Source for The Offspring's "Come Out and Play"

“(Agent Orange’s ‘Bloodstains’) really influenced me, especially that Arabian-sounding lead. I’ve written a lot of stuff like that”. - Dexter Holland, the Offspring’s frontman.
The copyright owner of “Bloodstains” filed a claim requesting that Epitaph pay to him a USD $0.01 licensing fee for each copy sold of Smash. Nothing came of it.
Agent Orange - "Blood Stains" (Bloodstains 7-inch EP, 1980).
The Offspring - "Come Out and Play" (Smash, 1994).
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[@deliveriders2592]

yes, it's similar, but I don't think that's the intention

[@whytho969]

It wasn’t but either the band or the label sued The Offspring due to being similar

[@heric_]

If you rip-off someone's song it doesn't matter the "intention"

[@amaurythewarrior]

@@heric_ if you rip off someone it's by definition intentional. if you make by accident something similar, that's just coincidence. here this is neither.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

@@heric_ because the used the same scale ? Grow up

[@rootsandtropes264]

@@paulmcgrath6118the two similarities were inspired from “Bloodstains”. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

Absolutely scraping the bottom of the barrel

[@rootsandtropes264]

These two songs are posted because the writer of the first song sued the writers of the second song.

[@paulmcgrath6118]

@@rootsandtropes264 nope . A lawsuit was never filed . It would have been thrown out of court after ten seconds

[@rootsandtropes264]

⁠​⁠@@paulmcgrath6118that’s actually correct, the accuser simply wrote a claim to Epitaph, demanding a licensing fee to be paid.