Before entering the studio, guitarist Kimo Ball (Freak Accident, Carneyball Johnson, Mol Triffid, Griddle) was recruited and the resulting twin guitar attack took the groups sound to new, noisier heights.

[citation needed] The band's sound retains some of the spy-music-on-meth chaos of the Dead Kennedys while adding a healthy dose of Detroit style proto-punk mixed with layers of sonic guitar noise, and Weiss' industrial excursions into metal percussion.

Topically, the album explores what Biafra describes as the nation's "forced Iraqnophobia and Homeland Insecurity" and how it continues to feed lawlessness by political leaders such as in the song "The Terror of Tiny Town."

"Clean As A Thistle" evokes family values blowhards caught in sinful trysts, while album closer "I Won't Give Up" offers an age of Obama anthem on how change comes from agitation from below, not glamour and soundbites from the top.

[citation needed] In 2010, Jon's brother, Andrew Weiss (Rollins Band, Ween, Butthole Surfers), temporarily filled the bass position for live performances while Billy Gould took part in the Faith No More reunion tour.