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{{short description|American musician}}
{{short description|American musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| name = Noodles
| name = Noodles
| image = The Offspring - Rock im Park 2022 - IMG 1689 - 1.jpg
| image = The Offspring - Rock im Park 2022 - IMG 1689 - 1.jpg
| caption = Noodles performing live with [[The Offspring]] at the 2022 [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park|Rock im Park]] festival.
| caption = Noodles performing in 2022
| birth_name = Kevin John Wasserman
| birth_name = Kevin John Wasserman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|4|mf=y}}<ref name="imdb.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1217452/bio |title=Biography for Noodles |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date=19 June 2013 }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|4}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Noodles |url=https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/wassermanke/kevin-john-wasserman |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| origin = [[Garden Grove, California]], U.S.
| origin = [[Garden Grove, California]], U.S.
| genre = {{flatlist|
| genre = {{flatlist|
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* {{nowrap|[[pop punk]]}}
* {{nowrap|[[pop punk]]}}
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[melodic hardcore]]
}}
}}
| occupation = Guitarist
| occupation = Guitarist
| years_active = 1985–present
| years_active = 1985-present
| label = {{flatlist|
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Nitro Records|Nitro]]
* [[Nitro Records|Nitro]]
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* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
}}
}}
| current_member_of = [[The Offspring]]<ref name="theoffspringsite.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.theoffspringsite.com/tos/en/index.php?page=band&sub=member&persID=cn00dL3S_Ph |title=Noodles |publisher=Theoffspringsite.com |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233553/http://www.theoffspringsite.com/tos/en/index.php?page=band&sub=member&persID=cn00dL3S_Ph |archive-date=4 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| current_member_of = [[The Offspring]]<ref name="theoffspringsite.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.theoffspringsite.com/tos/en/index.php?page=band&sub=member&persID=cn00dL3S_Ph |title=Noodles |publisher=Theoffspringsite.com |access-date=October 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004233553/http://www.theoffspringsite.com/tos/en/index.php?page=band&sub=member&persID=cn00dL3S_Ph |archive-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| website = {{URL|offspring.com}}
| website = {{URL|offspring.com}}
}}
}}
'''Noodles Maggi Von Alfredo''' (born February 4, 1963),<ref name="imdb.com"/> better known by his stage name '''Noodles''', is an American musician who serves as the [[lead guitarist]] and backing vocalist for [[The Offspring]].<ref name="theoffspringsite.com"/>
'''Kevin John Wasserman'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Family tree of Noodles |url=https://en.geneastar.org/genealogy/wassermanke/kevin-john-wasserman |access-date=2024-04-23 |website=Geneanet |language=en}}</ref> (born February 4, 1963)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2023-02-04 |title=Today’s famous birthdays list for February 4, 2023 includes celebrities Alice Cooper, Natalie Imbruglia |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/02/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-february-4-2023-includes-celebrities-alice-cooper-natalie-imbruglia.html |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref> better known as '''Noodles''', is an American musician who serves as the [[lead guitarist]] and backing vocalist for [[the Offspring]].<ref name="theoffspringsite.com"/> He earned the nickname "Noodles" for his frequent ''noodling'' ([[musical improvisation|improvising]]) on the guitar.


