Morbid Angel

. They are working on a greatest hits album as their first compilation that is currently untitled, they'll release it sometime in 2005 and they might be working on their 8th album that will be released probably late in the same year. So far, the first letter of each album's name seems to be following the letters in the alphabet, in order. Their latest is Splinter. Morbid Angel was featured on Beavis and Butthead briefly, when a clip from God of Emptiness (off the album Covenant) was played while Butthead chanted Bow to me... along with the band. Although Smash was the album that originally brought The Offspring into commercial success and wide recognition, it was the release of "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" from the 1998 album Americana which established the band as a regular feature on MTV and established The Offspring as a regular chart presence. Morbid Angel were one of the original death metal bands signed to Earache Records. Songs like "Jennifer Lost The War" and "Kill The President" on The Offspring, "L.A.P.D" on Ignition, "It'll Be A Long Time" and "Not the One" on Smash, and "Meaning Of Life" and "Change the World" on Ixnay On The Hombre, communicated the band's general position on social and political issues (though the band has not been known to be outspoken or active politically, especially by punk standards).

Songs are quite complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable skill of guitarist Trey Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval. On each album, The Offspring always tend to have a couple of songs based on social/political subject matter, a testament to their punk roots. Morbid Angel is a Florida-based band considered to be the "godfather" of death metal, along with Death, Obituary, and Cannibal Corpse. The commercial success of this record was somewhat disappointing, only going on to sell four million copies. Heretic (2003). They released their follow up to Smash in 1997, entitled Ixnay on the Hombre. Gateways to Annihilation (2000). Many punk rock purists criticized this decision, feeling that The Offspring jumped from an independent to a major label, solely for financial gain.

Formulas Made Fatal to the Flesh (1998). In 1996, The Offspring jumped ship from Epitaph and signed with Columbia Records. Entangled in Chaos (1996). It was 1994's Smash that brought Offspring into the mainstream; that album sold over eleven million copies worldwide. Domination (1995). Although their first album, The Offspring, was very similar to late 1980s punk, the next album, Ignition, saw them move away from more traditional punk, heading into the punk of the mid-1990s with songs like "Dirty Magic". Covenant (1993). Atom Willard was in Rocket From The Crypt for ten years and more recently played with Moth, the Alkaline Trio and Melissa Auf Der Maur.

Blessed are the Sick (1991, remastered in 2003). On March 18, 2003, Ron Welty left The Offspring to devote all his energies on a new band "Steady Ground". The Offspring held hundreds of auditions for a new drummer, finally deciding to announce Atom Willard as the new drummer. Abominations of Desolation (1991, self-financed debut, actually recorded in 1986). and Ron Welty on drums (pre 2003) replaced by Atom Willard on drums (post 2003). Altars of Madness (1989, remastered in 2003). The Offspring are a popular American punk rock band consisting of vocalist and guitarist Dexter Holland, Kevin 'Noodles' Wasserman (also on guitar), bassist Greg K. Jared Anderson (vocals, bass) 2001-2002. "Americana" (The DVD), 1999.

Steve Tucker - (vocals, bass) 1996-2001, 2003-2004. "Huck It", 2000. Erik Rutan - (guitar, keyboards) 1993-1996, 2000-2002. "(Can't Get My) Head Around You", 2004. Sterling Von Scarborough - (bass) 1986. "Hit That", 2003. Kenny Bamber - (vocals) 1985. "Defy You" (from Orange County), 2002.

Richard Brunelle - (guitar) 1985-1991. "Want You Bad", 2001. Dallas Ward - (bass, vocals) 1983-1985. "Million Miles Away", 2001. Mike Browning - (drums, vocals) 1983-1989. "One Fine Day", 2000. David Vincent - (vocals, bass) 1989-1996, 2004-. "Original Prankster", 2000.

Pete Sandoval - (drums) 1989-. "She's Got Issues", 1999. Trey Azagthoth - (guitar) 1983-. "The Kids Aren't Alright", 1999. Time: 1983-. "Why Don't You Get A Job", 1999. Status: Active. "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)", 1999.

Country: USA. "I Choose", 1997. Genre: Death metal. "Meaning Of Life", 1997. "Gone Away", 1997. "All I Want", 1997.

"Smash It Up" (from Batman Forever), 1995. "Bad Habit", 1995. "Gotta Get Away", 1995. "Come Out And Play", 1994.

"Self Esteem", 1994. "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball", 1987. "Baghdad", 1991.