Pinkerton (detective agency) nationally publicized trial. Orchard received a death sentence, but it was commuted. In 1890, Indiana University hired the Pinkerton Agency to investigate the authorship of a student "bogus" that had been distributed throughout town. While boguses were not uncommon, this particular one attacked IU faculty and students with such graphic language that Bloomington residents complained. The detective arrived in Bloomington on April 26 and spent nearly two weeks conducting interviews and dispatching regular reports back to the home office. In the end, it was town talk that led to the student authors and not the work of the agent. The
Sinners Never Sleep prior to the release of "Hold Me Down". As the members were comforting Flint, Franceschi suggested writing a song about it. The band had forgotten about the track until they rediscovered it late in the recording process. They were originally going to name the album after it until their label and management claimed it meant orgasm in French. Franceschi wanted "Crash" to be the "Fireworks" of "Sinners Never Sleep", referring to the closing track of "Hold Me Down". "Reckless" was originally titled "Don't Hold Your Breathe", but was altered when the group realised Nicole Scherzinger had a track with that