 It was announced on July 27, 2007, that former Saves the Day drummer Pete Parada had been chosen to be the Offspring's new drummer, replacing Atom Willard, who went on to join Angels and Airwaves.The band's first shows with Parada were at the Summer Sonic festival in Japan in August of the same year.It was during these shows that the band debuted "Hammerhead" which would become the first single from the new album.