This Day In Music History: April 8th, 1994 – The Offspring accelerates punk’s popularity with a classic ‘Smash’ hit
Pop-punk and punk rock in general had existed long before 1994. In the days before The Offspring, Green Day, Bad Religion, and a handful of other bands broke the genres wide-open to a mainstream audience, bands as varied as Ramones, Descendents, and The Clash all contributed to the sonic ideas that would become both. By…
