The Offspring Credit: Photo by Federica Burelli

Josh Freese was the touring drummer of The Offspring when he was asked to join the Foo Fighters in the wake of Taylor Hawkins’ sudden death in 2022.

Filling in his shoes at the Hard Rock Event Center this weekend is former Marilyn Manson drummer Brandon Pertzborn, who’s younger than the California punk-rock outfit’s Smash, an album that knocked the group into punk-rock royalty.

Supposedly, there’s some new material being worked on right now, but in the meantime, expect to hear a healthy career retrospective fronted by original lead singer, main creative force, and hot sauce bandito Dexter Holland.

Tickets to see The Offspring play Hard Rock Event Center at Tampa’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Sunday, May 5 are still available and start at $75.

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This article appears in May 2-8, 2024.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...