The name originated from the combination of Primer, meaning "something that's unfinished", and 55, which refers to Interstate 55, "the road that drugs run on to get to Chicago through Memphis".
The remixed and reconstructed album features appearances from Incubus turntablist Chris Kilmore and Hed PE frontman Jared Gomes.
After only three weeks of touring, however, J-Sin was forced to exit the band due to poor performances and costly antics caused by continued drug and alcohol addictions that would eventually land him in rehab.
While J-Sin was replaced temporarily by Heath Joyce, a longtime friend of Burns,[6][16] officially The DRP would become Primer 55's next vocalist, performing with the band at the 2008 Gathering of the Juggalos alongside 2 Live Crew, Ice-T, and Twiztid.
[17] A full-length album titled New American Gangsters was in the works[18] until January 2010 when Burns fired all of the other band members.
[20] In early 2012, Primer 55 began playing acoustic sets through the midwestern and southeastern United States after Burns was inspired by watching old MTV Unplugged performances by bands like Nirvana and Korn.
On August 10, 2018, J-Sin died at the age of 40 after a longtime battle with Hepatitis C.[22] During December 2019, there was talk of new shows to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Introduction to Mayhem in 2020.