Get the latest gossip

The Offspring Defeat Ex-Drummer’s Appeal Seeking Millions More From $35M Catalog Sale

An appeals court ruled for The Offspring in a lawsuit claiming drummer Ron Welty was owed millions more from the punk band’s $35 million catalog sale.

Welty’s lawsuit alleged that lead singer Bryan “Dexter” Holland had tried to “erase” his contributions to the Offspring, including by shorting him on the proceeds of the band’s 2015 catalog sale to Round Hill Music. Welty raised numerous challenges to how the lower judge had handled the case, but the appeals court was not convinced by any of them: “The judgment and order are affirmed. But at a bench trial in 2022, Judge William F. Fahey largely rejected those accusations, calling some them “completely illogical.” During the proceedings, other members of The Offspring had testified that the structure of the deal was fair since Holland had written all of the band’s music.

Get the Android app