The album was originally slated as the follow-up to 1999's Tonight the Stars Revolt!. It was pulled by Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One two weeks before the release date. Due to being too similar to previous work, the album was originally intended to merely be delayed and revamped. However, during this time conflicts began to arise causing longtime members Dorian 27 (Dorian Heartsong) and Al3 (Allen Pahanish) to leave the band. As a result, the album was scrapped due to Spider's unwillingness to release an album of half new members and half old. The album was available for a while on Powerman 5000's official website through Spider One's record label, Megatronic Records. The promotional copies featured artwork that was different from the copies available on the website. The album however was taken down due to legal reasons. The album is now available in full on iTunes and Spotify and the physical copy of the album has become a collectors item.
"Danger Is Go!" is featured on the PlayStation 2 game Frequency.
Track listing[]
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Disease of Machinery"
0:37
2.
"Danger Is Go!"
3:05
3.
"Bombshell"
3:13
4.
"The Meaning of Life"
2:47
5.
"Tomorrow Is Yesterday"
3:07
6.
"The End of Everything"
3:09
7.
"What the World Does"
2:02
8.
"177-TR?"
0:21
9.
"The One and Only"
3:05
10.
"Wake Up"
3:17
11.
"Rise"
0:54
12.
"Megatronic"
2:38
13.
"The Future That Never Was"
5:27
Total length:
36:07
The song "The Future That Never Was" ends at 4:35. After 30 seconds of silence (4:35–5:05), a hidden track starts; it's a strange transmission-like sound with some additional beats before cutting off completely.
The original version of "Rise" can be found on demo versions of the album.
"Disease of Machinery" is sometimes listed as "Machines for the Living" on the back