The Offspring

The best-selling SoCal punk rock band The Offspring recently released their first ever Holiday track called “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” via their new label Concord. Produced by Bob Rock, the song was originally released by Darlene Love. The Offspring have put their unique stamp on this Holiday classic. Entercom’s Alternative stations already have this song in rotation. Additionally, the song will also be pressed on a limited edition, holiday red 7" vinyl with a custom etching on the B-side of the band's iconic logo.

Of the song, front-man Dexter Holland says, "It just seemed like the world could use a nice holiday song right now. We’ve always been huge fans of Darlene Love, so when the idea came up to do a Christmas song, we jumped at the chance to record that one…and tried not to wreck it!"

The Offspring was first formed in 1984 in Garden Grove, California. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, bassist Todd Morse, guitarist Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman and drummer Pete Parada. Over the course of their 36-year career, they have released nine studio albums and experienced lineup changes, most noticeably with their drummers. The Offspring achieved its first commercial success with their third studio album, “Smash” (1994), which has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, setting a record for most albums sold on an independent record label, and was the first album released on Epitaph to obtain gold and platinum status. After switching record labels from Epitaph to Columbia in 1996, the Offspring continued their commercial success with its next six studio albums: “Ixnay on the Hombre” (1997), “Americana” (1998), “Conspiracy of One” (2000), “Splinter” (2003), “Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace” (2008) and “Days Go By” (2012); the first four were certified platinum, multi-platinum, platinum and gold status by the RIAA respectively. The band's highly-anticipated 10th studio album is expected to be released in 2021.

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