Following the release of the first Joker's Card, Carnival of Carnage, the group began to build a local following.
The progressive rock band Gong is sampled on "For The Maggots", whose opening flute note comes from Gong's "Bambooji", while the melody of "Ringmaster's Word" comes from the closing notes of Gong's "The Pot Head Pixies", as well as "The Dead One", which samples Gong's "Selene".