[1] An alternate recording of the song, with Aukerman singing lead vocals, was later released on the band's 1999 compilation album All.

[1] Backing vocals were performed by Joe Nolte of The Last and by Sarina Matteucci, drummer Bill Stevenson's girlfriend of several years who sold the band's merchandise through mail order and while on tour.

[1][3][4] The Descendents and All had worked with recording engineer Richard Andrews since 1986, and over time the band members had become increasingly involved in the studio process: Stevenson had produced all of their releases since 1985, guitarist Stephen Egerton had served as an assistant engineer on their releases since 1988, and the two had mixed and produced All's live album Trailblazer together.

We decided at a certain point that we wanted to head out and try it ourselves and see what happened, so Bill and I did the Allroy Saves record, just the two of us, and it was a catastrophic nightmare, sonically speaking.

[1] Allroy would be absent from the band's following albums Percolater (1992), Breaking Things (1993), and Pummel (1995), but would be revived for Mass Nerder (1998), All (1999), and Problematic (2000).

Seeking a more affordable cost of living and centralized location from which to tour, All relocated to Brookfield, Missouri following the recording sessions.

[17] Alex Henderson of Allmusic gave Allroy Saves two and a half stars out of five, remarking that it "has its moments but could have been much stronger.