grossman dubbed the reconstituted group straight faced. the group played its first shows in early 1993 and quickly released "self will run riot", a five song 7", after being approached by bob becker of fearless records at their second show. at this time, stewart was asked to leave the band. he was replaced soon after by damon beard, who had been playing with polentz and louis in adverse reality. straight faced recorded their first full length, "guilty", and released it with lethal records, but due to the lack of a signed contract, quickly took the recording to bob becker to release on fearless. they returned to the studio to record "broken" in 1996 before setting off on their first european tour, a 7-week stint opening for their friends, ignite.<ref name="https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/straight-faced/20946/">straight faced</ref>