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I think it’s a great record and I love these songs. But we’re not disappointed in what we kept. Guitarist Noodles spoke to Guitar Magazine about the album “We recorded a few more songs than we needed, If we had used some of the other ones that were left off, it would have ended up a little more risky. The Offspring released ‘Ixnay on the Hombre’ which translates to ‘nix the man’/’down with the man’ on 4th February 1997.
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The band wanted to record something different for the fans, they went for a more of a rock sound instead of a punk sound like their previous records. Dexter Holland explained that The Offspring ended up taking less money to sign with Columbia just to get away from Brett Gurewitz.Īfter signing with Columbia the band hit Eldorado Recording Studios Hollywood in June 1996. 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’.