After a lifetime of 'unhealthy issues' that have been an excellent time, punk rocker Todd Morse of The Offspring realizes that he wants to determine the best way to nonetheless 'have enjoyable' whereas not killing himself.
“Pricey Mates / I’m about to change into so f-cking boring,” Todd Morse sings in the beginning of “All the things Good (Is Unhealthy For Me),” the brand new track from the H20 founding member and present bassist for The Offspring. The punk rock confessional, re-released by way of Manic Kat information, sees Todd combating the “temptation” to fall again into outdated habits after committing to “attempting to stay.” Todd later addresses those self same mates, asking, “what are we going to do when the get together ends? / Inform me as a result of / I’m attempting to stay.”
“After years of partying, ‘All the things Enjoyable’ is about determining the best way to nonetheless have a good time with out doing issues that you already know are unhealthy to your well being and mindset,” Todd shares with HollywoodLife. The track is an brisk punk bop for many who have gone via comparable circumstances (or a approach for these “mates” to know what individuals like Todd are going via.) With caffeinated manufacturing and charming lyrics, the track is a burst of pleasure regardless of its dour realization.
Serving to to launch H20 within the early Nineteen Nineties with brother Toby Morse, Todd grew to become a fixture within the New York hardcore scene taking part in with the group and bands Juliette and the Licks and Operation M.D. He remained a full-time member of the group till 2015. Todd joined The Offspring as their bassist in 2019. That very same 12 months, he launched Late Bloomer, his debut solo album. Taking inspiration from the bands that impressed him to get into music within the first place – The Conflict, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty – the album was a love letter to his previous whereas a daring route for his future.
“I lastly felt that I had grown sufficient as a songwriter, and I ought to put extra of my focus into that,” Todd informed The Hollywood Digest in 2019. “As a result of most of my influences are a number of the most legendary musicians of all time, I held my writing to a really excessive normal when deciding if a track was nice or simply okay. I additionally had spent numerous years performing covers, and that was like going to songwriting school. Seems. The Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and plenty of others spent the early components of their careers taking part in covers, and I used to be fairly impressed after I studying that.”
Count on extra enjoyable from Todd; new music from his would positively be an excellent factor.