Dead Serious (EP)

[1] The five original songs on the EP show that the transition started with Beat Until Stiff had completed, as band's sound had moved away from punk, more fully into the territory of grunge.

The extra guitar makes for a much heavier sound, and the tempos are slower and songs longer that on previous releases.

Nonetheless, the band continued to experiment with unusual song forms and odd meters.

The record also includes a cover of Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song" in which the organ parts are transcribed and played by TQ on saxophones.

The cover was censored, but the Musical Tragedies label allowed consumers to obtain a sticker with the missing organs if they sent in pornography.