to Release New Album Free Online By Robert Menta of MP3 Newswire, posted September 18, 2000 However, under threat of legal action by Columbia through its parent company, Sony, only the first single, "Original Prankster", was released on the website (the rest of the record was leaked to fan sites).Sony Forces The Offspring to Cancel MP3 Giveaway By Robert Menta of MP3 Newswire, posted September 26, 2000
While working on a followup to Conspiracy of One, longtime drummer Ron Welty left the band in early 2003 to concentrate on his new project Steady Ground. Soon after, the band released its next album, Splinter, which spawned the band's second number one on Alternative Songs. Uncomfortable with the idea of finding an immediate replacement for Welty, The Offspring opted to have session musician Josh Freese record the drums for Splinter, and later announced that Atom Willard would be the official replacement for Ron Welty. The album's original title was to be Chinese Democrazy, a name used to mock the name of the long-delayed album by Guns N' Roses. As a result, Axl Rose filed a cease and desist order against The Offspring. However, the order was dropped when it was realized that the announcement of the album's name came on April 1 (April Fools' Day).
The year 2005 saw the release of the band's first compilation album, Greatest Hits. It contains 13 of the band's hits between Smash and Splinter and two previously unreleased songs: lead single "Can't Repeat" and a hidden track, "Next to You" (originally by the Police). The compilation does not contain any material from the first album or Ignition. In support of the Greatest Hits album, the band played the Vans Warped Tour for the first time, and a tour in Europe and Japan followed.
After the Greatest Hits tour, The Offspring took an extended hiatus and Willard left the band in July 2007 to concentrate on his current project Angels & Airwaves. He was replaced by former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada. The band's eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, was released on June 17, 2008, but Parada did not record it due to contract issues. The band tapped Freese again to record the drum tracks. Second single "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" went Gold in the US and became their third number one on Billboard Alternative Songs. The next album, Days Go By, was released four years later; this time, the drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Parada, making this his first recording with the band. After touring and playing festivals in support of the album and twenty years of Smash, single "Coming for You" was released in 2015 and became the band's second Billboard Mainstream Rock number one. The single would later appear on the band's tenth studio album, Let the Bad Times Roll, which was released nine years after Days Go By. The drum tracks were once again handled by both Freese and Parada, while Holland took bass duties after Greg K. was fired from the group in 2018. Let the Bad Times Roll would be the last album with Parada, who parted ways with the band in August 2021 for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination, due to suffering from Guillain–Barré syndrome. Parada was replaced on tour by Freese and was officially replaced in 2023 by Brandon Pertzborn. The band's eleventh studio album, Supercharged was released on October 11, 2024. The drum tracks were handled by both Freese and Pertzborn, while Holland and new bassist Todd Morse took bass duties.
As of 2015, The Offspring has sold over 40 million albums worldwide.THE OFFSPRING HISTORY offspring.com/thehistory. Retrieved February 19, 2015. According to Nielsen SoundScan, they have sold almost 17 million albums in the United States and 4.2 million tracks, of which 15 million are certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications US AUSAustralian (ARIA Chart) peaks: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks to December 2010: "Gotta Get Away": N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached. "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)": AUT CANPeak chart positions for albums in Canada: All except Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre: Smash: Ixnay on the Hombre: GER NLD NZ SWE SWI UK For Ixnay on the Hombre: The Offspring Released: June 15, 1989 Label: Nemesis Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download — 84 — — — 85 — — — 20 US: 500,000 Ignition Released: September 25, 1992 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download — — — — — — — — — — US: 1,105,000 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Gold MC: Platinum Smash Released: April 8, 1994 Label: Epitaph Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 3 21 US: 6,700,000 RIAA: 