THE OFFSPRING Debut Album LP Vinyl Record Nemesis Records First Pressing 1989

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OFFSPRING Debut Album S/T LP Vinyl Record Nemesis Records 1989 First Pressing

Auction Item Description:

• “The Offspring” self-titled debut album

• Includes display frame with hot pink matte

• Display frame measures 14 x 26 inches

• Nemesis Records

• 1989

• First Pressing

• Record sleeve measures 12 x 12 inches

• Vinyl record diameter measures 11.5 inches

• This first pressing consisted of only 3,000 copies *RARE*

Released: June 15, 1989

Recorded: March 1989

Studio: South Coast Recording, Santa Ana

Genre: Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Horror Punk

Length: 33:54

Label: Nemesis Records

Producer: Thom Wilson

The Band:

• Dexter Holland: (credited as "Keith Holland" on the 1989 vinyl issue) – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (uncredited)

• Noodles: lead guitar, background vocals on "Blackball"

• Greg K: bass, background vocals on "Blackball"

• Ron Welty: drums

Side One:

• Jennifer Lost the War

• Elders

• Out on Patrol

• Crossroads

• Demons (A Mexican Fiesta)

• Beheaded

Side Two:

• Tehran

• A Thousand Days

• Blackball

• I’ll Be Waiting

• Kill the President

More Album Information:

The Offspring is the debut studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on June 15, 1989, by Nemesis Records. After being out of print for years, the album was re-released by Nitro and Epitaph Records in 1995 with a different album cover. Both the re-releases on the two respective labels are nearly identical. The Offspring has rarely played any songs from this album live since the Ignition tour finished in 1994.

After recording a demo tape in 1988, the Offspring began preparations for their first full-length album. They recorded it in March 1989 at South Coast Recording in Santa Ana, California, with Thom Wilson producing. During the sessions, the band re-recorded their early songs "I'll Be Waiting" and "Blackball", which both originally appeared on the band's 1986 single "I'll Be Waiting".

The album was released on June 15, 1989, in limited numbers by Nemesis Records, only in 12" vinyl and cassette format. When it was released, the album initially sold 5,000 copies and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. The album's closing track "Kill the President" was met with a great deal of controversy and as a result, one of the copies was destroyed by Wally George at his show Hot Seat in 1992, thus leaving only 4,999 copies left. This song was removed from the reissues after 2001. Some copies also have the Cargo Records logo next to the Nemesis logo on the back cover. To support the album, The Offspring embarked on a six-week national tour, but Noodles was stabbed during a performance at the Hollywood anti-nuclear benefit. Following the small success of The Offspring, the band signed with Epitaph Records in 1991.

"Beheaded" was rarely ever played live, having been played at least 24 times as of July 2016. The Offspring has rarely played any songs from the rest of the album.

Two covers of this album exist. The original version features an image of a man's body exploding as the xenomorph from the Alien franchise holding a Fender Stratocaster emerges from his chest. There is a report, which remains unconfirmed, that the album was banned from retail stores due to the "grotesque" cover.

The 1995 re-release shows a different image which features a blurry black-and-white picture of a person's face. It was later admitted that the band and their studio never really liked the original cover and the re-release gave them an opportunity to change it.

The shadows on the back cover of the 1995 reissue also appear on the cover of the "I'll Be Waiting" single.

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