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people were kind of innocently thinking they were getting pain medication that they legitimately needed and didn't realise how addictive it was." "We thought this song was important to write because addiction in general is something that needs to be addressed this was almost sort of an unwitting addiction. "I think a lot of times think of our more fun, light-hearted songs, but there's always the serious side of us on albums too," says Holland. The Opioid Diaries, from Let The Bad Times Roll, looks at America's drug addiction problems, with a powerful video spelling out the statistics in black and white.
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And so I think those that can should do that for those people as well."Īs well as supporting health workers and helping spread the message on vaccines, The Offspring also address other issues through their music. There are some people that are legitimately unable to get vaccinated, we understand that. "We understand how vaccines work and we trust them," he tells Sky News. In October, Noodles tested positive for COVID-19, and told fans on Twitter that being vaccinated "certainly made it easier" and "might've just saved my life". Image: Drummer Pete Parada (left) has not been touring with the band this year. And so we needed to have a completely vaccinated crew and band." We looked into it, you know, we tried to work all of these different scenarios and we kept hitting roadblocks. "He was either unable or unwilling to get vaccinated and we couldn't take an unvaccinated person on tour with us. "He wasn't really dropped from the band, even to this point," says Holland. Headlines said he had been dropped from the band. A few months later, drummer Pete Parada said it had been decided he was "unsafe to be around" as he was unable to have the COVID-19 vaccine due to underlying health issues, and that he would not be joining the band on tour. So it was important to us."Įarlier this year, the pair reworked the band's 1994 hit Come Out And Play, changing the lyrics from "you gotta keep 'em separated" to "you've gotta go get vaccinated". "This is such an unusual time and all of those people in those services have really stepped up to help humanity. "We felt like it was so important to acknowledge," says Holland. We thought they were owed a little bit back. "The NHS and frontline workers are doing a phenomenal job, They're really kind of putting themselves on the line to keep us all safe. "We come to the UK pretty much every year, it feels like a second home to us in a lot of ways," says Noodles. r1qpp7DIPj- The Offspring September 22, 2021
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We've just added an extra UK show at on Friday, November 19th in support of frontline workers and the As well as allocating free tickets to local frontline workers, proceeds from the show will go to the NHS charities.