12/27/2022 0 Comments Let the bad times roll the offspring![]() ![]() The title track, originally written in 2019 and recorded in 2020, recounts all the ongoing socio-political obstacles. How can we put out a record and not talk about that stuff, so there were lots of things to write about all of a sudden.” “Political and social upheaval and the pandemic on top of that-this was just a shit show. “The last couple of years have been a doozy,” says Holland. Let the Bad Times Roll reflects the current times, revealing things generally left unspoken, through The Offspring’s sage punk. Recorded throughout the last several years at the band’s studio in Huntington Beach and various other locations, Let the Bad Times Roll is the band’s third collaborations with legendary producer Bob Rock, who also worked on previous release Days Go By in 2012 and Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace in 2008, Let the Bad Time Roll doesn’t shy away from the world’s state of mind, and affairs. Making a return in 2021 couldn’t be a more fitting time to recount the still-pertinent events of the past several years. ![]() We certainly didn’t mean for it to take nine years to put out.” Backtracking on all the varied catalysts-songs that required years to unravel and reflections of a world in disarray-Dexter Holland is deconstructing the pieces of Let the Bad Times Roll (Concord Records), The Offspring’s first album in nearly a decade. ![]()
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