The guitar lead for "Guest List" was originally written by Vapid for a Sludgeworth song, but it "just wasn't working", while the chorus "popped into my head" as he was driving through Roscoe Village in North Center, Chicago shortly before the band went to record the album. During a trip to Olympia, Washington, Vapid showed what he had written to Weasel, who combined the lead and the chorus idea into one song. Weasel also brought the lead up an octave, which was reportedly a "hat tip to local heroes Naked Raygun." Weasel wrote most of the lyrics to the song, but said that "'Now I get to watch her dance like the other weirdos do' was a line that only could've come from Vapid."