In 1995, McNair and the band parted ways, with neither party giving a definitive rationale. Hopper explained “We had a hard time recording Hot Boxing , because our drummer had a lot of things in the way … Nobody wants to hurt anyone, or to cut them out, but it was just like four adults getting a divorce, and their child is the band.” She has alternately explained that the split was due to the “alternative lifestyles” of McNair and the rest of the group and that McNair’s musicianship was not as competent as the other members. The remaining trio recruited session drummer Josh Freese and engineers Sandy Solomon and Bernie Zwass to record a cover of Tom Waits ‘ “Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis” at Plus Four Recordings Studios, in Sherman Oaks, California in June 1995 for the compilation album Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits . Freese joined the group in November–December of that year in Los Angeles , California to record Rubbing Doesn’t Help . Mould was unavailable, so the band relocated to Los Angeles and worked with producer Geza X at his home studio in attempt to make a more “eclectic” album that would represent the diversity of their songwriting. After hearing some demos, the band decided to hire him to produce the actual album and moved to Los Angeles for recording. The album produced the singles ” Open the Door ” and ” This Family ” (the former also had a music video), as well as the EP Fire All Your Guns at Once . The band immediately set out to tour in promotion.
McNair and the band parted ways
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