[2][3] Snider recalled in his 2012 autobiography, Shut Up and Give Me the Mic: A Twisted Memoir, "Happy to get any product out into the marketplace, we readily agreed.

[2] "What You Don't Know" and "Shoot 'Em Down" were recorded at Bolognese Studios, Merrick, New York, in 1981, with Twisted Sister producing themselves and Denny McNerny as engineer.

"Under the Blade" and "Leader of the Pack" were recorded at Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, with Eddie Kramer as the producer, in November 1979.

[5] The marketing campaign for the EP included fly-posting, consumer press advertising, t-shirt badges and point of sale material.

"[8] Robin Smith of Record Mirror noted Twisted Sister's "good repute based largely on outlandish stage shows", but felt Ruff Cutts "doesn't commit that excitement to vinyl" and was "a little tame" as a result.