[2] After being renamed Grifters (after the novel by Jim Thompson) by 1990, Shouse joined Taylor on guitar, with Stanley Gallimore taking over on the drums.
The album had a very abrasive lo-fi sound with considerable noise, an approach to recording that was later avoided on subsequent releases.
The album was similar to the first, albeit featured less lofi and noise signifying the cleaner sound that would become standard on later material.
Soon after, Crappin' You Negative was released in 1994 and garnered even greater critical acclaim, featuring an even mix of lo-fi and commercial production.
The band developed a clean and commercial sound on the album, with the lo-fi qualities of past material being devoid on this release.
Those Bastard Souls released two albums, its first in 1996 as an anonymous solo project of Shouse titled Twentieth Century Chemical.