Lead singer, Dr. Dexter Holland, holds a doctorate degree in molecular biology where he studied microRNA in HIV which helped determine just how HIV survives in humans and was crucial in the discoveries of cures for AIDS. One of the smartest people in punk music.
@Beluga_Too2 ай бұрын
Agreed. Check Milo from Descendents. Also a very smart man. Not the same level but still.
@TH-gy6kt2 ай бұрын
That's the guitarist
@joolsmacgrools12882 ай бұрын
@@TH-gy6ktthe lead guitarist is Noodles.
@joolsmacgrools12882 ай бұрын
There's also Greg Graffin of Bad Religion who's a professor at UCLA.
@samhainkid2 ай бұрын
@@joolsmacgrools1288 He also holds a couple of PhDs too I think.
@hellokimmy682 ай бұрын
This was the first song by Offspring I heard and is still my favorite 30 years later. Thank you!!
@stevetremblay9612 ай бұрын
Same and have been an Offspring fan ever since.
@hellokimmy682 ай бұрын
@@stevetremblay961 I named my dog Dexter in the 90s.
@ctguitarguy85102 ай бұрын
I feel oooollldddddd
@leeannmcdermott83132 ай бұрын
Nooo not 30 years…that stung like a bee 😢
@hellokimmy682 ай бұрын
@@leeannmcdermott8313 But did it also float like a butterfly?
@stephenridolfi64642 ай бұрын
I love this song! Everytime my kids are fighting I use the line, "Gotta keep 'em separated!" :D
@sunnystormy49732 ай бұрын
my kids have paws ... 🐾
@bjdefilippo4472 ай бұрын
Should've been used to promote proper recycling. 😉
@anakatrien24632 ай бұрын
@@sunnystormy4973mine too 😺🐾
@scottNNJ2 ай бұрын
I often DJ at my son’s hockey games. This is my go-to song in an arena during an altercation when no one team is clearly at fault.
@Megadeth19212 ай бұрын
It’s basically about Southern California gang life & and gun violence. The line in the song “if one guy’s colors and the others don’t mix, they’re going to bash it up”
@joeykopack2 ай бұрын
That’s what I remember hearing also
@emarjamaa22762 ай бұрын
'One of those songs that sounds so happy but is so serious. "It goes down the same as the thousand before No one's getting smarter, no one's learning the score Your never-ending spree of death and violence and hate Is gonna tie your own rope, tie your own rope, tie your own..."
@brewfront2 ай бұрын
Gone Away-The Offspring
@MZ_RU_MBA022 ай бұрын
My dad died young and unexpectedly in 1991. I found Offspring Gone Away a few years later and it really helped articulate how I felt in a way that i struggled to find on my own. I really made a connection to it and it is soooo different than anything else I have ever heard from the offspring. Last week my brother died young and unexpectedly. I could really use an Offspring Gone Away reaction right now. It would make me smile when there feels very little to smile about. Thanks.
@Ed_Zachery2 ай бұрын
Have you seen it live yet? I was blown away when I heard it stripped down and just piano….changes the entire feel.
@drewc9812 ай бұрын
Bad Habit by The Offspring is a good one too
@Spiderific2 ай бұрын
That's a great one
@itachileesan2 ай бұрын
the best road rage song ever
@acegamer50822 ай бұрын
Awesome song
@killerquad72292 ай бұрын
💯
@mercenarygrip2 ай бұрын
My personal favorite!
@jondonnelly2 ай бұрын
"Smash" was one of the best albums of the 90's. 🤘
@browntabproductions2 ай бұрын
Wickedly FUN Band that is still going STRONG. This is a very Southern California song. The Baggy Shorts era. The early 80’s through the early 90’s were very violent times from LA, the Beaches, to the Inland Empire, & San Diego. Not to mention Central California. The Gangs were going at it BIG Time vying for control. It has flattened out, a little, in most areas, but not all.
@theccpisaparasite88132 ай бұрын
It wasn't that violent. 98% of the citizenry didn't even notice. The only reason I knew was because my wife was an ER doc at Harbor UCLA. If you didn't live in Inglewood, East LA, or Watts ... not an issue
@browntabproductions2 ай бұрын
Well@@theccpisaparasite8813define “not very violent”. Between 1985 to 1992 I worked as a Law Enforcement Officer in SoCal, so I guess my perspective is a bit biased. I would imagine that it also depends on what Region you were in. In the later part of the 80’s, right or wrong, San Bernardino was considered the murder capital of The USA. The Dead don’t always make it to ER Doctors; they go straight to the Morgue Respect to ALL ER Doctors. True American Heroes. ✌️
@bradjbourgeois732 ай бұрын
This whole album was a vibe back in the day! The Toadies Rubberneck was too! Miss the 90's! Both came out in 1994 when I was 21!
