The letter revealed the band wanted to stay with Epitaph but owner Brett Gurewitz wanted a cut of their royalties, took legal action against them to keep them on Epitaph and sold their contact to Columbia. This upset some of their fans but Dexter Holland frontman of The Offspring came explained why they left in an open letter to fans. Before then, The Offspring were more of an underground punk band.Īfter the success off ‘Smash’, The Offspring left Epitaph records and signed on to the major record label – Columbia Records. That album became one of the biggest selling independent albums ever. Happy 24th birthday to ‘Ixnay on the Hombre’Ģ4 years ago The Offspring released their fourth album ‘Ixnay on the Hombre’ their third album was the album that took them to mainstream success ‘Smash’.
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