It peaked at #2 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #1 on the R&R Panel Alternative chart.

Don't Tread on Me debuted and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200, selling 91,000 copies in its first week of release.

[7] Despite the success of the leadoff single, the album, like its predecessor Evolver, has yet to receive an RIAA certification.

Sometime in late 2004, many of Don’t Tread On Me's demo tapes were leaked on the now defunct 311 Bulletin Board, after someone supposedly hacked into lead singer Nick Hexum’s e-mail, stealing the files and uploading them to the site.

The band was unhappy and went as far as calling out leakers and removing any mention of the album’s demos from the site.