The Offspring Release Cover of ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’

Author Erica Banas // Rock Music Reporter

November 5th, 2020 10:26 AM

The Offspring are delivering some holiday cheer with a cover of “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).”

Embedded below, the track doesn’t stray too far away from the song’s original arrangement, but with a classic like “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” you shouldn’t mess too much with the arrangement anyway.

In a statement on the song, frontman Dexter Holland said, “It just seemed like the world could use a nice holiday song right now. Hope you enjoy our take on ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’ – we tried not to wreck it!”

The Offspring’s cover is available for streaming and download here, while special edition 7″ vinyl pressings of the song are available for purchase at TheOffspring.com.

13 Rock Stars with College Degrees

• Dexter Holland

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  The Offspring frontman earned a Ph.D in molecular biology from the University of Southern California in 2017. His thesis was titled 'Discovery of Mature MicroRNA Sequences within the Protein-Coding Regions of Global HIV-1 Genomes: Predictions of Novel Mechanisms for Viral Infection and Pathogenicity.'

• Queen

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  Each member of Queen has their own college degree. Brian May earned his PhD in astrophysics in 2007. Freddie Mercury had a degree in graphic art and design. John Deacon has a degree in Electronics, and Roger Taylor has a bachelor's degree in biology.

• Tom Morello

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  Tom Morello graduated from Harvard University in 1986 with a Bachelor's Degree in social studies.
• Jim Morrison

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  Before helping form The Doors, Jim Morrison would graduate from UCLA in 1965 with a Bachelor's degree from the university's film school.

• Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison

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  Sterling Morrison earned a PhD in medieval literature in 1986 from the University of Texas at Austin. Lou Reed, meanwhile, earned a Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in English in 1964.

• James Williamson

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  Williamson carved out an incredible post-Stooges career. He received a degree in electrical engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1982 and would go on to become a VP at Sony and help develop the technology behind the Blu-ray Disc.
• Jeff Schroeder

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  The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist has a bachelor's and Masters degree and is currently working on his Ph.D in Comparative Literature at UCLA.

• Greg Graffin

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  The Bad Religion frontman has an impressive academic record. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA. From there, he earned a PhD in science from Cornell University. Graffin has even returned to UCLA and Cornell to teach select science courses.

• Rivers Cuomo

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  Cuomo took a little over two decades between the various album and tour cycles with Weezer to earn his English degree from Harvard, but he finally did it in 2006.

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