Editing The Offspring (section)

===Style and influences===
The Offspring has been labeled primarily as [[punk rock]],<ref name="spinoct94"/><ref name="winwood">{{cite news |last1=Winwood |first1=Ian |title='We played to 10 people for eight years': The Offspring, punk-rock icons, are back |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interviews/played-10-people-eight-yearsthe-offspring-punk-rock-icons-back/ |access-date=March 16, 2023 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=May 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name="donahue">{{cite magazine |last1=Donahue |first1=Bill |title=The Offspring Beat Ex-Drummer's Lawsuit Seeking Millions More From $35M Catalog Sale |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/offspring-defeat-drummer-ron-welty-lawsuit-over-catalog-sale-publishing/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="hudak">{{cite magazine |last1=Hudak |first1=Joesph |title=The Offspring's Dexter Holland on Cali Punk Pride and Why We've Seen the Worst of Covid |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/the-offspring-let-the-bad-times-roll-singer-covid-1155861/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name="20kerrang">{{cite web |last1=Law |first1=Sam |title=The 20 greatest The Offspring songs – ranked |url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-the-offspring-songs-ranked |website=[[Kerrang!]] |date=April 27, 2021 |access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-06-fi-37875-story.html |title=Song-Swapping Napster Finds Itself in Own Copyright Spat - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=November 13, 2000 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=John J. Moser |url=http://articles.mcall.com/2012-08-30/entertainment/mc-the-offspring-sands-20120830_1_punk-rock-new-albums-album-sales |title=Punk rock band the Offspring plays at Sands Bethlehem Event Center - Morning Call |publisher=Articles.mcall.com |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715033859/http://articles.mcall.com/2012-08-30/entertainment/mc-the-offspring-sands-20120830_1_punk-rock-new-albums-album-sales |url-status=dead }}</ref> and punk subgenres including [[hardcore punk]],<ref name="spinoct94">{{cite web |title=Aggro Avengers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YF7gOritOwkC&dq=the+offspring+hardcore+punk&pg=PA24 |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=March 16, 2023 |page=24 |date=October 1994}}</ref><ref name="ali">{{cite web |last1=Ali |first1=Lorraine |title=Offspring: The Kids Are Alright |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/offspring-the-kids-are-alright-243475/ |website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |access-date=June 26, 2022 |date=September 22, 1994 |quote="Punk rock is supposed to be about attitude", says Dexter Holland, singer of the effervescent hardcore band the Offspring, who recently whipped suburbs nationwide into one happy mosh pit with their hit "Come Out and Play (Keep ‘Em Separated)" }}</ref> [[melodic hardcore]],<ref name=Ringer>{{cite web |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/11/16/18097453/the-offspring-americana-20-years-old |title=A Track-by-Track Review of the Offspring's 'Americana,' 20 Years Later |publisher=[[The Ringer (website)|The Ringer]] |date=November 16, 2018 |access-date=April 2, 2019 |last=Siquig |first=Alex |quote=Of course, they'd still duly record their share of somewhat melodic hardcore skate-punk chant-alongs, but these perfunctory offerings would be punctuated by an increasing number of songs clearly intended for A&R men, for Top 40 radio, for arenas.}}</ref> [[pop-punk]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/519539/offspring-add-five-north-american-dates/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715175039/http://www.mtv.com/news/519539/offspring-add-five-north-american-dates/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2014 |title=Offspring Add Five North American Dates |publisher=MTV |date=November 3, 1999 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/27/AR2008042701918.html |title=Sweet Harmony Of Rock And Rap |work=Washingtonpost.com |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-offspringss-10-best-songs-11127|title=The Offspring's Best Songs|website=Nme.com|date=January 7, 2016|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> and [[skate punk]].<ref name=Ringer/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/heaven-is-a-half-pipe-the-joys-of-skate-punk/ |title=Heaven Is A Half-Pipe: The Joys Of Skate Punk |publisher=uDiscover |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=September 12, 2017 |access-date=September 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/archive_6336 |title=Offspring plan tour with Alkaline Trio, Dropkick Murphys, Sum 41 - Alternative Press |publisher=Altpress.com |date=March 23, 2009 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/first-call-last-call-1193723.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/first-call-last-call-1193723.html |archive-date=June 18, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=First Call, Last Call - Arts and Entertainment |newspaper=The Independent |date=December 21, 1998 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref> They have also been labeled as [[alternative rock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-15-me-13368-story.html |title=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=June 15, 1995 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ramirez |first=Marc |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/living/2002851068_deaf08.html |title=Living: Keeping deaf fans rockin' |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=March 8, 2006 |access-date=June 7, 2014}}</ref> In the ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' (1995), [[Chuck Eddy]] writes: "If Green Day Americanizes the [[Buzzcocks]]' heartfelt late-'70s pop-punk love-songs-for-British-birds, the Offspring Americanize [[Sham 69]]'s heavy rock-punk fight-songs-for-blokes. But biology-Ph.D.-candidate singer Dexter Holland cheerfully bounces around the 'luded-out [[heavy metal music|metal]] riffs instead of just gobbing out hardcorps spitballs."<ref name="Weisbard & Marks 1995">{{cite book|editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |year=1995 |title=[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]|chapter= Offspring|publisher=[[Vintage Books]] |location=New York |isbn=0-679-75574-8|page=279}}</ref> A signature style of the Offspring are their chorused "whoas", "heys", and/or "yeahs". The band's former labelmates [[NOFX]] poked fun at them for this in their song "Whoa on the Whoas". Several tracks also incorporate elements of Eastern music, which can be heard on the likes of "Tehran", "Me & My Old Lady", "Pay the Man", "Dividing By Zero", and the verse hook from "Come Out and Play". Their lyrics cover a wide range of topics, like personal relationships, such as in their songs "She's Got Issues", "Self Esteem" and "Spare Me the Details", and the degradation of the United States, politics, and society in general with songs like "It'll Be a Long Time", "Americana" and "Stuff Is Messed Up". The lyrics generally reflect a sarcastic viewpoint, which, along with the language, can be offensive to some. This is acknowledged in the opening track from their fourth album ''[[Ixnay on the Hombre]]'', "Disclaimer", which is sarcastic itself. Like "Disclaimer", the first track of most of the Offspring's albums are an introduction of some sort; "Time to Relax" (from ''Smash''), "Welcome" (from ''Americana''), "Intro" (from ''Conspiracy of One''), and "Neocon" (from ''Splinter'') are also examples of this.

