Impact and Legacy
With the mainstream success of Smash, going six times multi-platinum and earning worldwide airplay, The Offspring's impact persists to this day. As one of the most popular punk bands of the 1990s, they are credited with reviving popular interest in both punk rock and pop punk, as well as bringing both genres into the mainstream. Also, The Offspring has influenced many bands or artists such as Simple Plan, Blink-182, AFI, Linkin Park, Jimmy Eat World, The All-American Rejects, Sum 41, Paramore, Steriogram, FM Static, Misono, Valvomo, among many others. The Los Angeles modern rock radio station KROQ listed The Offspring at No. 21 in the "top 106.7 biggest KROQ bands of all time" memorial, and No. 8 at the "Top 166 Artists of 1980–2008" list.
The Offspring's music has appeared in movies such as The Chase, Batman Forever, I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Faculty, Varsity Blues, Wanted, Idle Hands (which also features a cameo by the band, while Dexter Holland plays himself), Me, Myself & Irene, Loser, Tomcats, Bubble Boy, The Animal, American Pie 2, Orange County, The New Guy, Bowling for Columbine, Pauly Shore Is Dead, Click and How to Eat Fried Worms (for the trailer). "Mota", "Amazed", "The Meaning of Life" (all from Ixnay on the Hombre) were featured in Warren Miller's 1997 documentary Snowriders II. "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" can be heard in the King of the Hill episode "Escape From Party Island". "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" was featured in the 90210 episode We're Not in Kansas Anymore, while "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" appeared in the episode Zero Tolerance. In video games, The Offspring's songs have appeared in Crazy Taxi, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and SingStar Rocks!. "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" appears in Guitar Hero: Van Halen. "Hammerhead", "Gone Away", "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Self Esteem", "All I Want", "The Kids Aren't Alright" and "A Lot Like Me" are downloadables for the Rock Band series. "Hammerhead" was also featured in the football video game Madden NFL 09.
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