Gave demo to Tim Armstrong

In February 2001 Nekroman gave a demo of new songs to Rancid singer/guitarist and Hellcat Records label owner Tim Armstrong , a longtime fan of the band. The Nekromantix soon signed to the Los Angeles–based Hellcat and released the 2002 album Return of the Loving Dead . Recorded in Denmark, it was the band’s first album to be widely distributed in the U.S. and helped make them part of an emerging psychobilly movement on the west coast centered around the Hellcat label and spearheaded by bands such as Tiger Army . The album was supported with a music video for the song “Gargoyles Over Copenhagen” and the band toured the United States several times.