The Offspring Are My Salad Days Soundtrack | Bertcast # 645

[@bertkreischer]

What's your favorite Offspring song?

[@bpjcincinnati]

Want You Bad

[@NowyouknowMusic]

All I Want!

[@mentalmetalist]

Welcome to Americana. Please make your selection followed by the pound sign now.

[@tomdobrowolski7841]

I Choose

[@CamCotham]

The Kids Aren't Alright

[@brettbatliner]

Favorite band of all time. Met Dexter twice about 13 years apart and he remembered me as a little kid when he met me and my dad. Met Noodles once as well, they really are just normal ass dudes who love playing music. Talked with Dexter over 30 minutes both times. Noodles signed my guitar that's his first signature model. Dudes are as cool as they come.

[@RDEnduro]

When i hear Offspring i want to go skate or something haha. Their albums all hold up still good

[@CraigSmith-qq3sr]

Far Away came out one week after I lost a long-time friend. I'm 56 and I still get emotional every time I play it. Thank you so much guys😊 I still listen to you guys along with Candlebox, Collective Soul on a daily basis 😊

[@mastergwaha]

Candlebox !!!! still have the cassette hahaha

[@scoaus]

“Django unchained?” 😂😂

[@omegathirteen13]

Saw them when they released Americana, and it was one of the most fun and entertaining music concerts I've experienced.

[@alyssamae4]

I saw them a few weeks ago at a festival, and it was an absolute dream. Definitely a top 5 concert in my books. They're so damn good.

[@omegathirteen13]

@@alyssamae4 badass :)

[@dylanperez8985]

This is peak podcast content. So much fun being a fly on the wall for this hang

[@dominicdamiani9113]

Im so stoked on this interview. Today at work I listened to smah and inxnay back to back. Jumped in My car to leave and this episode drops,to awesome. All ever want to do is load up dirt bike head to fox raceway blasting the offspring

[@TheLanconater]

Offspring was the first band I downloaded a cd of of Kazaa in 2002 😂🎉

[@michaels3123]

hahahaahahaaaaa i cant believe you said KAZAAA fuck that takes me back in time,

[@ColePrediger]

@@TheLanconater long live Kazaa

[@bluesfortheredsun]

@@ColePrediger soulseek 4ever!!!1!

[@mentalmetalist]

I grew up on these guys. Had all the CDs

[@AmericanMe]

Gotta keep em vaccinated

[@errick4421]

haha, exactly, They kicked out Pete Parada, their drummer, for refusing the jab.

[@paddydemps2291]

Heck yeah! Vaccines save lives 🙌🏽

[@errick4421]

@@paddydemps2291 🤦🏼lib tard

[@diegomilito7163]

@@errick4421yeah cuz Pete parada is a conspiracy nut and Dexter has a PHD in Molecular Biology and is a scientist

[@diogom9480]

Hell yeah! vaccines are awesome

[@OjaiWeber]

Smash (the song) is one of the best. Ignition, best album. Offspring (self titled) hidden gem. Snowboard videos + early Offspring = the best!

[@JoeRaygun]

True

[@mastergwaha]

Offspring (self titled) hidden gem, be headed, jennifer lost the war

[@infectedTrexs]

Dexter face when asked if they still talk about past members kills me. But great question.

[@stephenseagull1398]

😂

[@thefaridismail]

At what time?

[@thefaridismail]

When he ask this question?

[@infectedTrexs]

@@thefaridismail Watch the video, it's near the end

[@thefaridismail]

@@infectedTrexs what time ? I don't find

[@liferacermusic]

It was great to see these guys on a podcast!! Great episode guys!

[@matthewwiggins5128]

Dude I feel that tho. Had to learn how to play the guitar again after breaking my right knuckle. At the same time my left thumb almost got chopped completely off by a katana wielding crackhead. Took a while, but now I'm back to shredding son.

[@zacwattus4320]

I remember my Dad got their Greatest Hits album in 2005 and it was game over from then on, i was obsessed.

[@JoeRaygun]

Bert made an absolute fool of himself in so many ways, from Metallica and limp bizkit, to white guy, these guys were not impressed.

