In 1992, Propagandhi played a show with California punk rock band NOFX and included in their set a cover version of Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want Me". Impressed by their performance, NOFX front man Fat Mike signed them to his independent record label Fat Wreck Chords. The band later accompanied him to Los Angeles, where they recorded their debut album, "How to Clean Everything", released in 1993. The band spent the next three years touring and issuing several smaller releases, including the "How to Clean a Couple o' Things" single on Fat Wreck Chords, a split 10" record with I Spy, a split 7" with F.Y.P, and the double 7" "Where Quality is Job No. 1", the latter three on Recess Records.