Editing The Offspring (section)

===''Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'' (2006–2009)===
[[File:Offspringlive.jpg|thumb|The Offspring performing in 2008]]
In November 2006, it was reported that the Offspring were back in the studio recording their eighth studio album ''[[Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace]]'' with producer [[Bob Rock]] and "a fistful of demos". In July 2007, Dexter announced that the band had finished two more songs and the album was being recorded in Orange County, California.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/journal?journal=433689 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005314/http://offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/journal?journal=433689 |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |title=Journal: The Offspring |date=September 27, 2007 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref>

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, replacing Atom Willard, who went to focus on [[Angels and Airwaves]]. The band's first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.offspring.com/news/150/the-offspring-have-a-new-drummer |title=News |publisher=The Offspring |date=July 27, 2007 |access-date=April 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817211246/http://offspring.com/news/150/the-offspring-have-a-new-drummer |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It was during these shows that the band debuted "[[Hammerhead (The Offspring song)|Hammerhead]]", which would become the first single from the new album. Parada did not record on the new album due to contract issues however; Josh Freese once again handled drum duties as he did with ''[[Splinter (The Offspring album)|Splinter]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_offspring_announce_new_drummer.html |title=The Offspring Announce New Drummer |publisher=Ultimate-guitar.com |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref>

The Offspring co-headlined the Australian [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave Festival]] during February and May 2008 alongside [[Incubus (band)|Incubus]] and [[Killswitch Engage]].

[[File:The Offspring London09.jpg|thumb|left|The Offspring performing in 2009]]
On April 9, 2008, Dexter announced that the album would be called ''[[Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace]]'' and would be released on June 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/journal?journal=435578 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411210514/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/journal?journal=435578 |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |title=Journal: The Offspring |date=April 11, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> The album's first single, "Hammerhead", went to radio on May 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tunelabmusic.com/2008/03/28/the-offspring-to-release-new-single-in-may/ |title=The Offspring to Release New Single in May |publisher=Tunelabmusic.com |date=March 28, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> Additionally, the Offspring's website provided an [[MP3]] download of the song to the general public on May 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/news?newsID=436353 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508162400/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/news?newsID=436353 |archive-date=May 8, 2008 |title=News: The Offspring |date=May 8, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> The second single from the album, "[[You're Gonna Go Far, Kid]]", had topped the [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and stayed there for 11 weeks, a record for the band. It was also the Offspring's only [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] Gold song, proving it to be one of the most successful singles the band had released in their over 20-year career.

Also in April 2008, [[Epitaph Records]] announced that the label would be reissuing ''[[Ignition (The Offspring album)|Ignition]]'' and ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]''; both albums were remastered and ''Smash'' contained a new 24-page booklet. The reissues were released on the same day as ''Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace'', coinciding with the new album's release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.punknews.org/article/28659 |title=Epitaph to re-issue Offspring's Ignition and Smash |date=April 25, 2008 |publisher=Punknews.org |access-date=July 15, 2011}}</ref>

The supporting tour for the album began on May 16 with a performance at the [[X-Fest]] festival in California. On May 28, it was announced on the band's website that [[Scott Shiflett]] (from [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]]) would replace bassist [[Greg K.]] on current tour dates due to a birth in the family. Kriesel returned in mid-June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/news?newsID=437614 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531222958/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/news?newsID=437614 |archive-date=May 31, 2008 |title=News: The Offspring |date=May 31, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2014}}</ref> In October, with the addition of touring guitarist [[Andrew Freeman (musician)|Andrew Freeman]], the band embarked on a three-week Japanese tour followed by a South American tour.

On December 13, 2008, the Offspring headlined the nineteenth annual [[KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas]]. In an interview at the Almost Acoustic Christmas show, guitarist [[Noodles (musician)|Noodles]] stated that the Offspring would be taking a break for a month or two and promised a US tour to kick off in 2009.<ref>[http://www.kroq-data.com/wah/wah/dcvideo/avc-view.aspx?v=3411] {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> They toured North America on their "Shit is Fucked Up" tour from May through July with [[Dropkick Murphys]], [[Alkaline Trio]], [[Street Dogs]], [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]], [[Shiny Toy Guns]], [[Sum 41]], and [[Frank Turner]].<ref>{{cite web | author=Lindsay, Andrew | title=Frank Turner to tour with the Offspring | date=April 9, 2009 | url=http://www.stereokill.net/2009/04/frank-turner-to-tour-with-the-offspring/ | publisher=Stereokill.net | access-date=April 9, 2009 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911072558/http://www.stereokill.net/2009/04/frank-turner-to-tour-with-the-offspring/ | archive-date=September 11, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>