==Biography==
Noodles Maggi Von Alfredo was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. Before joining The Offspring, Noodles played in a local band called Clowns of Death. He was allegedly in The Offspring because he was the only person old enough to provide alcohol for the rest of the members.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.offspring.com/band/history |title=History |publisher=Offspring.com |access-date=17 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623131010/http://www.offspring.com/band/history |archive-date=23 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He earned the nickname "Noodles" for his frequent ''noodling'' on the guitar. At one of the band's earlier shows, he was stabbed in the shoulder by a skinhead.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=SPIN|date=March 1999|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|issn=0886-3032|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3R7GZ8ghL8wC|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3R7GZ8ghL8wC/page/n127 92]|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref>
Before joining the Offspring, Noodles played in a local band called Clowns of Death along with some friends, including drummer [[James Lilja]]. Lilja got recruited by [[Dexter Holland]] to join his band Manic Subsidal, on an agreement that Lilja would play in Manic Subsidal, if Holland joined Lilja's band Clowns of Death. After Holland played with Clowns of Death, he asked the Noodles to join their band.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Time to Relax with The Offspring: The Doctor is in! w/ James Lilja, MD (Original Offspring Drummer) {{!}} Time to Relax with The Offspring Episode 7 on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-doctor-is-in-w-james-lilja-md-original-offspring/id1693330502?i=1000643821479 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The Offspring's Noodles & Eric Blair talk the early years part 1 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3Iz9X3Acw |access-date=2024-03-23 |language=en}}</ref> After drummer [[Ron Welty]] joined the band in 1987 to replace James Lilja, the band started recording their [[The Offspring (album)|debut album]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.offspring.com/band/history |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623131010/http://www.offspring.com/band/history |archive-date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=August 31, 2008 |publisher=Offspring.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Offspring – The Vogue |url=https://thevogue.com/artists/the-offspring/ |access-date=2024-03-16 |language=en}}</ref> After recording a demo in 1988,<ref name="NIPPbio">[http://www.nipp.com/artists/detail/the-offspring The Offspring] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719183346/http://www.nipp.com/artists/detail/the-offspring|date=July 19, 2011}} at NIPP, obtained November 10, 2007.</ref> the Offspring signed a deal with a small-time label, [[Nemesis Records]], for whom they recorded their first full-length album, ''[[The Offspring (album)|The Offspring]]'', in March 1989.<ref name="NIPPbio" /> This album would eventually be re-issued in 1995, by bandmate [[Greg K.]] and Holland's own record label, [[Nitro Records]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Offspring - Concord - Label Group |url=https://concord.com/concord-albums/the-offspring/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609011853/https://concord.com/concord-albums/the-offspring/ |archive-date=9 June 2023 |access-date=11 April 2024 |website=Concord}}</ref> At one of the band's earlier shows, he was stabbed in the shoulder by a [[skinhead]]


In 1991, the Offspring signed with [[Epitaph Records]] (home of [[Bad Religion]], [[L7 (band)|L7]], [[NOFX]], [[Pennywise (band)|Pennywise]] and other similar bands). Their first release on the label was ''[[Ignition (The Offspring album)|Ignition]]'', which was released in 1992. Their last album for that label was 1994's ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'', which still holds the world record for most sales of an album on an independent label.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greatest Hits Bio (2005) |url=http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311090427/http://www.offspring.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Offspring.woa/wa/bio |archive-date=March 11, 2007 |access-date=August 18, 2010 |publisher=Offspring.com}}</ref> The band then signed with [[Columbia Records]] in 1996 (after [[Brett Gurewitz]], owner of Epitaph and guitarist for [[Bad Religion]], sold the contract to Columbia)<ref name="Dexter Holland Letter to Offspring Mailing List">{{Cite web |date=January 21, 2007 |title=Dexter Holland's letter to the Offspring mailing list |url=//members.aol.com/delirium4u/offspring/letter1.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070121115627/http://members.aol.com/delirium4u/offspring/letter1.txt |archive-date=January 21, 2007 |access-date=November 4, 2011}}</ref> for whom they released their next six albums, ''[[Ixnay on the Hombre]]'' (1997), ''[[Americana (The Offspring album)|Americana]]'' (1998), ''[[Conspiracy of One]]'' (2000), ''[[Splinter (Offspring album)|Splinter]]'' (2003), ''[[Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace]]'' (2008) and ''[[Days Go By (The Offspring album)|Days Go By]]'' (2012). Their most recent album, ''[[Let the Bad Times Roll|Let The Bad Times Roll]]'' (2021), was the band's first release on [[Concord Records]]. Noodles is one of the two members (along with Dexter Holland) to appear on all of The Offspring's albums
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During the band's early days, Noodles worked as a janitor at Earl Warren Elementary School in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]]. Before ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'' was released, he had been planning to quit the band, but the surprising success of "[[Come Out and Play (The Offspring song)|Come Out and Play]]" forced him to reconsider.<ref name="contactmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/%20offspring%20stars%20humble%20roots |title=Offspring Star&#039;s Humble Roots|publisher=contactmusic.com|access-date=12 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blackball.nite.lv/first/offspring/biography.html |title=The Offspring Biography |access-date=2007-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930073925/http://blackball.nite.lv/first/offspring/biography.html |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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During the band's early days, Noodles worked as a janitor at Earl Warren Elementary School in [[Garden Grove, California|Garden Grove]]. Before ''[[Smash (The Offspring album)|Smash]]'' was released, he had been planning to quit the band, but the surprise success of "[[Come Out and Play (The Offspring song)|Come Out and Play]]" forced him to reconsider.<ref name="contactmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/%20offspring%20stars%20humble%20roots |title=Offspring Star's Humble Roots|publisher=contactmusic.com|access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blackball.nite.lv/first/offspring/biography.html |title=The Offspring Biography |access-date=August 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930073925/http://blackball.nite.lv/first/offspring/biography.html |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


