Let the Bad Times Roll

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Let the Bad Times Roll
Studio album by
The Offspring
ReleasedApril 16, 2021
RecordedJanuary 2013 – June 2020
Studio
Genre
Length33:21
LabelConcord
ProducerBob Rock
The Offspring chronology
Summer Nationals
(2014) 		Let the Bad Times Roll
(2021) 		Supercharged
(2024)
Singles from Let the Bad Times Roll
  1. "Coming for You"
    Released: January 30, 2015
  2. "Let the Bad Times Roll"
    Released: February 23, 2021
  3. "We Never Have Sex Anymore"
    Released: April 2, 2021
  4. "Gone Away"
    Released: November 12, 2021
  5. "Behind Your Walls"
    Released: April 9, 2022

Let the Bad Times Roll is the tenth studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on April 16, 2021.[3] Produced by Bob Rock, it is the band's first release on Concord Records, and their first studio album in nine years since Days Go By (2012), marking the longest gap between two Offspring studio albums. Let the Bad Times Roll also marks the band's first album without bassist and co-founding member Greg K., who was fired from the Offspring in 2018. Even though new bassist Todd Morse had already joined the band and appeared in the video for the album’s title track and "This Is Not Utopia", bass guitar accompaniment was provided by guitarist and vocalist Dexter Holland. It is the second and last album to feature drummer Pete Parada, who was later fired from the band in August 2021 for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccination, due to suffering from Guillain–Barré syndrome.[4][5]

The band's tour schedules, lineup changes, legal issues and the search for a new label after their split with Columbia Records, who released the Offspring's previous six albums, contributed to a years-long delay behind Let the Bad Times Roll. The band started recording new material for the album with Rock as early as the summer of 2013,[6] and after re-recording it at various studios and at various periods between 2013 and 2020, it had been completed by 2020 and was ready for release later that year. However, due to the aforementioned issues, other inner disputes and the COVID-19 pandemic, the album's release was pushed back to 2021.[3]

  1. ^ "The Offspring – Let The Bad Times Roll (Album Review)". Wall Of Sound. 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "The Offspring Scrape off the Rust and Return to Action on Let the Bad Times Roll: Review". 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "THE OFFSPRING Announces 'Let The Bad Times Roll' Album, Drops Title Track". Blabbermouth.net. February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "Instagram".
  5. ^ "Offspring Drummer Says He's Out of Band After Refusing Covid-19 Vaccine". Rolling Stone. 4 August 2021.
  6. ^ "The Offspring Recording New Album, Producer Revealed". alternativenation.net. August 8, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-10-05. Retrieved February 24, 2021.