Known for their raucous, over-the-top fusion of punk rock, hard rock, country music, and hillbilly iconography, Nine Pound Hammer were one of the formative bands on the "cowpunk" scene that paved the way for alt-country in the late '80s and early '90s. Led by guitarist Blaine Cartwright and lead singer Scott Luallen, the group's loud, proud, and rude attack was set in stone by the time they recorded 1995's Hayseed Timebomb, and while Cartwright was dividing his time between NPH and his other band, Nashville Pussy, from the late '90s onward, albums like 2004's Kentucky Breakdown and 2008's Sex, Drugs, and Bill Monroe confirmed they hadn't lost their spirit. For 2023's Rock 'n' Roll Radio, Nine Pound Hammer offered a look at some of their influences, covering songs by bands they loved.