[@seanhigginbotham6480]

Thanks

[@Allagi22]

Franz Kafka is a widely celebrated writer. He wrote exclusively in German as a German Jew living in Prague, modern day Czech Republic and died young at age 40 from tuberculosis. He was never known or celebrated during his time for his writing. He wrote for himself by himself, never got rich, never got famous, never even got moderate recognition. I had to read his writings as MANDATORY in my high school AP English Class. The point is just do what you do. Make what you can make. If you're writing something from the heart, and crafting something from the soul, don't limit it. Just do it. The audience will follow if it is good enough

[@memoryedit]

I met these guys after the '99 WHFS fest in Baltimore. What and awesome show. My friends knew one of the radio dj's and we were able to get into a hotel bar after the show with a lot of the festival musicians. I definitely recall seeing Dexter talking to Mark McGrath next to the bar. At one point around midnight the bar told us they were shutting down and everyone was kinda pist. I was talking to a young guy that was a roadie for Offspring and he said they had some Heineken on the bus. When we stepped on the bus i swear the first thing he said was "hey if you gotta use the bathroom there's no shittin on the bus"! The door the bathroom was open and the shower curtain rod had a bunch of leather jackets hanging. Great time!

[@jagoleum6986]

First time hearing the offspring was playing crazy taxi when I was a kid

[@Mad_Mike_414]

I was in 7th grade or maybe 8th when I first heard gotta keep em separated. I think the first time I heard it was on MTV and then for Christmas my aunt bought me a black long sleeve shirt with the smash album cover on it and I could not believe my aunt knew about The offspring or knew I even liked them. it blew me away!

[@thedude887]

Saw them a couple weeks ago on the beach at Ocean’s Calling. They rocked it. I love them even more now

[@goldmemberr]

Americana was the first CD I ever bought. I was like 8 years old 😂 I used to sit in the attic and read along with the lyrics inside the booklet. That was a game changer and made me a superfan.

[@mellowyellow2576]

Both those guys are chill they hung out the stone pony at a lunachicks opener. At 13th I remember it was nice of them to stick around a bit. Music thrashed 💜

[@JenniferLovin-xz7kl]

How can the Offspring fans successfully communicate to the Offspring how much we appreciate and love this legendary band! Enlighten Dexter and Noodles to accept, embrace and enjoy their blessings of being truly blessed, gifted, amazing legendary musicians that humanity needs to continue creating and releasing Offspring music. Thank you for your large catalog of great songs. I lost count of how many of your songs I love and that helped me in amazing ways get through difficult times in my life that my only option was to be strong, resilient, keep moving forward, trust God and his process ☮️❤️😇🎶 thank you 😊

[@shadowcolorado3668]

The offspring are establishment shills who kicked their drummer out - he couldn't get the shots due to health concerns

[@reidmurtaugh9742]

When Burt interviews bands and musicians he reminds me of Chris Farley on SNL when he interviews Paul McCartney. Such a fan boy! I love these band podcasts!

[@Mdiddydoss]

Please don't ever compare this fake ass drunk to Chris Farley

[@alexruh8539]

Holy shit Bert just interviewed my favorite band of all time! What a fucking guest to have!

[@taylorvaughn1313]

Love this interview!

[@Allagi22]

Hey kids Ecstasy/MDMA like the name implies is so good.....the first time. And it's never that good again. Which is why it's never worth it to do it. Just don't do it. It's not addictive like heroin, but it has diminishing returns are just like heroin, and arguably the damaging effects are damn near worse. The drug works by releasing all your serotonin at once which is damaging to your body. It fucks up your eyes, and more importantly it fucks with the the chemical control composition of your brain. I have serious anxiety issues and hardcore panic attacks, some that led me to the ER which never manifested before using MDMA. It's a common complaint among users. Just don't do it. Smoke weed if you're so inclined, drink a few beers. Maybe try a small dose of mushrooms if you're feeling crazy. Don't start wheeling and dealing. There's a reason it's illegal

[@NooDLES411911]

Your brain can recover though. I did M a handful of times back in college and even a few times after. Felt shitty for a day or 2 after but went back to normal. Are you saying there's long term irreversible effects? I didn't get those...

[@johndoe-lz8hz]

Dexter is aging in reverse

[@Jacquo]

Great interview Bert!

[@bpjcincinnati]

Noodles sounds like Eric Bischoff.

