[1][2][3] A follow-up album, The Wreckard, was released independently in 2002 after it was rejected by Interscope Records due to creative differences and the band was unsigned from the label.

[1] In 2017, the album was reissued on vinyl through Trent Reznor's Null Corporation label and made available for digital download via the ITunes Store.

He recorded four demo songs with Trent Reznor, a longtime friend and a former Lucky Pierre member who founded Nine Inch Nails.

The title track from Lucky Pierre's 1988 Communiqué EP, which featured Reznor on backing vocals, was also re-recorded as a demo.

[4][5] Meanwhile, he assembled a line-up for his band, which featured guitarist Chris Schleyer and drummer Andy Kubiszewski, who was known for fronting Exotic Birds.