On their DVD release ''[[Huck It]]'' (2000), as part of a mock interview, Noodles claims to like the "finer things in life", such as red wine, classical music, cigarettes, poetry and pasta. He occasionally goes snowmobiling and snowboarding.
On their DVD release ''[[Huck It]]'' (2000), as part of a mock interview, Noodles claims to like the "finer things in life", such as red wine, classical music, cigarettes, poetry and pasta. He occasionally goes snowmobiling and snowboarding.
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===Guitars===
===Guitars===
Noodles generally plays [[Ibanez]] guitars, and he has now had four signature models, each of which is a [[Ibanez Talman|Talman]]. His first was the NDM1, which has a [[duct tape]] finish.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/10-unlikely-signature-guitars-216680/9/1 |title=10 Unlikely Signature Guitars |newspaper=[[MusicRadar]] |location=US |date=14 August 2009 |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=30 October 2013}}</ref> Second was the NDM2, which has The Offspring's logo with glasses on the pickguard. His third
Noodles generally plays [[Ibanez]] guitars, and he has now had four signature models, each of which is a [[Ibanez Talman|Talman]]. His first was the NDM1, which has a [[duct tape]] finish.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/10-unlikely-signature-guitars-216680/9/1 |title=10 Unlikely Signature Guitars |newspaper=[[MusicRadar]] |location=US |date=August 14, 2009 |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> Second was the NDM2, which has the Offspring's logo with glasses on the pickguard. His third
signature guitar, the NDM3, had P90 pickups. His latest signature guitar is the NDM4. It also has P90 pickups and has a sunburst finish on it. He prefers [[DiMarzio]] Tone Zone pickups.<ref name="guitarcenter">{{cite web|url=http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/noodles/|title=Interviews - Guitar Center|publisher=gc.guitarcenter.com|access-date=12 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021224031/https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/noodles/|archive-date=21 October 2014}}</ref>
signature guitar, the NDM3, had P90 pickups. His latest signature guitar is the NDM4. It also has P90 pickups and has a sunburst finish on it. He prefers [[DiMarzio]] Tone Zone pickups.<ref name="guitarcenter">{{cite web|url=http://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/noodles/|title=Interviews - Guitar Center|publisher=gc.guitarcenter.com|access-date=December 12, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021224031/https://gc.guitarcenter.com/interview/noodles/|archive-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>


In the early days of The Offspring, he played a wider range of guitars, including [[Fender Telecaster]]s, Ibanez Talmans and [[Gibson Les Paul]]s. He also owns other guitar models, such as [[Paul Reed Smith]] guitars, a [[Fender Stratocaster]] and other Fender models, [[Jackson guitars]], and Gibson guitars. In an interview on The Offspring's ''[[Complete Music Video Collection]]'', Noodles said that he gave his Stratocaster to one of the actors that appeared on the video for their 1994 single "[[Self Esteem (song)|Self Esteem]]".
In the early days of the Offspring, he played a wider range of guitars, including [[Fender Telecaster]]s, Ibanez Talmans and [[Gibson Les Paul]]s. He also owns other guitar models, such as [[Paul Reed Smith]] guitars, a [[Fender Stratocaster]] and other Fender models, [[Jackson guitars]], and Gibson guitars. In an interview on the Offspring's ''[[Complete Music Video Collection]]'', Noodles said that he gave his Stratocaster to one of the actors that appeared on the video for their 1994 single "[[Self Esteem (song)|Self Esteem]]".


===Amplifiers===
===Amplifiers===
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Noodles
Noodles performing in 2022
Noodles performing in 2022
Background information
Birth nameKevin John Wasserman
Born (1963-02-04) February 4, 1963 (age 61)
Los Angeles, U.S.[1]
OriginGarden Grove, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)Guitarist
Years active1985-present
Labels
Member ofThe Offspring[2]
Websiteoffspring.com

Kevin John Wasserman[3] (born February 4, 1963)[4] better known as Noodles, is an American musician who serves as the lead guitarist and backing vocalist for the Offspring.[2] He earned the nickname "Noodles" for his frequent noodling (improvising) on the guitar.

