For Beat Until Stiff, TQ had taken over as full-time lead singer for the band (though Sluggo sings on the tune "Taskmaster" and hidden track "Sea of Trash"), and his vocals that range from a growl to a scream begin to characterize the band's sound.

But with the songs "Beat Until Stiff" and "Gotta Go" some slower tempos and heavier guitars are introduced, giving the album a proto-grunge feel.

[3] Kris Fell, in the Boston Phoenix said that the "lyrics on Beat Until Stiff are blunt, almost photographic representation of the grotesque..."[4] This album features a guitar solo by Mr. Horribly Charred Infant of the Happy Flowers.

[6] Beat Until Stiff's new songs were recorded and mixed at the Fort Apache South studio by Paul Q. Kolderie.

[7] Beat Until Stiff rolls like a big old tank truck fulla beer and piss taking a fast turn onto Alice Cooper Memorial Turnpike.—Spin[8] Here's a totally psychotic mindfuck if there ever was one....Satan himself would shit his pants if he heard the vocals on this album.—GROT[1] An album worth having two copies of, for when your first wears out.—Backlash[3] TQ hollers as if possessed by the spirits of both Ozzy and Jimmy Swaggart while the band bashes out chords of destruction and disarray...—CMJ[9] If Marlon Brando's Godfather figure had been played by a growling lion, he would be the singer of this band.—Rockpool[2] All tracks are written by Hullabaloo, except where notedBeat Until Stiff at Discogs (list of releases)