Dead Kennedys explained, "...I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place, and then I showed it to Winston Smith. He played around with it, came back with a bunch of designs that had the circle and slightly 3-D looking letters and he had ones with different patterns behind it. I liked the one with bricks, but ultimately I thought simple red behind it was the boldest and the best." Dead Kennedys have been described as a hardcore punk band. Dead Kennedys were noted for the harshness of their
Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars Substitution Mass Confusion: A Tribute to The Cars is a 2005 compilation album featuring covers of songs originally performed by the American rock band The Cars. The album was released by Not Lame Recordings. Many of the performers featured on the album were from the Boston area, where The Cars first gained exposure in the late 1970s. The line 'Substitution Mass Confusion' comes from a lyric in the Cars song "Bye Bye Love". According to "Billboard", the album was inspired by the 2000 cancer death of Cars singer and bassist Benjamin Orr.