[4] Victory Records owner Tony Brummel agreed to let Endwell display their talent on stage in order to decide if the band was a good fit for the label.

[4] Endwell began to write and record songs for their debut album, Homeland Insecurity, in California with Jay Baumgardner (Papa Roach, Evanescence, New Found Glory).

After almost two years of touring, Endwell hoped to start working on their follow-up to Homeland Insecurity but ran into several speed bumps.

The second issue being that Victory Records decided to drop Endwell's contract with the label leaving the band without a way to release their music.

[5] Details about the new EP Revenge is a Healthy Motive were given out as early as January 2008, and news about working on a follow-up album to Homeland Insecurity was released even earlier.

Revenge is a Healthy Motive departed from the band's original pop punk/hardcore punk mix, and focused more on hardcore.

The bulldog was intended to be a comical reference to the logo of their former label that they were kicked out of, Victory Records, not cruelty against animals.

It was mixed by Steve Evetts (Hatebreed, Every Time I Die, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Poison the Well) and mastered by Alan Douches.