[5] The single "Play with Me" is featured on the soundtrack for the comedy film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure,[6] an opening episode of season 4 of Stranger Things,[7] and the 2007 rhythm game, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

[12] The album sold modestly well at around 300,000 units,[13] and was favored by heavy metal fans, but did not achieve significant mainstream success.

[14] Three of the album's singles, "Little Girls", "Kid Ego", and "Mutha (Don't Wanna Go to School Today)", received medium airplay on Headbangers Ball.

[1] In his review for Extreme II: Pornograffitti, Bryan Rolli called their debut album "rote glam metal".

[9] Rolling Stone writer Kim Neely gave the album three stars, but called it an "extremely good listen".