"ɔːɹdˈɜːvz" wʌz ɪnspˈaɪɚd baɪ ðə fˈeɪt ʌv kˈɑːɹɹɪl tʃˈɛsmən hˌuː spˈɛnt nˌɪɹli twˈɛlv jˈɪɹz ˌɔn dˈɛθ ɹˈoʊ æt ðə tˈaɪm ðə lˈɔŋɡɪst ˈɛvɚɹ ɪnðə juːnˈaɪɾᵻd stˈeɪts bᵻfˌoːɹ bˌiːɪŋ ˈɛksᵻkjˌuːɾᵻd ɪn ɐ ɡˈæs tʃˈeɪmbɚɹ ɪn mˈeɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti.
"Hors d'Oeuvres" was inspired by the fate of Caryl Chessman who spent nearly 12 years on death row – at the time the longest ever in the United States – before being executed in a gas chamber in May 1960.