[@DTylereRod]

I was kind of waiting for Bert to find out about Dexter's pilot license and P.H.D in microbiology. If he accidentally backed into that he might have kicked a flip flop off the ceiling.

[@mikebutler3983]

How close does Bert's head look like to Barry Bond's head in the mid 2008 season.

[@kryaxe]

Bad Habit was my first song by The Offspring too. Was driving to high school, and my buddy says "hey, listen to this" then I ask "did they just say 'GD MFer'?" Replayed the track sitting in the parking lot.

[@foolsgoldx8]

The offspring was the first band I ever saw live in 2003. Who attended the Tony hawk boom boom huck jam tour tho?!?

[@ThomasMoore-z4s]

I saw that when I was 10 at the arrowhead pond in Anaheim. Right across the street that night the angels won the World Series

[@MrMotovader]

Man it would be so cool to sit on that coach and play guitar with Bert.. Tnx you B.K..And OFFSPRING 🤟😊🤟

[@kimr2352]

I used to wear Americana out before I ever had internet so I didn’t know what they looked like but for some reason I knew exactly what Dexter looked like without seeing him. I was like 7 years old and I wore that album out specifically “Why don’t you get a job?” But they have tons of killer songs.

[@richardbalistreri7631]

Bert redeemed himself. The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, Pennywise, The Vandals, etc. I met Noodles once and he was the nicest dude. Met him at a surf award show. I was the only guy that knew who he was. He bought me a beer and said "Hey wanna fuck with Jim from Pennywise?" We did and it was a night to remember.

[@johndreker1613]

I once started a band with three friends for fun. The drummer was okay, the bassist was better, but the two guitarist (one being me) were completely new to it. There was nothing serious about it, but we made two different t-shirts and three stickers anyway. We called the band Must Keep Refrigerated. The name literally came off of containers of honey mustard and bleu cheese. One said Keep Refrigerated, the other said Must Be Refrigerated, so we combined the two. I say all that because we made a song off of Keep Them Separated, but turned that part of the song into Must Keep Refrigerated. Heeey, gotta put it away.

[@justinhaas680]

I Remember a Band called the groceries! Sounds close.

[@dosesandmimoses]

Nicest guys, i.e. the offspring.. not only are they talented, but also so intelligent. Great people

[@donkeysunrise]

smashhhhhh. Awesome.They still have the energy! Saludos from Colombia!

[@joe.monterrosa90]

Damn it Bert. I give it to u. U have good bands on so u make me listen.

[@labgnat]

Really nostalgic and great listening to these guys. Love that they're into Otoboke Beaver

[@gordfoley4760]

I was introduced to the Offspring through the album Ignition. There is no improving the original version of Dirty Magic.

[@justinhaas680]

Gringo Bandito is probobly my favorite sauce.

[@uspbl]

Added our Utica Unicorns home game hat to his impressive collection! We love to see it.

[@deadmemoryrecords]

Dexter is looking fit as. Good to see...New album is great. Good job Bert

[@badonions2399]

Bert: "CAUSE I GOT A BAD HABIIIT" Everyone: "Good job little buddy wow!" 😂😂😂

[@michaels3123]

man i still cant believe i have a setlist from warped tour EARLY 2000s. even crazier i had the original smash tshirt. DONT LET CHICKS WEAR YOUR BAND SHIRTS KIDS! love the offspring

[@RIPJohnny247]

Beautiful Noise is such a good band name...

[@NooDLES411911]

Im 34. My online name playing counter strike, Socom, and Xbox live back in the day was always NooDLES in honour of The Offspring

[@adamrivera2499]

My foster brother was really into offspring and blink 182 awesome episode btw

[@tylermarin2442]

Ive been listening to this band a lot lately

[@danielflorio4739]

Love their entire discography

[@jerone9097]

Bert I had that same response the first time I ever saw ZZ Top

[@matthewmohri9990]

