The Offspring discography | |
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The Offspring at Download Festival in 2008.
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Studio albums | 9 |
Compilation albums | 2 |
Video albums | 3 |
Music videos | 26 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 34 |
Soundtrack albums | 9 |
Demos | 5 |
Other appearances | 1 |
Non-album songs | 12 |
Cover tracks | 29 |
This is a comprehensive discography of The Offspring, a Southern California-based punk rock band. The band has released nine studio albums, four extended plays (EP), two compilation albums, five demos, three video albums, and over 30 singles.
The Offspring were formed in 1983 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 then-former and now-current Bad Religion guitarist 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 19 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.