Biography

Before joining the Offspring, Noodles played in a local band called Clowns of Death along with some friends, including drummer James Lilja. Lilja got recruited by Dexter Holland to join his band Manic Subsidal, on an agreement that Lilja would play in Manic Subsidal, if Holland joined Lilja's band Clowns of Death. After Holland played with Clowns of Death, he asked the Noodles to join their band.[5][6] After drummer Ron Welty joined the band in 1987 to replace James Lilja, the band started recording their debut album in 1989.[7][8] After recording a demo in 1988,[9] the Offspring signed a deal with a small-time label, Nemesis Records, for whom they recorded their first full-length album, The Offspring, in March 1989.[9] This album would eventually be re-issued in 1995, by bandmate Greg K. and Holland's own record label, Nitro Records.[10] At one of the band's earlier shows, he was stabbed in the shoulder by a skinhead

In 1991, the Offspring signed with Epitaph Records (home of Bad Religion, L7, NOFX, Pennywise and other similar bands). Their first release on the label was Ignition, which was released in 1992. Their last album for that label was 1994's Smash, which still holds the world record for most sales of an album on an independent label.[11] The band then signed with Columbia Records in 1996 (after Brett Gurewitz, owner of Epitaph and guitarist for Bad Religion, sold the contract to Columbia)[12] for whom they released their next six albums, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (1998), Conspiracy of One (2000), Splinter (2003), Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) and Days Go By (2012). Their most recent album, Let The Bad Times Roll (2021), was the band's first release on Concord Records. Noodles is one of the two members (along with Dexter Holland) to appear on all of The Offspring's albums

During the band's early days, Noodles worked as a janitor at Earl Warren Elementary School in Garden Grove. Before Smash was released, he had been planning to quit the band, but the surprise success of "Come Out and Play" forced him to reconsider.[13][14]

On their DVD release Huck It (2000), as part of a mock interview, Noodles claims to like the "finer things in life", such as red wine, classical music, cigarettes, poetry and pasta. He occasionally goes snowmobiling and snowboarding.

Equipment

Guitars

Noodles generally plays Ibanez guitars, and he has now had four signature models, each of which is a Talman. His first was the NDM1, which has a duct tape finish.[15] Second was the NDM2, which has the Offspring's logo with glasses on the pickguard. His third signature guitar, the NDM3, had P90 pickups. His latest signature guitar is the NDM4. It also has P90 pickups and has a sunburst finish on it. He prefers DiMarzio Tone Zone pickups.[16]

In the early days of the Offspring, he played a wider range of guitars, including Fender Telecasters, Ibanez Talmans and Gibson Les Pauls. He also owns other guitar models, such as Paul Reed Smith guitars, a Fender Stratocaster and other Fender models, Jackson guitars, and Gibson guitars. In an interview on the Offspring's Complete Music Video Collection, Noodles said that he gave his Stratocaster to one of the actors that appeared on the video for their 1994 single "Self Esteem".

Amplifiers

For early Offspring albums, Noodles used a Mesa/Boogie Mark IV. In 2013, he was turned on to VHT amplifiers by the band's guitar tech and has since used Mark IVs and VHTs in unison.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Family tree of Noodles". Geneanet. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Noodles". Theoffspringsite.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  3. ^ "Family tree of Noodles". Geneanet. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  4. ^ Mike Rose, cleveland com (February 4, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for February 4, 2023 includes celebrities Alice Cooper, Natalie Imbruglia". cleveland. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Time to Relax with The Offspring: The Doctor is in! w/ James Lilja, MD (Original Offspring Drummer) | Time to Relax with The Offspring Episode 7 on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  6. ^ The Offspring's Noodles & Eric Blair talk the early years part 1, retrieved March 23, 2024
  7. ^ "History". Offspring.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
  8. ^ "The Offspring – The Vogue". Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  9. ^ a b The Offspring Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at NIPP, obtained November 10, 2007.
  10. ^ "The Offspring - Concord - Label Group". Concord. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  11. ^ "Greatest Hits Bio (2005)". Offspring.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  12. ^ "Dexter Holland's letter to the Offspring mailing list". January 21, 2007. Archived from the original on January 21, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
  13. ^ "Offspring Star's Humble Roots". contactmusic.com. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  14. ^ "The Offspring Biography". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
  15. ^ "10 Unlikely Signature Guitars". MusicRadar. US: Future Publishing Limited. August 14, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Interviews - Guitar Center". gc.guitarcenter.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.

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