History Music / TheOffspring

In 2018, Holland and Noodles allegedly fired Greg K. from the band, causing him to file a lawsuit against them, leading to touring musician Todd Morse getting promoted to bassist. Joining the band in 2017 as the fifth member of the band is Jonah Nimoy[[note]]grandson of Creator/LeonardNimoy[[/note]]. Drummer Pete Parada was dismissed from the band in 2021 due to his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine, though Parada claimed he has medical reasons for it.[[note]]It's generally not a good idea to argue against vaccines with someone who has a PhD in Molecular Biology and specializes in Virology[[/note]] Josh Freese then joined the band for their 2021-22 tour. Freese left to join the Music/FooFighters in 2023, prompting the band to recruit Brandon Pertzborn as their drummer.

* BigRedButton: Dexter Holland press one labelled "[[SchmuckBait Do not push]]" at the end of the "Why Don't You Get a Job?" music video. It promptly causes an [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]] behind him and the entire crowd behind the band scatters in a panic.

* StuffBlowingUp: The video of "Want You Bad", where everything blows up in bubbles.

** "Breaking Down Walls"

The band's constant members from 1985 to 2018 have been Bryan "Dexter" Holland (vocals, guitar), Kevin "Noodles" Wasserman (guitar, backing vocals, NerdGlasses) and Gregory "Greg K." Kriesel (bass, backing vocals). Their best-known drummer was Ron Welty, who was in the band from 1987 to 2003. Afterwards, they cycled through a few extra drummers (Josh Freese, Atom Willard of Rocket from the Crypt and Music/AngelsAndAirwaves) before settling on Pete Parada (formerly of Saves the Day and Face to Face), who has been in the band since 2007. Amusingly, Wasserman was the janitor at Holland and Kriesel's high school, and he was initially brought into the band because he was 21 years old and could buy everybody else beer.

In 2018, Holland and Noodles allegedly decided to ban Greg K. from the band, causing him to file a lawsuit against them, leading to touring musician Todd Morse getting promoted to bassist. Joining the band in 2017 as the fifth member of the band is Jonah Nimoy[[note]]grandson of Creator/LeonardNimoy[[/note]]. Drummer Pete Parada was dismissed from the band in 2021 due to his refusal to take the COVID-19 vaccine on his doctor's orders with Josh Freese replacing him for their 2021-22 tour. Freese left to join the Music/FooFighters in 2023, prompting the band to recruit Brandon Pertzborn as their drummer.

* DrugsAreBad: "Mota" which is about a day in a stoner's life (the title is Mexican Spanish for "weed"), and "What Happened to You?", which is about a friend who is trying to get his friend to quit. "Hypodermic" is about a heroid addict. "The Opioid Diaries" addresses the opioid addiction crisis.[[note]]When the video was shared to social media, the band stated that drug addiction needs to stop being treated as a legal issue and be treated as a public health issue instead[[/note]]

* AddictionSong: "The Opioid Diaries" is about someone who became addicted to prescription painkillers.

* AnimatedMusicVideo: "Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell"

** This also happened to Greg K. when he was kicked out of the band; his absence has still never been mentioned in any official capacity.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: The narrator of "Bad Habit" insists that he's perfectly alright in the head ([[UnreliableNarrator though he's waving a gun around as he says it...]]), but when he's behind the wheel, bad or inconsiderate drivers [[BerserkButton push about every]] [[AxCrazy button he has]]. (Dexter [[http://books.google.com/books?id=3R7GZ8ghL8wC&pg=PA90 said]] he was inspired by [[TheAllegedCar his old car that struggled to accelerate]], [[MyCarHatesMe and thus]] made him get "[[FlippingTheBird flipped up]] about once or twice a week")
* DrugsAreBad: "Mota" which is about a day in a stoner's life (the title is Mexican Spanish for "weed"), and "What Happened to You?", which is about a friend who is trying to get his friend to quit.

* HiddenDepths: Dr. Bryan Holland is known as "Dexter" because of his Ph.D. in molecular biology. He is also a certified commercial pilot and flight instructor, and runs a hot sauce business called Gringo Bandito. Lampshaded in "Questions with Dexter and Noodles"

-->My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch!

* QuestioningTitle: "Why Don't You Get a Job?" (along with "She's Got Issues", parodying the {{crawl}}s seen in many a PointAndLaughShow) and "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?"

** "Stuff Is Messed Up" has one to Music/TheClash: "Now we're rocking the casbah, and taking the flag".

* TeensAreMonsters: Several of their songs, most notably "Come Out and Play", which talks about gang violence ("You gotta keep 'em separated") and "Walla Walla", which is about a young offender who's finally going off to prison ("Slap on the wrist -- ell, not this time!").