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then submit your own!

 
Ashbury Park, NJ (May 24, 1997)


I saw the Offspring on May 24 at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ.  The
opening bands were AFI and L7.  Afi was awesome but i hated L7.  After L7 
left I got real excited.  Soon there was a voice saying "It's time to 
relax, wait u dont wanna relax, your a bunch of bad boys and girls,   go 
ahead role a fattie and enjoy the show....see you in the pit.  A second 
later, I heard the Bass begining to bad habit,   Soon Dexter started to 
sing the lyrics and the crowd went crazy.  Then they played, All the 
great songs like,  Session, All I want, Nitro, Beheaded, It'll be a long 
time, genocide, Come out and Play and others.  I remember crowdsurfing 
and being pushed around and being taken over the guard rails by security.
I was able to get a feel of Noodles' foot.   (hey, It was my first 
Offspring concert!!)  The offspring went off stage and the crowd began 
to clear. I wasnt stupid though.  I knew they would do an encore.  I ran 
to the rail and held on tight.  When they came back out they played GONE 
AWAY.  That was great.  I was right in front of Dexter and Greg.  It was 
the best concert I've eveer been to.




Austin, TX (April 9, 1999)

Greetings. Heres my review from there show they played last night.
Show was interesting. Opening bands were D Generation and the Living End
(who kick major ass.)
Around 10 the lights finally went out in Austin Music Hall. They started
with "Americana", first with Ron playing his drums, then greg, then
noodles. Right as the music was going on, one of the roadies was on this
little platform doing some weird vocal thing. THEN Dexter came out and
they started to tear things up.
Although im not sure what the set list was now, the first 3 songs they
did were Americana, Session, and Walla Walla.
They pulled alot of skits on during the show, including Dexter beating
up some blowup dolls with the Backstreet boys faces on it.
Songs they played included: Self Esteem, Genocide, Gotta Get Away, Self
Easteem, Cool To Hate, Gone Away, Have you Ever (this song rules so much
live), and Pretty Fly.
For the encore, they started out with Pay The Man.... and they did the
whole damn song... all 8 min of it... weirdest thing i ever saw. they
ended the show with Why dont you get a job and then doing Feelings.
Cool Moments: Dude from the pretty fly video coming out and dancing (he
had the jersey and everything from the video going on), Intermission
(they were passing out beer, gum, and some other stuff while these
machines blew out bubbles and confitti into the air... meanwhile dexter
and noodles were sitting on this couch drinking water). 
The only thing i didnt like about the show was not playing alot of the
older stuff (like kick him when hes down or beheaded) and even some of
the newer songs(All i want and mota) not being played. Also Dexters lack
of talking to the crowd was kinda odd too.




Houston, TX The Aerial Theater (April 10th, 1999)


I was really excited to be going to my first Offspring concert, since 
they are one of my favorite bands. Degeneration and the Living End 
opened for them. They were both really good, and the lead singer of 
Degeneration was signing Cd's between sets. Finally, after The Living 
End's set ended there was about a thirty minute wait and 
then.......Offspring!!! They started the set with Americana. I can't 
remember the songs in order, but they did play: Come Out and Play, Bad 
Habit, Self Esteem, Genocide, The Meaning of Life, Cool to Hate, Gone 
Away, I Choose, All I Want(my personal fave), Have You Ever, Staring 
At The Sun, Pretty Fly, The Kids Aren't All Right, Walla Walla, Why 
Don't You Get a Job, Pay The Man and some others I can't remeber. They 
ended the set with Feelings. The concert rocked! During Pretty Fly 
they brought out the guy from the video. It was pretty funny. In 
between songs the lights turned out and a voice came over the loud 
speaker saying "Now Welcome the Backstreet Boys." (or something like 
that) The lights turned back on and there were five dummies that 
looked like the Backstreet Boys while "Everybody" was playing in the 
background. Dexter came out and started beating the dummies with a 
bat. It was awesome!! After the concert I wandered around with my 
brother and I suggested that we go by the buses. When we got over to 
the buses there was a crowd of girls and in the middle of it was 
Noodles!!! I got him to sign my ticket stub. He was one of the nicest 
people I have ever met. He was also very funny and responded well to 
all of the questions people asked him. That was probably the best 
night of my life. I was amazed by the band's energy, and by how 
Noodles' was so down to earth and sincere. 
                                   Offspring Forever!!!
e-mail LeAnne



