Fear of a Punk Planet to their punk rock sound, after having played mostly in a country style on their previous album "Slippery When Ill". The band would stick to a punk rock formula throughout the rest of their career. The album's title called to mind the rap album "Fear of a Black Planet" by Public Enemy, released that same year. It featured guest appearances by Dweezil and Moon Unit Zappa, Scott Thunes and Kelsey Grammer. An independent music video was filmed for the album's first track, "Pizza Tran." The album was re-released with bonus tracks in 2000 by the band's own label Kung Fu
Rav Shmuel (musician) called "B'yameinu", which featured more traditional Hasidic songs. In 2010, he was featured in the music video for The Groggers' song "Eishes Chayil". Skaist performed at the 2014 New York Antifolk Festival alongside artists like Hamell on Trial and Anne Husick of Band of Susans. Skaist lives in New York with his wife and six children. Rav Shmuel (musician) Shmuel Skaist (born December 8, 1964), known professionally as Rav Shmuel, is an American Orthodox rabbi, speaker, and musician from Brooklyn, New York. Initially gaining recognition for his Jewish outreach programs aimed at Phish concertgoers, Skaist taught in yeshivot in New