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Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace

If you only remember the Offspring as pop-punk jokesters — SoCal boys who quip about clueless white guys — then the band's rather serious eighth album may surprise you. Over hardcore-punk grooves and a mess of guitar wreckage, the multiplatinum quartet deliver their thesis: "Stuff is mes...

2008 RS: 2.5of 5 Stars

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The Offspring was one of the biggest bands to emerge from the pop-punk explosion of the mid-'90s, boasting hooked-filled, frat-friendly anthems and a metallic gleam that referred back to the old-school sludge that L.A. punks fell for when they burned out on adrenaline. Singer Dexter Holland didn't try to evoke the pain and suffering of adolescence -- instead, his voice was just plain authoritative...

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