Dickinson decided to scrap this project as well and teamed up with guitarist Roy Z and his band Tribe of Gypsies to write and record Balls to Picasso.

[7] The song "Change of Heart" was originally written and demoed by Roy Z and vocalist Rob Rock with their band Driver.

Z and Rock finally recorded and released their version when Driver reunited for their 2008 debut album, Sons of Thunder.

Songs from the previous recording sessions later resurfaced as b-sides on singles from Balls to Picasso and subsequently also as bonus tracks on the album's 2005 extended edition.

In a 1996 interview with Tom Russell of Glasgow-based Radio Clyde 1, Bruce revealed that the album was originally to be titled Laughing in the Hiding Bush.