Super-powers flex their wings, hold the world on puppet strings. My favourite lyric is, “Back and forth the leaders sway, backing it up with guns. The most political song on the album is It’ll Be A Long Time, which creates some disturbing imagery but it is true in a way. Saying all I know is I got to get away from me.” It adds some variety to the album since most of the album is punk. I think I’m on a roll but I think it’s kinda weak. There’s demons in my head and it’s more than I can take. It has my nomination for the catchiest chorus ever when Dexter spurts out the words, “Sitting on the bed, or lying wide awake. Gotta Get Away is a departure from the fast punk that is supplied throughout the album otherwise this is a slow tempo song but not a ballad or anything, more of a rock song to me. I have a few favourites off the album but everything is something fun and interesting to me. Dexter is not exactly a master of words but they provide some interesting parts (the line, “something’s odd, feel like I’m god, you stupid dumb-sh*t godda*n mother*cker!” was a particularly interesting line that stood out) The most important thing is that the lyrics have a meaning behind them. This was before The Offspring were constantly talked about in school this is fast punk which isn’t supposed to be super special but fulfils a craving that only this band can get rid of. Those of you listening to Pretty Fly and moving on to this would probably be surprised as this is the Offspring before they were itching for mainstream success. The catchiness, the speed of some songs and the feel of the songs come into play. It’s hard to pick out why The Offspring are so great other than they sound good.
The song is just a quick song to start the album up it is quite nice but not a main part of the album. Dexter’s vocals are a highlight as he stretches his vocal chords and it sounds quite sweet. The album starts off with a quick introduction and quickly goes into Nitro (Youth Energy) which is a great punk song. Picking the best song out the album would be quite hard as every song is something to enjoy listening to. From the slow build-up in Bad Habit to the verses of Self-Esteem, there are a lot of times he gets shined. He frequently goes into a state of backing up the guitar, it usually makes everything sound better but he does use some moments to shine. Greg is a sweet bass player and he is usually quite loud in the mix. An overall high-quality player but he doesn’t really play shrill and that makes the snare suffer at points. Ron uses quite a lot of basic punk beats and uses fast fills. He usually helps the chorus flow but simply letting chords ring out (if you hear one of the songs, you’d get what I mean). He is simple and it’s easy to learn his parts through ear but that’s one of the main reasons he’s quite good at what he does. Noodles is possibly my favourite part of the band, he is not a technical player but makes up for it with his catchy, power-chord parts. He is certainly an acquired taste but adds greatly to the band. Dexter seems to be the main reason people don’t like the band. The Offspring consist of four young guys by the name of Brian (Dexter) Holland, Greg K, Noodles and Ron Welty (who was replaced by some dude named Atom in 2002 or 2003, don’t remember). The album had spawned three moderately successful singles which consist of: Come Out and Play, Self-Esteem and to a lesser extent Gotta Get Away. Smash was also the record that gave The Offspring that special boost they needed at the time. Bad Religion also seems obvious the way the instruments sound. The Offspring have some obvious influences, the most obvious being TSOL since the vocals and song structures are quite similar. Smash is a great album with some very fun punk songs. It may not seem it, the way I review on this site but those sentences are a hundred percent true. One of my personal favourites I’ve never been able to turn my back on them. The Offspring come to this rule for me I’ve always been a big fan, no matter what type of music I was into at the time and one album I always went back for was Smash. I’m not the nu-metal loving kid I was anymore but some bands have a rule that when you like them, you just can’t get out. Usually when we start out liking music, our music tastes evolve and change drastically.
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