The Offspring (sometimes referred to as simply "Offspring") are a popular and highly influential American rock band from Garden Grove, California formed in 1984.
While The Offspring are primarily considered an alternative rock, skate punk or punk rock group, their music contains strong elements of grunge, metal and occasionally ska. Many of their songs contain refrains of "whoas" which are a sort of hallmark of the band's. Their lyrics are typically sardonic and sarcastic and discuss wide-ranging issues from personal relationships to the degradation of United States.
The band cites their musical influences as, The Adolescents, Channel 3, Dead Kennedys, Descendents, The Dickies, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Social Distortion, TSOL, and The Vandals.
This introduction is taken from The Offspring's entry on Wikipedia where detailed information about the band members, their history and discography can be found.