@badhabitbabbitt76552 ай бұрын
I think a hard hitting smash it of theirs is "The Kids Aren't Alright" they definitely hit hard on young adult issues. This band was outstanding with great messaging in the 1990s.
@ladyshar422 ай бұрын
they are pro at making it sound happy but be really really depressing.
@markfellows742 ай бұрын
Saw these guys live around 1992 at a pub in Sydney. To this day one of the best gigs I’ve been to. That entire album is 🔥
@reillykurl2 ай бұрын
Great to see you guys getting some 90s punk/alternative rock in. I am still surprised that you still haven't reacted to any Green Day yet on this channel. That needs to happen. I recommend starting with Welcome to Paradise or American Idiot.
@sunnystormy49732 ай бұрын
" american idiot "
@guggie2 ай бұрын
Agree 100% on Green Day; I’d suggest Basket Case!!
@Alliebaba77822 ай бұрын
Longview!
@kelqueen99982 ай бұрын
They really haven't done Green Day yet?!
@reillykurl2 ай бұрын
@@kelqueen9998 Surprisingly, no.
@damonhines81872 ай бұрын
Loved playing 'Self-Esteem' with the kid's bands in the late 90s-early 00s, love 'Pretty Fly...', really dig this tune, didn't know it was them. Cheers, RSR, keep on keepin' ooon. ✌🏼😊🎶❤️🍁❤️✨️🕊
@GranpaMike2 ай бұрын
This is my favorite song by The Offspring. Lots of fun to play on the bass.
@scottelement2 ай бұрын
This song wasn’t on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2. Offspring did have a song on Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 (Blackball) though
@flerbus2 ай бұрын
and a few on Crazy Taxi
@theidajawho2 ай бұрын
This is BY FAR my fav song of theirs, then Self Esteem. We could all learn from our Grand Parents favorite sayings like "If you do not have anything nice to say, don't say anything"
@Robsan402 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Offspring song, but my favorite music video is "Why Don't You Get A Job". And they had some pretty famous videos.
@theidajawho2 ай бұрын
@@Robsan40 Agree, Great video. They have done some 🔥🔥videos. They are also 🔥🔥live.
@brianezell57902 ай бұрын
Never agreed with that saying.
@Robsan402 ай бұрын
@@brianezell5790 - my version: "if you don't have anything nice to say, maybe YOU'RE the jerk" 🤔
@theidajawho2 ай бұрын
@@Robsan40 Think I will change my way of saying it.
@xiropigado2 ай бұрын
I remember when this came out (1994) and i played it full blast, summer's day, all the family around and my 4 year old niece going absolutely nuts and headbanging. Great memories, great song. The 1990's took the best of the 60's, 70's and 80's and mashed them all together.
@TripletDad32 ай бұрын
"The Kids Aren't Alright" is a great song of theirs about what Dexter saw when he visited his old neighborhood.
@Bekka_Noyb2 ай бұрын
All time classic 90s song! You gotta check out their song - *Gotta Get Away*
@grumpyrhonda67092 ай бұрын
Also, Hammerhead!
@megdelaney36772 ай бұрын
LOVE The Offspring!!!
@DragonUdo2 ай бұрын
0:26 Self Esteem is probably my fav of theirs
@rcweslowski6092 ай бұрын
The song and album that brought punk to the mainstream in a HUGE way in the 90s.
@scottriches32822 ай бұрын
Could watch Amber dance away to this all day, everyday!
@J_Swiss352 ай бұрын
So glad to see this. Please check out “The Kids Aren't Alright” and “You're Gonna Go Far, Kid”. Both are amazing songs by this band.
@D.A.B-w7n2 ай бұрын
One of those “it’s on the radio every f***ing 30 minutes” in the 90’s songs😂
@billcoulombe-v8q2 ай бұрын
this reminds me of when the song came out and me and my friend Cheryl would listen to this song and her favorite part of the song was when they said you gotta keep em separated so seeing amber enjoy that part brings back memories
@dchenkin022 ай бұрын
The Offspring actually started as a hardcore punk band in the late 1980s; this was their commercial breakthrough in 1994. "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" was in 2000 when they went for a much more pop friendly sound and started headlining 20,000 seat arenas.
