The song would remain unreleased until 1999, when it was released on the Music Bank box set and also issued as a promotional single.

for the movie, part of Sap and we got started on the Dirt, so the tune itself was a good song, but we were just turning to the height of our blackness.

[2]The song seems to be anti-censorship, making reference to then Washington state governor Booth Gardner's March 20, 1992 signing of a bill that would impose a jail term to anyone caught selling an album a judge would deem "erotic" to a minor.

[3] Prior to the signing, MTV had publicized Gardner's office phone number,[4] bringing in over 4,000 faxed signatures (mostly against the bill).

"Fear the Voices" peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.