Orange County natives The Offspring sprang into popularity with their 1994 album ‘Smash’ and haven’t looked back since. With the release of their upcoming 10th studio album ‘Supercharged,’ Dexter Holland shares how energetic and fresh this album is, discusses performing with Ed Sheeran and Brian May, explains the origins of ‘Smash’ and “Make It All Right,” and more!
Hi everybody. It’s Rania Aniftos with Billboard News. And I’m so excited we have Dexter from The Offspring in the studio today. Hello!
Hi, hello!
And we got to talk about the album ‘Supercharged,’ something that you described as pure energy. Tell me a bit about that inspiration and getting the energy.
That’s right. You know, we’ve done what, 10 albums or something. So it’s like, what can you offer when you’re doing this, right? You want to do something that you haven’t done before, but you don’t want to go so far out there that it feels strange to people who like the band, and it just felt like going kind of a little bit more direct was the right way to approach this record. I just wanted something that was energetic and really upbeat and just slamming in your face, kind of.
I feel like you guys do a good job too. I mean being a band all these years, keeping it fun and keeping it fresh. Because, I mean, it’s your job andyou want to separate the job from the creative, and you still want to keep it fun and fresh. So I feel like you guys do a good job at that.
It’s got to be fun, right? But that’s the thing is, we really, really enjoy what we do still, you know?
It’s important. I love going out and playing the shows, because there’s kind of an immediacy to that, where you get the reaction from the crowd and they’re singing along, and like, it’s hard to explain to people, like, there’s nothing like that feeling when you’ve written a song and people are singing your words, right?
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