6× Platinum ARIA: 4× Platinum BPI: Platinum IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: 6× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Ixnay on the Hombre Released: February 4, 1997 Label: Columbia, Epitaph (Europe) Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 9 2 3 3 15 8 2 4 10 9 US: 1,800,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum IFPI SWE: Gold MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Gold Americana Released: November 17, 1998 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 2 1 1 3 5 6 1 1 5 10 US: 5,750,000 RIAA: 5× Platinum ARIA: 5× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Platinum IFPI SWE: 2× Platinum IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: 8× Platinum NVPI: Gold RMNZ: 4× Platinum Conspiracy of One Released: November 14, 2000 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 9 4 5 4 8 32 11 8 4 12 US: 1,700,000 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 2× Platinum BPI: Platinum BVMI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold IFPI SWE: Gold IFPI SWI: Platinum MC: 2× Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Splinter Released: December 9, 2003 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download 30 12 10 26 31 98 27 56 13 27 US: 1,000,000 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Platinum BPI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace Released: June 17, 2008 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, digital download 10 3 7 4 13 73 9 52 5 39 US: 600,000 RIAA: Gold ARIA: Gold BPI: Silver MC: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Days Go By Released: June 26, 2012 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, digital download 12 7 6 4 5 56 17 57 8 43 US: 240,000 Let the Bad Times Roll Released: April 16, 2021 Label: Concord Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette 27 2 1 16 5 38 1 7 4 3 Supercharged Released: October 11, 2024 Label: Concord Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming, cassette — 4 3 — 6 — — — 5 44 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US AUS AUT CAN FIN GER JPN NZL SWI UK Greatest HitsReleased: June 20, 2005 Label: Columbia Formats: CD, LP, DD, DualDisc 8 2 6 6 1 23 6 1 5 14 RIAA: Platinum ARIA: 3× Platinum BPI: Gold BVMI: Gold IFPI SWI: Gold MC: Platinum RIAJ: Platinum RMNZ: Platinum Happy Hour!Released: August 4, 2010 Label: Sony Japan Formats: CD, digital download, streaming — — — — — — 45 — — — Puck Punks: The Offspring Powerplay HitsReleased: February 9, 2024 Label: Round Hill Formats: LP — — — — — — — — — — Supercharged: Worldwide in '25Released: December 13, 2024 Label: UMG Formats: digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Anti-Valentine's Day with The OffspringReleased: February 6, 2025 Label: UMG Formats: digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Running & Cycling with The OffspringReleased: August 22, 2025 Label: UMG Formats: digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — — Just the Punk StuffReleased: June 26, 2026 Label: UMG Formats: digital download, streaming — — — — — — — — — —
Demo albums Year Demo details Track listing 1984/1985 First Manic Subsidal Demo/photo/1 Released: 1983/1985 Label: Not on label Format: CassetteIncluded "Hopeless" and snippets
from Garage Days (Americana video)19865 Songs Released: 1986 Label: Not on label Format: Cassette "Ballrom Blitz" (Sweet parody) - 2:10 "Fire and Ice" ("I'll Be Waiting") - 3:32 "Halloween" - 3:08 "Prophecy" ("Demons") - 3:19 "Call It Religion" - 2:01 1986 6 Songs Released: July 1986 Label: Not on label Format: CassetteA-side
B-side 1988 Tehran Released: 1988 Label: Not on label Format: CassetteA-side
B-side 1991 (No Title) Released: 1991 Label: Not on label Format: Cassette "Session" ???? ???? ???? 1993 Smash Demo Tape/photo/1 Released: 1993 Label: Not on label Format: CassetteA-side "In Colorado" "Genocide" "Man on a Wheel" "It'll Be a Long Time" "Really, Really Punk" "Something to Believe In" "Killboy" "Bad Habit" B-side "Cogs" "I'm Not the One" "Old Slow One"
Other appearances Year Details Tracks 1996 Go Ahead Punk... Make My Day Released: September 24, 1996 Label: Nitro Formats: CD"Hey Joe" "Beheaded"
EPs Year EP details1991 Baghdad Released: August 1991 Label: Nemesis Formats: 7" vinyl1997Club Me Released: January 1, 1997 Label: Epic Formats: CD2014 Summer Nationals Released: August 11, 2014 Label: Time Bomb Formats: CD2026 Americana Released: July 11, 2026 Label: Concord Formats: Vinyl
Singles Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album US USAlt.USMain. AUS CANPeak positions for The Offspring's singles on Canadian Singles Chart: All except where noted: For "Come Out and Play" For "Self Esteem": For "Gotta Get Away": For "Gone Away": For "I Choose":