Smash: 75

This is one c.d. that a 90's listener can go without. It seems that everyone has this c.d., but nobody listens to it. I think the main drawback to this group is that their "power" chords of punk rock limit their musical variety. As a result it becomes tiresome accompanied with the blistering lyrics with an aim to destroy the world (in a good way). He has a good voice, but the listening power is limited because it's tiresome. At first this seems like a wicked c.d., but after a while the novelty wears off. It has many great songs that have some attempted variety, but the overall feeling is that each individual song is meshed into one collective song. This is why you shouldn't buy this record, but everyone has it, so what am I doing. It's good music, but the punk genre limits their musical variety. Let's stress that this is a good record, not a great one.

Ixnay In the Hombre: 77

I think they expanded on their musical base and this made for a more rounded album. There are some great songs in here that suprised me. It doesn't tire as fast as the first one, but you can still tell that it's Offspring which eventually leads to dust collecting. It's an effective piece of music that will last with me for about a hundred listenings. Their musical goals and sense of humor are also revealed in this record which was interesting. A decent album that points out that Offspring isn't fading any time soon.