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Along with contemporaries Green Day, Sublime, and Bad Religion, The Offspring is credited with the revitalization of punk rock in America. For me, they were the first band that introduced me to the genre. I had several friends who had already jumped on board with Green Day, but I just hadn't grasped on to what the big deal was. I had grown up on country, and I was still pretty tethered to it, only branching so far out as bands like The Eagles and ZZ Top. Then came one of those songs that crosses barriers.
"Pretty Fly" isn't one of those timeless classics that will live forever, but it was a song that reached music fans that weren't necessarily fans of punk. I was one of them. If you listen to the song, you can see why. There's not a lot going on in it at all. Most of the song is one guitar, drums and a extremely catchy bass riff. The lyrics of course being the aspect that caught most of the popularity.
My entry today isn't about that song, though. I listened to the album in its entirety on the way home from a school trip. You know, back when we still had portable CD players. Someone else on the trip had bought the album while we were out of town during a stop at a mall. There are some really good songs on there other than the "Pretty Fly" single. This is one of them.
The drummer for the group during this time span was Ron Welty. He definitely had some influence on my playing. He's not fancy in his style, but he fits around the music very well. His use of different sounds on the hi-hat also find their way into my playing. You can really change the feel/sound of a song by just loosening your foot on the hat pedal. I'm sure this is where I picked up a few of my tricks along the way.
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