▁the ▁EP ) ▁and ▁" W elt " ▁( pre viously ▁un re leased ) ▁were ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" W WE ▁Sm ack Down ▁vs . ▁Raw ▁ 2 0 0 8 " ▁sound track . ▁AM ▁Cons pi racy ▁was ▁recorded ▁earlier ▁this ▁year ▁at ▁Belle ▁City ▁Sound ▁studio ▁in ▁R ac ine , ▁Wisconsin ▁with ▁producer ▁Chris ▁Dj ur ic ic ▁( Nov embers ▁Do om ▁bass ist ). ▁ ▁Deb ut ▁album ▁AM ▁Cons pi racy ' s ▁self - t itled ▁debut ▁album ▁released ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁via ▁Burn hill ▁Union ▁Records ▁( a ▁newly ▁launched ▁independent ▁label ▁from ▁Chicago ). ▁The ▁first ▁single ▁off ▁album ▁Pictures ▁was ▁mixed ▁by ▁R andy ▁Sta ub , ▁who ▁has ▁previously ▁worked ▁with ▁Met all ica , ▁Nick el back ▁and ▁Alice ▁in ▁Ch ains , ▁among ▁others . ▁ ▁Name ▁Origin ▁When ▁asked ▁about ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁band ' s ▁name ▁in ▁an ▁interview , ▁Jason ▁said ▁"... I ▁did , ▁I ▁came ▁up ▁with ▁it . ▁When ▁I ▁lived ▁in ▁Ven ice ▁in ▁California , ▁when ▁I ▁first ▁started ▁t atto o ing , ▁I ▁did ▁nothing ▁but ▁black ▁and ▁gray ▁t atto os ▁for ▁god , ▁three ▁or ▁four ▁years . ▁It ▁started ▁to ▁drive ▁me ▁cra zy ▁so ▁I ▁started ▁to ▁drive ▁in ▁to ▁Ana heim ▁which ▁was ▁forty - five ▁minutes ▁to ▁an ▁hour ▁each ▁way , ▁I ▁got ▁tired ▁of ▁just ▁listening ▁to ▁the ▁CD s