Location Unknown, (Dec 1, 1998)


The first day of December 98...who could ask for a better way to get 
ready for the new year...than to see The Offspring LIVE!  Clearly, 
without a doubt, the best band to see live ever!  The opening  band 
"The Quincy Punx" which are a local group from around my town, got the 
crowd pumped up with humor and high energy hardcore punk.  About a 
half hour later "Unwritten Law" came out and rocked the fuckin place!  
Whoa boy...I was excited as hell to finally see Offspring live!  It 
took almost another 30 minutes for them to come out, but who cares?!? 
its worth the wait!  As soon as the lights darkened every sound was a 
blur with fans screaming their asses off!  Finally Ron took the stage 
first, sat down, followed by Noodles and Greg...then Dexter walked out 
really slow.  They all sat there staring at us for at least 2 minutes 
not making one single move...then Dexter grabbed the mic and started...
"ok...ya ya ya ya ya!" and opened with "All I Want"!  Amazingly, I 
remember the entire 20 song set list...and it is as follows: 
All I Want 
Session 
Walla Walla 
Gone Away 
Have You Ever 
Meaning Of Life 
Smash 
Cool To Hate 
I Choose 
Bad Habit 
Kick Him When Hes Down 
Intermission 
Genocide 
Staring At The Sun 
Come Out And Play 
Pretty Fly For A White Guy 
MOTA 
Self Esteem 
Gotta Get Away 
Nitro 

Another cool thing was that after they played Session, the crowd had to 
carry Dexter to the back where the bar was so he could give some dude some
beers.  Too bad they only played 2 of their old songs, but it was still 
fucking great!  I was really hoping they would play "Nothing From 
Something" and "Tehran", but oh well, any song they play live, is...aaah 
words cant explain it.  If you pass up an opportunity to see these guys 
live, you are, my friend, a stupid dumbshit goddam motherfucker! 






Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia (June 24, 1999)



       On the 24th June 1999, The Offspring played at Melbourne Park 
in Melbourne, Australia. After watching Eskimo Joe and Guttermouth for 
about an hour or so, Offspring came on. The crowd went ecstatic as 
Dexter, Noodles Welty, and Greg K. walked on stage with ‘Americana’ 
as their first.  Although no cameras were allowed, there were a lot 
of flashes going off.
	I can’t remember all the songs or the exact lineup but they 
included tracks from Smash such as ‘Self Esteem’ and ‘Come Out and
Play’; ‘Cool To Hate’, ‘I Choose’, and ‘Gone Away’ from their ’97 
album, Ixnay on the Hombre; as well as the tracks ‘Why Don’t You Get 
A Job?’, ‘Walla Walla’, and ‘Pretty Fly (for a white guy) taken from 
their latest, Americana.
	Halfway through the concert came ‘Intermission’. While the 
guys took a quick break, inflatable chairs were placed on the stage, 
along with a woman wearing basically a bikini holding a sign reading
‘Intermission’. Standing in the middle with his hands on his hips
wearing nothing but a red cape and red jocks was some fat dude.
	A few songs later the lights went out and seconds later,
‘Backstreet’s Back’ by Backstreet Boys began to play. The
lights came back on and in the middle on the stage were cut – outs 
of the Backstreet Boys. Noodles and Dexter returned back on the stage 
and began knocking down the cut – outs.
	A couple of tracks later, the band asked the moshpit if they 
were hot, so Noodles splashed out some bottled water. They realised 
that it didn’t help the hot, squashed and congested mosh, so Noodles 
grabbed a fire extinguisher thing filled with water and sprayed it 
everywhere. Dexter said that that wasn’t helping so he pulled out a 
huge hose – like the ones from fire engines, and squirted everyone. 
It reached as far back as to the end of the mosh area.
	The Offspring played a few more songs and then walked off 
the stage. After the cheering of ‘Offspring…Offspring’, they returned 
to the stage and played ‘Pay The Man’, taken off Americana, followed 
by the finale ‘Feelings’. This is one concert by the Offspring that 
will be unforgettable.

e-mail Miranda Johns

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