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Ignition (1992)

Where the lyrics of Ignition take you, and where it was really made.

Its sixth track, Dirty Magic, was re-recorded for the band's ninth studio album twenty years later.

Key places

Westbeach Recorders in June 1992 (1992)

Recording site The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles — The band entered Westbeach Recorders and Track Record in June 1992 to record Ignition. Westbeach Recorders is in Hollywood. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Track Record in June 1992 (1992)

Recording site Track Record Studios — The band also entered Track Record in June 1992 to record Ignition. The studio is listed in North Hollywood, and its exact location is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Ignition: second studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring
• Released 16 October 1992 by Epitaph Records
• Came out during the alternative rock and grunge era
• Brought the band small success in Southern California as they began gathering a following
• Sold over one million copies worldwide; certified gold in 1996
• Followed by Smash (1994), which grew the band's success further

Background

• 1991: the band teamed up with producer Thom Wilson to record the Baghdad 7-inch EP
• Baghdad was instrumental to the band's signing with Epitaph Records
• Epitaph was run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz
• Gurewitz felt the band was not quite pronounced enough for his label; Baghdad convinced him to give them a shot
• Ignition was the band's second full-length album

Recording

• In June 1992 the band entered Westbeach Recorders and Track Record to record the album
• Some material is updated versions of songs recorded in the Offspring/Baghdad era
• Take It Like a Man was originally recorded in 1991 for a Flipside magazine compilation
• Get It Right had appeared on Baghdad

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Garden Grove, California in 1984 under the name Manic Subsidal; renamed The Offspring in 1986.
• Played a key role in reviving mainstream interest in punk rock during the 1990s.
• Have sold more than 45 million records and are among the best-selling punk bands.

Members

• Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar) and Noodles (lead guitar) are the founding core.
• Current lineup also includes Todd Morse (bass), Jonah Nimoy (multi-instrumentalist) and Brandon Pertzborn (drums).
• Greg K. Kriesel, a co-founder, was fired from the band in 2018.

Career

• Released Smash (1994) on Epitaph Records; it sold over 11 million copies and helped push punk into the mainstream.
• Signed with Columbia Records in 1996; Americana (1998) reached number two on the Billboard 200.
• Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) revived their career, with "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" topping the Billboard rock charts for eleven weeks.
• Released Let the Bad Times Roll (2021) and Supercharged (2024).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Did not chart on the Billboard 200, like the band's self-titled debut
• Small success in Southern California; the band toured for a year and a half behind the album
• Kick Him When He's Down was released as an airplay-only single in 1995; no videos were released for the album

Reappraisal

• Guitar World (October 2011): ranked number two on its top ten list of 1992 guitar albums, between Alice in Chains' Dirt and Bad Religion's Generator
• Reviewers in the years since release generally favorable; several deemed it one of the band's best albums
• Epitaph reissued the album remastered on 17 June 2008, alongside Smash

Records

• Did not chart on the Billboard 200
• Certified Gold on 22 January 1996, nearly two years after Smash
• Sold over one million copies worldwide

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The Ignition tour ended on 1 April 1994 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, one week before Smash was released.
• The outtake Mission from God was later slightly remixed and released on the compilation Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10 in 2005.
• The band re-recorded the sixth track Dirty Magic for their ninth studio album Days Go By.
• For the 20th anniversary in 2012, the band played Ignition in its entirety at selected concerts.
• In 2017 the band performed the album at a benefit concert for 924 Gilman Street.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

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