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6 unusual facts about The Offspring


Crazy Taxi 2

This sequel includes a modified soundtrack with rock bands The Offspring and Methods of Mayhem.

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

The soundtrack for Crazy Taxi 3 features three bands, The Offspring, Bad Religion, and Silverbullit.

Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars

The original game's soundtracks contained songs by the bands Bad Religion and The Offspring has been removed, as well as many of the real-world stores in game, due to licensing issues, though many retain the iconic designs of copyrighted stores (e.g. Pizza Parlor using Pizza Hut's iconic "Red Roof" prior to 1999).

Independent record label

The Offspring's 1994 album Smash is the highest selling independent record of all time.

Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000

The game has a shortened version of "Genocide" by The Offspring in the title menu.

Norther

"Smash" (The Offspring) − found on Mirror of Madness and Unleash Hell (CD single)


Adam Dutkiewicz

For this album he took on the job of co-producer alongside Brendan O'Brien (known for his work with AC/DC, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Rage Against the Machine, Incubus, Mastodon, and Stone Temple Pilots).

Alan Forbes

He developed the signature icon of The Black Crowes, as well as posters, symbols and album artworks for many other bands, including Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the Machine, The Offspring, White Stripes, AFI, Dinosaur Jr. and The Misfits.

Babyland

Known for their live performances, Babyland shared the stage with bands such as The Offspring, Legendary Pink Dots, Dystopia, Foetus, Add N to (X), Nitzer Ebb, VNV Nation, and Psychic TV.

Enmore Theatre

The history and atmosphere of the building have attracted some of the world's largest bands, and recent international acts which have played the Enmore Theatre include Nas, The Rolling Stones, Oasis, Paramore, Coldplay, The Offspring, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Noel Gallagher, Kraftwerk, and Marilyn Manson.

INSAINTS

It features interviews with Insaints guitarist Daniel DeLeon, and Bay Area musicians Tim Armstrong of Rancid, Dexter Holland of The Offspring, Texas Terri Laird, and other assorted Gilman Street veterans as well as photos and footage of the band in action.

Jeff Muendel

The group was "discovered" by producer Dave Jerden, who is also credited with discovering and developing Jane's Addiction, Alice in Chains, and The Offspring.

Jimmy Manzie

Manzie has composed for soundtracks or scores including original music for the films The FJ Holden (1977), The Offspring (1987), Stepfather II (1989), Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990, with Pat Regan), Eddie Presley (1992), Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) and Fear of a Black Hat (1994, with Larry Robinson).

Mansfield, Queensland

Recently reopened, the "Rock Arena" at the Mansfield Tavern was in its heyday a popular venue for touring musical acts and has starred such acts as The Offspring, Hunters & Collectors, Madness, Statoz Quo, Hoodoo Gurus, The Angels and great British rock band The Cult.

Mike Got Spiked

They have shared the stage with some of the biggest rock bands in the world including The Offspring, Biffy Clyro, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dropkick Murphys, Thrice, Anthrax, Kerbdog, Head Automatica and Republic Of Loose.

Phil Esbenshade

Esbenshade also played bass guitar and sang in the underground indie rock band Custom Floor with Miki Vuckovich, Garry Davis, and then later, Atom Willard (longtime drummer for Rocket From The Crypt and current drummer for The Offspring and Angels & Airwaves).

Pretty Fly for a Rabbi

It is a parody of "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" by The Offspring, and it was released from the 1999 album Running with Scissors.


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Besiyata Dishmaya

The book "Toldot Yitzhak" (‘The Offspring of Isaac’), by Yitzhak Karo, Yosef Karo's uncle, offers the meaning of this custom of writing ב"ה (B"H), at the top of every letter, with accordance to the biblical verse: "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths" (Book of Proverbs 3:6).

Black Sails in the Sunset

Similarly, Davey Havok did backing vocals for The Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre album two years prior.

Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Additional songs for menus and credits are provided by The Offspring, Bad Religion, Methods of Mayhem and Brian Setzer's '68 Comeback Special.

Cumberland Parkway

The state legislature then renamed the Boone Parkway for Rogers, which sparked a controversy among residents of the region and the offspring of Boone.

Greg K.

On May 28, 2008, Greg K. announced on The Offspring's website that he was taking a hiatus from touring because of a "scheduled family matter" but would be returning to the fold by mid-June.

Gunrock

He is named after Gun Rock, who was born in 1914 and was the offspring of English Triple Crown winner Rock Sand and race mare Gunfire.

Jesse Money

In 2008, Jesse Money appeared on the MTV singing competition Rock the Cradle, a television show showcasing the offspring of music legends who compete for the votes and approval of the viewers and judges to ultimately gain a contract with a major record label.

Lethal alleles

In 1910, William Ernest Castle and C. C. Little reaffirmed Cuénot's discovery of a lethal gene by proving that a quarter of the offspring from crosses between heterozygotes died during embryonic development, due to failure to implant in the uterine lining.

Lightning Bar

He was bred by his lifelong owner Art Pollard of Sonoita, Arizona, and was the offspring of Three Bars, a Thoroughbred, and Della P, a Quarter Horse mare from Louisiana, then noted for the breeding of sprint horses.

Marzemina bianca

As Marzemino was first documented growing in the Veneto in 1553, more than a hundred years before Marzemina bianca, ampelographers now believe that Marzeminia bianca is the offspring with further DNA profiling showing that the Soave grape Garganega (described by the Italian writer Pietro de' Crescenzi in the 13th century) likely being the other parent.

Silpelit

The Silpelit is the offspring of Homo sapiens who had their genes mutated by interaction with Diclonius vectors or from exposure to the "vector-virus".

The Fallen Ones

This creature is the offspring of a Fallen Angel named Ammon, that is trying to destroy the world by reviving his son after having him mummified prior to the Biblical flood.

Tokyo I'm on My Way

It was co-written by the Offspring's Dexter Holland, even if the track borrows heavily both lyrically and musically from Dutch rock band Gruppo Sportivo's song 'Tokyo'.