What is The Offspring?
{{Infobox musical artist | Name = The Offspring | Img = Offspringlive.jpg | Img_alt = | Img_capt = The Offspring performing in 2008 | Img_size = | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = Manic Subsidal (1984–1986<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rebelwaltz.com/theoffspring.html |title=The Offspring |publisher=Rebelwaltz.com |date=2008-05-05 |accessdate=2011-07-15 |archive-date=2011-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519180219/http://rebelwaltz.com/theoffspring.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>) | birth_date = | birth_place = | Origin = [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]], California, United&nbsp;States | death_date = | death_place = | Instrument = | Genre = [[Punk rock]], [[pop punk]], [[skate punk]], [[alternative rock]], [[ska punk]],<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-offspring-p26810 Allmusic biography: The Offspring]</ref> [[hardcore punk]] (early) | Occupation = | Years_active = 1984–present | Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Black Label Records|Black Label]], [[Nemesis Records|Nemesis]], [[Epitaph Records|Epitaph]], [[Nitro Records|Nitro]] | Associated_acts = [[Face to Face (punk band)|Face to Face]], [[Saves the Day]], [[Steady Ground]], [[Angels & Airwaves]], [[Moth (band)|Moth]], [[Social Distortion]], [[Hot Mess (band)|Hot Mess]], [[Andrew Freeman (musician)#Thirty Stones|Thirty Stones]] | URL = {{URL|http://www.offspring.com}} | Notable_instruments = | Current_members = Dexter Holland<br />Noodles<br />Todd Morse<br />Jonah Nimoy<br />Brandon Pertzborn | Past_members = Greg K.<br />James Lilja<br />Ron Welty<br />Atom Willard<br />Pete Parada }} '''The Offspring''' is an [[United States|American]] [[punk]] group formed in 1984 in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]], [[California]]. Their music has covered both punk rock and pop punk. == Band members =