- After an article was published in the
City Paper, The Joysticks attracted the
attention of a local rock-based label,
Hometown Records. The label requested some
recorded material, so The Joysticks sent them
a modified version of Pearl Jam's "Vitalogy."
The compact disc was scratched, slightly
bent, burned from fireworks, and labeled with
a small Joysticks' sticker. It produced a
variety of clicking noises and the sounds of
lasers misreading information. The music
created by "Vitalogy" depended on the compact
disc player that was used to listen to the
product. This conceptual release was packaged
in the same packaging that Pearl Jam used for
their album, except there was a picture of
The Joysticks taped on one of the pages.
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