Why Don't You Get A Job? - The Offspring, 1999
My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch |
The band was officially christened The Offspring in 1985, but it would be almost a decade until they had a huge hit with the 1994 album, Smash. Buying out the rights to their own music, The Offspring started their own label, Nitro Records. Considered a Punk band themselves, they managed to sign a handful of minor Punk acts such as AFI, The Vandals, and Guttermouth. The late '90s saw the release of their most popular mainstream album, Americana. This has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. Songs such as Why Don't You Get a Job? received a lot of attention on MTV, with a rather compelling video that builds effectively from a single hang-glider landing on a suburban street. The band believed in the power of downloading to reach a wider audience, and had intended to release their 2000 album, Conspiracy of One, online (through their official website). Under threat from Columbia and parent company Sony Music, they relented... although, they did make one song, Original Prankster available. Also, they printed and sold "Napster" T-shirts, and donated the profits to the peer-to-peer pioneer, Shawn Fanning. |