Guitarist Noodles recently sat down for an interview with Marcelo Vieira, during which he was asked about an old rumor that his band The Offspring turned down a tour with Metallica. Confirming the surprising decision to turn down the tour, Noodles explained:
“Yeah, I don’t remember who all we turned down, but I mean, nothing against Metallica. We love those guys. Those guys are a great band. And you know, we’ve got to meet them over the years and do shows with them since.”
“What we wanted to do is, rather than going out and opening up for a big arena band, we didn’t feel like we were a professional band. We didn’t think we were good enough to go out and do that.”
Noodles continued: “When ‘Smash’ came out, it kind of caught us by surprise. We didn’t expect that kind of success, and we knew that our live show wasn’t up to par yet. So what we wanted to do is we wanted to go out and start in small clubs and work our way up and build and become a professional band over time. I think we’re almost there. I think we’re almost a professional band on stage now, almost.”
