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The Offspring is an American Californian punk rock band founded in 1984. It currently includes vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland, guitarist Kevin Wasserman, and guitarist Todd Morse has been touring with them since 2009. For a long time, Ron Welty played drums in the band.

Achieving superstar status with their repertoire of punk songs that cross the border into tuneful pop, The Offspring have carved out a unique place for themselves in rock music. “We’ve approached the punk-rockthing as a legitimate style of music, and we try to play it like a real band and write lyrics that people can identify with,” claimed the group’s songwriter and lead singer Dexter Holland in Rolling Stone.

Jon Pareles acknowledged the group’s versatility in the New York Times, calling their music “a grab-bag of Southern California rock: speedy punk and ska, twangy surf-rock, hefty hard rock, nasal grunge melodies and ardent new wave.”

Offspring became one of the super groups on the alternative rock circuit after scoring a surprise number-one hit with “Come Out and Play (You Gotta Keep ’Em Separated)” in 1994 from their widely popular Smash album.