(left to right) Greg K., Dexter Holland, Pete Parada, Noodles and Todd Morse.
(left to right) Dexter Holland, Todd Morse, Noodles, Josh Freese and Jonah Nimoy
Five line-ups of the Offspring, performing in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2022.
The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984.[1] Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the group originally included vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland (real name Bryan Holland), bassist Greg K. (real name Greg Kriesel) and drummer James Lilja. The bands current line-up includes Holland, alongside lead guitarist Noodles (real name Kevin Wasserman; since 1985), bassist Todd Morse (since 2019, and touring rhythm guitars from 2009 to 2019), multi instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy (since 2023, and touring musician from 2019 to 2023) and drummer Brandon Pertzborn (since 2023).
Josh Freese has intermittently contributed drums to the band as a session and touring member starting in 2003.
The band changed their name to the Offspring in 1986. Lilja left the Offspring in 1987 to pursue a medical career in oncology and was replaced by Ron Welty, who was 16 years old at the time.[2][3] After Welty joined the lineup released their first six albums in sixteen years. The first touring member the band enlisted was Chris "X-13" Higgins, who at first did additional vocals on the band's breaktrough song "Come Out and Play" and later also started to do more backing vocals. He later also played percussion, rhythm guitar and keyboards. Welty got fired from the group in 2003, a few days before the recording sessions of Splinter started. The Offspring recruited Josh Freese to record the drums for Splinter and later announced that ex-Rocket from the Crypt drummer Atom Willard (real name Adam Willard) would be the official replacement for Ron Welty. During the tour to promote SplinterRonnie King was featured to play keyboards. After King left Chris Higgins switched to keyboards.
After a world tour in 2005, the band took a break from writing, recording, and touring. During the hiatus, touring member Chris "X-13" Higgins left the group while Willard was recruited by Tom DeLonge for his band Angels & Airwaves. It was announced on July 27, 2007, that former Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada had been chosen to be the Offspring's new drummer after Willard left to focus on his new band. The band's first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in August 2007.[4] After Parada joined the lineup released two albums in eleven years. Warren Fitzgerald got hired as the band’s new touring guitarist but got replaced after the European Tour to promote their album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace by Andrew Freeman. After Freeman left in 2009, he got replaced by Todd Morse.
After Greg K. was fired from the Offspring in 2018 after business disputes, he was replaced on tour by No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal. Kriesel got officially replaced in 2019 by Todd Morse. Because of Kriesel's departure Dexter Holland remained as the only original member. The function of Morse as touring member was taken over by Jonah Nimoy, who also played keyboards and percussion. Shortly after releasing their tenth studio album Let the Bad Times Roll (2021), drummer Pete Parada revealed on August 2, 2021, on Twitter that he was leaving The Offspring after electing not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to possible complications with his previously diagnosed Guillain–Barré syndrome.[5] Parada got replaced on tour by Josh Freese. On May 12, 2023, former Suicidal Tendencies and Marilyn Manson drummer Brandon Pertzborn announced that he had joined The Offspring as the replacement of Josh Freese,[6] who was unable to perform with the band because of commitments with the Foo Fighters.[7] After Pertzborn's arrival, touring member Jonah Nimoy became an official member.[8] On August 6, 2023, original Offspring drummer James Lilja joined the Offspring on stage for the first time since 1987 to play perform the song "Beheaded" (which he had co-written with Dexter Holland).[9]
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