Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, adapted from Peter George's 1958 novel "Red Alert", was heavily influenced by Kahn's writings.
Originally, the record was going to include another original song, "Slow Infection", based on the Black Dahlia murder, and a cover of the Hallows Eve song "Plunging to Megadeath".