@TheDeadmanRules2 ай бұрын
ECW! ECW! ECW! ECW! This was Raven's theme during his ECW days!
@scottelement2 ай бұрын
This is how I was introduced to the song 😄
@Brando-Lee37252 ай бұрын
Hell yeah !!!! All I see is Raven and his ECW wars when I hear this song now !
@censorshipsucks94932 ай бұрын
Damn, you beat me to it. My buddy and I drove three hours to see them when they were still independent. Best show ever .
@TheAngryPacifist052 ай бұрын
E-C-Dub! E-C-Dub! E-C-Dub! E-C-Dub!
@jamescasson94832 ай бұрын
The Raven Effect...in effect
@Foghorn19662 ай бұрын
Speaking of Egyptians...you guys'll love "King Tut" by Steve Martin from SNL in the late '70s.
@ThomasPfaff-fz1vk2 ай бұрын
After seeing you both watch The Sound of Music…you two are the best. Love ya!
@zethpadilla31592 ай бұрын
I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL GUYS! YOU ARE AMAZING. PLEASE DON'T STOP TO DOING THESE REACTIONS. OFFSPRING ONE OF MY FAVORITES MUSICIANS. LOVE GUYS TO YOU BOTH.
@SavaFiend2 ай бұрын
They play this song at our local hockey games whenever a fight breaks out on the ice😂
@andymageen53082 ай бұрын
I always liked this track because it really mixed 90’s Grunge with 60’s Psychedelic Pop. It rocks. ✌️
@theidajawho2 ай бұрын
and PUNK!
@armynurseboy2 ай бұрын
@@theidajawhototally punk
@77tml2 ай бұрын
My favourite Off Spring song hands down. Gang violence is as relevant today as it was then. Love the guitar in this one.
@FriskyMeerkat2 ай бұрын
Offspring's album "Smash" was amazing, every song hits.
@tacobellalugosi25272 ай бұрын
I was just starting high school when this song came out it was huge in my school the offspring helped me back in them days
@markwillis6752 ай бұрын
This band plays happy music to serious lyrics. "Gone away" is one of the saddest sings ever, but the music is happy. Five finger death punch covered it and made it their own and bring the tissues. Video is amazing.
@chrisd70472 ай бұрын
Dexter Holland, the singer and primary songwriter, is a legit genius. He has a PhD in molecular biology. The title of his doctoral thesis is "Discovery of mature microRNA sequences within the protein-coding regions of global HIV-1 genomes: predictions of novel mechanisms for viral infection and pathogenicity." He also owns his own hot sauce brand.
@Bowhunters6go8xz6x2 ай бұрын
Absolutely the First Time hearing this!!!! --- I'm an (50's thru 80's) mostly rock fan and this was cranking ( awesome ! ) . This left me wanting to hear more so I may have to buy this CD to add to my CD collection !
@Robsan402 ай бұрын
It's worth every penny.
@TH-gy6kt2 ай бұрын
This is one most underrated albums of all time
@randytaylor14062 ай бұрын
Great party song. Thank you for reacting to this song.
@martinmulcahey16182 ай бұрын
For more FUN rock gotta check out "Electric Callboy", a mix of heavy rock, EDM and pop music. Like attending a heavy metal show and a EDM rave begins in the middle, they have not put out a bad song in 3 years. Start with "Hypa Hypa" to get the mood, then "We Got The Moves" or "Pump It" if you like some work out music.
@timmcgrath97082 ай бұрын
Great song! Gone Away is another great song of theirs.
@joust1822 ай бұрын
you should check out Oleander "Why I'm Here" for some more 90's rock
@ericomarquesfernandes36462 ай бұрын
The whole Smash album is awesome.
@marciamuehlbach17772 ай бұрын
One of my favorites from this group. And like you guys I first fell in love with the great music in this one. But after several listens, I started to hear the lyrics. And then I was really blown away by not only the music, but the deep meaning of them. Actually, a lot of their songs are deep, of have some sort of social commentary.
@3DJapan2 ай бұрын
I always loved "one guy's wasted and the other's a waste".
@WrenMcCabre2 ай бұрын
So happy I stumbled onto your channel one day. I love your videos and your positivity. It's awesome watching your reactions to my favorite songs from my misspent youth! This made my day! ❤
@Molasar542 ай бұрын
So glad you revisited this band. They were so talented with so many good songs. I swear Amber gets more beautiful in every video. God Bless.
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 ай бұрын
I love this song. I can’t believe this song is 30 years old. Don’t remember “Pro Skater 2”, but I used to love playing “Road Rash 3D” on the PS1.