The Offspring has cited various punk bands as influences, including [[the Dickies]], the [[Sex Pistols]], the [[Misfits (band)|Misfits]], [[T.S.O.L.]], [[Agent Orange (band)|Agent Orange]], the [[Adolescents (band)|Adolescents]], the [[Ramones]], [[the Clash]], the [[Dead Kennedys]],<ref name=KidsAreAlrightRollingStone>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/offspring-the-kids-are-alright-243475/ |title= Offspring: The Kids Are Alright |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |last=Ali |first=Lorraine |date=September 22, 1994 |access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/the-offspring-dexter-holland-20-years-smash-2014-summer-tour/ |title=The Offspring's Dexter Holland Talks 20 Years of 'Smash' |work=[[Loudwire]] |date=August 5, 2014 |access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-offspring-ignition-smash-americana-ixnay-on-the-hombre-conspiracy-of-one-dexter-noodles-interview-2001 |title= How the Offspring Became One Of The Biggest Punk Bands In The World |work=[[Louder Sound]] |last=Burrows |first=Alex |date=July 1, 2001 |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19941207-01.2.87# |title=Offspring |last=Antrim |first=Taylor |work=[[The Stanford Daily]] |date=December 7, 1994 |volume=206 |issue=49 |pages=10–11}}</ref><ref name=TheAverageWhiteBand>{{cite magazine |last=Beaujour |first=Tom |date=May 1999 |title=The Average White Band |magazine=[[Guitar World]] |pages=48–54, 112 }}</ref> [[Bad Religion]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lasvegasmagazine.com/entertainment/2015/apr/10/bridging-gap-between-old-and-new-bad-religion-span/ |title=Bridging gap between old and new, Bad Religion spans decades at House of Blues |work=Las Vegas Magazine |last=Bell |first=Josh |date=April 10, 2015 |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> the [[Circle Jerks]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Circle Jerks Announce Summer Western U.S. Tour Dates |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/circle_jerks_announce_summer_western_us_tour_dates.html |website=[[Ultimate Guitar]] |access-date=5 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref> the [[Descendents]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pilerats.com/music/bands/legendary-pop-punk-pioneers-descendents-give-us-their-top-ten-punk-songs-of-the-90s/ |title=Legendary pop-punk pioneers Descendents give us their top ten punk songs of the 90's |website=pilerats.com |last=Underwood |first=Alex |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> [[GBH (band)|GBH]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/gbh_announce_first_us_tour_in_five_years.html | title=GBH Announce First US Tour in Five Years }}</ref> [[Hüsker Dü]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weidman |first1=Rich |title=Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond |date=2022 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=249}}</ref> [[Social Distortion]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Weidman |first1=Rich |title=Punk: The Definitive Guide to the Blank Generation and Beyond |date=2022 |publisher=Backbeat Books |page=97}}</ref> [[Suicidal Tendencies]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metalriot.com/news/mr-exclusive-interview-louiche-mayorga-of-suicidal-tendencies-and-luicidal/ |title=MR Exclusive Interview: Louiche Mayorga of Suicidal Tendencies and Luicidal |work=Metal Riot |date=April 5, 2013 |access-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153552/http://metalriot.com/news/mr-exclusive-interview-louiche-mayorga-of-suicidal-tendencies-and-luicidal/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.axs.com/suicidal-tendencies-still-psycho-after-more-than-30-years-27417 |title=Suicidal Tendencies: Still psycho after more than 30 years |work=[[AXS (company)|AXS]] |last=Hernandez |first=Josef |date=November 9, 2014 |access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-suicidal-tendencies-bassist-louiche-mayorga-sues-for-unpaid-royalties/|title=Former SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Bassist LOUICHE MAYORGA Sues For Unpaid Royalties |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=December 9, 2016 |access-date=October 8, 2018}}</ref> and [[the Vandals]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-offsprings-best-deep-cuts-14-songs-that-rival-their-biggest-hits/ |title=The Offspring's best deep cuts -- 14 songs that rival their biggest hits |work=[[Brooklyn Vegan]] |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=September 10, 2020 |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> The band's other influences and inspirations are [[classic rock]] bands [[Creedence Clearwater Revival]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and [[Led Zeppelin]], [[New wave music|new wave]] acts [[the B-52s]], [[the Cars]] and [[Devo]], and [[British Invasion]] groups, including [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]] and [[the Who]].<ref name="TheAverageWhiteBand" />