Entered the studio to record third album

When the Offspring entered the studio in January 1994 to record their third album, the band’s relations with producer Thom Wilson had begun to strain. Three months later, the Offspring released what would become their biggest-selling album, titled Smash . The album was initially released to little mainstream attention until its lead single ” Come Out and Play ” received airplay from the Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM , helping to raise the band’s profile and eventually hitting number one on the Billboard rock charts for two weeks in the summer of 1994.