What I heard was hints of Crime, Chain Gang, Viletones, Styrenes, punk rock that hearkens back to the dark grunt of late '70s Frisco punk but brought to the now. I tracked them down and asked if I could put out a single by them, but Hook or Crook already hit them up for an album and Plastic Idol had snagged a 7". After those records they slid over to Siltbreeze, where Hank IV released two critically acclaimed LPs. While I was organizing SS10, the label's tenth anniversary festival, the Hanks and I got to talking about doing a single. 'Sure thing!' When they sent me their heavy, urban street swamp version of Kim Salmon & the Surrealists's Bellyfull of Slugs, I replied with 'A side!' Soon after 'Cold Equation' came my way and I knew that this punk ripper would be a great B side. And here we have Hank IV's first record on S.S., five years later than I wanted but well well worth the wait. 330 pressed.