@Rich-o3i2 ай бұрын
Road rash buddy, outshined 😊
@krectus2 ай бұрын
Yeah memory is funny thing, it definitely wasn't in Pro Skater 2.....and it also wasn't in Road Rash 3D either.
@Sweetish_Jeff_2 ай бұрын
@@Rich-o3i “Mean Machine” by Sugar Ray was a banger.
@woodch2 ай бұрын
Opening conversation got me thinking-- You guys could do a live stream where each of you play songs for each other that one of you has heard already. Suggestions from each other, and from the viewers. Make an event out of it!
@lela72522 ай бұрын
They are so fun live, they get the crowd going!!!
@joshuatabak952 ай бұрын
This song is amazing! I loved it when it first came out and it still holds up! Thank you for posting your reaction to it.
@jimmiejaz2 ай бұрын
The riff y'all love was "liberated" from Agent Orange - Bloodstains", which Offspring proudly states themselves, and also have a cover of
@GodannarJunkie2 ай бұрын
I musta rewound this song on the tape three times in a row daily for the first week. Yes TAPE. Thankfully it was the first song so it was so much easier! (Didn’t have a cd player yet)
@johnfriday51692 ай бұрын
Your next Offspring should be Bad Habit. That tune flat out rocks and has one of my favorite intros. In fact, I think I'll go listen right now.
@nancysmith86262 ай бұрын
This is the first song I remember hearing and loving from The Offspring. It was all over radio when it came out - such a different sound at the time, it was great!
@aliciazambri42372 ай бұрын
This verse tells you all you need to know: By the time you hear the siren, It's already too late, One goes to the morgue and the other to jail, One guy's wasted and the other's a waste...Powerful. Another serious and deep song disguised as fun.
@Nicksterino2 ай бұрын
WOW! Never heard this one before but LOVE it!
@CANEsPappa2 ай бұрын
Great tune! Gem of the 90’s.
@tjmctube2 ай бұрын
She nailed it.
@mikepaulus47662 ай бұрын
In 1994 this song ruled the radio.
@raysouza65352 ай бұрын
My intro to The Offspring was playing Crazy Taxi, I love that game to this day and still play it from time to time, and I've loved The Offspring ever since, I got to see them with Korn and L7 and they were a seriously fun band live, and their lyrics on all of their songs are deep and thoughtful, a great band.
@HorrorMetalMaestroRedrusty662 ай бұрын
One of my personal favs of theirs, personal brag, me and my BF at the time had followed this whole tour, we were at every show of the NA tour, and got to be in the "Gotta Get Away" video from this same album and tour , we're in the crowd scenes moshing away...lol. love it.
@JD_CoolStuff2 ай бұрын
It wasn't on Tony Hawk 2 (which is a game I've replayed even recently and was obsessed with back in the day) but it was the ECW entrance theme song or Pro Wrestler RAVEN. Love seeing you two react to this one as it's always been a favorite. Hope you do The Interrupters "She's Kerosene" sometime. :)
@NZLatic2 ай бұрын
This is the first song that I ever heard from The Offspring and it’s still my favourite. “Gotta Keep ‘Em Separated”
@KyleStoeckig2 ай бұрын
We need Cake and Jamiroquai on this channel! You can't have the 90s without them.
@CarRyan08092 ай бұрын
CAKE!
@CaptainTedStryker2 ай бұрын
This guy gets it!
@mrbuttons12432 ай бұрын
Great memories
@bjdefilippo4472 ай бұрын
100%
@mikepaulus47662 ай бұрын
Cake is the quirky thing that the Rob Squad love.
@michellecasey57522 ай бұрын
My daughter was 3 or 4 when this came out and it was on FM radio so often. She and I could only make out “hey hey hey come out and play”. Thank you for the lyrics insight.
@MinorCirrus2 ай бұрын
For really early stuff my instant recommendation is "Dirty Magic" from their second album, Ignition. From the same album as this track, the title track "Smash" can't be missed. If you want to be really surprised, listen to "Pay The Man". That one will really catch you off guard.
@fermenal2 ай бұрын
this song its so underrated this song need more recognition i really love this song soooo much
@davidotto37312 ай бұрын
I bought this album based off how much I liked this song when itt came out.
@captainsatellite21122 ай бұрын
Saw the Offspring a few years ago at the Aftershock Festival in Sac. Still great.
@Tokin4202 ай бұрын
I was in high school when this came out. Loved it then. Thanx for reminding me of this
@SisterOfDeathInAK2 ай бұрын
Jennifer Lost the War was the first song of theirs that I heard, and fell in love with. Real great song with a deep message. I was bummed when their GH missed it.
