Dead man's hand in popular culture known as the Dead Man's Hand and use the eponymous cards as their insignia. In , just before Vagabond dies on an infiltration mission, he loses a critical hand of poker with a full house of aces and eights against Maniac's four queens. In the 90th Case of the Facebook game, "Criminal Case", the player finds a set of poker cards with 2 black aces and eights, which allows the player to incriminate the killer as someone who plays poker. In the crew Stacked Deck's insignia includes the ace of Spades and an unknown black 8, two of the five
Man Is the Bastard projects. Wood occasionally performs in the Los Angeles area as Bastard Noise. Kenyon and Connel continue to perform in progressive rock acts such as Frank Booth Youth, Bastard Lounge, Controlling Hand, Lux Nova Umbra Est, and Umbra Vita. Andy Beattie continues doing vocals. Staying within his Hardcore/Powerviolence roots, he has performed/screamed in such bands as Controlling Hand, Low Threat Profile, Infest, Dead Language, featuring members from Iron Lung, and Cave State. His current band, Dead Mans Life (2018) performs the Los Angeles area. His "solo" band, Institute of Infinite Sorrow, is also active. Man Is the Bastard (aka Charred Remains)