30 Years Ago - 1998 Offspring released their fifth album Americana.
This album followed their breakout "Smash" and is their second biggest seller.
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" starts with a sample of the pseudo-German nonsense phrase "Gunter glieben glauchen globen" from Def Leppard's 1983 song "Rock of Ages", chanted as a replacement for the traditional "1, 2, 3, 4" to start the recording (and still gets me every time..is it Def Leppard...no it's Offspring!) The song peaked at #53 but was a #3 Alternative Airplay, #5 Mainstream Rock, #13 Mainstream Top 40 hit.
"Why Don't You Get a Job?" made #74, #4 Alternative Airplay, #10 Mainstream Rock, #21 Mainstream Top 40.
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