@trapperjakk2 ай бұрын
This was THEE album my first year of College. Amazing INDEPENDENT Album!!!!!!
@aaronhaupert30152 ай бұрын
One of the first bands/albums that I purchased as a teenager that changed my life! Along with Green Day - Dookie or Insomniac and Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell or White Heat, White Light, White Trash and Bad Religion Suffer or The Grey Race and Rancid - Let's Go or ...And Out Come the Wolves. These are other bands and albums you should check out.
@SubahaNapitupulu16 күн бұрын
Alternatif nation man..
@leecogbill58812 ай бұрын
My all time favorite band all their songs are great
@mrcatsuit2 ай бұрын
Gang violence in southern cali in the 90’s was crazy
@veroq7742 ай бұрын
Love the hair and dance moves today Amber!! Glad y'all reacted to them again 😀 my teenage years
@woodchuk12 ай бұрын
Love this one. That Phrygian Dominant lick is absolute fire, and so distinctive!
@AndICanTalk22 ай бұрын
So glad you continue to enjoy and grow with music. Love this channel. Great stuff. Great family.
@squarebarrel2 ай бұрын
The whole Americana album is great! Gone Away All I Want I Want You Bad Let the Bad Times Roll There’s so many. The whole band is so underrated though they are successful. The new songs are good. Looking forward to the new album in October.
@Bryan-ty8wq2 ай бұрын
"Gone Away" and 'the Kids Aren't alright" are two other amazing songs by the Offspring
@tec522 ай бұрын
I used to work with The Offspring's bassist (Greg Kriesel) in the late 80's. He was in a different dept of the print company but I knew him because my best friend was his immediate supervisor. I remember he used to talk about his band but I didn't think much of it as I knew several guys who had been in bands hoping to make it. A couple of years later (1991 I think) my friend Russell (his former boss) called me up saying "Put on MTV right now!!"(this was when MTV still mostly played videos). I did and he said "Take a good look at the bass player" and I recognized Greg right away. It was "Come Out and Play", the video you guy just watched. I was blown away and glad to see them succeed. They had a lot of hits and this was their breakout song that made them. Too bad I never saw Greg after they made it big.
@justmare1112 ай бұрын
This used to be played at all of the hockey games we went to back in the day.
@lloydmetevier50522 ай бұрын
that lyric you were queationing " by the time you hear the sirens,,,it'a already too late...one goes in the morgue,and the other in jail, one got wasted and the other's a waste"
@JohnChilders-x9t2 ай бұрын
I like every song they put out. The offspring is one of my favorite bands.
@missrachelreads2 ай бұрын
I noticed that the house they are at is the same one from the "Self Esteem" video! It is the same yard, kind of long and skinny, with a house with an attached garage. I remember hearing that a lot of their songs are about how they saw the kids that came around their early concerts. The girl in the Self Esteem video with the oxygen tube, was one of their superfans.
@TheNotedHero2 ай бұрын
This was a MASSIVE hit! Dropped in late high school for me and we cranked this out so much! Never understood what all the lyrics were until quite a few years later.
@bradleycrawford98372 ай бұрын
Youth of the Nation by P.O.D. is another great song with a powerful message
@g-bo13322 ай бұрын
you are the best thanks so much!!!
@Robsan402 ай бұрын
Awesome reaction to one of my most suggested songs. Another great Offspring hit is "Why Don't You Get A Job"
@armynurseboy2 ай бұрын
This song was a commentary on the LA gang culture.
@catmanduu662 ай бұрын
I just saw them in concert for the thirtieth anniversary of the Smash album. This song and Self Esteem are off it. Someone once described them as happy punk. The music is very upbeat but the subject matter always matters. Some more songs to give a spin Mota, Walla Walla and last one of the greatest love songs ever Me and My Old Lady.
@jrhaughey24812 ай бұрын
He is such a great songwriter, he wrote for many people, Janis Joplin "Me and Bobby McGee", Please try his 70's hit "Why me Lord"
@__RYN__2 ай бұрын
2:00 The Offspring one of my favorite bands growing up they get a little stick from the rock community but they went mainstream and got money thats the goal
@TreyBlythe2 ай бұрын
I saw The Offspring at State Palace Theater in New Orleans in, I think, 1995, with No Use for a Name. Great show.
@jthomann712 ай бұрын
Offspring has so so so many great songs its ridiculous you could do one a week for the next year.