Although it appears to be a book in its own right, it was a "special issue" of National Lampoon magazine and as such it was only sold on newsstands.

Many of the songs in the songbook were from the musical stage show, Lemmings.

The first piece in the songbook is Deteriorata, which was on the album Radio Dinner.

The cover illustrations was a drawing showing a number of musicians on stage and a row of the audience.

The drawing was a group effort by cartoonists Randall Enos, Gahan Wilson, Bobby London, Jeff Jones, Shary Flenniken and Charles Rodrigues.