[5] The album is a straight-forward hardcore record compared to the melodic post-hardcore that the band pioneered and performed towards the end of their career.

Hüsker Dü's August 1981 concert was recorded straight to 4-track soundboard tape on a three hundred dollar budget.

Friend of the band and member of Minutemen, Mike Watt, offered to put out the album on his label, New Alliance.

[citation needed] The band's ongoing royalty disputes with SST have been given as the cause for not having a unique CD edition issued.

[citation needed] Ken Shipley of The Numero Group has noted that the original tape was stolen from the band's van.