[nb 1] On August 29, 1979, the day after Ron Reyes joined them on drums,[8][9] replacing John Stielow, McDonald brothers' middle school punk rock band, the Tourists, would change their name to "Red Cross".

"In 1980, six tracks from the Posh Boy recording session were included on The Siren,[nb 4][13][14][15] a sampler LP shared with San Francisco power pop band 391, and Salt Lake City punk rock act Spittin' Teeth.

[1][7] All songs on Red Cross were originally recorded with producer and engineer Roger Harris at the Shelter Studios in Hollywood, California on October 1, 1979.

[18] In 1981, Red Cross was included, in its entirety, on the rare cassette tape version of the Beach Blvd compilation[nb 6][16][19] issued by Posh Boy Records.

[23] In 1987, Posh Boy repackaged The Future Looks Bright,[nb 7][24] a sampler album originally produced by the label, jointly with SST Records, in 1981.

[20] On the cover art for Annette's Got the Hits, a photomontage in sepia, portraying the four band members performing live, is displayed on a dark grey background.

[2][4][5][6][7] After Greg Hetson left Red Cross to join the Circle Jerks in December 1979,[2][5][7][8] a controversial alternate version of his song "Cover Band",[nb 15] reworked with new lyrics by Keith Morris,[43] was featured as "Live Fast Die Young" on his new band's first studio album, Group Sex,[nb 16] released in October 1980 on Frontier Records.