It is certainly both the year and time of year for anniversaries! Today is the 20th Anniversary of The Offspring’s ‘Smash’! It was quite an album that shed a lot of light on punk to mainstream music listeners, and brought Epitaph Records to the attention of a lot of people. The band spoke to Rolling Stone and reflected on what happened when their iconic album came out!
Holland:We started getting a lot of strange attention. I was living in this tiny apartment in L.A., and I remember one morning I went into the kitchen to rinse out my bowl of cereal. I’m standing there in my boxers and I look out the window at the apartment across the way. There’s a guy standing on his porch with a cordless phone and I can hear him talking through the glass. And he’s going, “Yeah, dude! I’m looking at him right now!”
You can check out the rest of the article at RollingStone.com
Epitaph Records are bringing out a Smash Special Edition CD/Vinyl and it is definitely something that you want to get your hands on!
SMASH 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION CD/VINYL
- This package will be in stores in mid-August 2014 from Epitaph Records. The Smash 20th Anniversary Edition will include the following:
- LP version containing the original 14 album tracks newly remastered on 180-gram vinyl
- CD version containing the original 14 album tracks from the most recent remastering
- Restyled album package artwork
- Large format 24 page booklet featuring never before seen archive photos by Lisa Johnson
- Firsthand recollections and quotes from the band and others telling the story of that historic time
