In 1996, after the success of Smash , the Offspring left Epitaph and signed with Columbia Records . Epitaph retained its rights to release the next album in Europe, while Columbia had it for all other territories. The band’s attorney Peter Paterno had issued a letter to Epitaph stating that the band had “substantial and fundamental reasons” for wanting to leave the label and that Epitaph had “breached its contract”.
Left Epitaph and signed with Columbia
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