ules ▁to ▁yellow ▁m oh awk . ▁Next , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁he ▁un le ashed ▁his ▁second ▁album , ▁the ▁dark ▁Wh atever , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁step ▁away ▁from ▁his ▁Kraft werk - in sp ired ▁sound ▁( although ▁S leep walk ing ▁had ▁a ▁similar ▁style ) ▁to ▁a ▁dark er , ▁more ▁political ▁Punk - es que ▁style . ▁On ▁the ▁album ▁he ▁tack led ▁such ▁issues ▁as ▁rac ism ▁( highlight ed ▁on ▁the ▁song ▁When ? ), ▁drug ▁use ▁( highlight ed ▁on ▁Gen ed efe kt ▁and ▁La ▁La ▁Land ), ▁al ien ation ▁( highlight ed ▁on ▁S leep walk ing ), ▁and ▁being ▁told ▁what ▁to ▁wear ▁and ▁do ▁by ▁“ the ▁system ” ▁( highlight ed ▁on ▁the ▁heavily ▁punk - in sp ired ▁track ▁G at ). ▁The ▁more ▁punk - orient ed ▁songs ▁on ▁the ▁album ▁apparently ▁came ▁from ▁hours ▁spent ▁listening ▁to ▁industrial ▁bands ▁such ▁as ▁N itzer ▁E bb ▁and ▁L ia isons ▁D ang ere uses , ▁and ▁lots ▁of ▁" under ground ▁American ▁industrial ▁stuff ." ▁He ▁released ▁the ▁single ▁La ▁La ▁Land ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁originally ▁designed ▁as ▁a ▁w ake - up ▁call ▁for ▁club bers ▁to ▁the ▁d angers ▁of ▁pill - t aking ▁it ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁popular ▁t unes . ▁This ▁was ▁followed ▁by ▁Gen ed efe kt . ▁His ▁live ▁act ▁had ▁now ▁became ▁more ▁like ▁a ▁rock ▁band ▁also ,