Bert I'm thinking that you did some research and knew that Dexter Holland is a PhD I think Biology. "Dexter Holland, also known as Bryan Keith Holland, is the lead singer and co-founder of the punk rock band the Offspring. He has a PhD in molecular biology and has published research on HIV microRNA." Shitting on The Bus. LOL I completely relate to this. From Mannheim, Germany my friend's family and I took a bus from there to Spain and something went out in the plumbing or something on that bus. So the bus went almost all freaking night to the Coast of Spain from South Central Germany. It wasn't the most horrible experience I've ever had but it's in the top 10, however looking back upon it now, it's kind of funny. As my friend was 14 and I was 13 we were even happier to see the topless beaches once we go there out of the horrendous smell of that bus. It was like riding in a shit tube on wheels and all we wanted to do was sleep b/c it smelled that bad. I was afraid the driver was going to get high off of the fumes and that kind of worried me. LOL. So to the guitarist in Offspring would you consider Flipper Punk? I mean a lot of Punks loved the first album, and Flipper was a huge influence on Nirvana(Chris ended up playing with them for a short stint.). Ah Outlaw Country. For me it's Townes Van Zandt.

[@marfiuss]

This is literally the first time someone get s them to say 2 words about the "divorce"

[@NUMBgirl021]

I have a deep love for Offspring ❤

[@MartyMcFly88]

Offspring has been my favorite band for 27 years. I’ve seen them 9 times live. I am buying my physical CD copy of Supercharged tomorrow when it comes out! (Yes I buy physical media.)

[@boomdog349]

Two of the nicest guys.

[@CraigSmith-qq3sr]

That is so wild, I was adopted thru catholic charity's in 1968 in Virginia 😊

[@wvecst]

Just got started but the fact these dudes were around for a decade before their actual career really should inspire all young artists

[@RA-tj8lv]

Oooo I LOVE THE LAMP and lamp shade next to Bert!!!! Can I have it PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!! 🤗🙂‍↕️❤❤🍻🍸🪴

[@E_redd]

Man. To have the offspring sitting front of you and end up taking about only yourself for an hour is such a missed opportunity. I know I shouldn’t be surprised but damn.

[@rhysm.5915]

I don't normally get secondhand embarrassment, but it's getting difficult to listen to these really nice dudes tolerating his head being so far up his own ass. 😂

[@shadowcolorado3668]

​@@rhysm.5915 really nice dudes..? Lol They kicked out their drummer bc he couldn't get the shots due to health concerns. There is nothing nice or punk about these establishment corporate shills

[@rhysm.5915]

​@@shadowcolorado3668 I really don't give a shit. Are you replying to every comment that says anything positive about the band with this unrelated trivia or what?

[@YouthEnergy]

​@@shadowcolorado3668You're an Anti-intellectual and the government loves people like you, for all the wrong reasons. Governments love ignorant idiots like yourself. Also, fuck Pete Parada.

[@justinmiller128]

The fact you didn’t have them sing is a sin, I look at these musicians on and I know I’m getting something was very sad

[@nicholasbrown9447]

TSOL at the depot in San Juan, mostly skin heads Offspring, social D, many more at coors late 90’s.

[@josueavina848]

Oh Bart trying to be cool by slaughtering Amy & the sniffers band name “ammo” 😂😂😂

[@birk3383]

Should of asked them why they fired their original drummer

[@savethedandelions]

Holy shit. Wasn't expecting Bert to mention Ten Foot Pole.

[@JoeRaygun]

True,seemed fake

[@weatheredtome]

This is honestly embarrassing for all parties involved tbh

[@garyhonas1848]

2:52 🤦‍♂️I grew up idolizing these guys and Bert thinking they started in the 90's just hurts me for some reason😅

[@JimKnight-x8y]

Dexter has looked 45 years old since 1994 now he’s in his late 50’s and still looks 45 years old that’s creepy AF 😅

[@marfiuss]

you did not see him live in 2011 appearantly

[@robertjohn8726]

@@marfiussoh man he looked rough when he was working on his PHD

[@goldmemberr]

Love how bert acts like hes sober now or somehow healthy lol

[@jamesstauber9348]

Livestock in Zephyrhills. Great shows

[@wurm87]

The singer has looked the same for like 87 years

[@scloutier022]

The Ocean side half marathon story I just wanna hear as the "Californians" from snl 🤣🤣🤣 How did the people from Nebraska get there?! Was it the 405 or the 10? Also, love the Days Go By version of Dirty Magic

[@markmcgwincomedy]

Gotta keep 'em vaccinated

[@phillipivey689]

They sold most records on Independent Records' company epitaph baby

[@teamtuffnuts4739]

I don't have to take a shot... Is that punk rock?

