[4] Ixnay on the Hombre was a moderate commercial success upon its release, debuting at number nine on the US Billboard 200, and was well received by both critics and fans.

However, tensions were encountered when Epitaph founder and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz decided to sell Smash to a major label in "return for a royalty override on it,"[6] an action that the band did not like.

"[8] "Pay the Man" was one of the songs recorded during the Ixnay on the Hombre sessions but instead ended up being released on Americana.

"Change the World" itself contains a hidden track, a brief spoken piece by Larry "Bud" Melman of The David Letterman Show.

The Offspring would continue releasing albums on Columbia until it was announced in early 2013 that they had fulfilled their contract with the label.

[18] The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 2.5 stars and states: "Ixnay on the Hombre sounds like a competent hard rock band trying to hitch themselves to the post-grunge bandwagon.

[19] The Ixnay on the Hombre tour kickstarted on February 11, 1997, at Foothill in Long Beach, California, with One Hit Wonder, who had just been signed to Holland's label Nitro Records.