[1] The project hoped to inspire young voters to turn out in federal elections that year to vote against then-Prime Minister John Howard,.

McDougall told Daniel Johnson of The Age that "I wanted to get more and different music fans and acts in on the idea of Rock Against Howard, and it also adequately reflects my taste in music, because I've got a bunch of my favourite bands on here as well.

"[2] The project was inspired by the American Rock Against Bush compilations, and takes on a similar format.

The music on the release is politically oriented, with the first disk featuring previously released songs, and a disk of live and otherwise previously unreleased work on the second.

[1] The style of music varies widely, with punk rock, hip-hop, and even show tunes.