Like That,” were recorded on an 8-track recorder. While Ben Grosse was employed to mix the record to "give girth" to its sound, the band chose to master the record themselves: the mixes were tested on "consumer-level gear" such as car stereo and boombox for reference. According to Patrick, the house was demolished after the band's departure and the property was incorporated into the adjacent nursing home. Composition and lyrics Described as an industrial rock, post-grunge, hard rock and nu metal record, Short Bus blends the industrial sound with grunge music. The Rough Guide to Rock writer Essi Berelian described the record as "a broad and imaginative slab of industrial noise, distinguished by Patrick's ability with a strong hook and melodic chorus." Richard Patrick has gone on to name bands such as Pantera, Butthole Surfers and Skinny Puppy as influences on the album's sound; Deftones, Helmet and Soundgarden were also other early influences on Filter. The album's guitar-heavy sound features the use of a drum machine for percussion; the band's adoption of the digital instrument was influenced by the works of Big Black and Ministry's 1988 record, The Land of Rape and Honey. Music software was also used to process guitars and other sounds; the verses of "Hey Man Nice Shot" featured a looped feedback of a pick stratch. The band also incorporated the sounds of a broken toilet on the track "Stuck in Here." The "It's Over" features a guitar drop that was recorded on a low-quality mini-cassette recorder; Liesegang has described the resulting recording as "Robert Johnson spooky kind of sound." Other incorporated sounds on the record include answering machine vocals on "Spent" and television recordings on "White Like That." Lyrical themes include religion and suicide, with the album's opening track and lead single "Hey Man Nice Shot" being written as a response to Budd Dwyer's televised suicide. The track was, at one point, rumored to be about the death of musician Kurt Cobain; however, the band has denied said rumor in the past. Similarly, "It's Over" was written about a mutual friend of the band who died by suicide, and was one of the first few songs written by the group. The album is named after the slang "short bus," which refers to the smaller school busses used by students with disabilities. Liesegang stated that the band chose the title for solidarity and reclamation. Packaging The album