While it may be tempting to view the entire ‘90s through grunge-tinted spectacles, the reality is that by 1994, the movement was starting to lose steam, and a new musical sub-culture was being dragged kicking and screaming from the underground to the mainstream – pop-punk. Spear-headed by Green Day’s punk-fuelled masterpiece Dookie, Rancid’s critically acclaimed Let’s Go, and, of course, The Offspring’s six-time platinum third record, Smash, pop-punk was now no longer for the disenfranchised youths of California, it was for the masses.
As The Offspring’s breakthrough record turns the ripe old age of 30 this year, we caught up with frontman Dexter Holland, in a rare break from his insanely busy schedule, to discuss the legacy of the album and the impact it had on the band, and their brand new album, SUPERCHARGED – out on 11 October.
