The Offspring are an American pop-punk band best known for their hits "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?".
Originally called Manic Subsidal, by the time the band had adopted the name 'The Offspring' in 1985 they had already seen a few line-up changes. After the release of the single "Blackball/I'll Be Waiting" and a demo in 1988, they released a limited run of The Offspring (which was finally released in CD format in 1995). A further EP Baghdad was released in 1991 and Ignition was released a year later. They toured for two years with the album and on their return to the studio they recorded Smash. The album gave the band their breakthrough, helped in large part by the success of the singles "Come Out and Play" and "Gotta Get Away". It sold over six million in the US, and was later declared the biggest-selling independently released album ever.
They followed up the success of Smash with Ixnay on the Hombre (1997). It did not achieve the same credit but still achieved platinum certification for a million sales. Subsequent albums, Americana (1998), Conspiracy of One (2000) and Splinter (2003) continued their success and several of the singles, including "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "Hit That", enjoyed appearances in the charts. In 2005 they released a Greatest Hits album which reprised all their hits to date, after which the band took a break.
The band released their eighth studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in 2008.
