"You Ain't No Family" was one of the few songs we had pretty much finished up before entering the studio! Parts of it are actually riffs John and I have had for years.. Even before we were doing IWABO. The first half of the song was put together probably a year ago.. It was the first song we started on after we wrote and recorded "Tastes Like Kevin Bacon". The rest of it was finished up just before we left for the studio. And actually, the hillbilly break part with the fiddle and horse sound we added while joking around in the studio! That horse sample made us laugh like idiots, so we wrote a country part and put it in the song for no apparent reason. Hooray for stupid last minute things that end up being the best part of songs!

That song turned out to be one of my favorites on the album, and I think it's a pretty accurate representation of all that is "IWABO." It has some brutal heaviness, some catchy chorusy stuff, a little funky jazz break, a redneck country part, and probably the nastiest breakdown on the whole record. Woo!

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