THE OFFSPRING 'SMASH' LP ATTHEGATES deserves a lifetime achievement award

deserves a lifetime achievement award

As powerful as when it landed in 1992

guitarist and chief songwriter Josh Middleton pursued a singular

2 The Purest Strain of Hate

Led by the radio hit "It's Love"

THE OFFSPRING 'SMASH' LP ATTHEGATES deserves a lifetime achievement awardLABEL: EPITAPH VINYL RELEASE DATE: 3 10 2009 ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 4 08 1994 VARIANT: BLACK VINYL LP Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring. After touring in support of their previous album, Ignition (1992), The Offspring began recording Smash in October 1993 at Track Record in North Hollywood, California. Recording and production were finished two months later, and the album was released on April 8, 1994 on Epitaph