Distortion, a seven-song EP, is the first stand-alone release by the Proletariat, issued in July 1982[REF] on the band's own label, Non-U Records, as a limited edition single-sided C46 cassette tape [REF].
The tracks "After the Rise", "White Hands", and "Westernization" would not be reissued until 1998, when they were included on the band's anthology Voodoo Economics and Other American Tragedies [REF].