[3] "Back on the Streets" was originally written by Vincent with musician Richie Friedman in 1981, demoed but not used for the Creatures of the Night album[4] and recorded by 3 Speed for the 1984 movie Voyage of the Rock Aliens.

It was later covered by Europe's original guitarist John Norum for his 1987 solo album Total Control.

[citation needed] The band opened for Alice Cooper in 1986 and Iron Maiden in 1987 to support the record.

Mike Weeks played the guitar, bass and did the vocals on a very accurate version of "Boys Are Gonna Rock" which also featured drums by Andre Labelle, who had previously recorded drums on Vinnie's third (and unreleased) album Guitarmaggedon/Guitars from Hell.

[8] In the book Fargo Rock City, journalist Chuck Klosterman names it the second greatest heavy metal album of the 1980s, behind only Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses.