The band's approach was to play music with lyrics that had an overtly right-wing prose and sense of American patriotism.
The Radicals with Gary Reitmeyer, Glenn "Spikey" Mayer would separate with Alex Kinen, who would later have morphed full circle, to cause the first legitimate hardcore-punk genre split in history, predating all others to form Cause For Alarm and Agnostic Front [1][2] U.S.
Its production, including recording and printing by Ross Eliss, cost them $5,000, which was unheard of in the American punk scene at the time and drew outrage from locals in New York City, New Jersey and professional music industry types alike.
The unreleased singles "Blame it on Sam", "Scum Sucking Pig" and "For Being Young" were both salvaged and remixed by Bob Both and Marty Munsch.
These were eventually released by Marty Munsch a few months later as singles We Are Your Enemy and Stopping Evolution Dead In It's [sic] Tracks and are near impossible-to-find collector's pieces, with only a few dozen test pressings in existence.
Their label, Punk Rock Records had an unreleased hard single; "BLAME IT ON SAM" ready to push on WNEW-FM 102.7 FM NY, THE RON AND FEZZ show with 3.5 million listeners.
Later in 1998, the tracks Suicide and For Being Young were featured in the film Pariah to the tune of three stars given in high regard by the Pulitzer Prize holder for distinguished criticism.
Vern had recently declined a longtime membership and was replaced by Reitmeyer's younger sister, Rene Wasted, an active founding member of Blanks 77.
Chaos,"You Can't Hear A Picture", which gained much attention and critical acclaim from press worldwide that also led to several videos and four more singles.