At some point they were asked to play the 16th birthday party of a local punk kid, Nathan, who was playing bass in a new band called Swiz. Five or six years later Nathan would join Shudder to play guitar when Chris left the band for school. A year or so later, Mike also had to leave and was replaced by Adam Wade of Jawbox on the drums. In the mid-'90s, Shudder signed to Epic Records, and became one of only two bands to leave Dischord for a major label. They moved to NYC and released a couple of albums on Epic, but became less and less of a touring/performing entity, focusing more on movie soundtracks before separating at the end of the decade.

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