Bingenheimer approached the band to record a track for his "Rodney on the ROQ" compilation album (Posh Boy Records, 1980), which featured other Los Angeles and Orange County bands including Agent Orange, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks. The Adolescents provided a recording of "Amoeba" which became a hit on KROQ that December; Posh Boy owner Robbie Fields presented them with gold singles for the track at a show at the Starwood in West Hollywood in early 1981, and the label later released this version of the song as a single in 1990. The Adolescents also opened for the Germs at the Germs' final show, on December 3, 1980 at the Starwood.