The Offspring’s Dexter Holland Opens Up About New Album ‘Supercharged,’ Reflects On 30 Years Of ‘Smash’

The Offspring release their 11th studio album, Supercharged, on October 11. 2024 also marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Smash, the band’s 6x-platinum selling record. Frontman Dexter Holland is justifiably looking forward to the future of the group, while also taking a look back at where they’ve come from and what it took them to get here. “We’ve done ten albums or something, so it’s like, what can you offer?” Holland said of Supercharged. “You want to do something that you haven’t done before, but you don’t want to go so far out there that it feels strange to people who like the band. I just wanted something that was energetic and really upbeat and just slamming in your face.” Holland praises the band’s DIY ethos while making Smash. “We’re really proud of it. We feel very lucky. Lightning struck and somehow we were there,” Holland recalls. “The album was made very cheaply, we didn’t have the money. We did this ourselves. No label was going to do it. We grew up that way and it was fun.” (Billboard)