"After the turmoil during the Insomniac era, the band really began to think about how their clashing lives - punk rock stars versus family men - would and should affect their upcoming record. They decided that it was time to expand their sound from the three-chord pop-punk tunes that had previously defined and confined them. In 1997, they spent four full months in the studio recording these new songs, and releasing Nimrod on October 14, 1997. "