the song "tv party" was recorded three times. to promote the "damaged" album in the united states, unicorn records had black flag enter the studio and re-record the song for the ep in march 1982, with their then-new drummer emil johnson. the ep version features a slower tempo and hand claps. the band again recorded the song at the request of alex cox, for his 1984 cult classic film "repo man" and the accompanying soundtrack. each version of the song lyrically references different tv shows from the era in which each recording was made.