Christine Frka traveled to Los Angeles from San Pedro with Sandra Rowe, and both lived in the basement of Frank Zappa's Log Cabin at 2401 Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the Hollywood Hills[15] in 1968.

Judith Peters had emigrated from the Haight Ashbury to Los Angeles due to "boredom", alleging she "couldn't be a hippie forever."

Track 5 "The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes" is a GTO comment on Beefheart's taste in footwear (his cousin Victor Hayden had introduced him to Pamela Des Barres).

[20] Other performers included headliners the New York Dolls, the Hollywood Stars, Iggy and the Stooges (with Ray Manzarek of The Doors in the band), Peter Ivers, and Zolar X, with Kim Fowley announcing and Rodney Bingenheimer DJ'ing between sets.

[21][22][23] The initial sessions leading to the performance and album were coached and rehearsed by Pauline Butcher, who lived in the 'login cabin' owned by the Zappas in the late 60s.

[24] The group is referenced in the 2022 song Eddie, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Cut my teeth down at the Whisky, GTOs tried to kiss me”).