[@dirkdiggler6458]

Bert really asked them if they had ever considered re recording “Smash” 🤣 Why would you want to re record your breakout hit album? This interview was sooo bad 😂

[@andrewhardy2635]

Please keep up the band interviews! Should look up Highly Suspect

[@ColePrediger]

We have Joe Rogan at home

[@darrensanimalsreptilesfish30]

It’s so fucking painful listening to all three of them talk about skinheads like they’ve been a part of punk at all in the last 30 years

[@davidempson5951]

Did you ask why they fired their drummer for having a medical condition that wouldn't let him get the covid jab?

[@AndrewEFuller]

Should have asked them why they chose money over truth, so punk rock of them.

[@harleyawesome8871]

UTICA UNICORNS HAT!!!!

[@uspbl]

^ That was our merch director's exact reaction, lol. Thanks for noticing! 🦄⚾

[@harleyawesome8871]

@uspbl i wore mine all day since I saw it lol.

[@uspbl]

@@harleyawesome8871 We appreciate your support! Probably not a good idea to imitate *everything* you see on the internet, but that one is OK 👍😂

[@harleyawesome8871]

@@uspbl only when it's things I already do hahaha

[@Niraya]

This was hard to watch

[@joepiersma4768]

Yo Bert’s views and likes are wildly low

[@kimr2352]

Someone tell Bert I appreciate these pods so much. The Offspring was one of my favorite bands in the early 2000’s. Finally got to see them and Metallica a few years ago in Daytona Beach. That’s bucket list for me. Limp Bizkit is big on that list for me too

[@mariogooch9634]

I do like Bert, but he always makes it about him. Would like to know more about them while they are here.

[@mariogooch9634]

Alright I take it back, now I watched it all, good job Bert.

[@mastergwaha]

@@mariogooch9634 you made a comment about the whole show before you watched it all? jesus dude...

[@mariogooch9634]

@@mastergwaha u are right too call me out on that. That wasn't cool, I stand corrected.

[@M76Music]

Bert, when are you gonna get Josh Homme on?

[@stewartdowouis9218]

Bert thinks “most kids” backpack Europe.

[@dayphaser]

Django unchained??? (Bert's inner thoughts* "my favorite racist movie???")

[@runningdownadrm728]

Ten Foot Pole!

[@drewfromscared20]

yes bert, django unchained

[@weatheredtome]

All Bert did was try and talk like he's got more money than the offspring lol

[@jeremylowe2309]

It’s funny the people leaving comments about being sellouts but are watching. Who cares?! Yes, they wanted to make music and make money as well. That’s not selling out. It’s about feeding your family and getting paid for you art! EVERYONE “ sells “ out. It’s called the music industry. Do you people want them to be poor and not get paid? Dumb comments by some people.

[@CraigSmith-qq3sr]

I agree totally 😊

[@robertjohn8726]

People love to scramble and define what "real punk" is. It's a genre of music. The Offspring has always been a rock band that's punk-adjacent. They were the gateway band. When I think of "punk" I don't think of The Offspring. When I think music that has punk energy and motifs, but branches out into pop and rock, I think of The Offspring. Not to mention, the amount of money Smash made for Epitaph helped so many other bands get lifted because the label had better resources to help out their talent. tl;dr: The Offspring isn't a punk band. They're a band operating on the outer edge of punk rock that got a lot of people into the genre, which allowed so many people to dig deeper and find all of those other bands. Their contribution cannot be overstated. As for selling out, the only thing I know about ANY band is what I read in magazines or bought. So by that logic, isn't any entertainer a "sellout?" Such a weird thing for people to get mad about.

[@michaelt.9372]

These guys are so punk they fired their drummer for not getting the Covid vax lol. They fired their drummer for not doing what the government wanted him to do. They fired their drummer for being too punk 😂😂😂

[@richardbalistreri7631]

Bart said David Alan Coe and they went silent. So naive to what he sings about lol

[@misner1989]

Dexter was sooo stand offish and his fake laugh and couldn't even fake interest in anything Bert was saying made this so awkward 😂😂