Lead singer Ko Jen-chien is from Kaohsiung. He says they first started using the term "Taike" as a way to reject the Western label "punk" that was applied to their music and celebrate the comparatively carefree lifestyle of central and southern Taiwan. They purposely used this originally negative word in the title of their album of raw sounds and biting lyrics Revenge of the Taike.
主唱柯仁堅是高雄人，他說濁水溪公社當初使用「台客」一詞，主要是反對別人把他們歸納為西方的「龐克」音樂，加上喜歡台灣中南部那種自在隨興的生活氣味，於是刻意挪用原本具有負面意涵的「台客」一詞，並將這張曲風強悍、歌詞辛辣的專輯，取名為《台客的復仇》。