 These songs were recorded in Reznor's Le Pig studio and featured a re-recording of a track from Lucky Pierre's 1988 "Communiqué EP".After Reznor was fully immersed in the recording of Nine Inch Nails' second album, "The Downward Spiral", McMahon went to England to collaborate with British producer Warne Livesey.Meanwhile, he was joined up with guitarist Chris Schleyer and drummer Andy Kubiszewski, who was known for his involvement in the bands Exotic Birds and Stabbing Westward and recorded eight songs with them.