2000, "In the rap world, when something like that is taken as a sample, they pay for it the same way I pay for guitar strings and picks." The claim became national news when the Offspring discussed it on MTV, leading to a backlash against Palm: "Some punk kid's perception of that is to think that I'm the bad guy," he said, "but they don't understand that the Offspring are millionaires and I'm just trying to retain whatever little tiny thing is mine." Some fellow Californian punk rock musicians criticized the allegation. Frank Agnew, guitarist of fellow Fullerton band the Adolescents, remarked "I don't see how you can call that plagiarism; all it is, is an Arabic scale. It just reeks to me [as if] people are after a piece of the pie. If the Offspring did a guitar solo that was reminiscent of one of my guitar solos, I'd be honored, not [antagonized]. I think it's real petty." The Vandals, who were signed to Holland's label Nitro Records, released the song "Aging Orange" on their 1996 album The Quickening, with lyrics by bassist Joe Escalante mocking Palm's claim to ownership of a style rooted in ancient Middle Eastern music. Back in ancient Egypt many pharaohs went to jailFor misappropriation of my Phrygian scaleI said "Listen, Tutankhamun, you're driving me insaneIt's obvious those bellies are all dancing to 'Bloodstains'I figured out you owe me, and please try not to laughBut every time I hear it, I get one more golden calf" Palm called the song "nothing but Joe's desperate attempt to brown-nose the Offspring", characterizing it as "lame and out of line. You think there was some ass-licking going on there?", sentiments echoed by Fields. Palm noted "Aging Orange" incorrectly implied he had sued the Offspring. Escalante, also an entertainment lawyer, said that Fields' and Palm's attempt to get money from Epitaph and the Offspring represented "the kind of crap I hate" in both the legal system and entertainment business, and that the Vandals—with their long tradition of satirizing things they perceived foolish within the punk scene—would have ridiculed the situation regardless of the parties involved. The Offspring later covered "Bloodstains" for the soundtrack of the 2000 film Ready to Rumble. "It's great that they recorded 'Bloodstains, said Palm, "but it doesn't help me personally. Sometimes I feel like an old black bluesman who got ripped off." Alternate versions The