Given the history of The Offspring on this site Travis and I were both a little surprised to see a band sounding LIKE The Offspring rather than the other way around. Check out the main riff on Linkin Park’s 2009 “New Divide” and The Offspring’s 1997 “Gone Away”. After listening to the both of these I also certainly hear Tears for Fears “Mad World” especially in “New Divide”. Maybe that’s what the guy on the turntable in the band is actually playing 🙂
And overall “New Divide” and “Gone Away” have very similar verse instrumentation.
Submitted by Travis.
Very important 2026 update. I asked ChatGPT to make me a new image for this post based on the “Songs from the Big Chair”. Here you go:
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