it " — origin ally ▁released ▁on ▁a ▁split ▁release ▁with ▁Mur der ▁City ▁Dev ils — and ▁changed ▁the ▁title ▁to ▁" Fre quency ▁Ass ▁Band it ". ▁We ▁Are ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁through ▁H yd ra ▁Head ▁Records ▁on ▁both ▁CD ▁and ▁double ▁LP ▁vin yl ▁formats . ▁The ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁album ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁to ▁the ▁album ' s ▁closing ▁track ▁" Man ▁the ▁R amp arts ". ▁According ▁to ▁Ver ellen : ▁" B rian ▁[ Cook ] ▁thought ▁it ' d ▁make ▁a ▁great ▁title , ▁but ▁I ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁totally ▁silly ▁gl adi ator ▁song . ▁The ▁r iff ▁is ▁kind a ▁huge , ▁so ▁I ▁was ▁thinking ▁about ▁ch ari ots ▁and ▁fire ▁and ▁stuff ▁like ▁that . ▁It ▁sounds ▁like ▁I ▁pulled ▁the ▁words ▁out ▁of ▁Con an ▁the ▁Bar bar ian . ▁But ▁then ▁we ▁started ▁talking ▁about ▁the ▁social ▁decl ine ▁of ▁Western ▁civil ization , ▁and ▁how ▁Americans ▁are ▁the ▁new ▁Rom ans — it ' s ▁all ▁slaves ▁and ▁Ca es ars . ▁So ▁we ▁made ▁it ▁work ." ▁ ▁Bot ch ' s ▁first ▁show ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁We ▁Are ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁show ▁for ▁the ▁Seattle ▁ven ue ▁R kc nd y ▁with ▁The ▁Blood ▁Brothers , ▁Play ing ▁En emy ▁and ▁Kill ▁Sad ie ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁The ▁club ▁was ▁an ▁all - ages ▁ven