From Loudersound.
The Offspring have released a Christmas single based on Charles Brown’s 1960 holiday classic Please Come Home For Christmas.
Bells Will Be Ringing (Please Come Home For Christmas) is The Offspring’s second Christmas song, following on from 2020’s Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), a cover of Darlene Love’s 1963 hit.
The band say: “We’ve always loved the classic Charles Brown version of this song and think it’s really underappreciated. We thought it would be the perfect follow up to Christmas (Baby Please Come Home), and continuing on the ‘coming home for Christmas’ theme.”
t’s not the first time pianist Charles Brown’s song has been covered by a rock act. The Eagles released a version in 1978, and Jon Bon Jovi covered it in 1992.
The Offspring released their 10th album, Let The Bad Times Roll, last year. Also in 2021, they fired drummer Pete Parada after he decided not to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
Although the band didn’t comment on their decision to part ways with Parada, it wasn’t a huge surprise. They had been vocal in encouraging fans to get vaccinated, even posting a tweaked version of their 1994 hit single Come Out And Play on social media. The tweaked version included the line “You gotta go get vaccinated.”
The Offspring will be featured in the Punk Rock Museum, opening in Las Vegas in early 2023. Investors in the project include Epitaph Records and Bad Religion founder Brett Guerwitz, Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, Blink-182‘s Mark Hoppus, Rancid‘s Tim Armstrong, Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and skate legend Tony Hawk.
Packages for the museum are available on the official website.
Explore eil.com & 991.com sister – the world’s best online store for rare, collectable & out of print Vinyl Records, CDs & Music memorabilia since 1987.
EIL.COM Favourite Music Update Rare CDs, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl Records, Albums and Music
- Offspring - Ignition - US - vinyl LP - £75.00, $93.75, €87.75 (New Item) (arrived 13-Sep-2023 16:00)on April 19, 2024 at 3:16 pm
OFFSPRING Ignition (Rare 1992 US 12-track vinyl LP, the second album by the Orange County punk rockers, picture sleeve with lyric insert. The sleeve shows a little edgewear, whilst the vinyl looks barely played!)
- Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll: Tour Edition - Sealed - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £34.99, $43.74, €40.94 (New Item) (arrived 25-May-2023 15:18)on April 19, 2024 at 3:16 pm
OFFSPRING Let The Bad Times Roll (2023 UK/EU Limited Tour Edition reissue of their 2021 12-track vinyl LP, their tenth studio album which includes the singles Coming For You, Let The Bad Times Roll, We Never Have Sex Anymore, This Is Not Utopia and Behind Your Walls accompanied by an exclusive Bonus 7" containing a live version of 'The Opioid Diaries' and 'Guerre Sous Couvertures' [both previously unreleased on vinyl]. Picture sleeve with a tour photo insert, commemorative tour pass, hype sticker & factory sealed)
Be the first to comment