# Bands similar to The Offspring **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 1, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747 "2010-08-01T00:19:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/1 "2010-08-01T00:19:48Z")
Lately I have really been getting into the Offspring. The fast paced punk rock music and the lyrics about alienation, rejection, confusion, etc. have been really good. The albums ‘rise and fall, rage and grace’ and ‘americana’ are the best of the ones I’ve been listening to lately (each with numerous good songs), but the others hover between decent and fairly good. So what bands have similiar music and lyrical styles that I should look into? I’m trying to listen to some Rancid and the Ramones, but am new to both bands. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/2 "2010-08-01T00:22:37Z")
Blink-182 and Green Day would be the two bands that immediately come to mind. If you liked _Americana_, I think Green Day’s _American Idiot_ is thematically similar (and, personally, I think a far better album musically and lyrically, but YMMV.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/3 "2010-08-01T00:34:00Z")
Oh yeah, I’ve loved The Offspring for a while now. Other bands that I think are similar are Rage Against The Machine, System of a Down, Cake, and Korn. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/4 "2010-08-01T00:57:15Z")
Okay I just realized that The Offspring have been around for 15 years. My head just asploded. God I am OLD. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/5 "2010-08-01T00:58:11Z")
Give a listen to Against Me! and NOFX. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/6 "2010-08-01T01:03:55Z")
Bad Religion. They also were the only group besides The Offspring to be featured in Crazy Taxi. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/7 "2010-08-01T01:25:45Z")
Pennywise NOFX Definitely Pennywise. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/8 "2010-08-01T02:42:17Z")
Give Rise Against a try, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/9 "2010-08-01T02:57:01Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Okay I just realized that The Offspring have been around for 15 years. My head just asploded. God I am OLD. 25 years. They were a local southern california band for 10 years before going mainstream in the early 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/10 "2010-08-01T04:07:48Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Okay I just realized that The Offspring have been around for 15 years. My head just asploded. God I am OLD. Christ. I guess I’ll just go ahead and buy some navy blue synthetic slacks that come up to just under my giant Playtex 18 Hour Bra. I give up. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/11 "2010-08-01T04:28:31Z")
For bands like the _Offspring_, look at more [Southern] California punk bands, especially for similar themes. Some of these have already been mentioned - Blink-182, NOFX, Green Day, Pennywise, and Bad Religion. There’s a chance you might also like Social Distortion, The Vandals, or The Ataris. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/12 "2010-08-01T05:22:22Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Christ. I guess I’ll just go ahead and buy some navy blue synthetic slacks that come up to just under my giant Playtex 18 Hour Bra. I give up. You know you’re old when a bad that’s been mainstream famous for over 15 years, you consider to be “new music”. Ack. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/13 "2010-08-01T05:30:29Z")
How about The Dickies? I saw them, Offspring, and Lit together. More Punk n’ Post-Hardcore recs: Face To Face Midtown Goldfinger The Vacancy Home Grown The Almost Dropping Daylight Riddlin’ Kids Against Me! Anti-Flag Scary Kids Scaring Kids Dead Poetic Billy Talent Senses Fail ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/14 "2010-08-01T07:27:47Z")
Maybe for Rwnwss! The Cult’s Electric Album, the Danzig album, or th3e best of ACDC. They are not exactly the same, but the energy you are wishing for is there. ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/15 "2010-08-01T08:00:24Z")
Definitely seconding Bad Religion and Pennywise. Specifically good albums to try: Bad Religion-Stranger Than Fiction Pennywise-About Time ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/16 "2010-08-01T12:49:22Z")
Some good bands mentioned here (in particular Bad Religion), but so far no mention of [The](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf_ZgPmT2WI) [Bronx](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJVcEdEC-Bo). They fucking rule. And hey, no mention yet of [Gorilla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouWhdI5rbSQ) [Biscuits](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34m7sO0daA) or [CIV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U89WvUqB2wc). Also, you could think of it as a more updated version of that sound in bands like [Every](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IewQXMJQjvA) [Time](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHUrWW2UpEE) [I Die](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvVq-FXp_us). I’m afraid to recommend too much more because I’ll start to stray into much heavier territory prolly. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/17 "2010-08-01T12:59:00Z")
Seconding **Green Day** and **Pennywise** while adding **MxPx** , who toured with The Offspring in the 2000s. Video for MxPx’s “Responsibility”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KJamzD0KntE/maxresdefault.jpg "MxPx - Responsibility") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJamzD0KntE) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/18 "2010-08-02T05:25:39Z")
In addition to the others mentioned, here are a few more that you might enjoy (if you don’t already): Newer: Puddle of Mudd Ludo My Chemical Romance Fall Out Boy Cake Older: Belly Cracker Dramarama Smithereens Rancid ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/19 "2010-08-02T05:37:02Z")
Some good recommendations here I’d never heard of before. [Good](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-jC3H_8Dk4&feature=avmsc2) [Charlotte](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=desJKYvdq9A) and [Papa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZEtBQJN4c) [Roach](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbNU9WuVgw) also come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![kidneyfailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kidneyfailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidneyfailure)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747/20 "2010-08-02T11:47:14Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Operation Ivy… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-similar-to-the-offspring/548747.md?page=2)