Music Punk did not die: The Offspring does a historic show in spo californian quartet used and abused pyrotechnics and nostalgic hits to make one of his best performances on Brazilian soil for writing

Dexter Hollandleader and vocalist of the iconic punk rock band The offspring did not measure words to praise the audience on the night of last Saturday, 8, in Allianz Parquein São Paulo.

The presentation is part of the tour The Offspring: Supercharged Worldwide in ’25which also had Sublime, Rise Against, The Damned, Amyl & The Sniffers and The Warning In a mini punk festival in the middle of carnival.

The band, led by Hollandhas the guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wassermanthe bassist Todd Morse and the drummer Brandon Pretzborn In the current formation and it is the second time they lead a show with punk bands in the state capital. The first was in 1999, in the deemed Skol rockin which they shared the stage with Bad Religion and The Vandals.

The presentation began at 9:40 pm to the sound of “Thundersstruck“, from AC/DCwhile the big screens asked the audience to ‘make noise’ next to a countdown to the entry of the musicians with the excellent “All I Want“, from the studio album Ixnay on the Hombre (1997). Following, with a serpentine waterfall being launched from the stage, the quartet amended “Eat out and play“, from Smash (1994), and “Want You Bad“, from Conspiracy of one (2000).

From there they were sound petard with hits like “Original prankster“, from Conspiracy of one (2000), “Bad Habit“, from Smash (1994), “Gone Away“, from Ixnay on the Hombre“Staring at The Sun“,”Why Don’t You Get to Job?“,”Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)“,”The Kids Aren’t Alright“, all American (1998), and “Hit that“, from Splinter (2003).

The interaction, mainly Holland and Noodleswith the public was from start to finish – and that deserves a compliment apart. The musicians got involved in fun chats throughout the presentation with a highlight for a “provocation” of Holland to the other in relation to some guitar solos that Noodles I only knew a part, like a sequence that started with “Smoke on the water“, from Deep Purplegoing through “Iron Man“, from Black Sabbath“Back in Black“, from AC/DCand ending with a shrill version of “In the Hall of the Mountain King“, composed of Edvard Grieg in 1876.

The crazy sequence of Noodlesthe quartet returned to an excellent cover of “Blitzkrieg pop“, from Ramonestearing some tears of some nicer fans. The presentation also had “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid“, from Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) and the always celebrated “SELF ESTAMEM“, from Smash (1994), to close the night with a golden key and hang in the hall of the largest performances this country has ever seen.

Punk, besides not being dead, is very well, thanks.

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