 During the hiatus, Willard was recruited by Tom DeLonge for his band Angels & Airwaves and released an album, "We Don't Need to Whisper", in 2006.In November 2006, it was reported that the Offspring were back in the studio recording their eighth studio album, "Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace" with producer Bob Rock and "a fistful of demos".In July 2007, Dexter announced that the band had finished two more songs and the album was being recorded in Orange County, California.