''Huck It'' is a

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(released in VHS and

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formats) by the American punk rock band

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. Created in the '' Conspiracy of One'' era, it is named after the bonus song on that album. The song itself is featured frequently in the video, alongside other Offspring songs, mainly from ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Conspiracy of One''. The video's main content is that of stunt or skate videos to a soundtrack from The Offspring. Live performances and interviews or videos of each member of the band are also included. Numerous scenes from the video are also available on The Offspring's official

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channel
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Track listing

# "Intro" – The video opens with the instrumental section of "Pay the Man" over a

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of a hill and lake while the opening credits are displayed intermittently. # "Meet Greg K" – "Special Delivery" plays over a stunt video of

Greg K. Gregory David Kriesel (born January 20, 1965) is an American musician known as the bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band the Offspring from 1984 to 2018. Biography Greg K. was one of the founding members of the Offspring alongs ...

, the band's bassist, scaling an extremely high structure, and then jumping off. The video does not show him using a

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and instead jokingly ends with an obvious dummy hitting the ground at high speed. The instrumental part of "Pay the Man" then resumes as Greg plays

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at his house. He hits one of the balls through his window, then proceeds to hit the hole with his club. # "L.A.P.D." – A live performance of "L.A.P.D." (from ''

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'') follows, performed at

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. Crude special effects are in use, such as covering band members' skin with skulls and bones. Near the end of the song, singer

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forgets the words. # "Skateboard Huck It" – The titular song, "Huck It", then plays over various stunts. The first stunt shows Dexter on a

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, pulling then-drummer

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, who is on a

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and Greg are lying on the ground, a skateboard next to them. When Ron is close enough on the skateboard, he jumps to the other one and lands perfectly. From then on other skateboarders are shown

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from a

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and then jumping over a large ramp. # "Staring at the Sun" – Following this is a continuation of the Huntington Beach show. The band tease the crowd by playing "

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" while a morphing effect is used on each member of the band's head. The Offspring then launch into a performance of "Staring at the Sun".The Offspring – Staring at the Sun (live)
from offspringtv # "Meet Ron Welty" – Shows him messing around and then the rest of the video is him

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. # "Meet Dexter" – Featuring the song "Vultures" playing in the background while he does stunts in his plane then he jumps out of the plane and does stunts on his parachute and then an obvious dummy hits a barn wall. # " All I Want" # "BMX Huck It" # " Gone Away" # "Meet Noodles" # "Credits"

Bonus

# "

The Kids Aren't Alright "The Kids Aren't Alright" is a song by the Offspring. It is the fifth track from the band's fifth studio album, ''Americana'' (1998), and was released as its third single. It became another top 10 hit on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The so ...

" # "Meet the Crew" – Features a cameo of

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from

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. # "Random Outtakes"

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References

External links

* {{TheOffspring The Offspring video albums 2000 video albums Live video albums 2000 live albums Columbia Records video albums