DEXTER HOLLAND - Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocals
KEVIN "Noodles" WASSERMAN - Bass Guitar, Background Vocals
GREG KREISSEL - Bass, Background Vocals
RON WELTY - Drums, Background Vocals
LISA JOHNSON - Photography
KEN PAULAKOVICH - Engineer
EDDIE SCHREYER - Mastering
THOM WILSON - Engineer
FRED HIDALGO - Art Direction
MIKE AINSWORTH - Assistant Engineer
ULYSSES NORIEGA - Assistant Engineer
The Offspring's second album for Epitaph did the impossible: it landed
in the Top Five, unheard of for independent records. The Offspring
crossed over due to the raucous, Eastern-tinged single "Come out and
Play (Keep 'Em Separated)," which stopped and started just like
Nirvana, only without the Seattle trio's recklessness. The record
stayed in the charts because The Offspring sounded relentlessly heavy,
no matter how much the band claimed to be punk. Their tempos are slower
than traditional hardcore, and their attack is as heavy as Metallica.
But they acted like they were punk, with odes to no "Self Esteem" and
singing about fighting in school. Nothing on the album matches the
incessant catchiness of the singles, but Smash is a solid record,
filled with enough heavy riffs to keep most teenagers happy.
I'm getting edgy all the time
There's someone around me just a step behind
It's kinda scary, the shape I'm in
The walls are shakin' and they're closing in
Too fast or a bit too slow
I'm paranoid of people and it's starting to show
There's one guy that I can't shake
Over my shoulder is a big mistake
Sitting on the bed
Or lying wide awake
There's demons in my head
And it's more than I can take
I think I'm on a roll
But I think it's kinda weak
Saying all I know is
I gotta get away from me
I tell you something just ain't right
My head is on loose but my shoes are tight
Avoiding my friends cause they all bug
Life is a riddle and I'm really stumped
If you reason, don't you know
Your own preoccupation is where you'll go
I think I'm being followed, I look around
It's only my shadow creepin' on the ground
SMASH
Head over heels I've fit in before,
now, I don't want to do it no more.
I've held it all in with blood on my face,
built it up man so bad you can taste.
I don't slag no one,
I don't even judge.
Don't give a shit cause I'm not gonna budge.
I just want to be who I want to be,
Guess that's hard for others to see.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I do what I want,
I do what I feel like.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you.
Cause I'm alive.
Smash is the way you feel all alone,
like an outcast you're out on your own.
Smash is the way you deal with your life,
like an outcast you're smashing your strife.
Head over heels I've fit in before,
now, I don't want to do it no more.
I just want to be who I want to be,
guess that's hard for the others to see.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I do what I want,
I do what I feel like.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you.
'Cause I'm alive.
Head over heels I've fit in before,
now, I don't want to do it no more.
I just want to be who I want to be,
guess that's hard for the others to see.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I do what I want,
I do what I feel like.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I do what I want,
I do what I feel like.
I'm not a trendy asshole.
I don't give a fuck if it's good enough for you,
'Cause I'm alive.
I am alive.
I am alive.
I am alive.
