# The Offspring: The Best Guitar Solos

> The 15 best The Offspring guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Come Out and Play (1994), then Gone Away and Self Esteem. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Offspring helped carry Southern California punk to multi-platinum success in the 1990s, and Noodles' short, surf- and metal-tinged leads gave their songs extra bite. His solos are punchy, melodic and unmistakably tied to the band's riff-heavy sound.

Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-offspring-noodles-rise-and-fall-rage-and-grace-15th-anniversary), [Wikipedia (Noodles)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noodles_(guitarist))

1. [Come Out and Play](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-come-out-and-play/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1994
2. [Gone Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-gone-away/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1997
3. [Self Esteem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-self-esteem/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1994
4. [Hammerhead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-hammerhead/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2008
5. [Bad Habit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-bad-habit/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1994
6. [The Kids Aren't Alright](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-the-kids-aren-t-alright/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1998
7. [Gotta Get Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-gotta-get-away/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1994
8. [You're Gonna Go Far, Kid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-you-re-gonna-go-far-kid/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2008
9. [All I Want](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-all-i-want/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1997
10. [Want You Bad](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-want-you-bad/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2000
11. [Original Prankster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-original-prankster/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2000
12. [Staring at the Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-staring-at-the-sun/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1998
13. [Days Go By](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-days-go-by/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2012
14. [Nitro (Youth Energy)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-nitro-youth-energy/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 1994
15. [Let the Bad Times Roll](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-offspring-let-the-bad-times-roll/) — The Offspring · solo by Noodles · 2021

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