Hardcore/Punk Drowns In The Atlantic

They share the same record label with All 4 One and Stone Temple Pilots. Atlantic Records seems to have gone on a binge for punk rock music. However, do these bands have anything to gain by joining a major label? Bad Religion left Epitaph to gain more notoriety. Isn’t it a shame that the Offspring were able to do in five weeks, what Bad Religion has been trying to do for the past 10 odd years… gain popularity through a label that they created.

ALL seems to have gained no more success then they already had at Cruz Records, and it’s kind of funny that CIV has become a hit single released by an indie label, not Atlantic. The question that still needs to be answered is—was it worth it? I guess only the bands can answer that… on the way to the bank.

10 Years Later: I'm such a dork. I don't even think ALL was on Atlantic. I think they were on Interscope. But guess what? Every single one of those bands were dropped from their respective label. I guess I wasn't wrong after all.