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
Nashville Tribute Band Deere and Truman co-produced a second Nashville Tribute album released in 2007 called "Trek: A Nashville Tribute To The Pioneers". The album covered the Mormon pioneer era of LDS history. The album won the 2007 Pearl Award for Group Recording Artist Of The Year (Jason Deere, The Nashville Tribute Band) as well as the 2008 Pearl Award for Inspirational Instrumental Recording Of The Year ("My People"/"Come, Come Ye Saints"). Years of touring the world with the Nashville Tribute Band, along with Deere and Truman's own experience serving as missionaries for LDS Church, led to the writing and production of the