Bottle Rockets signed , along with acts like Freakwater , The Old 97 's and Robbie Fulks , to the Chicago-based indie record label , Bloodshot . They played a type of alternative country called insurgent country . Bottle Rockets signed , along with acts like Freakwater , The Old 97 's and Robbie Fulks , to the Chicago-based indie label , Bloodshot , who pioneered a version of the genre under the name insurgent country .