After the "Balls to Picasso" supporting tour finished, he started working on a new studio record, "Skunkworks". Dickinson decided that "Skunkworks" would be the title of the band as well, but the record company refused to release the album without his name on the cover. Dickinson hired producer Jack Endino, most noted for producing the first Nirvana album. The "Skunkworks" entity ceased to be when the tour ended. "I was devastated by the "Skunkworks" thing", stated Dickinson, ""Skunkworks" was a record which I tore myself apart to make and nobody seemed to give a shit."