It was their first album to include Dave Quackenbush on vocals, who would remain the band's singer for the rest of their career.

The result was a sound the band called "cow punk" which somewhat mocked the resurgence in popularity of country music in their native Huntington Beach.

Two exceptions were the songs "Shi'ite Punk" and "(Illa Zilla) Lady Killa," which relied heavily on scratch boxes.

Escalante had played drums on the album, but when he switched to bass Doug Mackinnon joined the band as their new drummer.

The photo in the album's liner notes indicates Escalante as the band's bass player and MacKinnon as their drummer.