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Formed in 1984, The Offspring is an American punk rock band from Huntington Beach, California. The group is considered one of the best selling punk rock bands of all time, with sales upwards of 36+ million albums. Their first release with Epitaph Records was sophomore album "Ignition", which was released on October 16th, 1992.
Since then, it has sold over 1,000,000+ copies around the world, and was even featured as a re-recording for their single "Dirty Magic" (also released on their 2012 "Days Go By"). The album was produced by Thom Wilson, who also worked with artists such as Bad Religion, The Vandals, Iggy Pop, The Bouncing Souls, Ignite, Dead Kennedys, and more.
For the "Ignition" era, the band consisted of:
Dexter Holland - Lead Vocals/Guitar | Noodles - Guitar/Vocals
Greg K. - Bass | Ron Welty - Drums
1. Session
2. We Are One
3. Kick Him When He's Down*
4. Take It Like a Man
5. Get It Right
6. Dirty Magic*
7. Hypodermic
8. Burn It Up*
9. No Hero
10. L.A.P.D.*
11. Nothing from Something
12. Forever and a Day
(* = AFGM Recommendations)
Ignition is The Offspring's second full length studio release and their first released on a compact disc (Debut released on vinyl then reissued in 1995). It was released in 1992, two years before the release of the massively successful and breakthrough album Smash. This is also the Offspring's first album on Epitaph. Ignition was produced by Thom Wilson, who has done work with The Vandals and the Dead Kennedys. Ignition shows The Offspring in their most punk form (along with self titled) to attract fans of punk, but still has that catchiness and pop appeal to attract fans of pop punk, and some for both.
The production of this album is not as good as their later albums obviously, but is still well done. Ignition does not contain any of the Offspring's most well known or popular songs (well at least not commercially), but nevertheless is a solid album all the way through right from the opening track Session to the album finale Forever and a Day. Ignition shows what the Offspring are capable of: creating fast catchy punk rock songs. -Sputnik Music
Though this wasn't the huge CD Smash was, it certainly should've been. Maybe it just came out a year too early, or wasn't appealing enough, but I'll go on a limb and say this is The Offspring at their best.
This set down things to come for The Offspring and contains some of their best songs. "Session" one of the few songs Offspring still play live sounds fresh even after 8 years. "LAPD" mocks the police force of LA and thrashes from beginning to end. "Hypodermic" showing off the slower, darker Offspring sound & lyrics. This album mixes serious topics with some middle eastern riffs and punk flare and is the combo that worked best for Offspring.
Every song is a winner on this disc, no fillers, deep and dark messages in a lot of the songs. If you like The Offspring or any of the punk bands that hit it big in the mid 90's punk explosion, you'll love this album. -Punk News
“Ignition” is a great album. Although it lacks a great deal of musical complexity and variety, the formula works. The Offspring would never again reach these heights in my opinion, and would getting further and further from the dark and brooding nature of this album with each successive release. Although the band has conducted a somewhat return to form lately, “Ignition” and their 1989 debut are really the classic period of the band. -Music Is My Radar
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