The principal musicians, besides Bjorklund, were his brother Chris (guitarist), Pierre Kezdy (bassist), and Bob Furem (drummer).

[1][2] The album cover resembled a book of matches (the band's name derives from the phrase commonly seen on cheap matchbooks).

Songs included "Sunday Night Disorientation", "Context", "Closing In", "Elephant's Graveyard" (which later appeared on the Wax Trax Best of boxed set), and the title track.

Steve Bjorklund briefly formed another Chicago punk band, Terminal Beach, then ultimately relocated to Minneapolis to pursue playing and recording with various punk and industrial music bands, including Breaking Circus.

After Trial By Fire broke up, Pierre Kezdy went on to play with Naked Raygun and Pegboy.